I have been researching ways to make money for playing online games. There are many ways that you can sit at home in your pajamas and make money using your home computer and an internet connection. There are three ways that I personally have gotten paid by working online. Also, I did not invest one penny to do so. The three ways that I have made money online with no out of pocket expense are, affiliate marketing, surveys, and playing games. Please note, you will not get rich over night doing this, but you can earn some cash for free.

1. Affiliate Marketing- You can make money through affiliate marketing with no out of pocket expense. However, it is a slow process and you will have to work very hard at it. You will have to treat it as if it were a full time job to be successful. Some ways you can do this is to sign up with websites, write blogs and post your affiliate link in the blog. You can also sign up for a Google adsense account and make money for the ads that people click while visiting your site. You can also put the links in forums and on social networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook.
2. Surveys- I have tried making money by doing surveys. I searched the internet and signed up for every free survey site there was. Most of the survey sites, excluding CashCrate and Treasure Trooper are sites that you will get surveys emailed to you and you take the survey if you are approved for the survey. Cash crate and Treasure Trooper are sites that you sign up for and you click on surveys and go through pages of advertisement to get paid per each one. If you decide to do surveys, you will need to make you a free gmail account because your email will be full of spam. My favorite site is CashCrate and I have actually received cash from this site. I have learned the secrets to making money from these sites, but I will share that in a different hub. The following is a complied list of some free survey sites:

• Survey Scout
• Paid Surveys Online
• Lightspeed Panel
• Mindfield
• Survey Spin
• Testspin
• CashCrate
• Treasure Trooper

1. Playing Games- I have found that you can make money by playing games online. This is the topic that I will be discussing for the remainder of this hub. I will share with you the sites that are free and the ones that you have to pay to compete in tournaments. I personally only use the free sites, but you can make money with your game playing skills with a small investment.

If you really want to make money online, you can try Moola. This site is by invitation only, but is totally free. They give you a penny and you have a chance to climb the Moola tower up to ten million dollars. You compete against other players in a head to head match. If you are interested in trying it, you can use one of my invitations:

Moola Invitation

If you sign up and have any questions, send me an email an I will be glad to help you.

How to Make Money Playing Games Online

If you are like me, a gamer, then you would love to be able to sit at home and play some fun games and make money for doing so. I will show you how to do that. You may ask, “How can companies afford to pay me to play games with no up front cost?” The answer is simple. Advertisers pay a lot of money to place their ads on these sites. Most of the gaming sites pay you with a prize, such as a Visa Gift card or a gift of your choice. However, if you play in the tournaments you can double your money. Furthermore, a lot of the sites have sign on bonuses. You can practice with your free money, get good, and then upgrade to a cash player. There are many ways to make money playing games online. I will list the sites and give you details about each site below.

1. Winster.com- This is a free site that you sign up for to win a prize. When you sign up you choose which prize you would like to receive. The games are slots and you are playing with about 5 more people in each room. You can trade with each other to advance faster and get the points you need. I have found this site to be fun and friendly. There are no downloads and no gimmicks to this site. At Winster you pay, earn your points and win your prize.
2. Gamebonus.com- This is a free or paid site that you can compete and win money or accumulate points to be redeemed for prizes. There are 19 games to play at this site. They give you a $5.00 sign on bonus and you can play the skill based tournaments with this money. The games are simple and fun. There are 2 types of challenge tournaments for trial players. You can bet .50 cents and make $1.00 or bet $1.00 and make $2.00. I made $20.00 in three hours playing the challenge tournaments. However, you will have to become a cash player to withdraw your earnings. You can also play the points tournaments each day for a chance to win prizes.I have a list of many sites, but I will only list my top 4.
3. Pirate the World-This is a free site that you play each day to accumulate some cash. You start of with about 700 moves each day and you try to find pearls that can be converted to real cash. You can attack other pirates and steal some of their gold doubloons. At the end of the month, you can convert your doubloons to real cash. To collect doubloons in the game, you land on islands and attack towns. I normally play this game each day. It takes about 30 minutes to play.
4. Gamevance.com-This is my favorite of all gaming sites. I have been playing on this site for three months and have already won $400.00. The objective to this site is simple. You play the free tournament games and if you top the highest score for the day, you can pick your prize. The daily tournament prize options are a $200.00 Visa Gift Card, an Apple Ipod, a digital camera, and a Sony PSP. To see where other people have actually won the prizes on the site, look under winner history. There are many pages of testimonials. Furthermore, you can win an additional prize if you win the most tournaments in a month. This month that prize is a $500.00 gift card. I love this site and play the games for my chance to win money everyday. On more thing, it would be nice if you could win $200.00 everyday. However, you can only win the prize every 45 days. Even so, it is still exciting to play games and win money.

In summary, I have researched the internet for various ways to make money online. You earn some money at home with no up front cost. Be cautious of sites that offer you to make a huge amount of money with no work for a small fee. You can make money, but you are not going to get rich. My favorite way of doing this is by playing games. Who would have ever thought you could have fun playing games and earn cash for doing it.