Level 3 Titles on Textbroker UK

There are more than 30 titles for level 3 writers on TB UK. I have not picked any but I might do a few to see how the approval/rejection process goes.

If you have are looking for writing assignments, pop over there now. All levels (except 2) have titles to claim.

Appiration Closing by the End of the Year

Got this email from Appiration that the site will be closing by the end of the year. Users who still have funds in their account should withdraw them. Appiration will be replaced by WorkHub allowing you to continue earning money from your iPad, iPhone, and even computer.

There are more diverse 'micro-tasks' offered such as surveys, translating texts and image tagging.

Interested? Follow this link

Textbroker UK Now Accepting Author Applications

Textbroker UK is live since December 1. It is open to writers from English-speaking countries. Now, authors outside the US can write for TB.

How to apply

You register on the UK website and wait for a confirmation email. You are then asked to submit a writing sample between 120-220 words (not sure of the figures now) on a topic of your choice. Actually, there are 3 topics given and you select one. Make sure that you send original content. Your sample will be rated from 2 stars to 5 stars.

Payment: Euros through PayPal or a European bank account (you need your IBAN/SWIFT codes)

Minimum amount for cash out: €10

Frequency: once a month

Rates: based on star rating

2 stars - €3.50 per 500 words
3 stars - €4.50 per 500 words
4 stars - €6.00 per 500 words
5 stars - €20.00 per 500 words

My experience

I applied a few days after the site was open. It took 4 days for TB to review and rate my sample (chose one on travel). Got my acceptance last week and I'm rated 3 stars.

However, TB just opened its site to clients today. As of this time, there are no writing assignments for my level. I do hope there will be some soon.

I suppose I also need to complete my writing profile and read all the FAQs to make sure that I understand everything. I don't want to make silly mistakes when I claim an open order.

If you are looking for another site where you can make money from writing, take a look at Textbroker UK. Based on feedback from US writers, it's a legitimate and reliable company. Good luck!

Update: There are already assignments on TB but mostly for level 4 writers. 2 titles are for 5 star writers. I only saw 2 for level 3 but they were not worth writing for me. I hope more assignments pop up soon for my level. Otherwise, there's no chance to move up to the next level unless titles are available to claim.

Populis Create Payment

To date, Populis Create has always paid on time, 10:00 a.m. CET, Tuesdays. I don't understand why other freelancers still on the site complain all the time about the punctuality of PC yet continue to write articles for them?

Thank you for the payment, PC.

Scribie Files Up

I got at least 4 notifications today that there are new files added for transcription. It has been a long time since I transcribed files for them but I might just do that now. If anyone is interested, there are 44 files for transcription and 33 files for review at the moment.

Other experiences that I have learned while working for Scribie:

Is it possible to change your PayPal address?

I submitted this query to Support and indeed, it is possible to modify your Paypal address that is on file. You can also give an alternate or secondary email address. Just go to the settings page and update your PP account. However, when I tried to withdraw funds to my new PP address, they were returned. Charges were also applied so be very careful when changing your payment options. Each dollar that is declined will cost you $.02 That left me puzzled and I will contact Support again to check this issue.

Are Scribie email notifications working?

Definitely. I get emails from them all the time for available files and when I check, there is always work.

Quotas (Decoy Mail Agent): PayPal Now an Option

I completely forgot that since August 2011, you can redeem your survey participation points in exchange for a PayPal transfer. For 2,450 points, you can receive €10 to your PayPal account. Requests have to be made before the 4th of the following month.

For example, points that accrue at the end of this month will be deposited to your account on October 31st. You then have the option to redeem your rewards either as PP or gift vouchers. If you choose PP, you will get the amount in your account between the 5th or the 6th of the following month or in November.

Populis Create Bonus Payments Sent Out Today

Just a quick update to those who are waiting for PC's write 5, earn 6 bonus program. Payments were sent out today. I believe they were planning to transfer monies only tomorrow, October 7.

So I guess, this settles every concern about non-payment of bonuses. A pity, I could not enjoy the promotion the whole summer.

