There are many ways to make some decent money on the internet. Some of such opportunities will entail parting with some reasonable amount of money to start with, while others will not require you to part with anything, but your time and willingness to learn. Nevertheless, be aware if you are not already that there are scams. Anyone promising that you will make a lot of money with or without some effort may just be doing this, so watch it! Having said this, here are some 10 top ways to earn a decent income online.

Okay the first two ways you can make money online involves writing. If you are a good writer, you can earn some passive income by writing for revenue sharing sites such as Helium, Squidoo, Hubpages, just to mention a few. And the way this works is this, you write well-researched articles plus provide products or recommend same for others and you get paid at least some part of this, which can be as much as 50% to 60%. Besides this, you can also set up a blog, write on it and build up readership. As more and more people continue to read your blog you can then sell advertising space, make use of Google Adsense and see your passive income grow.

Thirdly, another way you can make some quick money online is to offer your services through outsourcing or freelancing sites. Two of such sites that readily come to mind are Scriptlance and Freelancer. If you have a computer and you are connected to the internet, you can join these sites without paying a penny to offer your services. Such services can include: web designing, writing, translating, offering administrative services, name it!

A fourth way people are making money on the internet is through working for a company. To do this, you need to apply and get approved. Once this is accomplished you will get notifications on available jobs sent to your mailbox. And will be paid as agreed after executing such jobs. Data entry and completing online surveys are examples of services often required here.

Again another way to make money via the internet is through foreign currency trading also known as online forex trading. However, in order not to get your hands burnt doing this, you need to learn how this is done and not to see this as a quick means of generating extra-ordinary income.

Okay a sixth way to earn decent income online is by running an online Ebay store. You can do this by acquiring products to resell on Ebay.

And if are good with taking pictures or developing images, a good way to also earn some money will be selling your photos to stock image sites such as iphoto.com.

And the last three ways in this article through which you can earn some money online is through buying and selling domains, affiliate marketing, and selling products via drop shipping. Also, known as domaining; buying and selling of domain names has earned people money, but you need to be knowledgeable about online trends to be successful here. Next is affiliate marketing and you can do this if you have a website. As an affiliate you will be earning money by advertising other people's products on your website. Now the tenth way to generating online income is by selling products through drop shipping. This usually entails partnering with people in countries such as India or China to manufacture and ship products to customers for you, while you on the other-hand set-up and manage the website plus attract customers.