Well, as I said, I help people sell stuffs online. Google 'affiliate marketing' or 'affiliate business' and you'll see what I am talking about. It's a mature industry in certain developed country but it's just not that popular here in Msia/Spore. There are plenty of popular products to sell online, ranging from e-books, cameras, satellite tv subscriptions, internet faxing, cooking materials, food, dating sites membership, investment software, web hosting, wordpress theme memberships, golfing equipment, and even boat (yes, catamaran boat - they sell this online). In case you are interested to find out more, CJ.com is the place to go for starters.

BTW, I received a few PMs asking for more in-depth details but since I am revealing my income openly here, I will NOT respond to these messages (thanks for understanding). Other than that, I would love to help as much as I can here.

Besides, CJ.com, is there any other place that i can get more information?

In your current line of business, do you have more personal time compared to your old job?

How much is required for a startup phase?

Please don't use this thread to promote your personal interest. I'll suspend the said accounts when it is needed.

Just got a new offer and already signed and accepted the offer, time to update :-

Age: 28
Job Title : Network Engineer
Job Description : Supporting customer operation, project and all network related matter
Years of experience in IT : 4 years +
Company : MNC
Industry : IT
Tenure : Permanent
Qualification: Degree in Computer Science
Salary : RM 4.5 K basic pay + RM 600 fix allowance per month
Working hour : 9am - 6pm.

Previously feel underpaid and not satisfied with my salary, therefore looking for new job, this will be my 3rd jobs.

This post has been edited by ReginaJune: Sep 25 2011, 06:44 PM

Platforms like CJ are actually 'third party' website that connects merchants and affiliates. There are plenty of network around, ClickBank and ShareASale are the other two popular networks that you might want to check out.
For any further general information... I believe a simple search on any related terms should lead you to the answer. Personally I follow Aaron Wall's SEO Book and SEO By The Sea at this time. I used to read a lot at CopyBlogger and Webmasterworld.com but that is history. Most so-call gurus or forum posters nowadays produce nothing but noise so I read a lot less after 'blogging' become such common.

Do I have more personal time compared to my old job? Hell yeah! Life's totally different from any normal 9-5 job - time is flexible and there are plenty of my 'job' can be outsourced. Furthermore I prefer to work smart (instead of hard) and I try to work not more than 24 hours a week (6 hours/day, 4 days/week - read Tim Ferris 4 Hours Work Week - efficient business owner should never work more than 4 hours per week ). Fact is I love this business I am running so much and the challenge is how to stop thinking about work and have more 'non-working' time.

On the startup.... well this is a tough one. Different player will have different strategy and it's hard to give a fixed answer. When I first started 7-8 years ago - I spent less than RM1000 (if you exclude the cost of my work time). Let me count - a hosting account cost about RM400 (conversion was 1:3.8 that time), a domain name at Godaddy cost RM30, a useless ebook that cost me US$99, and that's it. I wrote my own content, designed my own website, SEO-ed my sites... and that's how I got started.

At this time of writing, I spent roughly 10-15k/mo for regular operations (hosting, ghostwriter, design job, etc) and advertisement; but that's me. I would strongly recommend any newbies to start small (but think big), any solo Internet business plan requires more than RM5000 should have a very solid strategy on how to earn that modal back.

So... that answers your questions?

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Added on September 25, 2011, 9:12 pmOuch, if this message is directing to me then it's very, very discouraging. I thought you guys would enjoy sharing some of my experience.
I was actually planning to start a thread about this at the 'webmaster/blogger' section to share my experience and (hopefully) exchange some valuable ideas with the folks here at LYN. But I guess mod here are too phobia to 'make money online' scams.

This post has been edited by SinChewJitPoh: Sep 25 2011, 09:51 PM

Fruitie was saying "in general". You are more than welcomed to share your knowledge and experiences but not till the extent to promoting external websites.

Alright, cool!

doin my mechanical now as my extension..sooon!

Hi Guys,

my experience: 3 years

May i know what is the basic salary for Assistant Head (aftersales) training division in automotive firm.

job description: have to conduct training.