Thanks, PC!

Accepted at Populis Create

While I was busy at Wikio, I also submitted an application to Populis Create. I just sent them a link to one of my published articles. Imagine my surprise when I received the acceptance letter and the log in details.

Now, I'm the type who tend to concentrate on one site because for me it takes time to learn the style of writing required plus I'm not a fast writer.

Wikio was disappointing because of their rev-share policy only once they switch to the Overblog site. I will still check the revamped site to see if changes are interesting even for passive income. Most of the articles I've written for them are on upfront payment so there's very little chance that I will get a lot, if at all. Offhand though, the earnings in cents that I got from Wikio are higher than what I get from another rev-share site.

Since I was not really interested in this type of payment, I decided to switch to PC. Even when I was writing for Wikio, I would check my dashboard to see if there are any titles at PC. And, there always were. The problem is, I am a slow writer so there is no way I could do an article for 1 hour including the research. Besides, I still had to study the guideline of PC and between chasing my €5 articles and meeting the deadlines, I never got round to it.

Wikio's decision to switch to rev-share just made the decision for me. I started to write for PC and it was not easy to find myself around since everything was unknown.

How it works:

You choose from titles where you are confirmed. The dashboard will show this in the form of available assignments. PC assigns you to categories and I really don't know how this was done.

Written articles should contain the keywords given in the title that you have to create yourself, abstract, and body. These keywords must be mentioned 2x in the main text.

A photo needs to be added in specific dimensions, 355 x 120 and you have to put tags and categorise your article.

Areas that you can write about:

Entertainment
Video
Travel
Music
Sports Scene
Digital Edge
Fashion Junkie
Weather
Travel
Jobs

Rate: €6 per approved article as of 04/10/11 (used to be €6.66)

Payment: Weekly, usually Tuesday morning.

Delivery: 96 hours

Comment:

I like writing here and I think you can make decent money provided your articles are reviewed and approved quickly. I had 2 or 3 articles that sat in my queue for 2 weeks. I did not email support because I could see them in my submitted list. Eventually, they all cleared. Payments were always on time (at least since I started).

Update:

The site is experiencing "glitches" in their system. A lot of writers have lost their positions lately. Even authors who have already produced tons of articles were deactivated. I am quite new with them so I do not know what my chances are. Probably zero. My next post would be something like, booted from Populis Create.

When I started I could only claim 5 articles at a time including those submitted and in draft. Or maybe, I just thought I could only take 5.

This ceiling was raised to 20 with the usual 96 hour delivery time. However, today it seems that this cap is brought down to 5 again inclusive of submitted and returned articles. They are tightening on the quality of the articles they publish and there were (in their words), "abnormalities" last month. As such, they are reviewing all articles submitted and approved in September.

Assignments are available at the start of the week according to the latest news.

ClickWorker Adopts Weekly Payments

As soon as I finished posting that Wikio Experts reduced its cashout ceiling, Clickworker announced something better. Clickworker said that at the end of August, it will make weekly payments for all workers who use Paypal as a payment method. Those who opted for bank transfers are unaffected. So even if you have only 1 cent in your account, you are going to be paid at the end of each week.

This is good news for people who don't reach the €10 threshhold each month. Unfortunately, I've been busy with other gigs to do CW jobs. There were writing jobs last week and they were snatched up fast.

In addition, I was not too happy with the way the editing was done on my work primarily because the job description was all messed up (translated from German to English).

For most jobs, the passing scores are the following:

Author for English texts - 75%
English proofreader - 75%
POI address assessments - 92%
Training opportunities - 92%
Address verification - 92%

I'm not too sure about the POI address assessment though as I only did some and did not find them worthy of my time.

As with all qualifications, you can maintain, increase or decrease your ratings. Each job you complete is reviewed by another worker or an editor for the English texts. So if you botched up a job, then your scores will go down. I've had my author score go down from 100% to 96% because of system errors and editor mistakes. If you email support, your ratings could be restored manually provided you justify that it was a system or editing error not yours.

