Top 20 Free Paid Online Survey Sites You Can Join From India

There are hundreds of paid online survey sites where people can join free and make some good earning but most of the the website don’t allow people from India or many other countries.

Many of them are either for US people only or people from US, UK and Canada can join them. There are very few sites which are available for international users where people from all over the worlds are welcome. Its very difficult to find out which sites are good to join, which site provide the registration to Indians and which sites pay their members on regular basis.

Note:- If you don’t have idea of what is paid online survey then check here Paid Online Surveys guide which explain you everything about this.

Paid Online Surveys is the perfect online job opportunity but how to find the trusted sites.

Yes, paid online survey is a perfect part time income program but finding a trusted website is a very tough and tedious job. We have been testing many of the free paid survey sites from long time and made good money from the same.

Out of number of free survey sites where you can join, we have prepared a list of top 20 sites which sends survey on regular basis and pay there members on time. There were many sites which paid initially but after sometime stop paying us so we removed such sites. Although you will not become rich by working on online surveys but if you join all of the 20 sites, you will start making some decent money as you will get surveys frequently from one or other site.

Top 20 Free Paid Online Survey Sites -

Just check here about these 20 free paid survey sites with short description where you can join and start making money by doing the survey. Its recommended that you join all these sites and provide as much details as you can at the time of joining. More they will know about your profile, it will be more convenient for them to decide what survey you are eligible for.

1. Star Panel

This is one of the most famous sites as STAR Panel is started by Star India Pvt. Ltd (STAR TV)in cooperation with the market research company Nepa India Pvt. Ltd. who also administrates the panel. After you join, they will ask you lots of details about your profile and maximum you can get up to 6 surveys a month and you can also choose how many online surveys you want. The number of surveys depends upon who you are and what your account settings suggest. Some surveys target a specific group and you may be screened out as a result. You can join Star Panel here.

2. iPanelOnline India

iPanelOnline established in 2004, is the first supplier of online market research samples in China. iPanel Online Has now become one of the largest samples supplies in Asia. After you join iPanel and participate in the survey, you will receive points and 10 points = 1 INR. When you will visit iPanel India website, you will find hundreds of members on its page with thousands of points. You can redeem your points as gifts, cash etc. You can visit the help section of its India website to know more about iPanel. Join iPanel Online here

3. SurveyHead

Again one of the good paid survey site. SurveyHead was founded in 2008 by the founders of goZing.com. From 1999 to 2005, goZing paid out over $5 million to people worldwide for completing paid online surveys. In 2005, goZing was acquired by a public competitor.Today, SurveyHead work with corporations and market research firms around the world to help them gain competitive intelligence through online surveying. If you fit the demographic for the current online surveys, you will get a survey as soon as you join SurveyHead. Even if you do not qualify, you will get an instant reward of $5. You can either use the earning to withdraw cash or purchase a wide range of gift codes from top brands. Join SurveyHead here

4. Toluna India

Toluna.com is a community website dedicated to providing your online voice. After Toluna has taken over Ciao surveys, all the members of Ciao migrated their account to Toluna.  Make your opinion heard through your polls and opinions directly on Toluna! Let other people know what you think, and find out if people think the same as you by including your polls and opinions in your own personal blog. More then 40,00,000 members currently with Toluna. You can earn in 2 ways in Toluna, by participating in paid online survey as well as for the popularity of the content (polls and opinion topics) they create. You will get welcome bonus of 500 points after you join Toluna. Join Toluna India here

5. PanelPlace

PanelPlace is the world’s 1st portal dedicated to help its members keep track of research panels they joined and keep them informed of those they have not joined. This way, its members will not miss out on any paid surveys and can maximize their earnings. You will find many of the real people with their income proof on the home page of PanelPlace website. Join PanelPlace here

