Are you one of those people that thinks everything on the Internet is a scam? Of all the questions I get asked about various programs, the most common one is “is it a scam?”. If you are one of those people who is wary of everything online, why are you wasting your time looking for ways to make money?

One of the things I have noticed is that most people have too high expectations. They somehow think the Internet is a magical place where miracles happen and money is made very easily and quickly. They don’t believe this about their job when they clock in for work but they do think they are somehow missing out on quick easy riches online. When they find out that whatever program they sign up for requires actual work, they immediately run to the exits yelling “SCAM!”.

These unrealistic expectations are somewhat the fault of all the spectacular claims of big money to be made by so many online money making programs. You have all seen the endless number of ads promising effortless passive income and quick easy ways to make money at home. After having seen so many phony claims, many people seem to buy into the myth that it is really possible. This causes them to continue to search for that elusive nugget of information that will forever change their life and allow them to live on the beach while their computer cranks out money.

The truth is that while there are some real scams online (like the Google jobs scam), most things you sign up for are real. I have yet to be actually cheated out of anything on the Internet in my quest to make money. Now, I have signed up for eBooks and programs that I have thought were overpriced or didn’t deliver much information, but I have not been actually SCAMMED. When you get scammed it means you lose your money with no chance of ever getting it back, a product is never delivered, or the product is not anything as advertised.

People are very quick to use the “scam” word and it is a shame because it hinders many people’s chances of ever learning how to make money online. You are surely not going to succeed overnight and any sensible person not caught up in the hype will realize that. Learning how to make money at home online is something you can do if you are patient and willing to learn what works and what doesn’t. You may never be able to quit your real job and totally replace that income but you can learn how to earn some very nice money on the side. That is, if you are willing to believe that there are legitimate websites and learn how to take advantage of them.

I am always looking for legitimate ways to make money and SquishyCash is one of them. This is another site similar to CashCrate where you can join for free and earn some extra spending money. It is not a job, you won’t make a ton of money, but it seems possible to earn $30 to $50 dollars per month until you run out of offers. The good part is, you can earn a lot more on top of that with their very generous referral program.

I have just put up a screen print of the $80.00 PayPal payment I got on 1/31/10 and it came through with zero fees which is nice (I took out the ID # and Paypal email for privacy reasons):

They also pay by check, a Target giftcard, a Wallmart gift card, or an Amazon gift card. Here is my banner that shows how much I have made in total so far:

SquishyCash has promotions running every day and at least once a week it seems there is one where they add a dollar or two everytime you do 3, 5, or 10 offers. What you get depends on what their promotion is and it is smart to wait for those days before you do your surveys, offers, or sign up for anything through them. This is a better deal than any other GPT site I have signed up for and it is great to get the added bonus.

The referral program is better than most others as well because you get $1.00 added to your account everytime one of your referrals goes active. You also get the a percentage of what they make for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tier referrals. But it is that $1.00 bonus for each active referral that you get right away that adds up the quickest. They don’t have to cash out, meet any payment threshold or anything: you get the $1.oo in your account the first time they do an offer.

There are more ways to make money on SquishyCash but doing the surveys and offers as well as the referral program are the best ways to make money here. This site is not going to make you gobs of money but it can bring in some nice extra cash every month. If you want to make money at home, you can use SquishyCash along with other legititmate sites like CashCrate and Send Earnings to make a bigger total every month. You can belong to all of them and use each one to get what you can and together they all add up nicely.