If you have thought about working from the comfort of your home, surely you have seen that there are a wide variety of opportunities to do so. Including a list of manual jobs from home that you could do for others and for which you will be paid.
In this post quiero explicarte en qué consisten, cuáles son las ofertas de trabajos manuales desde casa más habituales que encontrarás y lo más importante: te voy a dar algunas claves para que reconozcas cuando un anuncio es una estafa, debido a que les aseguro que los anuncios de este tipo son muchos.
What is manual work doing from home?
As you can imagine, it is about performing a task that does not need special tools or previous knowledge and that allows you to combine with your usual tasks because you do them from home!
Sounds good so far, huh? And surely you have even thought that it is ideal for you, right?
read on, because usually (I would say 99.95% of the time) are not real jobs, sadly there are a lot of scams.
The most demanded manual jobs from home are:
If you've ever searched the internet for offers to do manual jobs from home, you've probably read advertisements for: fill out forms, build lighters, build pens, wrap, build toys, make bracelets, earrings, etc ... Simple and manual work.
Offers to make jewelry, assembly of pens, envelopes, etc. are the most used as «hook«
Ads so eye-catching that they offer you to earn quick and easy money from home.
With these words that seem like magic words, they attract your attention and curiosity. Of course, we all want something like that, right?
But are these offers real? What's behind this quick and easy money?
Before giving you my opinion, I would like to let you see some details of these striking announcements, so that you can draw your own conclusions.
- ¿Los anuncios son publicados por alguna compañía? No, por lo general son persons que por lo visto no puedes conocer en persona, ¡qué coincidencia! Ni siquiera estoy seguro de que usen sus nombres reales.
- Do you think they will employ all the people who contact them? Because it seems that simple, you basically contact them and you already have a job.
- Wouldn't it be more economical for these “companies” to hire X number of employees in a shop to do these manual jobs, rather than sending them to many places and to different people?
- Do you think that some of these handicrafts they propose can only be done by people? Because they can truly be mechanized and it doesn't take more than one person to control a machine.
- When we talk about assembling some products, do you really need that much product? I don't know if the keychains, lighters, etc. they are truly a growing market.
My opinion is this:
I believe that a company can hire staff to work from home, but a serious and reliable company, and therefore has no problem giving their name, their contact details, the name of the person in charge, etc.
At the same time, if you are going to be in charge of doing a job that bears their name, the most logical thing is that they want to meet you to be sure that you will do a suitable job, even with an interview, do not do it. Do you think
Es por ello que me cuesta creer que todos estos anuncios que abundan en los sitios Web de empleo sean reales.
But unfortunately, Many of these ads for manual jobs from home are scams..
There are bad people who try to take advantage of the situation of other people who need a job, who need to earn money and in some cases are desperate, and try to deceive them with these scams.
What are these scams?
Based on what I have investigated, there are a number of ways these “companies” (to call them that) can scam you.
Some of the most common scams that I have been able to find in different forums are the following, and that occur after they have sent you a short welcome letter or email, quite doubtful by the way:
They ask you for money to send material
One of the requirements to start "working" with them is to make a first payment. Supposedly it will cover the shipping costs of the material necessary to do the manual work from home that I discussed earlier.
The scam is that you will never receive any material but you will have already sent your 40 euros (or what they have asked you) and you will not be able to get it back.
¡A uno de los integrantes de un forum, le pidieron un pago de 40 euros por gastos de transporte! No sé qué medio de transporte usan o qué compañía de transporte, pero ¿no es motivo suficiente para dudar?
Even though you may have already read it in another of my posts, I repeat, you should never pay to work. !Never!
They ask you to pay for the materials.
Another scam is asking you to pay for a starter kit. At the same time, as the instructions you will receive will not be very clear, you will certainly have to pay for the additional material with the instructions as well.
This scam is very similar to the previous one. These "companies" earn on the money these people have paid. Because in no case does the material arrive.
They can use you as an intermediary for some illegal activity.
These "companies" will ask you for a copy of your identification, but EYE, that your data may be used for some fraudulent activity.