6. IndiaSpeaks

IndiaSpeaks is an online web portal where consumers join hands to shape and develop products and services through online surveys launched by brand-owners. The IndiaSpeaks panelists are primarily from India, and represent a wide spectrum of age, income, demographic profile and professional attributes. You will be invited through email to participate in paid online survey and once completed, you will be  rewarded for this. You can redeem your points even at famous brand store like Big Bazaar, Lifestyle, CCD, Barista, Pantaloons etc. Join IndiaSpeaks here

7. Brand Institute

Brand Institute is the world’s premier brand identity consultancy. Its brand agency portfolio of services includes brand strategy/architecture, name development, market research, regulatory and visual identity solutions. Those belong to pharmacy industry make more money here. Usually online survey from this company can pay $2 to $30 and you can receive your money by cheque or PayPal. Join Brand Institute here

8. PermissionResearch

PermissionResearch is part of an online market research community with over 20,00,000 members worldwide. Permission Research trusts on its members to gain valuable insight into Internet trends and behavior. This research is used by major media outlets and companies trying to understand how people around the globe actually use the Internet. As a member of PermissionResearch, you have the opportunity to participate in research that is improving the Internet. To recognize your participation in its panel, they will plant a tree through its Trees for Knowledge program. In addition, from time to time, PermissionResearch members may be contacted about special surveys that offer cash or gift cards as a “thank you” for participating. Join PermissionResearch here

9. Planet Pulse

Pulse Group is a first class offshore Research Process Outsourcing (RPO) company serving some of the largest research, media and consulting companies in the world. It owns Planet Pulse, the most active and recognized network of online survey respondents whose valuable opinion is trusted by researchers the world over. Planet Pulse values your opinion and rewards you for your time. ‘Pulses’ is the e-currency of Planet Pulse. You will be rewarded with Pulses for every completed survey. Planet Pulse rewards up to 5000 Pulses per completed online survey. In Planet Pulse 100 pulses = 1 USD and you can redeem $25 in your PayPal account. Join Planet Pulse here.

10. SurveySavvy

Luth Research found SurveySavvy in 1999. One of the best site which pay very high for every completed paid survey. Not only you get paid for participating in online survey but also when you refer your family and friends to join SurveySavvy. Join SurveySavvy here

11. Spider Metrix

Spider Metrix begun operations on June 26, 2000 and it is a privately held organization, based in Melbourne Australia. Managed by its founding members and supported by a great team with expertise in Information Technology, Business, Psychology, Marketing, Graphics and Advertising. For every test you are invited to do, and you accept, you will earn spiderPoints which can be redeemed for all kinds of Rewards, such as Vouchers, Cash, CDs, Books, Electronic equipment and so on. Join Spider Metrix here

12. GlobalTestMarket

One of the old and best site for paid online survey. Founded in 1999, GlobalTestMarket is powered by GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), one of the world’s leading providers of market research. GMI serves more than 1400 clients in more than 60 countries worldwide, and provides a global solution for companies that wish to conduct online consumer research across multiple countries. Most of the surveys are on topics such as Movies, Restaurants, Automobiles, Consumer products, Current events or any topic of your interest. GlobalTestMarket will reward you for every online survey you complete. Once you reach 1000 points, you can withdraw $50. Join GlobalTestMarket here

13. ValuedOpinions India

ValuedOpinions is owned by Research Now, a leading online fieldwork and panel specialist. As a member of Valued Opinions you will be invited to participate in various online surveys as per your interest you provide in your profile. For every completed paid survey, you will receive INR 50 and INR 100 and up to INR 1000 for specialist surveys and that will credited to your ValuedOpinions account within 28 days. Join ValuedOpinionshere

14. The Panel Station

The Panel Station is essentially a community of consumers that shares its views and opinions about a variety of products and services via online market research surveys. The Panel Station focuses on customers from emerging economies like Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico. You can withdraw cash after your account reaches 1000 points. Join The Panel Station here

15. YourSay

Established in 1997, YourSay is one of the first companies in the world to help marketing and research companies worldwide gather consumer opinions via the Internet. As a YourSay member, you’ll be rewarded when you participate in surveys conducted online, by phone, or in-person. You’ll also be rewarded when you refer others. On checking its testimonial section, you will find so many people from India and other countries making good cash from this site. Join YourSay here

