My disabled friend just needs to make like $20 a day to afford what she needs.
I know there are a ton of like “fill out surveys to ear money” “play games to earn money” “Do this little task” but all the ones I’ve found give like… $1 an hour.
I know fiverr is an option, but I dunno if that is consistent enough when she needs to get moving.
Any websites that would let her sidegig when she feels up to it and isn’t trash pay?
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A couple of years ago I was using a transcription service, though that may be of less help nowadays due to AI transcription. Pay was crap, but it was better than nothing for me at the time. The service I was working with seems to have shut down, but you might try https://www.transcribeme.com/freelancers/
Maybe try Amazon’s mechanical Turk? Not sure what the payout is like, but might be enough
I used it years ago and it didn’t pay super great, I’ll have her check though and see what it’s like now.
I hear there are some more complex tasks with better payout, but never used it myself
There was a subreddit … something like “hits worth turking for” or something like that??
“worth turking for” was part of its name, iirc…
There might be other communities identifying higher-paying items, perhaps a Lemmy devoted to that?
Perplexity may be able to find something of the sort…
just hoping that their right-answer finds them, is all!
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Is it $20 before or after tax? Can she afford to put some money in it to start with? Is she good at something unique or special?
If she has the energy, she could pick up streaming or YouTube video… There seems to be some interest at how people with disabilities live and manage everyday hurdles but also their thoughts on life in general!
Many people with disabilities also can make some money selling art or other services that they might be good at.
Just consider that making money may in some countries substract from the financial support already offered by whatever country you may be in
Please note that every day thousands of people try to start with streaming/YouTube/TikTok etc. and almost all of them fail. It’s not impossible to make money, but it super hard and most people never make anything. I would never recommend anybody do it with the intent or expectation to make any money. Just do it for the fun of it and if you happen to make some money, great!
I think that if you have the personality for it and something unique to talk about, i dont think that its that unlikelly. Especially if the target is $20 a day.
Viewers are very curious and id guess that a steamer with a vissible dissability could attract a fair bit of users. I know its all about exhibiting ones personal side but i’ve seen suggestions here for making porn so it is maybe not that extreme
Will she get taxed for such a low income?
There are a few good freelance transcription gigs online. I did rev.com in high-school and it was really easy. You basically just listen to an audio clip and type out what it’s saying. More difficult clips pay more but I think I was able to get something like 12-14 an hour doing it.
I’d say apply some of their specific skills instead of competing at unskilled (and low-pay) labor. Maybe draw illustrations or pictures. Computer programming. Cut videos for some Youtuber…
This was posted on the site which will not be named quite some time ago, but I figured it might be helpful here. https://remotists.com/
Seems like it might fit the situation. Best of luck to your friend!
Search job sites for “search quality rater.” Should be a number of postings for fully remote, part-time, ~$15/hr work. Takes a few weeks to go through the qualifying process, but it’s mostly common sense stuff. Just requires the time commitment - projects will probably want 10-20 hours a week.
If she’s native or fluent in English, Cambly is a good choice for teaching online. The pay isn’t that good but it’s something, $10.20 an hour of talk time, or $12 for group classes (which are actually easier). Seems like they’ve had a lot of applicants recently but they are still accepting people, it may just take a while.
My referral link: https://www.cambly.com/invite/ADAM3261?st=060524&sc=4 Generic link: https://www.cambly.com/tutor/signup?lang=en
She can reach out to me if she wants some help with getting started teaching online, I’ve been doing it for years.
Ikea is hiring people for it’s Robolox branch. But generally Chat moderation(aka being a fake chat partner in the more,well, infamous partner seeking platforms) is an option, same goes for normal phone support/callcenter work.
Fiverr is an idea, there are similar jobs as well.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/ikea-roblox-workers-virtual-store/
10 people will be hired for Ikea grand total from the entire world fyi
Sell feet pics
Where though
sidegig when you want and isn’t trash pay
If such a thing existed, everyone would be doing it already.
I’d tell her to research some passive income side hustles on YouTube and do a few of them at once. It’s hard to get started, but once you get the ball rolling it can add up to be a few bucks.
It all depends on how much time / effort she can spend on them. You get out what you put in.
best option is some sort of support agent work which allows remote, but you need steady hours.
if she really can’t hold steady hours for whatever reason then fiverr is the next best option. or look up things like gaming where you can sell in-game currency or resources for money
Any links for the agent work? Does it matter where you’re from?
I have no clue exactly, and forgive me if this is inappropriate, but I could imagine porn would work maybe?
Only the top 10% earns top cash.
It was about 20$ per day, not top cash
What are her qualifications?
If she has a degree in computer science, DataAnnotation will pay $30-40 an hour to train their coding AI.
If she is fluent in English then there are some legit options (as in, will comply with minimum wage laws).
There are tech “consulting”/talent agencies which offer gig work where you help assess AI, i.e. rate and correct LLM responses, correct road signs etc.
There are also some foreign news stations which run English programs, but pay gig workers to rate/correct their pronunciation.
