Collection · 8 ideas
Ideas that sound good and aren't
The graveyard. Each of these gets pitched to thousands of people a day, usually by someone who makes their money selling the pitch. We rate them on the same scales as everything else and then explain where the money actually goes.
Updated 1 Sep 2026
- Dropshipping generic products from overseas suppliers
The margin is eaten by ads, refunds and the fact that the customer can find the same product for a third of the price.
$100-1k1-3 monthspocket money
- "Done-for-you" Amazon automation stores
You pay tens of thousands for a store that someone else runs. Ask why they don't just run it themselves.
$10k+6+ monthspocket money
- Joining a multi-level marketing company
Income depends on recruiting. That alone gets it banned here; the income disclosures do the rest.
$100-1kweekspocket money
- Selling a course about making money online
Recursive. The only proven way to make money from this is to sell it to the next person.
<$1001-3 monthspocket money
- Crypto and forex signal groups and trading bots
If the signals worked, they would not be for sale.
$100-1kweekspocket money
- Matched betting on bookmaker sign-up bonuses
Real for a few weeks, then the bookmakers limit your account and the arithmetic stops.
$100-1kdayspocket money
- Paid survey and micro-task sites as an income
Pays. Just less than any minimum wage on earth, and the good tasks vanish within seconds.
$0weekspocket money
- Buying "turnkey" websites for passive income
Sites with real passive income aren't sold for two years of earnings to strangers.
$1k-10k6+ monthspocket money