16. NPDOR

The NPD Group, founded in 1967, is the leading global provider of integral market research data to Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of industries. Its research is an essential component in the strategic planning of over 1,700 manufacturers and retailers, and its insight into the marketplace enables them to make fact-based, profitable business decisions. If you are not already joined with NPDOR, there are chances that they are not taking joining any more. In that case, you can bookmark the site and try after few days. Join NPDOR here

17. PlanetPanel

PlanetPanel  is owned by MSI – ACI Europe BV, a global research and consulting firm based in the Netherlands. Each invitation will give you information about the current survey topic and what kind of prizes you could win by completing that survey. Join PlanetPanel here

18. The Harris Poll Online

The Harris Poll is one of the oldest and most prestigious polls in the world. You will make money as a cash prize winner from $50 to $1000 for every participation. Join Harris Poll Online here

19. Socratic Forum

Socratic Forum members participate in state-of-the-art Web-based surveys about the hottest new technologies and software, e-commerce innovations, business-to-business products and services, and forces driving the global economy. Join Socratic Forum here

20. MixReq

MixReq company was created in 2011 and we successfully contribute to many advertising agencies in different countries. They have the best payment structure-
1) $2 to $15 on your account for each completed paid survey;
2) $9 to your account for each person you refer.
3) 15 % of the earnings from the each reference earnings.
Join MixReq here

Don’t expect too much from the Paid Online Surveys because you don’t have control on the number of surveys you receive from these sites. You can make a decent earnings if you join all of the survey sites and completes all the survey you receive. 30 minutes a day or 1 hr every alternate day is more then enough for all these sites. I have personally made sufficient money from these sites but because I am too busy in other high paid online jobs, I don’t give much focus on these. Its a good start if you don’t have earnings from any of the online jobs. Your daily 30 minutes can earn some good part time income.

If you are already earning or started earning in online survey then send your suggestions through the comment box below.

10 best (and real) work-at-home jobs

Highlights

• Work-at-home opportunities are not just stuffing-envelope gigs anymore.
• Web site that tracks at-home jobs finds 57 scams for every real one.
• Self-motivation, job skills and independence are critical for at-home workers.

Searching for jobs you can do from home used to be a matter of scanning the Sunday classifieds for offers to get rich quick by stuffing envelopes.

Now, exposure to at-home employment opportunities has exploded, and a wide range of job ads are just a mouse click away. But so are the scams.

Two years ago, when The Rat Race Rebellion began tracking at-home jobs, there were 30 scams for every legitimate opportunity. Now, with 4,500 to 5,000 work-at-home job ads screened weekly, the Web site finds 57 phonies for every one that's for real, says Christine Durst, CEO of The Rat Race Rebellion.

Nevertheless, there's no shortage of people who dream of beating the odds and earning a living from home.

Durst, who is also CEO of Connecticut-based Staffcentrix, which develops home-based and virtual career training programs, says people interested in work-at-home jobs primarily are:

• Parents who say they want to spend more time with their children.
• Trailing military spouses who, according to Durst, by virtue of their spouse's career need to pick up and move every few years.
• Retirees needing supplemental income.
• People with disabilities.

It's difficult to be a good parent and simultaneously work well at home, says Durst, because most jobs require blocks of uninterrupted time to accomplish tasks, and children's schedules are less than predictable. For those who do choose to walk the tightrope between paid work and parenting, consider deadline-oriented work. Durst says it's generally better for those with younger children than schedule-oriented hourly work.

10 good stay-at-home careers

1. Virtual assistant.
2. Medical transcriptionist.
3. Translator.
4. Web developer/designer.
5. Call center representative.
6. Tech support specialist.
7. Travel agent.
8. Teacher.
9. Writer/editor.
10. Franchise owner.

