How Jamaicans can make money online using Free VPN

After Netflix announced plans to block VPN services as per my Geezam blog article entitled How Netflix will block streaming via Proxies and VPN as they go Global I realized that there is still a huge interest among my readers in free VPN's.

 

A VPN  is just really logging into another server in another country so as appear to be located in that country as explained in my blog article entitled “Surfing the Internet Anonymously using VPN - How to use Streaming Set Top Boxes over VPN”.

Hotspot Shield is especially popular on MICO University Campus, as it allows MICO students to stream and download from YouTube despite the restrictions placed on Wi-Fi access as explained in my blog article entitled “Internet blockade at MICO - How to use VPN and Proxy to access blocked websites”. 

Most of my articles thus far, including the Netflix article on Geezam, main tout paid VPN services. So here's a list of Free VPN that can be used both on desktop as well as tablets and Smartphone’s as compiled from the article “The Best Free VPN Services for 2015”, published AUGUST 7, 2015 by Fahmida Y. Rashid, PC Magazine. 

1.      CyberGhost VPN

2.      HideIPVPN

3.      Hotspot Shield

4.      ProXPN

5.      SpotFlux Free VPN

6.      Steganos Online Shield VPN

7.      TorVPN

8.      VPN Book

9.      WiFi Protector

All offer paid versions but their free versions are usually restricted VPN services in terms of speed and which countries you can log into, often subsidized using advertising or other paid users. So, as I’ve said before, going paid is your best bet!

So why would you need a VPN anyway?

Jamaicans seeking information on VPN - Making money in a harsh economy

Jamaicans in 2016 seems to be interested in VPN for more than just streaming Free TV as explained in my blog article entitled “Cable Providers comply with BCJ Cable Channel Removal - How to install a VPN to Stream American Cable Channels on your Roku”. 

As that's really money going out of your pocket not coming in as income. There are three (3) ways to make money online:

1.      Working for someone

2.      Referrals i.e. sales for some else's products

3.      Selling your creative work

All you need to have to start is the following:

1.      Paypal Account as your main Payment Gateway

2.      Payoneer Account, an International US Bank MasterCard Prepaid Debit Card

3.      Scotia VISA Debit Card or CIBC First Caribbean VISA Debit Card

4.      Broadband Internet at home, be it FLOW, Digicel or LIME

5.      Notebook or Journal to keep Track of all your Online Accounts and Passwords

6.      Portfolio of Published Written Work on a blog or Website online i.e. Blogs, e-books

7.      A VPN (Virtual Private Network) Connection

8.      A Friend or relative living abroad

Working for someone - Surveys are fun in the Midnight hour

Jamaicans are interested in ways to work online as if they're in the US of A, Canada or UK. Survey websites are hot as well, with the below being just a few of those I currently know Jamaicans are using, thanks to a tipoff from a source from a Call Center:

1.      ClixSense

2.      Points2 shop

3.      Opinion Bureau

4.      Paidviewpoint

5.      Money Connexion

Surveys are great if you have lots of spare time in the night.

Referrals - Selling someone else's products on your blog or website

There is also doing referrals on your blog as explained in my MICO Wars blog article entitled “How Jamaicans can make Money from Referral Websites” is a very popular option.

This option works well if you have a high traffic website, blog or even social Media page. Brands will pay you top dollar to model and sell their products once you can demonstrate that you have great traffic.

Selling your creative work - Writers, YouTubers and Arts and Crafts

For those of us who love to write, you can even make money from writing romance novels and books as explained in my MICO Wars blog article entitled “How Jamaicans can make money online – Content Blogging and Writing Books”. 

Even colouring books are hot right now as explained in my MICO Wars blog article entitled

“How Adults Colouring Books is Play Time with Visual Arts”. 

For the creative videographers among us, posting YouTube videos is one of the fastest ways to make money online as explained in my blog article entitled “US$750,000 for Jamaican Dancehall and Reggae Artiste on YouTube Streaming - How to drive Traffic to your YouTube Page and make money from Advertising”  is an even more lucrative way to make money online.

You can sell your video editing skills can also be put to great use in making Promo videos for Crowdfunding runs as explained in my MICO Wars blog article entitled “How Jamaicans can use Crowdfunding for their Projects in 30 Days”. 

Finally selling your items via setting up your own website or even selling via your own online store such as Etsy or Ebay as explained in my blog article entitled “How to make money as an EBay Seller online - Everything in Jamaica from Rare Coins to Unique Craft Items”. 

Driving traffic to your Weblink – Advertising in the Sunday Classifieds locally and abroad

No matter what method you use to make money online, always remember to advertise your weblink using a URL shortening service in a Sunday Classified ad, both in Jamaica as well as in the US of A via your contact living abroad.

This as on Sunday, most people are relaxing at home and also searching for work in the Classified Section of the Sunday Newspaper. Bitly.com is an excellent URL shortener, with the benefit of being able to shorten cumbersome website links and built in metrics. 

The best results are achieved by doing three (3) month long campaign of advertising, as this’ll yield the best results in terms of generating the traffic that you require.

With so many ways a VPN can help, free VPN's are must.