Earning Online
Earning money online can be fun and rewarding. Everyone can always use extra cash and it is possible to earn online. It is probably best to do things online that you enjoy doing and then see if you can monetize that activity. You may enjoy writing or building websites and there is nothing wrong with capitlizing on that activity. There are many sites online that will in fact pay you for your social activity. Some sites pay for original articles, some sites pay for uploading your original photographs. There are sites that will pay you to add your links. Some sites will even pay you for basic social activity. There are a lot of websites that have contests that you could possibly win.
Earning online can be just like a regular job. If you are new to the internet, just hard work and original content are sometimes not enough. Having some basic knowledge about how search engines work and how to "optimize" a search engine's results, that will give your content or website a higher profile or higher visibility, will certainly pay off. Search engine optimization, called SEO, is very important. You of course want your site or material to appear at the top of a search result page, rather than farther back, say on page six or seven, of the search results. You want that high visibility to obtain good traffic.
But You First Need A Way To Pay For Those Things Or Get Those Earnings!
Many sites online accept PaPal for purchases and many sites will pay you through PayPal. The best way to open a PayPal account and start getting paid or use your PayPal account for purchasing items online is to go to PayPal and open an account by linking your bank account with PayPal. You can also get started by using an existing credit card you may have to open a PayPal account. This is the best way because it creates a PayPal account that is verified and has less limits and I highly recommend this method.
If you do not have a bank account or credit card, or you are unsure about linking your existing bank account with PayPal, there are other ways to open a PayPal account. Keep in mind, that your PayPal account will have limitations and will remain unverified. However you may be able to still purchase items online or receive earnings through this account. It is a great way to get started if you do not have a bank account or you want to try the service for awhile before you link it to your bank account.
One way to open a PayPal account is to get a prepaid card or a card that you can load, (not to be confused with a gift card). You can find them at places like Walgreens. They will be a card that you can purchase and load with a little money, usually on a rack near the register. I think one brand is called Greendot and you can buy the card for about five to ten dollars and then load about twenty dollars on the card. Once you have gone through the process of activating the card itself, you can then possibly use it to open your PayPal account.
Keep in mind that these types of cards may have some activity or non activity monthly fees associated with them, of a few dollars each month, but it shouldn't effect your PayPal account in any way. Other factors to consider when using this method is that those particular cards have quick expiration dates and you will have to go through the process all over again when they expire.
This will hopefully get you a PayPal account that is open, but unverified and with account limits. What it may allow you to do however, is receive money and allow you to purchase items online, in most countries. Be sure to check with all of PayPal's rules and abide by them and seriously consider just linking your bank account or even opening a new bank account, so that you can have a PayPal account. PayPal is a great service!