Get Paid to Write Sites
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There are many website that pay for your writing skills. Hubpages is one of them. If you are looking to work from home or just need earn an extra income, then writing articles is a fun way to make a little money.
But hey, I am not a writer I hear you say… well I’ll let you in on a secret. Neither am I. To earn money from writing online articles you do not have to be particularly talented (however it is a BIG advantage if you are). My hub Make Money writing online is a good place to look if you want a few pointers about writing online, you can access it by clicking here.
What can I write about? Well most of these sites let you write about pretty much anything. That is where the fun part comes in - depending on the site, you can write about your favourite hobby or your daily commute to work (yes you really can!). Other sites will let you submit poems and recipes.
What's the catch I hear you ask? Well in exchange for allowing you to use their websites to publish your articles they take a cut of the revenue that you generate. Sometimes this can be as high as 90% or as low as 40%, sometimes less but so far 90% is the highest I have seen. Flixya.com actually give you 100% so it might be worth checking them out.
Below is a list of websites where you can display your writing skills and make some cash in the process. There is nothing stopping you signing up to a couple an trying your luck.
You can write about almost anything and place ads from Google Adsense, Amazon, Ebay and Kontera. Hubpages takes 40% of the revenue generated from your page, you get the rest. A great place to start your online writing career. Most of my "blogging income" comes from here.
Flixya
Get paid 100% of your ad revenue generated by your content. This site has yet to take off in popularity terms but that 100% is a great rate if you can get traffic.
WireTapMag
More for amateur journalists. You can write about social issues and get paid per article, minimum is $50 but the article has to be quality.
Write about anything pretty much. They take 50% of revenue generated by Adsense.
Squidoo
Similar to hubpages, we have hubs they have lenses, but they take 50% of the ad revenue. Popular members can get bonuses.
Associatedcontent
Write about anything you like, and get paid depending on the popularity of your page.
eHow
Write HowTo articles and get paid based upon their popularity.
KPwriting
Get paid upto $20 per article
Shvoong.com
Get paid for writing guides and reviews and summaries. Shvoong distributes 10% of its advertising revenue amongst its writers. Once your account reaches $10, you get paid.
Mommythink
Write about babies and being pregnant and get paid.
Get writing projects. For serious writers.
Write reviews and get paid income from Amazon sales (only if people buy stuff using your links)
Write reviews about anything and get paid between $0.40 and $2.50. Payment is by Paypal only and you need to get to $50 before you can claim payment. I've never had a review rejected by ReviewStream, but please read the comments section below - gramarye & hubber4you have both given feedback that new members are having their reviews rejected immediatley. If anyone can elaborate on the situation, please post a comment.
LoveToKnow
Get paid for writing articles each month, prices starting at around $20. But you have to write 20 articles a month to get paid.
Get paid for writing about anything - you need to reach $25 before payment and you need to have a Paypal account.
PickJack
Get paid for asking and answering questions.
Daytipper
Win upto $100 dollar a day if your tip is selected as the best tip. I have not used this site myself, but I have had some bad feedback about it. Do your research about this (and all these sites) before signing up.
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Remember, you do not need to be a skilled writer to join these sites. However, the better you are at writing and promoting your articles the more successful you will be. Don't copy other people's work. It's not nice and it could result in you getting banned - that's not a clever way to make money online.
If you struggle to make money after writing a few articles, don't give up. Most of these sites will keep paying (if your articles generate income) until you delete your account or they close down so you could possibly have an income for life. In fact Simplestuff has written an excellent hub for those of you who may be losing heart, you can read it here.
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Thanks L3B0 - I've only been here a while but already this seems to be better than most other places.
terrific informing hub work thanks
Alot of these I never knew about, before hubpages I wrote for 2 English websites, Dooyoo and Ciao, good hub !
@TattoGuy - I wrote for them too. In my opinion Hubpages is far superior.
