Tuesday 30 September 2014

Guide to making money selling G2A games

As we all know a large part of a gamer's routine is devoted to checking out upcoming releases, and scouting out the next game they intend to purchase. We can therefore safely assume that it is a kind of a necessity for gamers, and that people buying video games online is hardly going to die out anytime soon.

 What is G2A?

G2A is a website that lets users resell/buy games off each other for well bellow retail price. Normally a transaction would involve you picking out a game, paying for it with Paypal, and then receiving an email containing a Steam key code for you to activate your game with. The beauty of this is that you will never get the second hand quality of game, because you are buying a steam key you will be able to play the game for ever! (Or at least as long as Steam is around for!) 

How do I make money from them?

Making money with G2A can be done in a number of ways:

Buying Games - It is true that you can actually make money just by buying games from their website, it's just that the money will be in the form of points that you can only use to discount other purchases on their website. I find this my most casual income/savings method that I have for this website, as I just make sure to log in with my account every time I buy something from them, and as a result I am able to get a free game every now and then with my spare points.

Signing Up Friends - Most gamers like you and myself have other gamer friends. These friends, just like us, have a tendency to buy games every now and then as well. Here is where you come in. You will need to give your friend your G2A goldmine REF link, which can be found on the Goldmine page from the main website. If you send your friend this link and they click on it, and subsequently by a game or make an account you will make a small share of the profit of that purchase. So therefore the more friends you give your link to, the more money you have the potential to earn! I think it is also worth noting at this point that the money you earn from your friends signing up can be withdrawn to your Paypal for personal use. 

Reffering A Youtuber - A very large portion of the largest gaming channels on YouTube are from gamers. Their intended target market is also gamers. Therefore you could make a lot of money if you could somehow refer all those viewers to your link, right? A lot of top YouTubers are already using this method, such as Pewdiepie, Jackfrags and KSIO.  Now let me stop you before you go around spamming your affiliate link on every YouTube video. Trust me you will just be labelled as a spammer, and probably have your account disabled sooner or later. What you need to do is message the owner of the channel and send them Your referrer link. Tell them about how they will make a portion of each sale, or even link them to this page if you want. This will give them their motivation. When they then make their account and start advertising it on their page, you will start making a cut of EVERY SINGLE PURCHASE THAT THEIR  REFERRALS MAKE. This is because the referral program works on multiple levels, three levels to be precise. This means that each person you sign up can effectively have one person sign up under them, and then another under that person, and you will still make a small amount of each of them. The one catch with this is however that you make slightly less profit the further down, or in other words, the less directly you know the person buying the game.

With all of these methods together you can easily make a decent amount of money online from your seat in front of your computer. You don't even need to be online most the time for the money to roll in once you get a large enough following. That is the beauty of this whole thing. Anyways, this has been enough explaining, and it is time for you to give this a shot. As always remember to let us know with your developments and earnings by leaving a comment.

Get Started HERE



Sunday 28 September 2014

Getting Started with Postloop

GODAMIT RIKI NEEDS TO BE NERFED AHHHH. Sorry just finished a game of Dota 2 if you couldn't tell... Needed to get that out of my system.

Where were we? Ah, Getting Started!.
So now we are all set up with email,paypal etc. we/I can start looking into some ways to make our very first $5!

This first method is a bit... tedious? It is called Postloop. The TL/DR of this website is write forum post -> get dolla. If you are interested in the slightly more technical or details of this method then you will want to stay tuned.

Step #1 - Registration:

Head to the Postloop website and sign up. Once you have filled out all your info, and added your Paypal account as a payment option you will want to start the "Test posting".

Step #2 - Test Posting:

As the little hint will tell you at the top of the Postloop page, you will want to navigate to their own forums. Here you will make 10 test posting into any category within the forum. Please note that it is HIGHLY  advised that you put a lot of effort into spell checking these posts, as they are the standard that you will receive your first ranking for. Another thing that tends to increase your initial writing score is mixing your posting with the occasional starting of a thread. This shows the admins that you will act like a natural part of what ever forum you will work for later on. 

Step #3 - Wait:

Now that you have successful written your first 10 or more test posts you will have to wait, For me it took just over 24 hours to get my account to get approved and to receive a ranking of 4/5 stars.

