Amazon Mechanical Turk – https://www.mturk.com
mTurk is a marketplace where freelancers and developers can do the work posted by businesses. Businesses require humans to do thousands of small tasks online and information about these tasks are posted online. Tasks are divided into HIT’s and the amount of money you can earn per HIT varies from task to task. An example of a sample task is to extract items from a shopping bill and add up the items in an excel sheet. Doing this can earn you as much as 5 rupees for a task and it takes less than 3 minutes to complete it.
A HIT stands for “Human Intelligence Task” and this website offers flexible working hours for Indians looking to work from Home.
oDesk – https://www.odesk.com
oDesk helps connect individual developers and freelancers with small businesses. Businesses post projects which individuals can bid for and complete in a stipulated time period. If you have skills such as web designing, logo designing, know how to build and maintain WordPress websites then you can easily find a job that pays US$ 5 or Rs 300 per hour.
You can negotiate the rates with your employer and oDesk ensures your wages are paid on time. This is the famous oDesk guarantee, which has made the website a favorite among freelancers. When you first register on the website, you will be required to complete a few tests before you can bid for projects. Majority of the projects on oDesk are done by Indians, Pakistani’s and Bangladeshi’s, while those who post work are mainly from the United States and Europe.
Scripted – http://scripted.com
Scripted is a network for freelance writers where website owners post their content requirements. If you are fluent in English and can write creatively you can earn a minimum of US$ 25 (Rs 1500) per 500 word article. Some of the top writers on scripted.com earn as much as US$ 1000 (Rs 60,000) per week.
Fiverr – https://www.fiverr.com
What makes Fiverr unique is that it hosts only those tasks which cost only US$ 5 to complete. So you can get a logo designed for $ 5 or you can have writing and translation work done for $5. Additional value added services cost more. Fiverr has been a big hit with people who work from home as it offers flexibility of work hours and the tasks take less time to conclude. Do sign up to start earning !
Elance – https://www.elance.com
Elance.com is considered to be the largest online site for making money online. It also one of the oldest websites in it’s category and was started in 1999. An estimated 2 million businesses post work on elance.com regularly for freelancers. oDesk was acquired by elance last year. Together odesk-elance have more than 8 million freelancers working from 180+ countries. In 2014 , the volume of work done online was estimated at US$ 1 Billion.
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