# freelancing

[sacherali]

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[brainstreams]

7 Legit Ways to Make Money Online (And 7 That Won't)

Hey all, I wanted to share 7 legit ways to make money online. (And 7 that won't)!

This post does not include:

❌ "AI side hustles" — I do not support AI. ❌ Scams — I am sick and tired of side hustle posts that promote a bunch of crap. It's exhausting. You won't see that here.

This post does include:

✅ Side hustles I have tried myself ✅ Hustles that are legit ✅ Unbiased reviews on each one ✅ Referral links — I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps me keep writing these breakdowns, however; you're not obligated to use them! :')

Let's get into it.

1). Freelance Writing — Medium, Substack, Beehiv, Simily, Vocal, Scripted, and Textbroker will pay you to write articles. 

My Personal Review: ★★★★☆ (4 Stars)

I would only recommend freelance writing if you're seriously passionate or personally motivated. Despite hundreds of thousands of views, I have a mere 60 followers across three platforms (and not a penny to show for it). But I enjoy writing. I enjoy the comments I get, no matter how few. Writing online can infinitely scale and make you anywhere from $10 to $10,000. It's all about consistency.

Speaking of pennies: join my Patreon for exclusive articles!

2). Attapoll — An app that pays you to fill out surveys.

Payouts range from $0.01 to $10 per survey. Some surveys take 1 minute, some take 30. The longer the survey, the better the payout.

My Personal Review: ★★☆☆☆ (2 Stars)

I would recommend Attapoll if you have some extra time to kill. It's great during your downtime—coffee breaks, slow evenings, a bus ride, etc. The only downsides are the low payouts and the mind-numbing repetitive work, which is why I recommend Attapoll in moderation. I would not rely on it as a main source of income.

With minimal effort, I usually average $3-$5/day on Attapoll. I haven't had any problems with cashing out.

Join using my referral link and we'll both get a $0.50 bonus! https://attapoll.app/join/sobth

3.) Sell Printables — Create sellable planners, trackers and templates online.

My Personal Review: ★★★★☆ (4 Stars)

Better than Attapoll, and about the same as freelance writing. You can sell anything you want to any audience on your own schedule. You have a plethora of fantastic websites to choose from: Shopify, Etsy, Payhip, Itch.io, or even your own website.

The only downside: it's competitive as hell. Everyone's doing this. 

The solution? Pick a niche you're knowledgeable in—this could be anything. Ask around and see what problems your audience have, then create a solution. This could be a PDF guide, a convenient tool, a list of solutions, etc. Honestly, sky's the limit!

4.) Swagbucks — Get paid to play mobile apps and fill out surveys.

Each survey/game gives you "SB" (Swagbucks) with a conversion rate of ~1 SB = $0.01. Surveys typically pay 100 SB (equivalent to $1), while mobile apps pay up to 100k SB ($1,000).

My Personal Review: ★★★☆☆ (3 Stars)

As someone who's tried a lot of survey apps, let me be perfectly blunt with you:

Swagbucks is much, much better than Attapoll, but for completely different reasons. Both apps pay you to fill surveys and play games. But while Attapoll is solid for survey-taking, Swagbucks is the best for mobile games.

Their tracking system has never failed me. When I complete a level, I'll always get my SB as soon as I log into the Swagbucks app. Mobile games can be grindy, but payouts are enormous. 

I've been paid $100 for playing a puzzle game up to Level 100! 

The only downside is the sheer grind it takes to get there. As soon as you accept a mobile game offer, Swagbucks usually puts a 60-90 day limit, which means you have to grind through the grindiest of games to get your reward. Overall? Solid for downtime. Even better than Attapoll.

Sign up for Swagbucks!

5.) Prolific  — Academic surveys with extremely high-quality pay and screening.

Prolific is better than Swagbucks and Attapoll put together. 

My Personal Review: ★★★★☆ (4 Stars)

Prolific is hands-down the best survey site if you hate getting rejected. Compared to Attapoll, it feels like a luxury experience.

Payouts are fair. Often $6–$15/hr depending on the study. Some longer academic surveys even pay $20+. The layout of the website is clean and modern, like the developers actually cared.

You only get surveys you're pre-qualified for, meaning no more wasting time answering 20 questions only to get kicked out.

Overall, it's elite for survey-takers and blows Attapoll out of the water.

(This would've gotten 5 stars, but the excessive waitlist brings it down one.)

6.) ModSquad — Freelance community moderation and customer support gigs.

My Personal Review: ★★★☆☆ (3 Stars)

You apply to projects, and if accepted, you moderate chats, handle tickets, monitor communities, or provide text-based support. It's extremely flexible. You work from home, pick your hours, and apply to projects that fit your interests.

Pay ranges wildly though. Some projects start at $10/hr, others up to $20+. It really depends on the client. 

Still, if you want at-home work with great hours, this is one of the better side hustles.

