“Passive income” might be the most misused phrase in personal finance. And in the make money online space, it’s been stretched so far from its original meaning that it now gets used to describe things that are essentially the opposite of what it means. Understanding the actual difference between passive income and automated income, and … Read more
When I started TwentyFourSuns, I thought the job was simple. Find the scams, call them out, point people toward what works. After 16 years in this space and well over a hundred products reviewed, the job turned out to be more interesting and more complicated than that. Here’s what actually changed in how I think … Read more
“Start for free.” “Zero investment required.” “Begin with nothing.” These phrases appear constantly in online business marketing, and they do more damage to beginners than almost anything else in this space. Not because they’re always outright lies, some models genuinely do have low startup costs, but because they set expectations that don’t survive contact with … Read more
Affiliate marketing gets talked about in two completely different ways depending on who’s doing the talking. In the online education space, it’s the golden ticket, passive income, laptop lifestyle, commissions rolling in while you sleep. In the cynical corners of Reddit, it’s a saturated race to the bottom where only the people selling courses about … Read more
After 16 years reviewing online income products, I’ve seen a lot. Thousands of products. Hundreds of variations on the same basic pitch. And somewhere in the middle of all that, I started noticing patterns. The good news is that scam products in the make money online space are actually pretty predictable once you know what … Read more