Are there any legitimate work-at-home sites?

In this excerpt from
Answercast #93 I look at the overwhelming prevalence of scams in the
internet work-at-home field, and offer a few suggestions.

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Legitimate work-at-home sites

The short answer is – you know, there probably are, but I have no way of finding them.

The problem is that there are so many scams out there in this particular segment of “what’s on the internet.” The whole work at home market is overwhelmingly scams.

So I can’t even say that this is what you need to do to find work at home using the internet. Certainly don’t use any of those sites if you’re questioning whether they are legitimate or not. If you’re not absolutely positive that they’re legitimate, they’re not.

Asking for money up-front

They’re just going to take money if they ask for money up front – that’s wrong. The whole point is to make money. You shouldn’t have to pay them money to make money.

I do have an article, “How can I make an income working online?” That, at least, begins the discussion of what it means to work at home. Usually, what it means is working for yourself. In other words, not hooking up with some random fly-by-night company who makes promises that they won’t deliver, but rather setting up your own home based business.

I don’t have specific examples; specific places to send you to because like I said, it’s an incredibly difficult market. I just don’t have a clear answer for you. My recommendation is that you not try and find this kind of work this way.

(Transcript lightly edited for readability.)