The only jobs I did not try were editing tasks. Again, I feel that I don't have enough abilities to edit someone else's work correctly even if I qualified as a proofreader. Which makes me wonder if others who passed the proofreader's test take on jobs even if they are not really qualified to do so. Besides, the pay is too low for the amount of work I need to put in it. So for the time being, I'm not doing any editing jobs until I have read and reviewed my Chicago Manual of Style.

Quotas (Decoy Mail Agent): My Fourth Payment

I like this job as it requires simple work. I get the mail, go to the website of Quotas and enter the codes on the test letters including date of receipt. Most letters carry transponders and these should be sent back to Germany on postage paid envelopes provided by the company. Since there is a post box 20 meters from my home this is not a big deal (you only have to send the transponders back when you have accumulated at least two).

Payment

Payment is made by gift checks from popular retailers in Belgium such as Hema, Inno, Dreamland, Halfords. Quota is very prompt in sending €10 gift certificates that you redeem from popular retailers. A the end of each month, I get the certificate link that I can redeem for gift cards. To date, I have received my fourth gift certificate (HEMA). I like this part-time mini data entry (hardly) job. It does not need a lot of thought, more like data entry and posting mails.

How the Globoforce gift certificates work

Simply clink on the link and shop for GCs that you are interested in, add to cart, apply your GCs from Quotas and you're all set up.

Appiration - Earn Money Testing iPhone and iPad Apps

I found Appiration on Craigslist Belgium and applied. They accept applicants from most countries.

Registration

To sign-up, you just have to put a valid email address and your iTunes country. You set up your account by providing your username, password and ticking the devices that you want to test such as iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Reviews

Once a new app is available for testing, you will receive an email. You just follow the link and test the app. Reviews must be written within 12 hours.

Payment

You get €0.50 for each app review that you submit plus the cost of the app. Payments are made through PayPal.

Whenever I check on apps, it always says that there are no apps to review at the moment. I did get an email saying that they are still making sure that the use of their website and reviews made are not in violation of any Apple rules. They also want to make sure that app reviews are real.

Update: There was 1 app available for me for review this week. It costs € 1.79 - € 1.29 for the app and €.50 for the review.
Another app available - Monkey Adventure HD and Bowling Game 3D for iPad. Bottom line is, I get at least 3 apps to test and review each week so it shouldn't be too difficult to earn something from apps testing.

Wikio Experts Cashout Reduced to €10

Effective today, Wikio writers can request for payment when total earnings reach €10. It used to be €50. Payment schedules (beginning of the following month) remain the same.

On the same note, they have stopped accepting non-native English writers to improve the quality of articles on the site. There were issues regarding 'moderation' of work because lots of published articles have missing articles, misspelled words, hanging sentences and so on - things that should have been caught in the editing process.

Authors also began writing under pen names for fear of earning a bad reputation when their real names are attached to the so called 'butchered' articles.

I share the same sentiment as these writers and when I check on articles that have been approved, I see errors on most of them. Very few escaped reworking and shifting of sentences and paragraphs. I would like to see real editing to take place when articles are reviewed for approval because I am sure that I make mistakes myself no matter how many times I proofread my work or pass it through spell checkers.

Way With Words Group

Similar sites to Scribie.com is the Way With Words Group. Not exactly the same because the requirements and qualifications to become a transcriber are different.

Way With Words is a UK/South Africa company that accepts English transcribers from all over the world.

Essentials:

1. high-speed internet connection
2. computer
3. commitment of at least 20 hours per week
4. MS messenger ID
5. typing speed of at least 50wpm

Types of transcription files:

medical reports
legal transcription
academic files
media files
workshops
training sessions

The most important aspect is that you pass a 2-part test consisting of an English proficiency test and a transcription test (Britney and Justin). The audio test apparently consists of three rounds.

The first part of the test was really difficult and I cannot imagine people would actually speak in such a manner. The homepage states that only 2% to 5% of applicants make it through the first phase. I believe this since I failed the test. It gave me a headache reading and rereading the 12 multiple choice sentences. The paragraphs were even worse and frankly, I did not think at that time that it was the kind of transcription work that I would like to do.

