Saturday 14 March 2015

Websites That Pay You 100 Dollars and Above Per Post


In this piece, I will introduce you to websites that pay $100 and above for a paid or guest post and tell you some time-proven ways to land these and other high paying gigs.

You however have to offer extremely high quality content to match their publishing standards. Besides, for most sites,you have to also be an experienced writer to get into their network. 

In times when competition is stiff and writers are bidding for penny-a-word projects, coming across websites that actually love to compensate bloggers/ writers for their awesome content is marvelous.

HOWEVER, please note that the number of words that you may have to write, to get $100 and above, could range anywhere between 2,000 and 3,000 words. This works out to about $15 to $20 for a 500 word post. Just don't forget that. Besides, these freelance gigs usually come only once a month or perhaps once a fortnight. So, it is always better to write (4 x 500 word) articles a day, that pay you to $20 to $25 per post so has to have a regular income.

It is just that we get carried away by the $100 per gig line.

I have tried to sort out the sites in the order of payment (ie., high to low) – but that does not mean, the bottom ones are bad. In fact, your area of specialization might be the ones that are listed below.

Getting accepted for a paid gig is not easy. If you’ve belief in your writing skills, try them. 

Click on the links to directly visit their submission guidelines page.

The Progressive is a politics magazine that accepts submissions from freelance writers. You’ll be paid up to $50 to $1,300 per post if your article is accepted by Progressive.

Travel and Leisure accepts articles and features from freelance writers. Payment will be agreed on once you’ve been assigned an article. You’ll be paid up to $1,000 per articles if your article is accepted.

The Eco journal of the University of Minnesota welcomes freelance writers and bloggers to pitch ideas. Read their current issue to understand the kind of topics they cover and the accepted writing level. The pay is $1 per word.

MIT Technology Review welcomes freelance writers and bloggers to submit their pitches. The pay is $1 per word.

Budget Travel is a top travel website that pays writers to contribute travel articles. The pay is $0.50 to $1 per word.

Bird Channel is a top website for bird lovers and it accepts submissions from freelance writers. You’ll be paid $100 – $400 for articles you contribute.

International Living’s general themes are retiring overseas, how to get the best deals when traveling, Payment is upon publication. International Living buys all rights and they pay $250 for 840 words and $400 for 1,400 words. As regards photographs, if they use one of yours, they pay $50 for one-time use, but you get to retain the rights.

Metro Parent Publishing Group is always looking for talented, experienced freelance writers to enhance their magazine, ancillary publications and website. Their general goal is to have a good mix of fun and substantive local stories of interest to local parents. Topics range from Fun, Food, Parenting, Kids, Health, School, Travel, Hobbies. Payment is between $35 and $350 for features (1,000 to 2,500 words).

Good for WordPress experts who can write great Word Press tutorials and amazing Word Press resource list & review articles or incredible investigative, topical and informed Word Press opinion pieces. Payment is decided a mutually agreed contract and can be anywhere between $300 for a premium post or up to $500 for an epic post.

This is a site dedicated as a resource for IT professionals. The site encourages field notes, how-to’s, guidelines, tutorials and other content suitable for a vast IT readership. With a base fee of $0.25 cents per word and a minimum requirement of 1000 words per accepted submission, you can earn a minimum of $250 every time. Furthermore, if you are a previously unpublished or unknown author, and are submitting a non-commissioned article, they pay between $60 to $100 per article depending on its length, content, and illustrations.

Apart from being a marvelous content publishing networking bringing advertisers and bloggers together, the Post Joint blog accepts paid posts and the pay is between $100 and $250.

Listverse serves over 19 million pages a month to more than eight million readers. They publish lists that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser-known trivia. The topics range anywhere from Entertainment (Gaming, Movies, TV, and Music) to Books, Facts, History, Lifestyle, Food, Health, Sports, Travel, Society, etc. They pay you $100 for your efforts. You don’t need to be an expert—you just need to have great English, a sense of humor, and a love for things unusual or interesting. 

A List Apart
An amazing site on design with truly stellar content, they pay $200 for accepted submissions which range between 1500 and 2000 words. Getting published there isn’t easy so make sure to read and adhere each of their submission criteria.

A typical submission of 3000 words and 30 photos (bracketed) plus a short 2 minute video clip will result in an article that runs about 6 landscape spreads, has 10 photos and includes a short video clip. This article will net a payment of about $230 (an average of about $38 per landscape spread).