Steven Rothberg, president and founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, says "an increasing minority" of entry-level workers, are attracted to these gigs. He says he believes social introverts make good candidates. "They like working with people (but) they like interacting by e-mail and by being on the phone. They dislike working in person with a lot of others," he says, due to meetings and other "time-sucking problems" at an office.

Self-motivation, discipline, job skills and independence are key characteristics for at-home workers, says Stephanie Foster of Poway, Calif., a former medical transcriptionist who runs the Web site Homewiththekids.com.

A growing number of employers appear to believe telecommuting is a good deal for them as well. It reduces overhead expenses, allows access to talented workers who may not be available locally, provides off-hours support and helps retain employees, says Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs.com, a Web site that aggregates hand-screened telecommuting/work-at-home jobs. "We've seen a real broadening of the audience of both employers and job seekers."

Consider these 10 jobs -- some rather traditional and others unexpected -- for interesting at-home work and good (if competitive) prospects.

Virtual assistant

This is a field with much potential, in part because the title description covers many things. "You can fit your offerings to what you know how to do," says Foster. One can own a virtual assistant business or work from home for a company that makes you available to other employees or clients. Homewiththekids.com, for example, currently features a dozen such companies. Small businesses hire virtual assistants to help when they can't justify a permanent employee. The International Virtual Assistants Association, which Durst co-founded in the 1990s, began with 28 members and has grown to more than 600, who charge from $15 per hour to more than $100 per hour.

5 Ways to Make Money Online From Home

It pays to cast your financial net online, where possibilities abound.

Monetizing your expertise -- whether in social networking or transcribing -- is one way to make money while sitting at your computer at home. But others also are popping up, such as taking online surveys or even predicting election results.

The good part: You don't have to pay a dime. And with some sites, you can start to make money online immediately. Most of these gigs are small, steady streams of cash. But they can add up to steady earnings over time.

To avoid scams, forget unknown or untested sites with big promises. "Find out if the site is legitimate," says Nick Mokey, associate editor of DigitalTrends.com. "How long has it been around? And what are they asking you to do?"

Also, keep a clock running so you can maximize your income without wasting your time. Follow these rules, and you'll find the Internet awash in moneymaking opportunities.

Pitch products online

Pitching other people's products is one of the Internet's best-paying gigs.

One method is being an affiliate at a mega-site such as Amazon.com, where commissions are up to 25 percent. Anytime anyone buys a product you're pitching, you get a cut. And you can choose from more than a million products, including gift cards or computers.

At ClickBank, commissions are even higher -- up to 75 percent -- and there are more than 50,000 products to choose from. Signing up is free.

On the downside, some ClickBank products can be of poor quality, says Bethany Mooradian, owner of QueenoftheRandomJob.com. So some products are easier to pitch than others. One solution is to buy the product ahead of time to assess its quality, she says.

Dish out answers

If you're an information junkie, this gig is for you.

There are several to choose from to make money online. At kgbanswers.com and JustAnswer.com, you become an expert after taking a brief test. At these websites, a customer asks a question and receives an answer from an "expert." At kgbanswers, answers come via your smartphone. At JustAnswers, answers come via email or text message. Both offer subscription and per-question alternatives.

Brainiacs are also welcome at ChaCha, which pays you small amounts of money for completing guide tasks. Advice runs the gamut from solving puzzles to answering questions on set subjects. Payouts can be small but steady.

Building a following on ChaCha is the hardest part, though, Mooradian says. The reason: You're listed along with 62,000 other experts. Also, ChaCha rates are pretty slim, ranging from 1 cent to 20 cents per task. Though savvy experts can make money online, don't give up your day job.

Perform a microgig

You can offer your services online at task marketplaces such as fiverr.com or Zaarly.com. At fiverr, workers fulfill tasks starting at $5 per job. Zaarly.com offers a similar service. It has launched its first storefront in San Francisco but has workers performing tasks all around the U.S.