I sped through the exam knowing fully well that I will fail. But then, this is a professional company and I guess, I am not just meant to do transcription work as a source of income.

However, for professional transcribers, this is a good opportunity to earn a decent amount of money. The pay rate is from $30 to $45 per hour of transcribed files. I just thought that this could be an opportunity for others who are already into transcription or have been trained to do specific transcription work.

Wikio Pays

Lately, I have been adopting a wait and see attitude with Wikio Experts. I like writing for the site because the topics are fun and I can choose to write them whenever I have the time. If I cannot meet the 72 hour deadline, I just give up the title or let the timer run. Although article approvals in the last week have been slow, I was content to claim and write a few in the last weeks.

The forum is quite active and even if I know that I could email support for the moderation of articles, approvals are more likely to happen than rejections. At some point, I wanted to wait that earnings made in May would be paid before proceeding further.

Now, I am glad that I continued writing for Wikio enabling me to request cashout the 1st of July. I was PAID today for payment requested on June 1, 2011.

This confirms that Wikio Experts PAY as promised. There is no doubt in my mind that I will continue to provide web content for the site. At the same time, I intend to write trial articles for three categories to widen an article base to claim.

Thank you, WIKIO!

Wikio Experts

Wikio Experts pay you to publish articles on a variety of subjects. The earning potential is encouraging as there are two ways to earn revenue; through page views or as a fixed rate. Each article that you write will have a corresponding value from € 2.50 to € 5. After publishing 10 articles in the same category/sub category, you will be confirmed as an expert in that subject area and will have access to higher paying or €8 articles.

To sign up as a writer for the site, a test article should be written in any of the categories you are interested in writing. Wikio categories include beauty and wellbeing, cooking and food, culture, economics and finance, travel, health and medicine to name a few. Each category has sub- domains. For example, under family and relationships, specific categories are adolescence, sexuality, dating, marriage, elderly citizens and so on. In effect, there are plenty of writing categories which could be of interest to an author. Once an article is approved and published, you can claim titles on the "marketplace". The claimed article should be written within 72 hours or else it will be released into the pool of articles. If you decide not to write the article, you can put it back in the "marketplace".

Writing for Wikio is never boring because there are really a lot of titles to choose from. The articles are geared for SEO but Wikio only asks for 3 keywords to be included in the article. The dashboard though will provide at least 10 keywords so there are ways to incorporate these into the articles without constructing awkward sentences.

The editors are not rude and there are not a lot of rewrites. I had an article returned once for minor corrections but other than this incident, articles I submitted for moderation were published within a few hours or a few days.

The forum on the site also works well. The staff is always prompt in responding to questions on submissions, payment issues, and glitches.


How to Get Paid

Wikio pays through Paypal. At the end of each month, the revenue/royalties (pageviews)are updated. The "ask for payment" button will be activated once your account reaches €50. Make sure that you have already signed the contract.

The downside to this is that payments are processed once a month. So if you earn €50 in May, you have to request payment between June 1 to June 15. The money will be in your account during the first week of July. Wikio is still working on the possibility of increasing the frequency of payments. I am looking forward to this as under the present set-up, I have to wait for my earnings a month after.

Scribie.com Bonuses

Scribie.com announced that effective June 2011, transcribers and reviewers will receive additional bonuses equivalent to $10 for every 3 hours of transcribed or reviewed transcription. This is to ensure that transcribers and reviewers participate regularly. To qualify for this bonus, a transcriber or reviewer should work on at least one 6-minute transcription file each day.

At this time, there are at least 200 files ready for transcription and about 30 files for review.

The company is also seeking more transcribers to join their team. If you are interested in becoming a transcriber, check here.

WhatUsersDo: Testing Websites

WhatUsersDo is a usage testability website that pays you a certain amount for testing websites. You can sign up as a tester here.

Clickworker has also available jobs for this site that pays €1 per website tested. The big difference is you don't just test how the website works or functions but speak your thoughts while using it. The aim is to get feedback from users as to what could be improved in the functionality of the website.

This means that while you are browsing on a specified website, you have to speak your thoughts aloud (in English). Your screen and voice will be recorded while navigating through the site. People who like to speak to themselves while doing things will surely find this task easy and enjoyable. However, if you are an individual who likes to keep your thoughts to yourself, you will have to practice this task before feeling comfortable speaking on the microphone.

Legitimate Work at Home Jobs in Belgium

I am starting this blog because I do not see specific resources meant for work at home Moms or Dads in Belgium. A few years back, I began my search for anything that I can do online while taking care of my kids and family but I have not come across a tailor made list for residents in Belgium which pointed me to the right direction. I scoured the web for various resources and tried the majority of them and here’s what I found out. Whether you are gainfully employed, out of work or a stay at home parent, there are some legitimate jobs out there which you can do from the comfort of your home. You will need to have an internet connection, a laptop and in some cases, a scanner, printer and a digital camera for special work or assignments.

All of these sites accept workers or participants from Belgium so it should not be too hard to sign up and try to do these during your spare time. You will not get rich as you probably have read over and over but nowadays, any extra cash always helps.

I have listed some sites below which you can look into for supplementary income at best or at worse, some pocket change. I will discuss each site briefly on separate pages including feedback (where applicable) with these sites or companies.

Revenue Sharing Writing Sites

What is revenue sharing? You get a percentage of ad revenues displayed alongside your articles. If your article is popular and gets a lot of page views, your earnings will be higher and again depends on the site’s calculation of percentage. It can be $ 0.1 per view or $ 1 per 1000 views and so on. The main advantage of these types of sites is that your articles will earn for as long as they are published and viewed on the web. Some recommended sites are: Suite 101, Triond and InfoBarrel.

Upfront Payment Writing Sites

There are also writing sites which will give you upfront payments for each article that you submit. The biggest drawback to this type of writing is that you lose exclusive rights to your article. Bright Hub and London Brokers are 2 sites which accept writers from Belgium. For the latter, you have to be a native English speaker (“no exceptions”).

Paid to Review Sites

You get paid to write product reviews by giving your opinion on products or services that you have used. ReviewStream and Epinions are some of sites where you can submit product reviews.

Other Sites

You post you articles on Constant Content and Daily Articles and wait that a buyer purchases your articles. The advantage of being in these sites is that you set the price for the articles that you are selling.

Mystery Shopping

If you like shopping and would like to get paid while doing it, mystery shopping is the answer. Mystery shopping companies which operate in Belgium include GapBuster, AQ Services, Helion Research, BARE International, Multi-Value and Frontline Focus International. There are other companies which accept mystery shoppers from Belgium but these are the ones where I see available assignments. Mystery shoppers do not need to have prior mystery shopping experience but are required to have a good eye for detail in order to report back accurately on the visit.

Surveys

If you like answering surveys, polls and product tests, signing up on different sites can be something for you. Survey lengths vary in length between 15 to 25 minutes. You might also receive a product to be tested for which you have to give your feedback online. Sites which are open to Belgian residents include: Toluna, Global Test Market, Global Opinion Panels (Synovate), Tech-Facts, Palm Research Surveys and Place des Opinions.

Transcription

Do you like transcribing audio files? Transcription is another online job which you can do. Some companies that accept international transcribers are CallGraph and QuickTate. For both companies you need to pass their qualifying tests.

Decoy Mail Agents

Quotas and Hauser Group accept agents from Belgium provided these companies have clients in the country.

Freelancing Sites

Freelancer, Elance, ODesk are some freelancing sites where you bid on, post projects you are interested in. Registration is free but if you win a bid, the site takes a certain percentage as commission fees. Fiverr and Mechanical Turk are also sites which are worth mentioning because you can find different types of online work here from web searching, data annotation, editing and so on.

Web Evaluation

LionBridge, LeapForce and Butler Hill are some of the companies that hire internet evaluators from Belgium.

