# How Exactly does one make money online? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548 "2012-07-07T21:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/46 "2014-08-16T16:24:58Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/47 "2014-08-16T16:31:12Z")
Welcome, return of old friend. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/48 "2014-08-16T18:05:47Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > You’ve got to spend money to make money, so I do a lot of online shopping. It hasn’t really paid off yet, but I’m patient. Have you ever heard of [Ebates](http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=1q2SXyhrPSbKlypKqJqpew%3D%3D&eeid=26471)? You can get a percentage back if you go here before you shop online. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/49 "2014-09-11T17:21:15Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Plenty of regular people make money on the stock market using their meager savings. If it was a scam, why would they be allowed to play the game? Same reason the casinos in Vegas promote their '“winners” – to make it look legit. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/50 "2014-09-11T17:32:41Z")
Do you play video games? [Twitch.com](http://Twitch.com) was recently purchased by Amazon for $970 Million. According to my kid, Twitch is a platform for gamers to stream their game playing for money. People pay money to players to watch, and advertisers pay popular players to place ads. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/51 "2014-09-11T19:16:00Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Do you play video games? > > [Twitch.com](http://Twitch.com) was recently purchased by Amazon for $970 Million. > > According to my kid, Twitch is a platform for gamers to stream their game playing for money. People pay money to players to watch, and advertisers pay popular players to place ads. I clicked on your link and got a site with music for touchscreen devices, no mention of gaming. Methinks you posted the wrong URL. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/52 "2014-09-11T19:43:03Z")
It’s [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548/53 "2014-09-11T22:57:37Z")
Create YouTube videos and get a following. There is a guy who made $3 million last year just opening Disney toys on YouTube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548.md?page=2)