Ways to earn
Eight kinds of paid work
They pay differently, they suit different people, and they get rejected for different reasons. Each page says which, so you can pick the ones worth your time instead of finding out the hard way.
Paid surveys
Market research companies pay for opinions from specific kinds of people. You answer screening questions first to see whether you match what a study needs.
Through a partner networkMicrotasks
Small, precisely defined pieces of work — a few seconds to a few minutes each — that a business needs done at volume and a person does better than software.
Paid directly by a clientProduct and website testing
A business gives you something they have built and pays you to use it properly and say where it confused you. Genuinely useful work, and among the better-paid categories.
Paid directly by a clientAI evaluation and correction
AI companies need people to judge whether a model's output is good, rank competing answers, and correct mistakes. This is the fastest-growing category of paid human work anywhere.
Paid directly by a clientData labelling
Marking up images, text and audio so a model can learn from it. Repetitive by nature, and quality matters more than speed because a mislabelled example teaches the wrong thing.
Paid directly by a clientWriting and translation
Product descriptions, summaries, articles, and translation between languages you genuinely speak. Paid on delivery against a brief.
Paid directly by a clientGame and app offers
Partner networks pay when someone tries an app or reaches a milestone in a game. We pass on a share. These are the offers we did not create and do not control.
Through a partner networkFreelance jobs
Longer projects with a named client. You propose, they choose, the budget is held before you start, and you are paid on approval.
Paid directly by a client