Best Micro Jobs That Pay Daily
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Best Micro Jobs That Pay Daily

Three years back, I was left with only Rs. 800 in my wallet, while there was a phone bill which had to be paid by midnight. There was no employer ready to hire me at that moment, and even my freelancing clients had not paid me as yet. I had to look for a method through which I could earn money instantly.

This was when I got my first micro job. Although it was a small task along with a small payment, the money was credited to my bank account the same night. That night opened a new dimension in my mind regarding instant and small scale earning.

In case you have required money the same day, this article is meant for you. I have personally tried all the websites mentioned below. While some worked really good, a few websites proved useless to me. I will take you through all of them in detail.

What Is a Micro Job

The micro job is one of the tiny tasks which take not more than a few minutes or up to several hours. After its completion, you receive payment, often on the very same day. There is neither an interview nor any hiring procedure; no one monitors you all the time.

Remember that a micro job is not going to substitute your entire salary. However, if there is a need for some extra cash on the spur of the moment, then such sites will come in handy.

Platforms That Worked Well for Me

Field Agent

The app pays you for accomplishing simple real-life tasks. Examples of such tasks include checking the presence of the product in stock, making a photo of the display or answering some questions regarding your shopping. I accomplished six tasks during one week in my initial days. It takes about 10-15 minutes for each task and earns you from $3-$8, which was instantly transferred via PayPal.

Availability of tasks, however, greatly depends on the place you live in. For example, my friend from a smaller town could not find any tasks for three consecutive days.

Fiverr’s Small Tasks

It is common to receive short and easy gigs on Fiverr. Short voice messages, proofreading one paragraph, or trying out an application and providing feedback are some examples of such tasks. I remember that I received a task to proofread something within eight minutes and was paid five dollars for it.

The payment gets released after some time when you do the gig on Fiverr, which means that you won’t receive the money the same day, but in two days at most. Nevertheless, it is much quicker than receiving an offer for a normal job.

Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk)

I think that this service surprised me more than anything else I have tried. There is a huge list of very small digital jobs available here. Tasks like labeling photos, transcribing brief sound fragments, and filling out surveys are very common here. While each job pays a small fee, like ten or fifty cents per unit, the money quickly adds up when you work hard enough. In one evening session, I managed to perform thirty jobs and earn approximately twelve dollars in ninety minutes.

Important tip: many of the tasks are restricted only for US-based workers.

UserTesting and Respondent

The companies actually pay actual people to test websites or apps and provide verbal feedback while performing the tests. In fact, I participated in one session with UserTesting which took twenty minutes and earned me ten dollars in my PayPal account within a week.

On the other hand, a respondent often earns much higher amount of money, from fifty to one hundred dollars per each research. However, to be invited to the experiment is a completely different story – only one invitation from ten applications.

Sprout Gigs

Sprout Gigs represents an online platform which helps freelancers connect with companies that want to have some small digital tasks performed. The platform deals with such areas as digital marketing, writing, graphic design, photo/video editing, web development, and SEO.

There is also a part devoted to conducting surveys and getting discounts which is aimed at people who are looking for quick money. Freelancers receive their payment almost immediately after the task has been evaluated and approved by the client as opposed to waiting for weeks for their pay-out, making the concept of earning something on a daily basis quite suitable for the platform.

Sprout Gigs requires freelancers to have a success rate higher than 75%. This is a very simple condition, however, it forces people to work on their assignments and not just quickly complete them. There is also a referral system on Sprout Gigs which allows earning five percent extra through inviting new clients or freelancers.

Rozee.pk and Local Task Listings

But if you happen to be from Pakistan, don’t forget about this possibility. Rozee.pk sometimes has vacancies that last for just one day – it may be something like working at an event or data entry of one project or delivering something for some hours. This is a small job, but money will be deposited in your JazzCash or Easypaisa account by that evening.

TaskRabbit

This site is more into physical work and generally pays well per hour. I assisted someone in moving their furniture in less than an hour and earned forty dollars. If there is TaskRabbit in the area, it will definitely be one of the highest-paying sites here.

How I Start With a New Platform

Every time I try a new platform, I follow roughly the same process now.

  1. Complete your profile completely. If you skip doing that, you will get fewer offers, as almost all platforms make a selection according to information you provided.
  2. Choose to do the smallest task initially. It is not about money here. It is about learning how it works and getting ready for spending real hours.
  3. Pay attention to the way you are going to be paid. There are platforms that pay through PayPal, through bank transfers, through mobile payments. It is better to know it beforehand rather than earn money that cannot be withdrawn easily.
  4. Plan your work time limit. Thirty minutes per session works for me. Once I forgot about it while working at MTurk and spent two hours just for nine dollars.
  5. Monitor your earnings per hour, not per task. A five dollar task requiring forty minutes is less profitable than a task bringing you two dollars within five minutes. I started calculating it on my smartphone, and that changed platforms I used.

Mistakes I Made So You Can Avoid Them

I even wasted a whole day on a survey site that promised earnings ranging from one dollar to twenty dollars for each survey. But the truth is that surveys offered fifty cents to two dollars and more surveys disqualified me midway through after I had answered a series of questions.

Once again, another survey site asked for a registration fee of ten dollars to “unlock” some profitable tasks. This is a classic red flag. Any legitimate micro job site will never ask you to pay any money before earning from them.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Multitasking on too many websites at once rather than mastering two or three platforms
  • Lack of verifying the mode of payment before working
  • Failure to review the website before signing up
  • Assuming that micro-jobs will become their primary source of income
  • Limiting themselves to one platform after receiving poor feedback on one task

Is It Actually Worth Your Time

It all depends on why you do it. If you need to get some definite sum of money, some money before payday, something for bills or prepaid phones, then sure, you can try it. I had my share of difficult weeks because of this.

When you want a regular income, use micro jobs to find out what things are you good at. It could be anything from writing to testing apps or any physical job, or something data-related. With some experience and good reviews, you’ll be able to go to higher paying jobs there.

Be realistic, however. You won’t get rich on these platforms. When someone promises you huge daily earnings for practically nothing, watch your step and think twice before trusting that platform. Mostly, people earn small sums every day on them and that’s a fair compensation for the little time spent.

Final Thoughts

Some of these apps remain on my smartphone to this day despite the fact that I now earn more stable money. Sometimes a whole week goes by without me opening these apps, and sometimes an expense appears unexpectedly and I manage to do several small jobs and make some extra money in the evening.

None of these apps will revolutionize your life by themselves. However, by selecting two or three apps which actually work for you and maintaining real expectations, staying away from those who ask for any payment for using their app, you will actually be able to survive during one of your hard weeks.