Or, even better, head to Amazon Mechanical Turk, or MTurk.com, says Mokey. More than 200,000 tasks are listed there to make money online, with varying pay and work requirements. Once a task is completed, payments are deposited in your Amazon Payments account.

"In the worldwide marketplace of today, your skills can be used for anything, including mapping," Mokey says. However, you're also competing against people in developing nations who are willing to work for pennies, he says.

To maximize earnings, evaluate tasks carefully.

Can you make accurate predictions?

Are you good at forecasting election results or the price of gold?

Then predictive sites are for you. Introduced by the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 2008, binary options are financial contracts that let you earn money by predicting the rise or fall of financial assets. You can buy them at binary option brokers.

The website Intrade is another twist in prediction-making. You can predict hundreds of events -- such as presidential election results or Academy Award winners -- by buying shares if you think the event will happen or selling shares if you think it won't happen. If your prediction is accurate, you make money. If it isn't, you lose money.

"Some power users buy thousands of shares at a time," says Carl Wolfenden, exchange operations manager at Dublin-based Intrade.com. "Others put $50 down and hold their shares. It's a lot of fun."

You should be warned that you can lose your entire investment, Wolfenden says. On the winning side, your money-making potential is unlimited.

Take an online survey

Put your money where your mouth is by giving advertisers your opinions.

To find a job, head to websites such as MindFieldOnline.com, GlobalTestMarket.com or ZoomPanel.com, Mooradian says. They offer points and rewards for taking wide-ranging opinion surveys.

Another site, eJury.com, will pay you for being part of online mock juries, Mooradian says. EJurors are paid $5 to $10 per verdict.

The attorney prepares the case submission, which consists of facts from the perspective of each party. EJury converts the attorney's case submission into an HTML format and posts it to a secure location on the website where only eJurors can access the case. EJurors review the facts of the case and answer questions, each clicking a "submit verdict" button upon completion.

But don't expect big paydays. "Surveys are good for making pocket change," Mooradian says. "Payouts are only pennies to a few dollars per survey."

How to make money online 21 tips

1. The first step is to stop Googling things like, "how to make money online." Not because you shouldn't want to make money online, but because the stuff you're going to find by doing that is going to help you lose money online. Sort of like asking a casino owner how to make money in Vegas...
2. Don't pay anyone for simple and proven instructions on how to achieve this goal. In particular, don't pay anyone to teach you how to write or sell manuals or ebooks about how to make money online.
3. Get rich slow.
4. Focus on the scarce resource online: attention. If you try to invent a way to take cheap attention and turn it into cash, you will fail. The attention you want isn't cheap, it's difficult to get via SEO and it rarely scales. Instead, figure out how to earn expensive attention.
5. In addition to attention, focus on trust. Trust is even more scarce than attention.
6. Don't worry so much about the 'online' part. Instead, figure out how to create value. The online part will take care of itself.
7. Don't quit your day job. Start evenings and weekends and figure it out with small failures.
8. Build a public reputation. A good one, and be sure that you deserve it, and that it will hold up to scrutiny.
9. Obsessively specialize. No niche is too small if it's yours.
10. Connect the disconnected.
11. Lead.
12. Build an online legacy that increases in value daily.
13. Make money offline. If you can figure out how to create value face to face, it's a lot easier to figure out how to do the same digitally. The web isn't magic, it's merely efficient.
14. Become the best in the world at something that people value. Easier said than done, worth more than you might think.
15. Hang out with people who aren't looking for shortcuts. Learn from them.
16. Fail. Fail often and fail cheaply. This is the very best gift the web has given to people who want to bootstrap their way into a new business.
17. Make money in the small and then relentlessly scale.
18. Don't chase yesterday's online fad.
19. Think big, act with intention and don't get bogged down in personalities. If it's not on your agenda, why are you wasting time on it?
20. Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.
21. This is not a zero sum game. The more you add to your community, the bigger your piece gets.

How to make money online

The Web has opened a world of opportunity and wealth creation. You can earn, sell, market, spend, leverage your skill and lure clients from the comfort of your home. But there are scams abound and hurdles aplenty. Here's how to make the most of this platform.

