Whether you want to earn an extra few bucks, or want to make money online, there are reliable websites to go to. Many of us have stumbled countless sites that promise to make us $500 overnight. So it is only natural for someone to be wary of the idea of making money online. However, people want to learn ways of earning extra cash in this economic climate, and the good news is that you can!
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Strange name, isn’t it? Amazon Turk is part of Amazon.com, and it is a place where people can perform “HITS” or Human Intelligence Tasks. These HITS range from $0.01-20 and higher, depending on the requester and their tasks. There are tasks asking you to place merchandise into the correct category, or even transcribing audio. The The penny HITS can be easily overlooked or dismissed, but if it only takes you 30 seconds, and you do it for an hour, that is $1.20/hour. If it were a $0.10 HIT, and it would take you a minute to complete, you would earn around $6. It’s not a lot of money, but many people go on this site to kill time and alleviate boredom. Some people mindlessly perform easy HITs while they are watching the TV and etc. You can also be strategic. You can find your niche, by finding the types of HITS you want to complete. My suggestion is to find a good requester. I made money by writing 350 word articles for around $4.25. It took me about 30 minutes to complete one article. I made around an average of $60 dollars a week by writing two articles a day. That’s around $240 dollars a month, which is good food and gas money. Apparently, there is person who claims to make around $1000 per month without “turking” night and day. You have the choice of transferring your money to make an Amazon gift card, where you can use it online, or transfer the money to your bank account. The good news is that your money will be safely transfered through Amazon.
Requirements
Minimum Age: 18
Pay: varies from 0.01-$20 &up; per HIT
Opinion Outpost
Opinion Outpost is a place where you can make extra bucks on completing online surveys. I’ve had a good overall experience on this website. First, you have to sign up and complete 9 profile surveys, asking questions about your health to your travel experiences. This is necessary so that you can receive surveys according to your information. I’ve received an average of 2-3 surveys per week. Each survey pays around $4 dollars on average. You have the option of requesting a check or transferring your earnings into a gift card. They pay you accurately, and on a timely fashion.
Requirements
Minimum Age: 18
Pay: around $4 per survey
E-Poll Surveys
On this site, you earn money by completing fun and easy surveys. There are surveys that ask you about your leisure time, for example, how many hours you watch television each week and etc. Each survey is worth around 200 to 1000 points. 3500 points is equivalent to $5, and 6750 points is equivalent to $10. You will be emailed surveys once in a while, depending on what kind of participants they want to question. This ranges from one survey per two weeks, to two every week. You have the choice of cashing in your money for gift cards, transferring money to your bank account, and donating your money to organizations.
Requirements
Minimum Age: 18
Pay: 500-3000 point per survey. 3500 points= $5
Text Broker
If your niche is in writing, then check out Textbroker.com. You can make money by writing articles by the word. Upon signing up, you are required to complete a 120-250 word article so that they can rank you from 2-4 stars.
2 stars: legible
3 stars: average
4 stars: excellent
5 stars: professional
The higher the stars, the more you get paid. You also have more article writing opportunities if you have higher stars. For example, if you have 4 stars, you can write 3 stars’ articles. You can work your way up by completing good articles for your clients.
Requirements
Minimum Age: 18
Pay: Good and reasonable pay; varies.
Youtube
Believe it or not, you can earn money on Youtube. Although it is not easy, it is definitely possible by becoming a “partner” with Youtube. To become a partner, you must make original content, be 18 years or older, upload regularly, have a good amount of views, and have copyrights. If you become a partner, then you get to keep a portion of the ad revenues by your accumulated page views. My advice is to make content that will be suitable for the audience.
Requirements
Minimum Age: 18
Pay: Varies
Sources:
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/153986_mechanical-turk-strategy
https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome
http://opinionoutpost.com
http://www.epollsurveys.com/epoll/clients/index.htm
http://www.youtube.com
