Can South Africans make money on-line?

The short answer is yes, you can make money on-line living in South Africa  The long answer will follow, with reasons of course.

I started this site in for two reasons:

To explore how to make money on-line, and to share my experience with all eager South Africans wishing to do the same. Residents from other countries can follow this guide as well and it will work for you too, but my main focus will be to help South Africans to get past the many hurdles we face to make such a venture a successful one.

The answer to the question still remains, is it possible to make money on-line when you live in good old South Africa.

The long answer to that question is not that easy to answer. As a resident of our country, we surely have the odds stacked against us. Let me explain!

Start earning dollars into your bank account working a few hours daily!!

Fill in surveys and get paid $40 dollars per hour!

Get paid to read e-mails!

Oh! They sound so tempting. Have you tried to register for one of these quick money making schemes. Well, let me save you the time.

THEY DON'T WORK!!!

First of all, you must think realistically. If it was so easy why are the telling you, and not keeping this amazing secret to themselves. Because they need YOU to make the money. Selling their story to you is how they make their money.

The majority of these survey schemes only work if you live in USA, UK or Australia. Large companies are not interested in the opinion of South Africans, they want USA, UK and OZ. I registered for several of these and got one $5 survey in three months. Not exactly breaking my bank account hey!

Getting paid to surf or read mail is just as ridiculous. Making a few cents per e-mail you read or page you visit. In SA we pay for bandwidth and the cost of that exceeds the money you are likely to make.

And lastly, if you do happen to come across some scheme that actually makes some money, you face the daunting task of getting your money into the country. The most popular electronic payment system worldwide, Paypal, does not allow South Africans to receive payment or withdraw funds. 

So over the next few weeks, let us embark on a journey to see what it takes to make money on-line when you live in South Africa, or anywhere in the world.