Websites That Pay

  • Shutterstock (Contributor)

    Shutterstock Contributor lets photographers, illustrators, videographers, and other creators earn money by licensing their work through Shutterstock’s marketplace. You upload photos, illustrations, vectors, video clips, and other approved content. Businesses, publishers, marketers, and individuals can then license those files for use in their own projects. You do not need to find each buyer yourself. Shutterstock…

  • Swagbucks

    Swagbucks is a rewards platform that lets members earn points by completing simple online activities. The platform has been around for years and offers several ways to earn instead of relying only on surveys. Surveys are one of the main options. You answer questions about products, services, shopping habits, and other topics, then receive SB…

  • Survey Junkie

    Survey Junkie is a paid survey platform where members earn rewards for sharing their opinions with brands and research groups. It has built a large research community around consumer surveys, focus groups, and other forms of market research. The main way to earn is through online surveys. You complete your profile first, which helps Survey…

  • CrowdGen by Appen

    CrowdGen by Appen is a contributor platform that offers remote work linked to artificial intelligence and machine learning. It connects contributors with projects involving tasks such as data collection, search evaluation, data annotation, transcription, and content review. The work varies a lot from one project to another. Some tasks are simple and suitable for general…

  • Rev

    Rev is a freelance platform for people who want to earn money through transcription, captioning, and subtitle translation. It connects freelancers with audio and video work from businesses, media companies, and other clients. The platform lets you work from home and choose your own schedule. You can take projects when you have time instead of…

  • Contra

    Contra is a freelance platform built for independent workers who want to find clients, showcase their work, and manage projects in one place. It focuses heavily on creative and digital work. Designers, writers, marketers, developers, photographers, video editors, and other skilled freelancers can create profiles and display their work through online portfolios. You can use…

  • We Work Remotely

    We Work Remotely is an online job board focused entirely on remote work. It connects people looking for remote employment with companies that want to hire workers who can work outside a traditional office. The platform has been operating for more than a decade and currently has more than 41,000 jobs posted across its site….

  • PeoplePerHour

    PeoplePerHour is a freelance marketplace where businesses hire independent workers for short projects, ongoing work, and packaged services. Freelancers can offer skills such as writing, design, programming, marketing, translation, virtual assistance, and many other types of work. The platform gives freelancers two main ways to find clients. You can browse posted projects and send proposals,…

  • FlexJobs

    FlexJobs is a remote and flexible job board that helps people find legitimate work opportunities. The site lists remote, hybrid, part time, full time, freelance, temporary, and flexible schedule jobs across more than 50 career categories. Unlike many free job boards, FlexJobs charges job seekers for full access to its listings. The reason is that…

  • Clickworker

    Clickworker is a microtask platform where freelancers complete small online jobs for businesses and research projects. The work can include data collection, categorization, web research, surveys, text creation, product data, and other digital tasks. The platform lets you choose when you work and which available tasks you want to complete. Each job shows its expected…