Step #4 - Finding A Good Forum:

Now that you have been approved, hopefully with a decent rating, you will be able to head over to the forums section and select one that suits your category. If you want to write specifically about gaming then this is your chance, as there is a subcategory dedicated to gaming based forums. Find one that suits your standards and head over to it and make an account. After making the account you will want to go back to the postloop website, and click the subscribe button on the forum listing. Here you will be told any specific rules the owner of the forums wants you to follow, a common rule being not to mention postloop. Enter your details that you used to sign up to that particular forum, You have now been subscribed! How easy was that? Feel free to repeat this step with up to however many forums you find interesting, or want to participate in.

Step #5 - Posting:

Now you will want to go the the forum that you subscribed to in the previous step. First you will always want to personalize your avatar and forum profile a bit to make yourself seem like a natural poster. Trust me this is important in maintaining a good ranking. Then try to dig up a typical "Introduce yourself" thread, and post with a warm hello, and a brief description of yourself, and how you found the community. Be creative. Then just start posting away in other discussions that are happening on the forum, all the while making sure to keep a good post to thread ratio. I like to make around 1 new thread every 7 posts. Again this is to make yourself seem more like a organic visitor to the forum. 

Step #6 - Rinse & Repeat:

From here on out it is all just about scaling your reach to as many forums as you can subscribe to until you hit the 100 point cash-out threshold that you need to withdraw the points to your Paypal account. This might take a while depending on your writing speed and creativity, but it is one of my most reliable sources of online income, as there are almost always forums that want posting. As of now 1 point is worth around $0.07, as you get around 1.5 points per post on average at the moment, you should be expecting around $0.14 per post.

Step #7 - Cashing Out:

This is the best part. Head over to the payment tab under your profile on the Postloop website. Make sure you have your correct Paypal account linked, and continue to the withdrawal tab. Here you can specify any amount of points, with 100 being the minimum, that you would like to cash out. After requesting the cashout it can take up to 24 hours to have it approved and processed. My average time is 5 hours.

Hope you guys/gals enjoyed this very first part of my blogging journey. Feel free to drop me a line with any issues you are having with this method bellow, and I will reply ASAP. 

Note:I will be try to get some screenshots up for each step soon to make this method a bit easier to understand. 

GOOD EARNINGS EVERYONE!



Disclaimer

I just want to put it out there that not all the things I will be posting about are going to be 100% targeted for gamers. This blog is fundamentally about getting online gamers opportunities to make money on the web, whoever some of these opportunities may not involve gaming at all, instead are more targeted at people that know about gaming, or have the mind set of an average that wants to make an extra buck. I themed the blog like this for the sole reason that I myself am a gamer that wants to make some extra money online, and therefore feel a will able to relate well to others like me.

What this means for you.

So to wrap it up, I basically am warning that a few posts here will just be covering the "how to make money online" focus of the blog and not always gaming.

Saturday 27 September 2014

Starting Out

On ventures like these it is always a a question of "Where do I start?". Over the course of my ventures I have tried countless methods to make myself a buck. Before we start out we will have to identify what we mean by gamer.

What you need:

  • Internet. We are going to need a preferably fast & reliable internet connection for this. It is vital to stay connected and in touch with the happenings online, as well as being able to monitor your online workings constantly.
  • Neat & Tidy email address. People on the internet are never looking forward to doing business with a "xXGamerProXx@swagmail.pwn". For the following steps and ventures I highly recomend making a new email address, for which we will be conducting all of our work and business through. It is also recommended that you tie this email address to one of your devices such as phone, tablet etc. to bring you any notifications or events as soon as they unfold. Remember it is this edge that will be the difference between making it big, and making no money at all.
  • Common-Sense & Basic understanding of the market. If you are trying to sell,talk about, or even promote a product, it is vital that you understand what you are talking about, otherwise people will not take your pitch seriously, and are even less likely to invest in your or give you a job.
  • PayPal. Highly suggest a Paypal account for this line of work. Most internet based businesses accept Paypal for making deposits and withdrawals.
  • Time & Patience. Some of the methods I will be going through will be more time consuming than others, some may be more profitable, and some may turn out to be a waste of time altogether. It is important for success to happen, that you are able to equally embrace the possibility of failure.
Optional: Money
As we are planning on setting out to make money, there is a good chance that most of us will not have much money to spare in the first place. Money is not necessary to succeed, but it can make a large difference as to how fast you grow/scale your methods.


Welcome


So you are interested in making money as a gamer? Same here. I will be making updates so you can follow my journey. I will be going through countless methods and tricks to earn you an extra buck on the web. I will also make sure to document all my steps along the way and share all my earnings in acute detail with you on this blog.

This is going to be a pretty crazy journey, and we will be visiting all corners of the web, some you may not even know about.