Friday, March 15, 2013
Scribie
The internet is not a magical cash machine. Stop dreaming that it is. There is no form filling job that will earn you 20K USD a month. Any job that requires you pay a fee upfront is a scam. Don't even bother looking into it.
That said, it is possible to make a few bucks here and there online. But you have to work for it. Here is the real deal, the only upside of working online from home is that you don't have to dress up and commute, otherwise, online work is still work.
A quick way of earning a few bucks online is scribie.com. All you need is a computer with a fairly good internet connection, a good set of headphones, and a lot of patience. To get paid, you will also need a verified Paypal account. The job is transcribing audio files into text format. It is not rocket science. You don't even have to type that fast, as you are given 2 hours to transcribe 6 minutes of audio. You work only on the files you want to, when you want to. You are even given a 1 minute preview of the file before you have to select the job.
If you are interested, prepare yourself for a test, which is a paid test if you pass. Pay is 1 USD per 6 minutes of audio, which translates to 10 USD per audio hour transcribed. It will not pay for the rent, but it can pay for the internet and a little more. Downside to the site is that there are times when files are scarce. It is first come first served. Right now however, start of 2013, I see a good amount of files available.
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I would like to add, you are initially given 2 hours to transcribe a single file. If those two hours aren't enough, you could request an extension. I think this is some mechanism that ensures that the files don't get stuck on you when you've gone AFK or off-line due to whatever reason.
ReplyDeleteThe way I see it though, if the rent's not that high, it could pay for the rent too.
Currently, I'm using scribie.com to pay for the wife's medical expenses or at least part of it. (and the other parts, I make by making ice candy and tamarind sweets.) Naturally, it would cover the internet bills since online jobs require an active internet connection.
A good part in their system is that you are automatically promoted once you fit the requirements. No waiting for promotion approval. One promoted, you can review other people's work and get paid the same as transcribing a raw file. This potentially doubles your income generation capacities. If no files are available for transcription, you could review. Therefore, maximizing your output.
The way I see it, as long as there is a steady flow of files, this COULD pay as good as an office job as a clerk. (if done seriously enough and done full-time.)
Although, included in the valuation is the travelling expenses, etc.