It is now but way back in 2000 when Dooyoo paid well I was making £50 every three weeks plus getting chatted up by wild English chicks, oh those golden online days ; )
I was BadCompany 77 on them !
@TattoGuy thats more than I ever made. I used to do the surveys. Flixya looks interesting.
very good!i like it!!
great hub, i'll try one see how it works.
Thanks, I'll follow up some of those.
Hey, I'm back. I just went to ReviewStream and had a look around. Eventually I wrote a book review - I noticed how short most of them were, and kept it short and well written. However when I submitted it, I got a message "YOUR REVIEW IS NOT VALUABLE AND WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN IT." it went on to say use the back button and revise my writing etc...
Can you throw any light on why this is happening?
@Gramarye - I'm not sure, sometimes it is because it is too short or that there not enough keywords in the review. I've never had one returned immediatley, normally they take days to respond.
Ah, it might have been keywords because although I kept it short, it was still longer than many I looked at. Keywords - I'll try again when I have some time.
@Gramarye - The thing to remember with that site is that you get a one-off payment for your work rather than a continuous income.
Hi - great hub I can vouch for Xomba, will look into KP writing, have bookmarked your hub and link, thanks.
Hi Jamie, KP writing pays well, but you really have to earn it.
Thanks for this list. I'll check some of these out.
Really nice information. I heard that many Flixya member got banned on their Adsense account. Is that right? Thanks for showing me about this. Good work. I'll bookmark this one.
Prasetio30 - yes because a lot of members on Flixya click on their own ads (or encourage eachother to click on ads). Google have to protect their advertisers so they ban people caught clicking on their own ads. I get a lot of comments indicating that I should do the same, but I don't. Just don't get involved in that kind of nonsense and you should be ok, but hubpages is the best earner in my opinion.
Great hub! Thank you so much for the links, I will definitely check them all out.
Very informative! Thank you! I will check when I have more time :)
Hey thank you for the information- great hub!
Nice read! I particularly enjoyed the section that ranked websites. Other than hubpages, squidoo is my favorite site to write on.
Thanks for the comments guys - please not that the order is not really in any kind of rank. I just listed sites that pay for your writing. I agree the Squidoo is quite good, so too is Xomba. I am beginning to stay away from Flixya, and it goes without saying that I think Hubpages is the best.
Well, there are quite a few I am not familiar with so this is great! I'll bookmark it so I can come back and check them out.
Thanks for the information!
Rated it Up, Bookmarked it and Thanks A lot... Two thumbs up Buddy...
A lot of good info, thanks.
Good and timely topic. I'm writing for Textbroker and looking to diversify. Wrote for Helium years ago and got tired of them. Will look up the ones you listed. Thanks.
hey..thanks for the info..i was wondering if there is any site which pays me just for writing instead of earning from the ad revenue generated..do u know any such?
Thanks guys - Madhuri, try KPWriting.
great hub, I went to review stream and wrote two articles, as soon as I submitted them I got this response one sec later "YOUR REVIEW IS NOT VALUABLE AND WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN IT" haha in caps too, how could it be? no one had read it! I went back checked everything, it seemed to be okay, then I checked other reviews, mine was just as good if not better, I submitted again same response..I searched for other blogs concerning review stream and apparantly this happens a lot. Except for other people they start instantly rejecting your articles before you hit the 50 dollar mark, which is when you get a payout. Don't waste your time with review stream
Hubber4you - thanks for the information, I will update the hub to point to your comment. However, I have never had a review rejected by them. They normally take a week to review it, but never have they said no to a review.
I am a fairly new to writing on the Hub page, kowever I am not sure how you reeive compensation. I am in the middle of writing another article, please see my hub article on unemployment, (unemployment today). I would be interested in your opinions, whether positive or negative. I will respond to all commeents.
Thanks BeBrown, I will work on changing that. If I have any other trouble, I do appreciate the offer to give me further guidence, i may take you up on it.
