So exited - working from home

mckayleesmom wrote: I just started working for ChaCha.com. Its a new search engine with human guides. Basically...its for people that want to narrow down a search. A human guide will reasearch and try to help you find what you are looking for.

It was on GoodMorning America this morning.....Im so excited.

BTW...I know on Goodmorning America said that people could sign up now, but it is closed till Thursday.

If other people are interested in it...Let me know and I will send you the invites. I only have 6 to hand out right now.

Kaitlin'smom replied: sounds interesting....send me one

mckayleesmom replied:
I will...On Thursday.

MoonMama replied: That sounds neat, if you wouldn't mind I'd love one too.

coasterqueen replied: Can you explain it more? Like do you get paid per search, what hours do you work, etc.

BAC'sMom replied: count me in too

mckayleesmom replied:
You can work as many hours as you want......At the top of the Download Screan they give you...It will say Away or Available......You can click it depending on if you are there or not. You get 3 keywords to use that you would like to specialize in finding things for. When a person wants a search in the keywords you are in...a box will pop up on the screen and a doorbell rings.

To start out....You train for 5 or 6 of your key searches. For that you don't get paid. There are different status's you can reach. Most of them can advance really quickly.

You can get paid up to 5 to 10 dollars an hour...depending on your status. You actually get paid per minute you are with a customer, but if you used your whole hour...you will get paid what you are making. What is nice is you can either have the money directly deposited into your banking account account or they have a debit card you can get and at any time you can have your money you earned put in your card. You get to see how many minutes you worked and how much you are making.

There are alot of glinches with the system right now. Its a very new search engine and they are still working out all the kinks....So you have to be patient with them right now.

On Thursday I will copy some more information for you off their site. Right now the site is having problems because they are being bombarded with searchers because it was aired on goodmorning America.

mckayleesmom replied: Also...as you go along....You will get to add keywords you would like to have if you feel comfortable with other areas.

Occassionally you will get a question that is not in your keyword, but you can answer the person if you feel confident to do so.

Another thing is you get to talk to the person that is searching directly to narrow down the search.

Another thing is.....The people you invite go under you and I believe you make 10% of what they make. Its kind of pyramidish, but you don't have to pay to do anything.


NOTE....this probably won't make you a millionair and its not a get rich scheme, but it might give some some extra spending money if they are willing to put in a little time.

mom2my2cuties replied: I saw this the other day Looked pretty interesting -


ETA - Also if you do this - I would suggest not doing the debit card option - you are charged $2 for each deposit that is made so that cuts into your earnings something drastic.

C&K*s Mommie replied: sounds interesting.

mckayleesmom replied: I will give people invites and tell you where you can get them also.....On thursday. Right now the site is having a bunch of problems and it is down for repairs. I guess the GoodMorning America segment this morning was not sought after by the owners of ChaCha. Since they advertised it this morning there are tons of people trying to log onto it and its crashing the system. That is why they give the invites....so they filter people in and right now everyone is trying to get a job there at once and its crashing their system.

They did appreciate the publicity, but they were trying to wait for it to go big so they could fix the glitches with a smaller number of guides.

Adrienne522 replied: Good luck with that. IT sounds interesting.

3_call_me_mama replied: Sounds FUN! I'd love an invite if you have any left/when you hand them out. I used to do a similar thing in college for the college i went to. It actually was a lot of fun and paid Ok.. especialyl for somethign as easy as searching online!

holley79 replied: Sounds like something I could do to earn a little extra money when I'm not at work. I'll have to look into that on Thursday.

CantWait replied: sounds cool, I'd love an invite if you have any left and if it's extended to Canadian residents.

mckayleesmom replied:
I think it is just in the US right now...I will have to ask.

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: sounds good. If you have any left over I would like one

mckayleesmom replied: Don't worry...I only have 6 invites right now.....You get more as you go along, but I will provide the website where you can ask someone for an invite. I just don't want to invite you all yet until things are back up and running smoothly.

moped replied: Is it available to Canadians??

mckayleesmom replied: I just asked and its only available to the US at the moment. But like other search engines it will probably branch out soon. They just opened it up and it still has a bunch of problems...so I think that is part of the reason.

JoysBoys replied: How long did it take to get a response when you first applied?? I also heard on GMA about Chacha, and emailed them. I got a reply asking for more information about myself. I sent that back yesterday.
What's the next step?? Do they email you back and say you got the online job, or do they ask more stuff???

Joy

mom2my2cuties replied: Joy if you need an invite - send it me your e-mail in a private message.