The internet is jammed pack with all kinds of methods that tell you how you can get rich or earn thousands of dollars and there are countless sites that ask you to pay a fee to get 'the latest' money making plan. This information is often very overwhelming, leaving you puzzled and frustrated. There are legitimate ways to make fast money on the internet that many people rely on for a steady income. We will take a look at five of the most proven strategies for making money online.

1. ClickBank. By signing up with ClickBank you can deliver ClickBank products (mostly ebooks and software) to your customers on your site. It is free to become a ClickBank affiliate and you can earn commissions of up to 75% on the sale. As an affiliate, you can also earn by being a reseller or by referring other affiliates to the site. As a vendor, you can also use the site to complete the ordering process and to manage your affiliate programs.

2. Ebay. Ebay is the world's largest online marketplace. It is a site that allows buyers and sellers to come together to buy and sell nearly everything. Here is how it works: A person lists an item on the web site and chooses to accept only bids for the item in a Buy It Now option, or an auction format or allowing buyers to obtain the item immediately at a set price.

3. Google Adwords. Google adwords is a system that Google devised that allows you to choose keywords that people search for on Google, and you then advertise in Google every time someone searches for that specific key word. For example, if you search for 'dog trainer', on the right hand side and the top of the screen on the results page, you will see ads such as 'the ultimate dog trainer', etc. If someone clicks on this, Google sends the targeted customer to your site & charges you for every click.

4. Adsense. Google Adsense is an advertising program run by Google. Website owners, known as publishers, sign up for free and are able to place these ads on their sites. When someone clicks on the ad, Google pays the publisher around half of what the advertiser is paying to have the ad displayed. Google takes the other half. The ads that Google places on the website are something that closely matches what your website is about.

5. Chitika. Chitika is a popular advertising network that is used by some of the internet's biggest tech blogs. The blog owner chooses a keyword and Chitika will show products that are relevant on the blog, using unique interfaces that are interesting. If people click on the ads and make a purchase, the blog owner is paid a commission.

All five of these strategies are proven methods that you can use to earn fast money on the internet. None of these methods requires any special prior experience and you can get each one of these programs up and running in just a few hours. The earning potential is up to you. If you put forth a lot of time and effort, you could easily make a living using one or all of the above methods.