These programs have been researched and tested by Work-At-Home Success and found to legitimate, doable programs. Nevertheless, WAHS cannot guarantee your success. Always research any program to make sure you are willing to do what it recommends to build a home income. 

Affiliate Programs

Google Adsense ***** (Review 1/07)

I'm a bit of a late comer to Google Adsense. While I have been running Adsence for some time on my sites, I hadn't really maximized the earning potential until lately. Over the last three months I have made 3x what I had been making before.  The Adsense program feeds PPC ads on to your site. It scans your site so that it can feed ads related to your site's content. When someone click's on your ad, you make money. Google is very strick that you adhere to the rules and will terminate your account without notice if you break them, so read the terms carefully. I do recommend reading about how to maximize Adsense (like so many other Internet innovations, what started out as easy now has a science to it). Joel Comm's The Adsense Code is a good book to get you started. Remember to never click on the ads on your own site, but do check them. As a work-at-home site, WAHS sometimes gets questionable ads fed to it, but Google allows me to block those ads simply by putting the ad's URL into Google's competitive site filter.  

I have been with Click Bank for a long time as a merchant. I don't know why I didn't think to review it sooner. I do recommend ClickBank if you are merchant with electronic goods or looking for affiliate programs. They pay every two-weeks as promised, have an easy refund system, and 1000's of products to promote. Plus, since so many people use ClickBank, you can save on your own purchases if you are a ClickBank affiliate. I would recommend trying out or reviewing any products you intend to promote as an affiliate. While ClickBank is good, not all products are. As a merchant, ClickBank is quite affordable, handles a variety of payments and allows you to offer several products or services. Sign up for Clickbank free. Don't foget, as a Clickbank affiliate you can promote Jobs At Home and earn 50%!

I like this program as an affiliate, but can't say one way or another regarding service. If I had better reception to have satellite (too many trees where I live), I would try it. This program, as many satellite services now recognize, makes money from service not the equipment. For that reason, they supply the equipment for 4 rooms plus installation for free with a contract for service. Affiliates are paid $50 for every installation. It pays $15 for each of your affiliate referrals that has service sign-ups and $10 for each of their referrals. This is not a program that pays my mortgage, but I don't heavily promote it either. So I'm always thrilled when a check shows up in the mail. VMC also provides offline promotional materials so you can market locally as well as on the Internet. It has online tracking for your referrals and service sales. 

Home Business

Infinite Possibilities***** (Review 6/03)

I like this program for many reasons one of which is that its making me money. But what I really like and feel good about recommending is that the partner company has an impeccable reputation for quality and integrity. It has been mentioned in several books for its unique opportunity and extraordinary management and in 2005 received a Hall of Fame award from its Better Business Bureau. What makes it even more appealing is that it requires very low start-up and no new on going investments. Make a few simple changes and you can save money, earn free stuff, and get a rebate. Finally, this program was put together by a team of work-at-home and online experts who do personally work with people. You can learn more at Infinite Possibilities.  

I haven't made money from this program yet but I do like it because even if I don't make money, it provides great services needed in a home office. You can get a free 800# (just pay for usage), Internet Access, LD including flat rate LD, and lots more. It is free to join and offers a free website to help you build your business. Plus you can market services lumped together or individually. There is online training and resources that is extensive. There may be personal support if you ask for it but no one has called or emailed to check on me. Check out more at Cognigen.

Telecommuting Resources:

Freelance Work Exchange *****

FWE is a great resource of 13,000 jobs in many areas and is perfect for people looking for work at home jobs or freelancers. I like that if offfers a 7-day trail for $2.95 so that you can paruse the database before making a bigger committment..

Home Job Stop *****

I really like Home Job Stop because is has many great jobs and is extremely affordable. For the serious work-at-home job hunter who's just starting out, this is a great database of jobs. 

Virtual Assistants *****

This is one of my favorite resources for finding jobs. Find 100's in various categories including clerical, writing, bookkeeping and more. Its not the least expensive telecommuting job database, but its quite extensive. I recommend it for anyone who is really serious about working at home.

CareerBuilder ****

Career Builder doesn't have as many work-at-home jobs as the telecommuting databases, but sometimes it gets some real good ones. Plus, its free to use and has many job hunter tools.