7.) Prime Opinion — Fast-paying surveys with minimal screenouts and consistent earnings.

My Personal Review: ★★★★★ (5 Stars)

This is my favorite survey-app of all time. It's terrible for mobile games (inconsistent tracking), but for surveys? It's the best of the best. Only second to Prolific. Payouts are fast and reliable. I almost never get screened out compared to other platforms.

It doesn't have a confusing digital currency system like Swagbucks. It has more variety than Attapoll. And it doesn't have an excessive wait-list like Prolific.

I can easily earn $10-$20 a day using just Prime Opinion. Once, I even made $30! I love it.

Sign up for Prime Opinion and get a 24-hour bonus!

And now… 

BONUS: 7 Side Hustles I Do NOT Recommend!

1.) HoneyGain — Spyware that doesn't pay out.

HoneyGain is a company that promises to pay you $10-$15/month if you install a tracking software on your laptop/phone. Sounds easy enough, right?

Except payouts are inconsistent. The minimum payout is $20, and most redditors make less than $10/year using HG. Some report suspicious activity, such as devices acting strange/slow, getting IP banned from random websites, or realizing their sensitive info was being sold off. Not to mention that HG borrows your IP address to browse websites. (Websites that may or may not be illegal).

2.) RealityMeter — Another Spyware (that doesn't pay out).

Like HoneyGain, this company promises $10/month if you install their tracking software. It's a blatant scam that sells your data, and will potentially land you in legal trouble. 

3.) Freecash — Ehhh…

To be blunt, I have not tried Freecash, but the amount of Freecash bot comments is sus. For that alone, I will never try it. Sounds like a scam.

4.) CPA Grip — Obvious scam is obvious.

Ever seen those "Spin a Wheel for a Burger King Gift Card!" scams? CPA Grip wants to pay you to spam those links on forums and elderly Facebook groups. Except, news flash: CPA Grip doesn't actually pay you, and spamming scam-links is wrong (and also illegal???).

5.) AI Slop Shorts — You will never succeed doing this.

Monetizing AI slop will never work because, statistically, most people are fed up with seeing it. It's causing more problems than it's solving. Make something that actually matters instead.

6.) Dropshipping with POD (Print on Demand) — Too much work for too little pay; highly competitive.

It used to be solid income. Now it's oversaturated and overrated.

If you price your apparel reasonably, then your profit margins will be extremely low ($1-$2 per sale, if even). You could raise your prices, but why bother when your customers can shop cheaper on Amazon?

I quit POD after six months. I spent more time dealing with fussy customers than actually making money.

And speaking of Amazon… 

7.) Amazon Associates — Laughably low payouts (1-3%).

Affiliate programs are great for extra income, but Amazon Associates has to be the worst program out there. The commission rate is usually 1%, which is a big slap in the face considering Amazon pulls in 637bn a year. I wouldn't bother.

And those are 7 side hustles I recommend, and 7 I wouldn't!

I hope this helped. If it did, throw some change at my Tip Jar so I can keep making these!

This post was proudly written without generative AI.

[evandorkin]

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Two new ebay auctions of original art, Josh Levy from the Eltingville Club and Milk & Cheese. Links above.

[financeprincess]

I love Tumblr and Pinterest and YouTube but you seriously need to get off your phone as much as possible if you want to make actual changes. Stop the doom scrolling. Turn off notifications. Turn on DND. Log off. Delete apps. Delete accounts altogether. Unsubscribe from texts and emails. Put time limits on the apps on your phone. Unless social media is making you money, limit it as much as possible. Overloading yourself with information is just another form of procrastination. At some point you actually have to take action. Less consumption, more creation.

[filthygalli]

Galli’s Writing Comissions

Do you have an idea but don’t know how to bring it to life?

⤷ Hi, I’m galli! I’ve been writing for almost 3 years — or maybe more — I would love to help you write your ideas and bring it in the world of fiction stories!

[ Kofi ] |

Please read the entire post for full details and proper understanding!

How Galli’s writing commissions work?

Disclaimer: My anonymous asks is still open, but if you want a full detailed description of your idea then this commission is for you!

⤷ There’s prices below on how long you want your fics to be, SFW and NSFW genre have their different charge, if your preferred genre isn’t list below, feel free to reach out to me and let’s make it work!

Prices

⤷ The payment must be done through Paypal or Gcash, I will send you an invoice after the commission form is received. Payment will be done before and after the commission is done.

500 below words: $5

1,000 – 1,500 words: $10

1,500+ – 2,000 words: $15

2,000+ – 2,500 words: $20

2,500+ - 3,000 words: $25

3,000 words up prices depending on the difficulty.

For Filipino clients who will pay via gcash (₱ currency) have the same price lists. But if you have paypal, it’s also ok.

Plus $5 for NSFW work.

[Ex: 3k words of NSFW, that’s $30.]

⤷ Every client who purchased their first 15,000+ words you will get a 10% discount! 😲😲😲

Didn’t like my first draft of your idea?

