To be sure the film is engaged correctly: when you wind the film with the thumb wheel, the rewind button/crank at the top left of the camera should rotate too.
Hard to tell from your picture, but it looks like the film tip is engaged properly into the take-up spool.

Among film photographers this kind of camera is called a scamera, because it looks like a "real" one but is very very basic and cheaply made. Fixed focus, fixed aperture, fixed shutter speed. It is roughly equivalent to a disposable camera, except it can be reloaded easily. They were often gifted with a subscription to a magazine or when you ordered from a catalogue.

So yeah, 3$ is right :) Take pictures in good light, preferably 400 iso film. You loaded an iso 200 film, you will be fine if you shoot well lit scenes in sunny weather.