Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Work From Home Jobs: Are Any Really Legitimate?

By Leon Hill


There are a lot of work from home opportunities around on the Internet these days, though it can be quite hard sometimes sorting through the bad ones to get to some of the really great home based businesses that are out there.

So what should you really be looking for when it comes to searching for a work from home opportunity that is going to be worth the money you're going to be spending on it?

The first point I always tell people is to remember is to seek something that offers a satisfaction guarantee, preferably one that's totally unconditional and gives you a minimum of four weeks to trial the package to see if it's working for you. There's absolutely no point purchasing a product that only gives you a week or two to test it out as chances are you won't have enough time to see if it's going to make you any substantial cash at all.

Secondly, you should be confident that the system isn't a scam, or something designed just to take your money. But how do you check if a product is a scam or not? That can be quite difficult as looking for reviews of the product can be sometime futile as many of these are written by affiliate marketers who will always give the system a great review in order to make money, though that's not to say that honest and open reviews don't exist at all.

My advice is to go with your gut instinct and avoid anything that smells like a "get-rich-quick" kind of scheme. And if you heed my point on product guarantees, you should feel safe anyway buying anything, as long as you're confident you'll get your money back.

And finally, only purchase products that have a payment gatweway provided by a well-known company like Clickbank or Paypal, which you'll be able to see when you click the "Buy" or "Purchase" icon on the site. You should be directed to a place where you can input credit card details and if there's not a logo you recognise (Clickbank and Paypal are the two largest on the web so are always safe) then simply don't buy. Clickbank is always the best as they provide the guarantee on the site as well, meaning your purchase is heavily protected.

These are only a few simple rules and while they may sound basic, they should ensure that you stay safe when investing in a work from home system online and won't end up buying something that's trashy, or not worth your cash.

But whatever you do, my advice is to actually get out there and try something. If you never try anything, you'll never make any money!

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