This post has been edited by ~mingwei~: Sep 27 2011, 09:43 AM

helo Regina, I'm looking forward to enter into Networking Field, 4 years with such salary for this field is quite amazing for me. May i know do you possess any Networking related certification?
Thanks for reply =)

Thanks for your explanation...would need more guidance from your goodself and appreciate if you can let me know where i can get those books (besides SEO) to understand more on the business.

I have actually heard of this business before from friend as his friend is doing it but his friend is not willing to share more information. Basically, i was told that his friend is making around RM10k to RM20k. I am actually looking for more personal time as i spent 12-14 hours a day at work and i don't see the money coming besides have to cope with office politics and having lesser sleep.

Thanks again for sharing.

This post has been edited by tiong: Sep 27 2011, 08:03 PM

Wow. Only using Affiliate marketing you can make such an amount of money already. Good job.
Do you do direct marketing/ad network/blackhat seo/cookie stuffing?

This was my job after my SPM examinations. I was modding my car when i ran out of money and was so scared to ask my dad for money because i wasted all my money on ICE which he thinks is unnecessary items. lol

Job Title : Mechanic
Job Desciption : Do nothing. Just sit and look how other's repair and do some small jobs like changing brake pads, engine oil etc.
Years spent in company : FRESH ! work with my grandfather at his workshop.
salary : <rm2.5k
benefits : free car + petrol (grandfather's one) , free accomodation , free food , extra pocket money. + he gave me his car to me. (im the owner now)

Well, i worked or three months. Gained alot of experience ! Now, it's alot easier to check my car for any faults and i already know the pricing for some car parts and this will prevent me from getting cheated.

This post has been edited by hamswat: Sep 28 2011, 09:27 PM

Sharing Mine..

Age : 26
Job Title : Conference Executive
Job Desciption : Floor manager,administrative work (Collect payment, update website, design brochure,marketing,search for sponsor,speaker, etc)
Years spent in company : almost 2 years
Industry :Insurance
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : executive
Experience before joining : event executive at various company
Income: RM 2550 a month

Wow, that's pretty good. A lot of fringe benefits and not to mention, you gain valuable experience. I believe you will excel in the automotive repair business if you like it and also you have gained the basic knowledge.

Job Title : Engineer
Job Desciption : Maintenance
Years spent in company : 1 year
Company : public listed company
Industry : secret
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Exect
Experience before joining : freshgrad
salary : RM 2200
qualification: degree
benefits: medical, dental, insurance, performance bonus, meal allowance,phone allowance+internet, can claim mileage, no OT
others: normal working hours but need to standby 24/7, and maybe required to attend system malfunction during odd hours. Required to do system upgrade during night to avoid system disruptions. Need to travel to peninsular, sabah & sarawak.

Am I underpaid?

Age: 28
Job Title : Network Solution Architect
Job Desciption : To provide network solutions, response to RFP/RFQ/RFI, to do POC.
Years spent in company :1 year
Company : MNC
Industry : IT
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Senior Exe
Experience before joining : 5 years
salary : RM 10300 & 1 month contractual bonus.
qualification: degree
benefits: standard medical coverage, with phone allowance, and parking subsidy.

You would have made 10k if you work for better comp

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Added on October 1, 2011, 8:19 amExpected too high. Unless you have any special skill

This post has been edited by sonerin: Oct 1 2011, 08:19 AM

Age: 28
Job Description : IT Programmer/Software Engineer
Years spent in company : 3.5 years
Company : Private
Tenure : Permanent
Experience before joining : 2 years
Education Level : Bachelor of Comp. Science
Current Salary : RM 3.2k
Region: Sarawak
Benefits: Medical, dental, mileage claim and insurance for self (No OT claims)

Hi need some advice.

how much salary shoud i get if i have 5 years experience as Interior Designer. Tomorrow I am having a review for my 3 years careers planning. I need to give a figure to my boss for his review and negotiations.


thanks in advance.