[tuumi]

Back when the internet began to appear in households I had a friend who started a dial up ISP. I had a personal website hosted there. I found an adult clip and made a web page with a banner ad with a "click here to support". Honestly, I have no idea how people even found the web page. I'd get mailed $20 to $50 dollar checks every so often. I'd have to monitor the bandwidth used so my buddy wouldn't notice. I'm pretty sure I went over but I was never charged extra. The mid to late 90s were an interesting time.

[tuumi]

Also, bought a CD burner when they were about $500. Bootleg live CDs of your favorite band were $30+. So I'd do some digging and find some live MP3 and and sell CDs to my friends for $15. There was a narrow window of time to do this before the technology became more common. Does that count as making money online?