Get Paid to Write Articles Online

If you are ready to make some money writing articles online, here are some sites you can use to get started.

1. Wow Women on Writing

As the name suggests, Wow Women on Writing is focused on content related to women. There are different payments for various types of articles they accept.

Here is what the site pays for different type of content:

How 2 (1,500 – 2,000 Words): $75
Inspiration (1,500 – 2,000 Words): $75
Feature Interviews (up to 3,000 Words): $75
Feature Articles (up to 3,000 Words): $15

1. CollegeHumor
   CollegeHumor is one of the biggest humor sites on the web.

If you have a funny article, submit it and they will pay you $35 for a single page article, and $50 for a larger multi-page article.

1. The Daily Heckle

This is a site that focuses on the news and happenings around the world with a little humor.

You have two options:

Sign up as a writer for the site and earn $5 to $20 for every article you pitch that gets published.
Or, you can write as a freelancer. Every day, they put a list of topics that they need articles for on their famous “The Heckle Workshop” page. Browse the topics and chose the ones you like to write about. Payments varies based on the topic/article.

1. The Daily Tackle

This is the sister site of TheDailyHeckle.

If you are a news junky and can write satirical and spoof news stories that can make people laugh, this site is for you.

They pay between around $8 per article, and if the article manages to receive 25,000 unique page views, you get an extra $25.

1. Love To Know

LTK is another site that pays up front payment for your articles. You can write about topics like Money & Finance, Shopping, Fashion, Beauty, Technology, Home Improvement etc.

You can expect to earn anywhere between $15 to $50 per article.

They pay via PayPal.

1. About.com

About.com is one of the most popular and visited sites in the world with an average monthly visitors of about 55 millions. You can make very good money if you become an About “guide”. But you have to be really good to be approved.

1. Cracked

This is a humor site that pays up to $100 for funny stories. The good thing is you are not limited just to written content, you can create videos, photoshops and infographics.

1. Hubpages

Yet another site that shares advertising revenue. It is highly popular with netizens and you’ll earn money through Adsense and by being an Amazon affiliate. Capitalize on your pet subjects and slowly build up hubs.

1. Bukisa

Bukisa is a lot like Helium, but it’s more focused on how-to style articles. You can write on just about any topic you can imagine. The earning comes from displaying ads alongside your published articles. You are paid via PayPal.

1. Writer Access

Once you are approved, you will be graded with their unique star system by taking a test, which determines how much you get paid per word.

Here is a break down of how much you get paid per 100 words depending on your star level:

2 Star – earn $1.61 for 100 words
3 Star – earn $2.73 for 100 words
4 Star – earn $4.27 for 100 words
5 Star – earn $5.46 for 100 words