They may also ask you to receive packages at your home. But what if those packages contain some illegal product or something that has been stolen and ends up in your possession?
Siempre debe saber el contents de los paquetes que recibe, ¡Siempre!
How to identify a scam?
Here I have prepared some recommendations for you to recognize the scams of all these ads for manual jobs from home.
- Be wary of Ads from individuals or with a private advertiser. If he is serious and reliable, he does not have to hide, do you think?
- There is no contact information in the ad. No name, no email, no address, no CIF or company name.
- Some of these "quick and easy money" ads have that eye-catching message, but ... with spelling mistakes. He does not show seriousness or confidence.
- The images que usan en el anuncio no muestran el Logo de la compañía y además they are not of good quality.
- They ask you to do a payment for materials or registration. Never pay for work, never!
- Watch out for all the "quick and easy money" ads. Basically because such a thing does not exist.
Si encuentra un anuncio que puede parecer confiable, es mejor buscar en el buscador de Google las opiniones y la experiencia de otras personas. Aquí hay algunas capturas de pantalla de estos foros donde se discuten estas estafas.
Some opinions in some forums
If you are going to look for opinions in some forums, you can find several experiences and they are not always positive.
Here are some examples, they are from a few years ago but it is so that you know the experience of some people with these attractive and hopeful ads, and that in the end they have turned out to be a scam.
Case 1: This person wanted to do manual jobs from home and shared the welcome letter they received before making the payment. Here the forum.
Case 2: Unfortunately this other person lost his money, believing that he was paying the transport costs and the material never arrived. If you are looking to read this complete experience, here is the Link
Case 3: In this web portal they also warn you of scams, and in this circumstance with the name of a company. Here is the Link so you can see all the answers, where there are more scam testimonials.
Are you interested in working from home?
If because of your situation or for any reason you are interested in working from home, of course you can!
Even though there are many scams on the internet, it is feasible to do manual jobs from home and earn money with them. Basically you have to let your creativity fly and get on with it.
Perhaps it may seem somewhat complicated because you have heard about online stores or perhaps because you think you have a lot of competition or there are big brands with which you could not compete. Let me tell you that you are wrong… well, partly.
Although it is true that one of the alternatives is to create your own online store where you can market your products, it is also true that this is not an essential requirement. On the Internet you can find websites such as Etsy or Ezebee that allow you to create your own virtual showcase and market your crafts through their websites. All this quickly and without the need for you to be a computer expert.
Respecto a la competencia, pues sí. Hay competencia, no nos vamos a engañar. Pero eso no quiere decir que no vayas a comercializar nada, sino que deberás de trabajar mucho más para señalar y ofrecer un value added para ser distinto, pero nada de esto es imposible.
The added value also has to do with the big brands that already exist (if they exist). But keep in mind that big brands tend to mass-produce products, anyway. Instead, you could create unique and unrepeatable objects that people will value more.
What manual jobs can I do from home?
You have several opportunities. If you like crafts, here are some ideas:
- Make candles or soaps
- Create decoration and party objects
- Create jewelry and accessories
- Make stuffed animals for the little ones
But if you are also interested in other types of activities that you can do from home with the help of your computer, here is the link to another post where I tell you about other ways to earn money working from home.
Other ways to easily earn money
If you need simple methods with which to earn extra money, I suggest you read these posts:
Conclusions
Unfortunately, we find many scams of all kinds on the Internet. There are people who hide behind your computer to deceive and take advantage of other people's situation.
For this reason, with this post I would like to help you recognize these types of scams so that you do not fall for them and do not believe in the flashy ads for easy money.
Si buscas trabajar desde casa, haciendo trabajo manual puedes hacerlo y de hecho te animo a que lo hagas, pero busca la mejor forma de hacerlo, ya be con tu propia tienda online, a través de otras webs o creando tu tienda En Facebook. ¡Tienes varias oportunidades! ¡Intentalo!
I hope you have never fallen for these scams, but if you have turned out to be a victim of these bad people, I would like to ask you to tell your experience in the comments, it would be a great help for other people to do so. don't fall for these scams.