Namrata Dadwal and Amit Shanbaug

You never had it so good. Access to a client list that runs into hundreds of millions, a reach that spreads across the world, hardly any infrastructure cost, and no need to impress anyone with a wall full of framed qualifications. Welcome to the virtual bazaar, a marketplace that encompasses the world while shrinking it to a small screen. A region where every boundary is blurred; no one cares about your age and no one needs to know if you live in the boondocks or a plush penthouse. 

The World Wide Web has a solution for everything, and for everything, a customer. If you don't know where to start, join a popular network. Let the numbers convince you: 150 million users on Facebook and 200 million on Twitter. Each and everyone is a potential customer for anything that you have to sell: your skills, your thoughts or even your junk. 

We take you through a list of professions that you can venture into and introduce you to people who have leveraged the Net to earn a comfortable income. By no means is this a comprehensive list. In fact, it is not even an indicative one since the virtual world is continuously evolving and new opportunities are cropping up every day. After all, some of the biggest platforms that people use currently didn't even exist a decade ago—Facebook was launched in 2004, YouTube in 2005, and Twitter in 2006. 

500 for a 300-word article to 1 lakh a month for full-time blogging . 

Your thoughts are worth more than a penny now. Your scribbles and musings can earn you big bucks, if you know how to market them well. If you are unsure of your talent, start by writing a blog. It's easy to begin—just join a blogging site, such as Blogspot or Wordpress, and start writing. There is no training institute for this and only through trial and error will you discover what appeals to readers. However, bloggers are flooding the virtual world and if you want to stand out and get noticed by readers and advertisers , you will need to provide information or advice that no one else can, or provide it in a way that is better than others. You can join a writers ' community, where people freely dispense tips on improving writing or increasing readership (see How to increase blog traffic). Once you find your literary footing, it may be better to have your own Website and domain name. This gives you a specific identity, and if you submit your blog's URL to search engines, it will become more noticeable on the Net. The charges for a domain name usually range from 300-1 ,000 a year. The main source of income for most bloggers is GoogleAdSense, which places contextual ads on Websites. 

As new mediums open up, you need to adapt and leverage these. Hrish Thota did so when he evolved from blogging to Tweeting. Thota has been blogging for almost a decade and joined Twitter when it was launched in 2006. He is now a professional Tweeter, who has 4,500 followers and earns about 1 lakh a month. The 31-year-old , who is a former employee of consulting firm Capgemini, began his Twitter career by writing about events and computer hardware in Bangalore. Within a year, as his network of followers grew, companies began to approach him to Tweet about their products. Recently, he was involved with a campaign for Ford Figo for around a month-and-a-half , where he had to do a road show from Chandigarh to Chennai, Tweeting and photo-blogging about the events in real time. On an average, he earns 30,000-40 ,000 a month per brand. 

As important as your writing skill is your ability to network. "Before you begin to post your views, you need to create a community. You should go to various meets and events to develop contacts," says Thota. 

Though writing seems easy at first glance, if you want to earn money from it, you will have to work hard. Professional bloggers put in about 2-5 hours every day and constantly strive to write on topics that provide updated information. You need to be regular and prompt in answering your readers' queries. 

If you have honed your skills and are confident about what you write, you could even publish a book a la Anupam Mukerji, who became famous for his blog, the Fake IPL Player , written cheekily about the IPL's second season. In March last year, he published a book, The Gamechanger. However, if no publisher seems interested in the physical realm, don't despair. You can write a virtual bestseller . E-books are in high demand across the world and many people are writing exclusively for this segment. In June this year, crime novelist John Locke became the first independent author to sell more than 1 million ebooks through Kindle's (Amazon) direct publishing programme, under which you do not need an agent or a publisher. Each e-book was sold for $0.99 (` 48), of which Locke pocketed 35 cents (` 17). Global classroom JOBS: E-tutoring . SKILLS: Domain knowledge and good communication skills. INCOME: 5,000-50 ,000 a month (for 8-hour sessions) depending on the subject and region (India/international). 

