This site offers you part of their revenue for searching with them. It uses a similar interface to Google so it will be easier to use than some services. You can choose to get your earnings through Paypal or donate them to charity, earnings are calculated each month.
You can go there by clicking here
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Slash My Search
Slash My Search is a search engine which pays you up to $0.25 an hour by simply searching with their search engine, they claim that you can get up to $180 a month. Your earnings are based on your overall activity with SlashMySearch, not by simply clicking links. They use snap to provide the search results which I think is the best search engine besides Google, purely because it is the perfect example of web 2.0 with its website preview option.
You can go to SlashMySearch by clicking here
You can go to SlashMySearch by clicking here
Monday, 14 May 2007
WorldStart
WorldStart is a service that produces newsletters for subscribers and pays the content writers a very acceptable price, but you wont be writing one everyday because it takes some time to get them accepted, and I have trouble finding something to write on because almost everything is covered, I found if I write things about Windows Vista, then it has been tackled on the site yet so I get accepted.
As I said the pay is good, from the site:
Overall a good site, plus you may find some tips yourself which you never knew about, you can check out the guidelines and more information as well as submit an idea here: http://www.worldstart.com/writers-guidelines/
As I said the pay is good, from the site:
- The minimum page length is 1 page (approximately 400 words) with screenshots - $45.00, without screenshots - $35.00
- Two pages (approximately 800 words) with screenshots - $55.00, without screenshots - $45.00
- The max is three pages (approximately 1200-1500 words) with screenshots - $65.00, without screenshots - $55.00.
- Submit an idea here
- They will look at the idea and reply to you saying whether they want you to write it, to minimise the chance of rejection, make sure the article is not published on the site already
- If accepted, you will write the article and send it to them as an attachment
- The article will then be put in a queue
- When the article is published in the newsletter you will receive the appropriate payment through paypal, payment was fast, I just sent my email address and it went straight in.
Overall a good site, plus you may find some tips yourself which you never knew about, you can check out the guidelines and more information as well as submit an idea here: http://www.worldstart.com/writers-guidelines/
Saturday, 14 April 2007
Ciao
Ciao is a very well established website which offers reviews on almost everything, but it does more than reviews, online surveys are where you make money of Ciao. Sure you will make money for reviews, but not much, I've made 7p (14 cents) for three reviews.
When you sign up to Ciao, in order to complete surveys, you have to fill in 11 questionnaires, so that the surveys you receive are tailored towards you. You will receive an email invite every time there is a survey that suits your profile, they seem to pay pretty well, I had three in one day, one for £1.67, one for £2.50 and one for £1.00, they took about 15 minutes to complete each, so you wont make a living from this but you will certainly make a bit of pocket money every month.
I had three in one day about a week after I applied, but that has been all I have received, so don't hold your breath for 100s of invites a month because you probably wont get it.
Overall, the service looks good for online reviews, it's a company that you can trust, although your earnings don't apppear in your account for a couple of weeks.
You can sign up by clicking the image below:
Update
I have been using Ciao for a couple of months now and I am seeing more surveys than I though although I do get some ridiculous ones for 35p for a 5 minute survey, I turn these down. It takes a long time for money to be added to your account and there is another long wait to get your money in your account, but they certainly pay well although I am finding surveys quite boring.
When you sign up to Ciao, in order to complete surveys, you have to fill in 11 questionnaires, so that the surveys you receive are tailored towards you. You will receive an email invite every time there is a survey that suits your profile, they seem to pay pretty well, I had three in one day, one for £1.67, one for £2.50 and one for £1.00, they took about 15 minutes to complete each, so you wont make a living from this but you will certainly make a bit of pocket money every month.
I had three in one day about a week after I applied, but that has been all I have received, so don't hold your breath for 100s of invites a month because you probably wont get it.
Overall, the service looks good for online reviews, it's a company that you can trust, although your earnings don't apppear in your account for a couple of weeks.
You can sign up by clicking the image below:
Update
I have been using Ciao for a couple of months now and I am seeing more surveys than I though although I do get some ridiculous ones for 35p for a 5 minute survey, I turn these down. It takes a long time for money to be added to your account and there is another long wait to get your money in your account, but they certainly pay well although I am finding surveys quite boring.
SoftwareJudge
If you like using software and reviewing, then this is definately for you. SoftwareJudge claims to pay anything from $1 - $50 (50p - £25) per accepted review. That's quite a good rate, that is if you get anywhere near the higher price range. I have written two reviews, both have been accepted but I was paid just $1 each (50p), this wasn't great. When I contacted them to ask what they wanted from a $50 review, they said that it wasn't my review that was the problem, but that they were on a budget for April.You can only review software on their website, but there is quite a few titles available. All software has an evaluation version to download and test, that is the beauty of reviewing software, it's free, to write a proper review on a phone or TV you have to buy the product.