Paid to Click Sites

Paying sites include Neobux, Onbux and EU-bux.

Articles for Sale

I came across Articles for Sale while looking for other online writing opportunities. The site which is hosted on WordPress is easy to navigate. You sign-up for a free account and must have a PayPal address. Once your account is confirmed, you can immediately post articles for sale.

I do not have a lot of articles which have not already been published but I managed to put up some on the site to see how it goes. There are 2 things worrying me though: the articles which are on the website are poorly written and full of typo errors judging from the low selling prices set by the "authors"; if you read the feedback of some buyers they are not very encouraging with some reporting spun and even translated articles. If you are a serious writer and dedicated to producing high quality content, affiliation with such a website can be detrimental to your writing credentials.

On the other hand, if you produce unique and quality articles, the site might attract good buyers. As an author, it is easy to post articles and set a reasonable fetching price that you want for your articles. There are enough categories to choose from and you don't have to wait for an approval by an editor before you can post your article. The downside to this is that your articles are not controlled for quality which is not a good sign. Personally, I prefer that an editor looks my work over to see if my writing makes sense and to catch all those typo errors I might have missed.

I will give this site a bit of time to see if there are improvements to their process of submission, that is, put in place an editing and authenticity check. I did see some articles sold but so far, I have not come across any forum discussing author feedback on the site.

ClickWorker

A lot similar to CloudCrowd, Clickworker pays you for research, translating and writing tasks. The site claims to have more than 74,000 workers across the world. To qualify as a Clickworker, you have to pass several assessments which will grant you credentials to do certain types of work. These tests are: English text, POI address and verify address research.

I found the tests easy and they were reviewed and approved rather quickly with a corresponding grade point. Retakes are also possible and if you want to increase you scores even if you achieved the minimum score, your dashboard will show the next dates when you can take them.

However, I see no significant tasks for workers. Most of the tasks at the moment are on finding and verifying urls worth €.07-09. The writing tasks are also not plentiful at € 0.35 for texts less than 50 words. However, for all tasks, sufficient allowance of up to 2 hours for research and 3 hours for text writing is given. It is not like you are on a time bind with these tasks which I find less stressful for a change.

Provided there is enough work, this is one website which might be worth pursuing. I just don't like the find url or verify address tasks because the amount of time I put in searching for the info is not commensurate with the compensation. Tasks like verifying a POI in Brazil, Spain are really bothersome and difficult. And, if the work is not correctly done, your assessment score also goes down. Each work is graded and you lose points for every mistake.

Payment is sent through a European bank account or Paypal for those living outside of Europe. The threshold is at € 10 but since there is not a lot of jobs available to English-speaking workers, this can take a long time to achieve.

Update: Clickworker announced all completed work will be "payable" after 7 days. I assume the threshold still applies but wonder what is different about this "change"?

Latest Update: There are 3 available special qualifications tests as a Spanish, French or English website usability tester. The pay is € 1. I have not yet received feedback on the practice test I did several days back.

Still another update: I take back what I said about taking a long time to reach payout. I managed to reach payout due mainly to text writing tasks. I even got one for € 6,50 for a 600-700 word article. There are also short product description tasks similar to what CloudCrowd has on its "available work" tab. POI research addresses are up again.

Payment methods: Clickworker lives to its promise of paying between the 7th and 8th of each month. Or was it the 6th? Anyway, I received my payment on the 8th of June via PayPal and I am happy that the work I did on that website has not gone to waste. I could even print my own invoice to track my earnings better.

In addition, I was experiencing technical glitches in text writing assignment; the keyword counter is going bonkers and I just emailed support for these issues. My point is, the Help Desk responds quickly to any issue you want resolved or clarified.

CloudCrowd is Awesome

The first time I signed up with this company, I was not really serious and tried to do the test in a hurry. I failed, of course. That was a translation test and could not be taken again (unfortunately). To those who are not familiar with CloudCrowd, there are some daily tasks you can do on the site. You need a Facebook account, grant access to CC through your FB account and you're in. Well, not quite as you have to pass several ratings or assessment if you want to work on premium tasks. I was brave enough to take the general writer English test and even luckier to pass it. This means that I could do premium writing tasks worth $ 10 a piece with the possibility of a bonus - $ 1.25. The rates for all tasks change daily but I think the tasks are well paid. If you are fast in churning short, high quality articles(most were medical articles) then this is not a bad earning potential. Unfortunately, the write a premium article tasks are dwindling or has come to an end. There will be other tests though and I plan on taking them to improve my credentials. I like the site and concept of CC even though the standards are quite high - your article or work can be rejected if you have a spelling mistake or did not follow the serial comma style. As a strict policy, CC makes sure to provide quality output. Satisfied clients will mean more contracts for CC and then, more tasks for us workers.

So in a way, I love how this site sets high standards for the quality of my work, the fast response in the support forum for help, technical issues and even appeals on rejected work. The nicest gesture of goodwill to its workers is that CC pays daily by Paypal. I do not have to wait till next pay day to get my money. I work today and I get paid tomorrow. What could be better than that?

Update: I recently passed the English Writer Marketing Test. It was reviewed by Admin. It takes the staff around 2 days to return a graded test. I have not yet starting doing jobs on this area because I want to read the new structures and guidelines which were recently released. There are plenty of write product descriptions tasks and more will be posted for the write a premium article task.

Update 03/05/11: There are plenty of jobs right now on CloudCrowd such as review product descriptions, write product description, review write article press release, write article, write blog post, edit and format resumes just to name a few. The drawback is these tasks require credential and credibility of between 40 to 59 for writing tasks and from 65 to 80 for reviewing and editing marketing and English written tests. The ability to do these tasks depends on the credibility and credentials with the exception of a write article tasks for marketing writers.

In addition, there are several translation jobs which are to be translated from English to French (the highest one I saw so far at $20 a piece), Korean and Arabic

I have not been doing any CC tasks in the last three weeks which means that I can only qualify for a few of these paying assignments. I think the best option is to read the official forums and threads on each specific assignments to know the basic guidelines and expectations from the author. The forums also provide insights on what could be done better, where to appeal and the like. There are also specific guidelines for each assignment so you will know what to expect. I don't want to start writing when I have not fully understood what is expected of me. Doing simple tasks will give my credibility a boost and hopefully, assist in getting higher paying jobs. Otherwise, the earning potentials here in CC have more than doubled since I last worked on writing tasks. That was three weeks ago.

CallGraph is Now Scribie.com

CallGraph has recently changed its domain name to Scribie. In addition, transcribers/reviewers are advised to use Goggle Chrome or Mozilla Firefox which are fully supported browsers. If you use Internet Explorer, some of the features might not work.

This week seems to be a good one to transcribe files. There are plenty of transcription assignments. If you are a reviewer, you will get the same number of files to be reviewed.

At this moment, there are 95 files for transcription and 4 for reviews. There is always work at Scribie and the only reason I am dissuaded from doing more transcription is that I do not want to get a lower rating as a transcriber and reviewer. The low pay is also not an incentive for me especially when I get a bad file which does not justify the amount of time I will be spending listening, re-listening before coming up with a decent transcription submission.

However, I like the payment system of Scribie. You can cash out anytime and there is no minimum amount required. I have always been paid on the same day I requested for funds.

Mystery Shopping Assignments for BARE International

Bare has at the moment posted interesting assignments in the transport and telecommunications sector. Some assignments are on self-assign basis provided you hold a rating of 7 or better. If you are interested check out the BARE job board and get you feet wet with mystery shopping.

I have done some assignments for this company and I am adopting a wait and see attitude to see if my completed evaluations will be paid as it still shows a pending payment status. In the meantime, I regularly check the job board to see if there are interesting assignments. Update: Been paid with a direct transfer to my account. The only thing holding me back from taking assignments is that the pay is too low. I would rather write from home for more money than spend money for transport and advance money which I will not get back for at least 3 weeks.