When Shyamila Rana's husband got a job in Dehradun in 2007, the 42-year-old school teacher began applying for a post in various schools in the city. Unfortunately, not many were willing to hire her, citing age as a factor . Rana was unwilling to waste her experience and time, so she began looking elsewhere. She soon found hundreds of overseas students, who were eager to learn science from her. "One of my husband's colleagues told him about e-tutoring and I sent an application , along with my resume, to one of the Websites," says Rana, who now teaches science for four hours to students based in the US. For this, she is earning better than she would in a traditional school. 

E-tutoring is a process in which a teacher educates a student or a group of students on a particular subject through online technology. This can involve the use of Web-based programs and includes data, voice and video communication. The tutor can send questions, receive completed papers , provide results and recommendations , clarify concepts, assist on assignments , etc. To begin in this field, you can sign up with some established names such as TutorVista.com. 

Says Alok Bansal, chief executive officer of Gurgaon-based Alethia Education Services: "To start a career as an online tutor, you should know the content well and be conversant with technology." Another aspect you need to consider is the working hours, especially if you are teaching international students. 

Atul Kulshreshtha recognised the lacuna in this field in 2007 when he decided to venture into online teaching . The Noida-based chartered accountant is a serial Web entrepreneur, who started two advisory services portals in 2000. A few years later, he launched a BPO company, Cleave Global E-Services , which he sold last year. As he was comfortable with the Net and had the technical expertise, Kulshreshtha invested almost 10 crore in setting up infrastructure, buying equipment and hiring teachers , before he finally launched Extramarks .com in 2008. Although the going was tough initially, today Extramarks .com has a support base of around 150 teachers and has 7 lakh students enrolled in various programmes . It has nine offices in different parts of the country and had a turnover of 60 crore last year. 

Virtual bazaar 

JOBS: 

Online enterprise. 

SKILLS: 

Guts, gumption and marketing savvy. 

INCOME: 

Whatever you want. Shakil Thasariya began collecting autographs as a 13-year-old schoolboy, when the former President APJ Abdul Kalam gave him one in 2003. A year later, he discovered that his passion could be profitable when he sold 10 autographs to an antique dealer for `4,000. However, finding buyers in his hometown, Rajkot, Gujarat, wasn't easy. The perfect avenue: eBay. The portal opened up access to a wider and more keen clientele. He made quite a few successful sales and also got in touch with a lot of autograph dealers in the US and Europe. "This business of selling autographs is based on trust, especially if you are doing so online. To have a credible long-term reputation, I offer my clients a 100% money-back guarantee if they discover that my autographs are fake," says Thasariya, who earns about `7,000 a month by selling 7-8 autographs. 

The online medium is a perfect platform for small entrepreneurs or startups , who cannot afford to rent office space or shop. However, maintaining a Website also requires work and money. A free and easily manageable platform is social networking sites, most notably Facebook. SayNikita Fernandes and Vinisha Dugar: "We were already members of Facebook and had a wide circle of friends, so when we decided to launch our own business, Fishing Hook, using the site was a logical choice. Besides, managing a dedicated Website would become too difficult to handle." 

The two Mumbai-based friends launched their business in July last year. They outsourced accessories from China and Hong Kong, put up their photographs on Facebook and then sell these in India. Within three months, they had about 500 fans on their page and were generating orders worth about 10,000, of which 3,000 was their profit margin. 

Initially, they would deliver the products themselves and collect cash from customers. However, as their clientele grew in other cities, they began to courier the products and charge 100 as shipping charges. In September this year, they joined hands with an e-commerce portal, Ebagsfull.com, where they have put their products on display. Today, their Facebook page has nearly 2,100 fans and their client base has expanded to Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata. 

There are hundreds of online sellers who are leveraging the World Wide Web to create wealth. And this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.