Craigslist *****

If you haven't been using Craigslist in your work-at-home search, you need to start right now. Its free and offers the most work-at-home jobs of any free resource. You do need to watch out for biz ops and scams, but you'll find many great jobs. To search Craigslist, you need to do it by city; however, many jobs don't require you to live near the company so you can search just about any city.  I like Boston, San Francisco, Houston, Austin, and Washington, DC. (BTW... you can use Crazedlist.org to search mutliple cities at one time).

Marketing Resources

UNLEASHING THE IDEAVIRUS ***** (Review Date 11/02)

This week's review is of a popular and top rated book that you can get for FREE! Seth Godin, author of Permission Marketing followed up this book with Unleashing the Ideavirus which sets out to provide details on how to create and unleash your own virus. Through case studies and interesting analogies (the spread of the virus requires sneezers), the book helps readers understand how word-of-mouth (or word-of-mouse for those on the internet) works and how they can put it to use themselves.

I like this book for several reasons. For one its one of the few books I have downloaded that actually offers something new, different and useful. Second, its easy to read and understand. Third, its free:)

Marketing, particularly on the internet is ever changing. Things that worked last year don't work so well this year. But, I think Godin's concepts will last a while because they are based on permission and genuine referral. People tune out advertising on

TV and if you are like me, you delete the hundreds of emails you receive every day promising thousands of dollars or hits or leads, etc. But, people are open to hearing from others they trust about a good movie, website, or other things. The trick is to have the word-spread. In Unleashing the Ideavirus, Seth Godin provides the information you need to start your own "virus".

You can download the book in PDF form or onto your Palm device by visiting http://www.ideavirus.com/. BE SURE TO CLICK ON "GET IT". The site does offer the print version for sale. You need to click on "GET IT" to download the free version.

Incidentally, you are allowed to email and otherwise share the book with others as long as you don't sell it....so spread the word!

30 Days to Internet Marketing Success by Joe Kumar *****

This book isn't cheap but it probably the best ebook I have overspent on in Intenet Marketing. It has lots of great ideas and resources. Its two volumes that total over 1000 pages of good stuff. Joe Kumar went out and asked many top internet experts how they would generate income in 30 days on the net if they had less than nothing to start with. There is some great stuff.... terrific resources and even better daily, step-by-step plans to start earning an income from home.  Check it out here.

Programs That Fail WAHS's Review

These programs are not necessarily scams however, in my research, I found aspects that make it questionable or difficult to do. Read each review for details. Please note, that these reviews are based on my experience and may not be the experience of others.

Affiliate Programs

Direct Fraud - The service itself wasn't too bad, but imagine a consumer protection agency that didn't pay its affiliates! This company owed me hundreds of dollars that it didn't pay and attempts to email or call went unanswered.

CareersFromHome - This is another one that I'm giving a bad review because it markets itself as a providing legitimate work-at-home options, but failed to pay its affiliates (or at least me) what I had earned through its work-at-home program.

Home Business

LIBERTY PROFIT/CORAL CONNECTION -  UPDATE: 1/04

I just came across an article indicating that the FTC was investigating the coral calcium industry for false claims. As a result, this program must be moved to the "Doesn't Pass" rating.

Birthday Shack (Review 1/04)

This is a free to sign up program that pays members 25% commission on birthday products sold through the site. There are glitches in the sign up in that the URL given didn't work and took some time on my own to figure out why. I have emailed and called the person in charge but never got a response. It is possible to promote and have people sign-up through your link however, there is no indication that you would receive commission from your referrer's sales. Its free so nothing is really lost, but lack of response by the owner of this program would lead me to recommend against joining. 

GET MOVING TODAY  4/03)

I joined this program in early November 2002 because it PROMISED I would have $1,100 by Christmas just for signing up (I didn't have to do anything). It's  "product" is autoresponders which I use in all my ventures so at least I was getting something useful for my money (there is a free program, but its against the law to get paid on free "members"). This program has an interesting 2X2 matrix that cycles although the forum suggests that cycling is not much understood. Its not the most professional looking site but the autoresponders do work. They made some changes that require me to go to one site for autoresponsers I set up before the change and to another site for autoresponders I set up after the change. The tech help is non-existent. Any time I have gotten a response, it never answered my question. Neither the company nor the person I signed up under ever answered my question about my PROMISED $1,100 by Christmas, which as you can guess, I never got. I do get checks occasionally. So far I have probably gotten $250 to $300 which is still far short of $1,100 and its four months after Christmas. I have since moved all my lists to Aweber, which doens't make me money, but is an excellent autoresponder service.