⤷ I can revise the WHOLE story ONCE FOR FREE. But after that, i will charge you $1 for it.

What I can write?

⤷ I’m open to write anything! Just give me your idea — if you can tell me in detail it would be better — I’m comfortable with any genre either NSFW or SFW.

⤷ If your preferred genre is not in the list, you can still request it and we can talk it out:)

STYLE

One shot

Drabble

Head canon

Ficlets

Novel

Multi-Chapter

Etc…

GENRE

Dark Romace

Romance

Dark Comedy

Psychological

Drama

Etc…

FANDOM

TV Series

Movies

Video Games

Motorsports

Actors (Male actors for now…)

Etc…

MY WORKS

⤷ You can browse here on my tumblr for some of my examples of my work, I mainly write for NSFW, but my writing style can be flexible depending on requests.

[Main Masterlist]

Form for Comissions

Commission Form

If the link is broken, please contact me so i can fix it.

Terms & Conditions

⤷ You may not post/share/upload etc. any of my works without permission. Credit must always be given.

⤷ It is your responsibility to ensure you are eligible to use Paypal, purchase commissions, purchase NSFW content etc.

⤷ Once the commission is finished it will not be rewritten or tweaked further, unless additional editing has been paid for as per the pricing above. Further editing/tweaking is limited, and may not always be permitted.

⤷ I am very open to all suggestions but please understand that I may not wish to write certain things. If that is the case we can discuss alternatives.

⤷ No refunds under any circumstances.

⤷ Expect late replies from me due to the time zone difference, i live in the Philippines so I apologize in advance if you can’t get an update that you want as soon as possible, but i will update once i’m awake.

If you have questions, feel free to ask me anytime!

[bitchesgetriches]

I’m a Freelance Artist. How Do I Price My Work Fairly Without Losing Clients?

It's hard for freelance artists to price their work. What's fair? What pays the bills? And how do you price without driving clients away?

“I’m a Freelance Artist. How Do I Price My Work Fairly Without Losing Clients?”

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[goodgrammaritan]

A Freelancing Saga:

April 21: Returned a project along with my invoice to a publisher I freelance for.

May 29: Email for a status update on payment because it's been 5 weeks. (They still send checks via the mail. They're slow. They're on a shoestring budget so a month is unfortunately typical.)

-Production coordinator say they're touching base with accounting.

June 2: I send an email requesting a status update.

June 8: I send a firmer email requesting an update as it has now been 7 weeks since I sent my invoice.

June 9: Production coordinator apologizes for not responding. They say they're working with accounting, that there was a problem with the accounting software that is being fixed.

June 10: I get an email from accounting saying they cut a check and it was mailed on May 8 or May 11. They say the mail is slow but that since it's been a month they'll assume it's lost and will reissue my check.

June 22: I email again to ask if they've resubmitted the invoice and made a new check.

June 23: I email again to request status.

-A different contact says they don't have access to accounting data, but that accounting should be letting them know today. They apologize for not responding, say they were out, say it send like everyone is "out of pocket," what can you do? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

-Accounting says they should have the check ready to go out today, but they'll confirm later in the afternoon.

-The company typesetter, another freelancer, sends a new project due July 6 (less than 2-week deadline, over a holiday weekend). (Project coordinator and my other contact are copied on this email.)

-I say I am unable to take on the project, due to still not having been paid for a project I returned April 21. I say I will not be accepting projects until I have payment in hand, and that once I receive it, if they still need a proofreader, I can do it at a rush rate, depending on the remaining length of the deadline.

June 24: My other contact emails to say they understand and they're sorry it's been slow, but that they will note that they DID send a check, it just got lost, they have someone that can take on the project, asks me to let them know when I get paid, but "no need to copy non-employees."

-I respond that it's not just that it's been slow. It's that when I checked on this, TWICE they let my query go a WEEK OR MORE without any kind of response. (I didn't use all caps in this email, I'm professional about it.) I say that the lack of response made it seem like they weren't taking me seriously, and that non-payment, intentional or not, is a serious issue.

I just. They're being so. shitty. about this. They're acting like I'm just complaining, and then scolding me for emailing someone not involved. I'm not being unreasonable!!! I get it that mail gets lost, but they've been snippy and shitty about it this whole time. Plus, their stories have been different: Is it a software error or did the check get lost in the mail?

The real kicker is most of their books suck, but I love proofreading in itself, so I just edit the books and roll my eyes, but this book is by one of their good authors, and I had to turn it down to let them know non-payment and lack of response aren't okay. (Though also, a 13-day turnaround over a holiday weekend? I've told them before that anything less than 2 weeks is considered a rush because of my other responsibilities and obligations, so we would have had some back and forth on the rush rate, and they likely would have only offered $2/hour extra, which is not enough, and I may have had to turn it down anyway.)

This whole thing sucks and I'm so upset.