Interestingly enough, this seems to be a topic I always come across in various forums. I just replied to a forum just the other day relating my experience (or lack thereof). My search for earning money online came because I had just lost a job. That's another story to itself. My instinct to survive clicked in and was automatically sent to Youtube and Google searches to find ways to make money online, at home or passive income of any sort. As I sift through the maze of information, websites, videos, testimonies regarding many earn at home sites, I find myself very disappointed. Disappointed because more than half of the sites I registered with had a "catch", that is, there is some form of payment at the end of the long registration, before you can access to site info, or start earning money. Now how uncool is that? Here I am, filling out forms, trying to find ways to support myself with extra income, and I end up in websites that are asking me for money to make money. Huh? Anyway, I've ran the gamut of finding sites where you type captchas, view videos, do surveys and everything else. Some are even the lottery type format wherein, you don't know whether you're going to earn anything until the numbers are drawn, and hopefully your earned tickets match the numbers on their jackpot. Huh? What? That's the same chances of me just buying a lotto ticket and crossing my fingers for a win. All in all, although I am still new in the game, and continue to search for other income garnering venues, I will, for now, admit, that I haven't been lucky enough to earn much money online. To this date, 2 weeks after losing my job, I have earned a total of about $1.46, trying each and every site and doing all I can to abide by their rules and practices. Oh well. Maybe something will come along? Who knows. In the meantime, I am still perusing the web for other money making opportunities, hopefully sites who do not require me to shell out money that I don't have to register with them. Good luck and congrats to all that have done well in their endeavors to make money online. Maybe you can drop a hint to everyone so that we can all benefit from your discoveries. I remain optimistic. Something is about to give! Cheers!