ASKDOWNUNDER ** (10/03)

I received a request to review a website from Australia called Askdownunder. This site offers internet research services to companies. The idea is that company employees waste a lot of time doing internet research and that its more cost effective to outsource this. The researchers are anybody who wants to sign up although an article posted on the site indicated that most researchers are from India. Researchers are allowed to charge their own fees for researching however, they bid to get the chance to answer the question. Further, Askdownunder takes a portion of the sale for its part of the service.

To be honest, I don't have the time it would take to fully utilize the work-at-home opportunity this site offers. For one thing, the site advocates answering free questions as a way to generate points. The more points you have the more attractive you will look to paying customers. The thing is, free questions only earn up to 10 points. Answering paid questions earn researchers from 25 to 100 points. Currently, the top researcher has under 300 points. People who spend a lot of time on the internet might be able to spare some time to give free services. But I'm not certain that time given to free services in order to gain points is worth the payoff. For one thing, I don't know if corporations do pay for this type service and if they do how frequently its done. Further, its not clear what researchers charge for services. It seems to me if you have to bid for the work, one might not be getting the full amount the work is worth regardless of the points earned.

There have been other sites like and some are even listed in my book. And people probably do make some money from these programs. However, I'm not convinced that people make a livable income working for services such as AskDownunder. I would say a better bet would be to start your own Information Broker business.

CASHEVOLUTION (11/02)

I skipped this program the first couple of times I came across it. The "off-shore" account issue in particular made me nervous. I finally decided to test it out when I read an article by Mark Joyner that endorsed the program. Mark is the creator of ROIbot and an internet marketing "guru". His support (and participation) as well as a very aggressive payment structure (5X5 forced matrix), encouraged me to test it out. This is another program that people promote as something that will make you tons of money with little to no effort. "We'll give you three people and its FREE!" In theory a program like this should work through spill over. All new people are put under others. But as the matrix grows, it takes longer and longer to put people in individual groups. If you sign up and wait, you could wait years. I'm still not convinced that the FTC will like this program despite Mark Joyner's claims. Either way, I didn't make any money although there were 5 people in my group (none had upgraded which is required to get paid... as it should be). 

PERMAWORLD/Managed Downline * (11/02)

I have become increasingly concerned about the status of the Earth and how well she will care for us as we continue to pollute her. So I was intrigued when I came across Permaworld. This program is actually being reviewed in conjunction with another program, Managed Downline. Managed Downline is a downline builder for Permaworld. The benefit of this (so the site reports) is that for a one time fee of $15.00, Managed Downline will build your Permaworld business. The group is over 1500 people which slows down how quickly those on the lower rung can grow but a one time $15 fee seemed reasonable. The Permaworld program donates 1/2 ($5) of a $10 monthly fee to environmental programs of your choice. The $10 also provides an elaborate, but difficult to use lead generation system. This program has the same problems as other programs that promote forced matrix features as a way to earn income without doing anything. Those who work make money, those who sit on their laurels will wait a long to make money if ever. Again, I confused on the "product" and whether the FTC will ever investigate this one. Further, it appears the creator of Managed Downline has started another program with a different name but looks like a downline club.

EMPOWERISM * (11/02)

Like Cashevolution, I passed it by until I saw that many internet marketing gurus were participating. This program's "product" is success resources including a print magazine. I did receive regular emails with training and inspiration.  I did promote this program (as I do all the ones I test) without success. This is a forced matrix program too. The program has a good members area with lots of help in promoting and marketing. But, I didn't receive any income and my magazine didn't come until after I terminated my account.  Like Cashevolution and Permaworld, I don't see these as viable ways to supplement or replace an income. 

RESIDUAL CASH NETWORK (11/02)

The lack of stars is no mistake on this one. This program offers monthly tape (for $60/month) on success. In the few months I participated, I didn't receive one tape although I was only billed one month and then I guess the program fell apart. I had a lot of difficulty  in accessing a  password protected area of the members area. A recent email apologized for not meeting expectations although it promised something better coming soon. This program then began to promote GMT (see above).

Programs that don't pass or fail WAHS's Review

*WAHS's doesn't want to use the word recommend as working at home is an individual choice and WAHS cannot determine the recommended program/resource for you. Instead WAHS uses "approve" to indicate that the program passes WAHS's Criteria. To be an "approved" program or resource the program must be: