Website Review : Firefold

Firefold is a company which specialise in selling networking equipment. This means things such as splitters, CAT6, patch panels, cable ties, CAT 5, fibre optics, racks, wires and everything else you can think of related to networks and cabling. They aim to provide great customer service and low priced products. You can even subscribe to their email offers in order to find out about new products and receive coupons.

A Slow Month

It is coming to the end of my week off and earnings are very low. It isn't surprising as I have not been doing very much work but I have been doing a few bits and pieces. The credit crunch seems to be hitting hard as there is less and less work around and more people trying to do it. Once I have caught up with some outstanding work I have to do next week, I may start thinking of new ways to bring in money again.

Website Review : Dialaflight

Well summer is coming and it starts people thinking about holidays. My best holiday was probably the 6 weeks that I spent in Australia. Not so much because of visiting the country, although that was fun, but because of the fact that I got to meet some of my family that live out there, for the first time. Whatever type of holiday you are thinking of going on this year, whether you need a flight to Australia or a hotel in the USA, it worth checking out a few websites to see what deals are around. Dialaflight has a choice of flights, hotels and car hire deals to a whole range of places so it is well worth checking out their prices.

How to tell if a site is a SCAM?

The idea for this article came to me this morning when I received two emails from separate people telling me that certain sites were scams. One site I am a member of and have been paid by them. The email gave information such as the site owners name, which was incorrect. I often wonder whether these people run rival sites and want to encourage people away from their competitors sites.

I feel that it is important to define what scam means. Many people seem to think that it is a site that has banned them or not paid them. However, I think it is a site which has not paid you, although you have followed the terms and conditions. It is very important to make sure that you stick to the site rules, you may not think that they are fair but if you do not stick to them and they then do not pay you, they cannot be classed as a scam.

I have only been scammed by one site. That site no longer exists and it was a pay to click site and I worked hard to reach the minimum payout of $10. By the time I reached this they had changed their terms and conditions (without letting their members know) that you could no longer withdraw cash but only spend your earnings on advertising on the site. Obviously a site is well within their rights to change their terms and conditions but I feel that they should keep their members informed of this.

So if you are thinking of joining a site how can you tell if it is a scam? I think it just takes a bit of common sense. If it is claiming it will pay you massive amounts such as $100 for each email read then it is certain that they will not be able to afford to pay out this much money. However, even sites which claim you could make thousands of pounds in a few hours are probably not lying. If you invested ten times more than that in advertising, chances are that you could make as much money as the claimed. Just be sensible and think about what they are saying.

The best thing to do, is to find evidence, from people you trust, that they have been paid. Then join the site and try it. Do not pay them any money until you are absolutely happy that you will be able to get a good return on it. Remember that it is an investment and there is no guarantee that you will get your money back. If you are not prepared to take that risk then hold on to your money.

Survey on Money

I just did an interesting dNeero survey on money and spending and thought itw oudl be good to share the answers here :

Website Review : Ashop Commerce

If you are looking for online store software or any type of ecommerce solution the Ashop Commerce can help. They are a leader US provider of shopping cart software and will therefore be able to provide you with everything that you need in order to set up your own online store. It is well worth trying to sell products from a website, if you are a retailer - this is a way to massively increase your potential market and it is vital that you have a reliable way to collect payments for the items that you are selling. They even have a free 10 day trial so you have a good chance to take a look and test their system to find out whether it suits your needs. They have a scaled pricing system so you only pay for the features that you need. SO it is well worth taking a look and seeing what they can offer you and your company.

Website Review : Fifty Flowers

Fifty Flowers is a company which provides flowers for special occasions such as weddings. They provide them at below wholesale prices, so you can be sure that you are not only getting a good deal, but by cutting out the retailer and wholesaler, you get much fresher flowers. They can provide a whole range of flowers such as wholesale calla lilies, peonies, rose petals, hydrangeas and many more. They can do bouquets, centrepieces etc but also can provide a wedding in a box where they supply 23 pieces including button holes, bouquets, table decorations and corsages with the main flowers and colours chosen by the bride.

Website Review : Acne Cures

Acne Cures Revealed is a website all about different products on the market which claim to help to cure acne and spots.They have taken five of the best and reviewed them. Their choices include pimple cream, special sop and a whole kit of items all claiming to be an acne cure and they describe and review each one taking into consideration their safety, ingredients, side effects, effectiveness, value and customer feedback.

Frugal Envy

I read a blog and someone used this term and I thought it was great. I am only sorry that I cannot remember which blog it was as I cannot credit the author.

I am suffering from frugal envy tonight. I was just discussing someone with my husband and how they have a perfect house but are spending money in extending it and it made me feel like I wanted a really nice house too. They also earn a lot of money and although they work hard, I do too! I know that I cannot have my cake and eat it - I cannot be debt free and have lots of nice things, but I do sometimes feel that I would like to see some more results to all my efforts, the mortgage seems to be going down so slowly.

Rant over, sorry!

Survey

I have just an interesting survey about identity but one of the questions was very interesting and asked about purchasing behaviour. I hope you find it interesting :

Website Review : Essential Watches

Essential watches is a company which sell a large range of top brand watches such as Chanel, Parmigiani, Zenith, Rolex and Mega. They have a range of brand new and reconditioned watches. All watches are genuine authentic and the company also have an eBay store if you would rather buy that way rather than through their website. They have competitive prices so you get a quality watch for a good price.

A Week Off.....

....well sort of!

My husband is having a week off work next week. We are going to be taking the children out for some of the days and so I will not have so much time to dedicate to making money. It will be interesting to see whether it makes a big difference to my earnings.

Website Review : Social Spark

SocialSpark is a new website which has been set up by IZEA who run the Pay Per Post website. It has similarities to the site, in that you can blog for money. However, there are some differences too. Firstly you can reserve an opportunity and then you get 12 hours to complete it. Secondly you can exchange reviews with other members of the site in order to swap links. Thirdly you can take opportunities to have your blog sponsored. What happens is that you paste some code into your blog and then there will be a pop-up advert when your blog is first accessed and then a line at the bottom saying that the blog is sponsored. You can specify how long the ad runs for and you can cancel it if you wish to. As it is quite a new site there are not a huge amount of opportunities but if you like blogging for money, then it is well worth signing up and taking a look to see whether there are any opportunities that you qualify for. They share similar ethics to Pay Per Post - they have an audit able in post disclosure (such as the one at the bottom of this post), they are transparent, contain real opinions and are search engine friendly. There is also a community side to the site where you can make friends with other members. The site is easy to navigate and use and members can even leave comments on the opportunities so that you can see what others who have done it, thought about it, before you participate.