Making A Little Extra Pocket Money

I don't think it's such a great idea to always play the bad cop, sometimes it's good to be the good one. The thing about the internet is that it opens up so many opportunities, some good and some bad. Instead of constantly telling your kids what they can't do sometimes it's nice to guide them through some of the good points of the internet.

Take my daughter for example, she gets pocket money every month. As with all 12 year old girls, it's never or will never be enough. I decided to have a look online and see if there was anything out there that was 100% child safe that could maybe make a few pound. Lets face facts here, she's part of the internet generation, getting a paper round is way out of the question! Whilst there are hundreds of ways of making extra money online there are very few (in fact none) that I considered OK for my daughter! That was until I stumbled across something called My Search Funds after a friend mentioned something similar. It's run by a registered company based in the UK. All their details appear to check out. The idea is that they pay you a percentage of the advertising revenue that is gained for doing the internet searches that you do everyday anyway. I tried it out myself, they require minimal personal details (no need to give your address/phone etc) and it only takes a few minutes to setup. There are no naughty adverts or anything else bad, they just pay you for using their search bar, it's really simple.

When I told her about it she couldn't wait to get started. The search bar in Firefox was how she searches the web anyway so it didn't require any changes to what she was doing. The results themselves are the same as what you get with Google. She just uses it for when she's searching the net, it's not mega money but it's worth about £8 a month for doing nothing more than what you do currently for free. It's already been more than £20 in her pocket that she wouldn't have otherwise. The internet can be a cool place, don't be afraid to find some of the good things out there and share them with your kids. I'm certainly back in the good books now :)