ALT-2 Online Jobs that Pay with Paypal
During periods of financial hardship, many people look to make extra money, either to replace or supplement their wages. The internet has proven to be a great boon, providing people with an almost unlimited number of opportunities to make extra money, although not all of these opportunities are legitimate paying ones. On the face of it there appears to be only a small percentage of all such opportunities that eventually end up paying the money that is owed. A good indication though of whether an online job will pay what is owed is to look at their payment method.
Companies that offer PayPal as a payment option have an air of respectability about them, although this of course doesn't necessary mean that payment will always be received. PayPal is now the largest payment processing business operating on the internet, having outlasted many of its rivals, and surpasses the likes of Moneybookers, E-Gold and Alertpay in terms of transactions completed. One hundred and seventy five million people hold accounts with PayPal, with account holders residing in anyone of one hundred and ninety countries, with accounts held in nineteen different currencies. PayPal is in essence just like any normal high street bank operating in cyberspace, offering the same levels of fraud protection. As a result it offers secure transactions where money can be received or sent securely with some of the best encryption available.
If you are looking for some legitimate online jobs that pay via PayPal then there is actually a surprisingly wide selection available if you look hard enough.
Paid to Write sites are not necessarily the easiest method of earning money on the internet, but can be the most rewarding, both in terms of money and satisfaction based on achievement. Dedicated writers can earn enough on sites like Helium and Associated Content to give up their full time jobs.
Helium.com is arguably the premier freelance writing site at moment and is continuing to increase its market share as advertising revenue increases and articles become more professional. There are a number of ways to earn on Helium with daily revenue share, upfront payments for articles and new article bonuses. Additionally money can be earned by rating, entering contests or writing on Helium Marketplace. All of these methods make it relatively easy to meet the USD25 minimum payout level.
There are a number of similar sites to Helium, the most famous being Triond.com and Associatedcontent.com. Triond.com has slightly higher writing levels and so grammar needs to be immaculate when you submit, but on the plus side is the fact that the minimum payout to PayPal is only USD0.50. Associated Content.com is a long established site and offers upfront payments for articles just as Helium does; these payments though are only available to residents of the United States. Upfront payments are paid daily by AssociatedContent.com and revenue share is dispatched monthly as long as a minimum of USD1.50 has been achieved.
In recent months, other similar Paid to Write sites have emerged, or become more popular, with the likes of Bukisa.com especially popular. With a decreased payout, it is relatively easy to achieve payouts monthly, although the standard of writing is perhaps not as high as with Helium or Associated Content, and as a result is not considered as highly by writers.
For those interested in forum writing, then Mylot.com is the best pay to post site around at the moment. There is no direct method of knowing how much you can get paid per post from this site, and is often dependant on length of posts and replies written to discussions. They do though have a low minimum of USD10 which is paid monthly if achieved. Accumulation of money can be slow but is dependant on how much effort is put into the posts, posts which can be on almost anything. In recent months, Mylot.com has also introduced an additional feature of completing tasks. These tasks are often posted by other members, and can be wide ranging in scope, although there have been a large number of writing jobs posted, with money paid into the Mylot account for writing 400-500 word articles.
Review sites have become prominent online jobs for many people. Ciao has a number of sites based around the world, and pays based on how many people read the reviews you write about everyday products from kitchen appliances to books. Reviewstream.com is another review site that pays for your reviews although payout is relatively high.
There are several good freelance sites that also offer payment via PayPal. GetAFreelancer has been a long established freelance site, although it has recently changed its name to just Freelancer.com, that allows members to bid on a wide variety of projects including web design, data entry and rewrite projects. When bidding though it is important to remember that GetAFreelancer will take USD5 or 10% of the bid as payment for hosting the site. A sister site to GetAFreelancer is EUFreelance and a rival is Odesk.
Many affiliate sites, blogs and PTC sites will also pay direct to PayPal. PTC sites are though a risky investment of time, and possibly money, the vast majority of PTC sites have been shown to be scam sites, which will operate for a short time, and may even payout money, but after a time change their rules and start refusing payouts, or may disappear altogether. Blogs are often paid based on the number of views to a particular blog, but payment is done by the number of people who click on the ads linked to that site. Most blogs have either Google Adsense, or Adbrite, running on their sites. A popular site can achieve huge income from ad views but payout to Paypal is normally high, and the clicking on ads must not be abused.
There is one word of caution though to be added when it comes to receiving money via Paypal, as there are some restrictions. A number of countries are not included on the list of member countries, and even though it may be possible to send money via Paypal from these countries, receiving it is a different prospect.
There are many online sites that will pay individuals for work to their PayPal account. Whether these sites can be counted as online work though is debatable and in most cases a reasonable income can only be achieved by a combination of a number of sites together. Put a reasonable amount of effort into them though and a regular, if small income can be achieved.
