The internet came with a gift to make things easy amongst which includes allowing you to make money from the comfort of your home, or am I even supposed to say while lying on your couch? There are many ways to make money online whether it’s through epreneurship or micro job sites.
Well, the recent pandemic is unwelcomed, and we will never forget the lives lost in both the first and second waves not only here in the United States but also in different parts of the world, but one thing this teaches us is that we need the internet more than the way we think we do.
We’ve noticed a spike in Internet usage and also realize better ways to use it, most likely for our financial gains.
However, not everyone is taken along in this as many people are left biting fingers because they couldn’t make enough money as they would in their brick and mortar businesses, and making money online isn’t their cup of tea either.
I have looked at and studied this critically and found that people who have not earned a penny online do well when they start with online micro jobs without investment as a requirement.
The fact about these tasks is that they won’t replace your work or make you earn hundreds of thousands any time soon, but are definitely worth trying because you know, you’ve got to start from somewhere.
Let’s now look into some of the platforms to go, complete short tasks, and perhaps earn your first few dollars online.
1. Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk)
MTurk is a crowdsourcing marketplace where individuals and businesses distribute their tasks to a group of individuals to virtually complete them.
These tasks range from simple surveys, data capture, software testing, conducting reviews, and other things.
The thing is that if someone has a task they want to be completed virtually, they could place it on Amazon MTurk and the amount they’re willing to pay for each completion.
If you meet their criteria and can perform these tasks, you can simply take them, perform and earn money for the completion.
2. Fiverr
It is a popular marketplace where people buy and sell services for at least $5, hence the name “Fiverr”.
This platform has proven to be an amazing source of income for many people and a side source of income for others.
To get started, you just have to sign up, define a specific task that you can perform, and post an Ad (or Gig in the platform’s language) on that and if it something on-demand, people in need of your service will hire you for that.
There are just so many things you can do on Fiverr and while some like Graphic designing, SEO, Copywriting, and programming are skilled jobs that may be out of your league, you can opt for jobs like data entry, transcription, and others that requires moderate or no skillset.
3. Inbox Dollars
One of my favorites in the good old days, Inbox Dollars is one among the micro job sites where you can easily make money doing even more, easier, and fun tasks.
I feel it is fun completing tasks here and you probably would believe me on that as you will be paid on the platform in several fun ways including cash-backs for shopping online, completing surveys, watching videos, reading email, playing games, and printing or redeeming coupons.
There are a couple of payment options here which include PayPal and Gift cards and while earnings here aren’t much, it remains a good way to start your journey to making money online, without much stress either.
4. Airdrops
The blockchain industry received its ignition from Satoshi Nakomoto, the father of Bitcoin.
Ever since, we’ve witnessed an explosion in that area with many people investing in the industry, and many other cryptocurrencies and tokens being launched every once in a while.
While you don’t necessarily need to invest your money into this, you can help promote some cryptocurrency projects in return for some of its tokens which you can redeem for cash after its listing on exchanges when due.
These are what we call Airdrops and what you need to do here is to perform short tasks mainly that of social media posting, liking, commenting, and so on, then you earn after the completion of the assigned tasks.
Airdrops are incredible as they perfectly fill the role for your online micro jobs without investment from your side.
Many crypto projects are being launched daily and while some of them may never see the light of the day, those that scale through will turn out to be rewarding in the long run.
5. Figure Eight
In Figure Eight, you will be given micro jobs to earn money and as a participant on the platform, you are called a contributor.
To get started, they have some prerequisites which include having a computer with internet access, and then you need to pass some skill test which your score will determine the kinds of tasks you’ll be able to handle on the platform.
The platform provides you with a dashboard to monitor your performance on the site and exceptional performances allows you to secure more qualified tasks that guarantee you higher compensation in the long run.
6. Transcribeme Workhub
Transcription jobs are another interesting part which I should certainly include here and one of the best micro job sites that are best for earning from your transcriptions is Transcribe Me.
Once you’re let into the platform, you don’t have to stress yourself looking for jobs as they come to you, and you’ll be able to perform short tasks, like 2 minutes audio transcription or longer, as you wish.
While transcription requires good grammar and error-free pieces, you wouldn’t have much to worry about if you have no problem writing in good form.
7. Task Rabbit
Task Rabbit is another great site where you can get paid to complete tasks. The range of tasks differ and include in person tasks as well.
You choose which times you are available and people request your services. Once you accept you have to complete the task at the designated time and you get paid according to the hourly rate you set.
Final Thoughts
Micro job sites on the Internet are gold mines and whereas the popular ones out there are the most with a guarantee when it comes to payment, other unpopular ones are also promising.
So, don’t be afraid to look for more well-paying micro job sites out there and you’ll definitely find your way into some good ones.
More also, I’ve focused here on places where you can make money with little or no skills at all and online micro jobs without investment required from you.
So if you have some skills that you would like to work on micro-jobs to earn money based on that, you should consider looking at the right platform for your respective skill.