Thanks
thankyou! :)
Great information and advice. You have thrown light of many of the sites which are not very popular with the mass. That was very kind of you.
thank you, this is very helpfull :D
Narain - Thank you for the comment. A lot of them are not popular yet, but its best to get onto as many as you can at the start.
Really wonderful links. Very informative hub. Keep writing further. I am book marking this one. God bless you.
Hey, Great Information! Thanks!
I, as you can see, went with Hubpages and havn't been doing bad at all. It's easy to use and navigate when creating hubs too with the use of their capsule system.
Excellent Hub...keep it up
Thanks for the links and easy-to-read article. Oh, and I appreciate your notes on the guidelines and the warnings, too.
Nice information and useful to all Adsense users.
Thanks for sharing this..
That's a wonderful list of Sites you have here.Thanks for the share.
Great hub. I was searching for this type of article for long time. Thanks for this hub.
But I need to know one thing. Is it right that Hubpages will take 40% of my revenue? Because when I was signing up for adsense from hubpages, in the sign up page they mentioned that they will share 0% of my revenue.
Yep - they get 40% However, for the amount of traffic you get, I think it is a reasonable trade-off.
Great info you compiled on writing..Will have to bookmark this....Thanks!
This is a rich resource of writing sites to consider. You must have taken some time to analyze the merits of each of these, I am impressed!
Thanks guys - Dobson, joined some of these sites and I listened to feedback for the others. So it was a mixture of my own experimentation and advice from other people.
more than half of the links you provide i hadn´t idea they existed thanks for the info.
Very interesting list of resources for writers, and well explained. Good hub, rated up. :)
Thanks guys, you are too kind :)
Great hub! Good reading.
- Harlan
Great information
Be sure to check out part 2 to this hub guys. Thanks.
Just the info I've hunting. Far better than search results in Google for this topic. A definite bookmark. Many thanks.
good info. thanks
Glad you guys like it, thanks for the kind words.
Thanks for the hub. I am new at hubs and everytime I learn one new thing, I find out there is so much more I have to learn. I have bookmarked your page for reference ~ I can't wait to have some free time to check out the websites you recommended.
Thanks Momcar12 - however, this is just a list of what is out there. I cannot recommend all of them because I have yet to join them. They are merely sites that I found while I was researching. I do plan to try as many as I can, and I still say that Hubpages is the best.
BeBrown, I would also recommend http://www.constant-content.com/?aref=13711 or Constant-Content. It's free, and works like an art gallery for writing. You write what you want (following their guidelines), make sure it is free of errors, and you set your own prices. If it sells, the site takes 35%. So on a $50 article I make $32.50. There is editor approval, it is for serious writers (those who write to inform, no first person accounts), but if your writing fits, it's easy to be successful. They pay out when you have $5 or more twice a month to Paypal, and what's nice is you don't have to promote your articles or anything. There's no ad revenue, but out of 104 articles, I've sold more than 80 licenses.
Wow!!! Thank you for sharing this. Great help!
Very informative. Thank you
Nice stuff BeBrown, I've linked to this article here: http://hubpages.com/t/141cb9
thanks for sharing. i learned a lot from this hub! :-)
Eawestwrites - I list Constant Contact in another hub I have written on this subject.
this hub is fantastic!thanks for sharing the knowlege- im off now to start checking these sites out!
Thank you AmyKristina, there's more on my second hub about this.
top information i have things like this on my profile but using differant methods of making money.. the best one i have is making money through cell phones/mobile phones
Very good, thanks!
You are welcome. Zreeves, I will check it out.
Wow. Great variety. I've only scratched the surface on the different writing sites. Thanks for a great hub.
Kcreery, there is a part 2 to this hub too.
I've been paid to write by companies as well. Of course, you have to have a blog for that. Oh and beware of AC. They have ripped off a lot of writers..
Great article.
