In this article, I’ll be listing 20
websites that will pay you to write an article for them. Although I haven’t
tried all the websites on this list, but
I did my research by filtering
through lots of websites and by going through feedback from other freelance
writers to ensure this article is as accurate as possible.
While there are websites that give
you a part of the revenue your article generates, it is often difficult for
writers wanting to make quick cash to
benefit from this websites. I believe you should be able to get paid for your
articles instantly, and this article will be giving you a list of 20 websites
that will pay you for every article you contribute. Most of these sites pay
around $50 per article, and some of them even pay up to $500 for an article. If
your writing is accepted by any of these websites, you should expect to
get paid anytime from a few days to a week.
The good thing about most of the
sites listed below is that they also allow you to include a bio with a link
back to your website. You can easily use this opportunity to link back to a
hire me page on your blog, and as a result get a lot of clients willing to pay
you for your work. In other words, by writing for most of the blogs on this
list you are being paid to market yourself.
Here are 20 sites that pay you to
write an article.
Niche: Audio
Payment Method: Paypal/Moneybookers
Audio Tuts+ is one of the blogs in
the Envato blog network, and they also provide people with writing
opportunities.
You can easily make $50 by
contributing a “Quick Tip” to Audio Tuts+. According to Audio Tuts+ a quick tip
should be around 500 words, so you should be able to make some quick bucks for
your short articles.
Niche: Web Design
Payment Method: Paypal
Developer Tutorials is a
programming/web design blog. You can submit articles to Developer Tutorials on
anything from programming to web design, and you will be able to get $30-$50
for list articles, and $50-$100 for tutorials.
Developer
Tutorials also allows you a bio with a link back to your blog. So, you can
easily build your portfolio, and as a result expose your work to thousands of
people. 3.1stWebDesigner
Niche: Design/Freelancing/Blogging
Payment Method: Paypal/Moneybookers
1stWebDesigner is currently one of
the biggest web design blogs online. With millions of monthly visitors, and a
variety of topics to write on, 1stWebDesigner is a freelance-writer-friendly
blog. You will be paid around $50-$75 for every article you write on
1stWebDesigner.
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Niche: Adobe
Payment Method: Paypal
If you’re an expert at using Adobe
products and you want to share your experience through your writing, you can
make anything from $50-$75 by contributing your tutorials to TheTechLabs.
Niche: Photoshop
Payment Method: Paypal/Moneybookers
If you’re an expert at Photoshop, or
if you have some cool tricks you think a lot of photoshop users will love to
read about, you can create a tutorial and submit it to PSD Tuts+. For this kind
of tutorial you will be paid anything from $50 to $150.
Niche: Computer Tips
Payment Method: Paypal/Check (for those in the US)
WorldStart is another great website
providing freelance writers with several options to make money from their writing. There are various payment options you can get with them. They
have the $25 option for 250 words article, the $40 option for 400 words
articles, the $45 option for 600 words articles and the $50 option for 800
words articles.
With over 300,000 monthly visitors,
if you’re in the tech/computing niche you can a lot of exposure and some more
writing opportunities come your way by writing for this blog.
Niche: Design/Programming
Payment Method: Paypal/Moneybookers
This is another great blog that
provides writers with an opportunity to earn from their work. They pay writers
$100 for list posts and basic articles, and $125 for complicated articles. They
also only respond to emails once a week so you need to have some patience when
you send them an email.
Another cool thing about
ProBlogDesign is that you will be credited in your post with a link back to
your website. In other words, you will get paid to market yourself.
Niche: Making Money Writing
Payment Method: Unknown
Writers
Weekly isn’t a blog. Instead, it is an online publication that is distributed
to paying subscribers. With Writers Weekly you will be paid anything from
$40 to $60 for articles you submit.
Niche: Web Development
Payment Method: Unknown
Sitepoint is currently one of the
leading websites online when it comes to web development, and they are
interested in paying quality freelance writers to contribute to their growing
network. Your article must be over 1,500 words, and upon acceptance, you will
be paid a $100 flat rate. If your article does really well and is able to
generate up to 100,000 page views you will be paid $250 more.
Niche: Writing/Marketing/Blogging/Product Creation
Payment Method: Paypal
One Spoon at a Time features around
2 guest posts every month from guest bloggers, all of which will be paid. You
can write any blog post based on the categories listed above, and you will be
paid a flat rate of $50 for your article upon publication.
Niche: Make Money Writing
Payment Method: Paypal
Even though Carol has already gotten
more offers than needed for the whole of 2011, I think her blog is still worth
being listed. You can easily pitch her an idea for consideration towards next
year on the subject of freelance writing/making money writing. You will be paid $50 for any of your articles that is
accepted.
Niche: Photoshop
Payment Method: Paypal
This is a very popular website that
talks about Photoshop, and you can easily get paid anything from $150-$300 by
contributing your valuable tutorials.
Niche: WordPress
Payment Method: Paypal
WPWebHost is a web hosting company
that is happy to feature quality articles from writers who are knowledgeable
about wordpress. With WPWebHost, you will be paid $100 via Paypal for any of
your article that is accepted.
Niche: Vector
Payment Method: Paypal/Moneybookers
You can easily make money by
contributing articles about Vector arts to Vector Tuts+. You will be
paid up to $150 per article for your writing, depending on the quality of your
articles and you can receive your payment via Paypal or Moneybookers.
Niche: Adult Education
Payment Method: Unknown
The Change Agent is an Adult
Education Publication that pays $50 per article contributed. Your article can
be anything from 250 words to 1,000 words, and you will still be paid the same
amount no matter how long your content is, as long as it is accepted.
Niche: Ceramics
Payment Method: Unknown
If you believe you can write
articles on all things ceramics you should give Ceramics.org a try. You will be
paid $25 for any short article accepted, $350 for a 1,000 words bulletin, and
up to $900 for a 5,000 words bulletin accepted.
Niche: Variety of Topics
Payment Method: Check
By writing for The Dollar Stretcher
you will be paid $0.10 per word for any article accepted. That means you will
get $100 for a 1000 words article, and $500 for a 5,000 words article. The
payment will be sent via check in US dollars.
Niche: Skydiving
Payment Method: Paypal
Dropzone
is a Skydiving blog visited by millions of people monthly, and by writing for Dropzone,
aside from gaining a lot of exposure, you will paid $50 for any article that is
accepted and up to $100 for an article that is featured
Niche: Money/Small Business Issues
Payment Method: Unknown
You will get paid $50 by writing a
guest post that is around 400 words-1,000 words. Your guest post must be about
money/small business issues, and you will be paid upon acceptance of your
articles.
Payment is made on publication and
you must be a finance expert to contribute. It’s also important to follow the guidelines.
Niche: Parenting
Payment Method: Check
Metro Parent is a parenting magazine
that pays you anything from $35-50 for a short article, and up to $250 for a
detailed article accepted. The payment for your article will be made upon
publication.
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