SoftwareJudge is about 2 years old, so you can trust it although you have to reach $200 (£100) in order to withdraw money from your account (you need to be a member of Western Union), although you can request a piece of software, a game or an ebook from the site, but you can only have it in downloadable format.
The people behind SoftwareJudge seem to be very friendly, down to earth people who will be happy to assist you, but they make it clear, if you cannot write a good review don't write one.
Because, of the high rate, you can only write up to 3 reviews a day, I doubt this would ever happen, but that means $150 (£75) for a couple of hours (max.) work. They want "tell-it-like-it-is, no marketing BS, straight talking software reviews", they don't want you to lie and say the software is good if it isn't.
Overall, I think this service could be great, I get the impression they want experienced reviewers so if you keep writing for them, I'm sure if your good enough you'll start making the money.
Go to SoftwareJudge
Ease of Use: 10/10
Pay: 8/10 for now, (10/10 maybe in the future)
Payment: Western Union only after $200
Overall: 9/10
Will I carry on using this service: Yes
Review Stream
I have wrote 8 reviews for Review Stream and have been paid $8.70, that is £4.35 for about an hour and a halfs work, they pay 75p ($1.50) per review, however there is a rate called Bulk Rate which is paid if the review doesn't fall into the popular categories, or isn't good enough, this rate is 15p (30 cents), which isn't quite as worth it but is better than some review services out there.
The main categories tend to be electronics, insurance, cars, finance, phones and airlines, although there are categories for almost everything. There is also a list of requests from users for reviews, if you review something on this list you are normally guaranteed the 75p rate.
You can make 5p (10 cents) for every vote that you get on your review as well, so get your friends to read and vote and you may make some extra cash.
An important note is that you CANNOT publish your review anywhere else, do this and you wont be writing for Review Stream again, also don't bother reviewing things you don't know much about just because it gets the highest rate, this site is designed for people who just like to write reviews, the money is a bonus, obviously I'm doing it for money.
Your review will get accepted or declined within 2 or 3 days, they are normally very good with this.
Overall, the service is great, you can review when you want and what you want, there's no signing up neccessary, you simply choose a nickname, then put your pen name, review title, product your reviewing, location (if its a shop or hotel etc.), email (your paypal email, paypal is needed). Then write your review, agree to the terms, and say whether you except the bulk rate, if you don't select this then you wont get paid anything if it isn't good enough or in an unpopular category. Even 15p is better than nothing. Your balance can be seen at the bottom of each acceptance email you reveive. You can request your money when you make £25 ($50), payment is through paypal.
Go to ReviewStream
Ease of Use: 9/10
Pay: 10/10
Payment: Paypal only after $50
Overall: 10/10
Will I carry on using this service: Yes
The main categories tend to be electronics, insurance, cars, finance, phones and airlines, although there are categories for almost everything. There is also a list of requests from users for reviews, if you review something on this list you are normally guaranteed the 75p rate.
You can make 5p (10 cents) for every vote that you get on your review as well, so get your friends to read and vote and you may make some extra cash.
An important note is that you CANNOT publish your review anywhere else, do this and you wont be writing for Review Stream again, also don't bother reviewing things you don't know much about just because it gets the highest rate, this site is designed for people who just like to write reviews, the money is a bonus, obviously I'm doing it for money.
Your review will get accepted or declined within 2 or 3 days, they are normally very good with this.
Overall, the service is great, you can review when you want and what you want, there's no signing up neccessary, you simply choose a nickname, then put your pen name, review title, product your reviewing, location (if its a shop or hotel etc.), email (your paypal email, paypal is needed). Then write your review, agree to the terms, and say whether you except the bulk rate, if you don't select this then you wont get paid anything if it isn't good enough or in an unpopular category. Even 15p is better than nothing. Your balance can be seen at the bottom of each acceptance email you reveive. You can request your money when you make £25 ($50), payment is through paypal.
Go to ReviewStream
Ease of Use: 9/10
Pay: 10/10
Payment: Paypal only after $50
Overall: 10/10
Will I carry on using this service: Yes
Welcome - So what is this about
Welcome to my guide to making money online. My name is Simon North and I am a student from England. As part of been a student is been skint, so I had a look around on the internet and have found many services that can earn me a resonable earning to keep me going. As I carry on the journey to making myself a decent hourly wage on the internet, I will report on the services I come across and give my personal opinions, so keep coming back for more services. Thankyou!
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