:)
Thanks supermom_in_ny - what's this about AC?
Excellent hub. Thanks for the list of sites, I'm going to do some checking on a few of them.
Thanks I will check these out.
Thanks, I'll try one see how it works.
Hey nice hub! Some of these sites I have heard of but a few of them are new to me. Thanks a bunch for sharing the info!
Those are all tough to get paid :(
I tried some of them before such as Helium, Daytipper and got nothing from them.
VC, That is worth knowing - I will try to investigate. Thanks for the input.
Congrats for achieving all you have here in just 4 weeks, pls is one allowed to use ones hub here in other sites,are there rules against it here?
If you love writing about your favorite topics, getting some money is just a bonus, and you should treat it as such.
Great Diadem - you cannot duplicate your work from here onto other sites.
Claypot - I never said anything to the contrary.
Good advice. I will check out the sites...
Much to learn.
Your "Make Mone Online Hub is great...
Best,
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Whew a lot of comments over here. Well done! A lot of people are really on the look out for a good place to write. So far, Hubpages --I LIKE best! :)
Now, this should be something great for you too! Your hub, this particular hub has been nominated for the Hubnuggets! Woohooo...isn't that cool or what? Just get your self to this place and see your nomination. Oh don't just see, vote too. LOL invite others to vote for you hub as well. http://hubpages.com/_hubnuggets10/hub/HubNuggets-P
Great info, you put alot of reserach into this Hub, and I will us this info the best I can, thanks
I see that we are all still looking for more ways to make money. Thanks for the all the sites to check out. Aloha!
I'm not surprised this hub is up for a hub nugget award! I've read it several times now.
Thanks guys, the nomination is quite flattering. I must say once more that although there are a lot of sites that pay, based on traffic and payment - I think Hubpages is the best at the moment.
somebody mentioned we are entitled to a little free adword advert, can remember who....do you know about that, direct me to where i can find that pls.
Good list of sites, and quite comprehensive, but one thing I'd like to point out is that some sites will only pay out money to those with an American mailing address. This means that any writers not living in America (or with an American PO Box or a friend willing to receive their cheques) can write articles for said sites and gain nothing in return. When I'd first joined eHow, I was excited to find out that I could be paid even a little for writing, but then found out that as a Canadian, I'd get nothing in return for my work. Just something to keep in mind.
This is a good thorough listing of sites to generate income; many of which I'm unfamiliar. Thanks for sharing and congrats on being selected to this week's HubNuggets Wannabe nominees. Good luck to ya!
What an informative hub! Well done. I have bookmarked this one - great stuff.
Thanks for the information. You have mentioned many that I have never heard of before. I am bookmarking this one for later. Great Job!
Congratulations on being nominated for a hubnugget and welcome to HubPages.
Sage
Great source of information. At times, it seems like one cannont earn a substantial amount of money online, but your hub provided inspiration and many new ideas.
Wow this is a great list. I'll bookmark it Delicious for future reference and share it on StumbleUpon
Great Hub. Thanks for sharing.
Miles of Smiles,
Tammy
Thank you guys for all the kind words, and for voting for me in the Hub Nuggets vote - I was shocked to win that, and it's all down to you guys. Thank you.
Well done - good hub
Very informative. Thanks for sharing. Question: Can I publish one of my hubs on another site without changing anything? Would that get me in trouble with hubpages?
Thanks for the tips. I'll bookmark this page. Later!
Great list, Ill have to look through them and see. Thanks.
Thanks guys - Dongately, You cannot duplicate your hubs elsewhere. It's against the rules!
It's a good roundup, I really like the power of hubpages, as those are the ones that rank the fastest and can drive traffic. Squidoo is a nice system it's just a lot harder to get your hubs noticed.
After writing more than 450 hubs on hubpages, I am thinking to keep on writing for hubpages and also write on other sites and was looking for these sites. You gave me a list which is really beneficial for me. Thanks for sharing this incredible list of legitimate paid to write sites.
Hi bebrown I found your hub extremely encouraging and it has motivated me to take up writing seriously which I always wanted to but never did due to hesitation and doubts towards my ability to write.
Please remember guys that this is just a list of sites that pay. To make money you will have to work at it, writing is half of the job - you will also need to work at bringing traffic to view your pages.
hello everybody..
for who own small websites ....
I want to tell you something very important for you
Please , Please Do not trust google adsense,
this company is the biggest thief in the world..
belive me don't wast your time with adsense
Algerian, why say such a thing?
surely a good point from which start to get some money!
I am a new hubber -- great information to follow up on.
Txs.
Great information. I like to try a few different sites and I've written a few things on Infobarrel which is cool because you can donate 90% of your google earnings to a featured charity. Fantastic hub.
Like you rightly put it here that "HubPages is a great place to start your online writing career." Squido, Xomba and Helium are equally solid. Truly, HubPages is more real for me in traffic and revenue, atleast my first ever affiliate and google adsense checks came from here. Thanks for the quickening.
Great Hub! Very informative. I have not heard of these and I will definetly check into them.
Nice work BeBrown. Thanks for the information. I must get onto writing for more sites. You will like it here at hubpages and welcome.
Very useful information for hubber like me. I am new and trying to understand the trick of earning money, but still I am unable to produce much traffic! I have heard about keyword research but could not still fully understand.
I have bookmarked this hub, rated up and now started following you. Thanks a lot.
Thanks to all that have commented since my last post - Cupid51 don't give up - traffic is the key, there a lots of hubbers here who will point you in the right direction on how to generate traffic.
thanks for sharing such sites names, but it is not possible to write for every site.
Nice lists to check out! Thanks for the compilation!! Be take and go through each and see what they have to offer!!!
You may want to include Snipsly in your list. They offer an 80% revenue share and I've had pretty good luck getting traffic to my articles. Quickly becoming one of my new favorites!
Why not get paid to do what thousands are already doing (including you)? If your a YouTube kinda person there's a new site in the works that I've become really excited about. It pays you for each and every upload and by views! I've been googling around for this before and this seems to be exactly what I'm looking for.
Again, the sites not ready, but here's the link anyway:
There's also a blog, twitter, and facebook pages for it as well. They currently have more info on the launch then the home page does.
wow!...that's big list of get paid to write. A professional writer can certainly benefit from these sites. Keep up the good work. Valuable hub!
Hello, This was a very informational hub.
I got a loy of good information out out it.
Thank you
Great hub and info. I will bookmark and rate.
great website I should try another website to generate money.
Thanks. You mentioned some sites I hadn't heard of before.
i have tried daytipper and i have heard from somewhere that they don't pay now for every selected tip. they pay monthly basis on $100,$75,$50.
Constant Content is also a good place to write. The earnings there are unlimited. Thanks for the great info.!
Writing for other websites to make a bit of money is fine and I do it myself but if anyone is truly serious about writing for money you should consider creating your own website. It isn't an easy thing to do but it is all yours and you keep 100% of anything you can make.
I participate on hubpages and Squidoo but so far I havent found any other sites that I feel are worth the effort. Someone above said that you should try to get on as many sites as possible but I tend to disagree with that. I think it is best to concentrate on one or two or a small list for better results.
One site I didnt notice here or in the comments is Google's blogger blogs. If you have an AdSense account you can earn money there and you get 100% of whatever it makes (well minus Googles normal take that is)
Great list. Thanks for sharing
I enjoyed this hub. I saw a few writing site I want to look into. I wanted to read the last article by Simplestuff at the end of you article but I can't get to that page.
L3B0 2 years ago
I, as you can see, went with Hubpages and havn't been doing bad at all. It's easy to use and navigate when creating hubs too with the use of their capsule system.
Excellent Hub...keep it up