You can get paid up to $200 to contribute an article on any subject as a subject matter expert to iWorkwell.

You’ll get paid to contribute articles on almost any topic to Cracked.com – you can take a look at popular topics discussed on the website for ideas. You’ll be paid up to $200 per post and you’ll also be able to mention your website below the post in the bio section. The funny part is that they will pay you to write things for them, even if you have never written anything for anybody before and if they think your post is good.

If you think you have the talent to write your own unique tutorials, then this is your chance! Writing a tutorial for Pxleyes can earn you up to $200 per tutorial and will give a lot of name exposure for you or your website. Topics include Photography and Photoshop and payment is up to $200 per blog post.

You’ll be paid up to $150 for contributing tutorials to Tutorial Board. Payment will be made within the first two weeks of the month after your tutorial has been published.

You’ll be paid $150 per tutorial and paid via PayPal to submit flash tutorials to Flashmint. 

Transition Abroad is a top travel website that’ll pay you anything from $50 to $150 (for an article in the 800-2000+ word range) for your travel articles. You’ll be paid for your article upon its acceptance.

It is a popular site and you can get paid up to $150 to contribute an article on productivity and related subjects to GOOD.

It is a multi-niche site that publishes content on various sectors. They pay $100 for content written exclusively for them and $50 per syndicated post. If you have a blog, try the syndication feature as well.

Salon is a hugely popular website covering daily news on multiple segments like entertainment, business, technology and politics. Make sure to follow their guidelines perfectly. They don’t advertise the cost per submission but they pay more than $100. It depends on your content quality and relevance.

If you’re someone who can write in-depth tutorials on Flash, Java, PHP, MySQL, ASP, CSS, AJAX and other tech concepts, check out this site. They entertain tutorials and list-based posts only, but they pay more than $100 (articles should be a minimum of 1,000 words long)

UX Booth is a publication by and for the user experience design community. You pitch a topic or idea that you’d like to share. If accepted, a development editor is assigned to you in order to help you develop your narrative in accordance with our style guide. Topics include User Experience (UX), Usability, Design etc., and payment is around $100 per post (articles should be between 1,200 and 1,800 words long)

The owner Darnell Jackson pays $100 per published submission on business. You need to write in-depth articles or even interview a prominent figure in the business niche and get it published on his blog.

The online magazine covers media and digital news about current economy, budgets, healthcare and other issues. Write to their editor pitching a story idea and hope for the best. The pay is about $100.

This is a popular travel site which pays $100 upfront for publishing your self-guided tour itineraries. You need to check out their list of cities they want to cover. The itinerary should be a detailed guide about sights and attractions, maps and other things helpful to a tourist.

Dropzone.com aims to provide users with a platform where skydivers can interact, learn, share and grow. With a reader base of over 100,000 absolute unique visitors every month. This is by far the largest audience and the widest distribution of expert and new skydivers reached by any skydiving related publication. Payment is a mutually agreed contract, although it can range anywhere between $50 and $100.

Here’s your chance to share your tutorial with thousands of Photoshop users. Starting is easy and you don’t even need to have your tutorial ready. Just fill out a form with a picture of your tutorials final result and they will let you know if it qualifies. Payment ranges between $50 and $300.

Are you a talented designer who enjoys writing and blogging? If you are, we want to hear from you! SpyreStudios is a design blog with a focus on typography, design trends, inspiration, CSS, HTML, Word Press, jQuery, minimalism and blogging. Payment is anywhere between $50 and $160.

WOW! pays on publication by PayPal or check and pays anywhere between $50 and  $150 per featured article (consisting of up to 3,000 words)

Increase Chances of getting Accepted

If you have checked out the listed sites already and get the feeling of  “Duh! I’m never gonna be selected”, don’t panic, it’s quite normal. But, just don’t give up too soon.

A lot depends on the way you pitch them ideas. Crafting a well written email is a must. Your professionalism shows there. Don’t write like you’re addressing a friend. Write like you mean business and you should. Show expertise and excellent writing samples in the intended niche.

Most of the popular publications take weeks to make any submission live. They will give priority to what their in-house staff writers are writing. So don’t get frustrated and send them follow-up emails. It just won’t work. In short, don’t nag them.

Sometimes you will be asked to work with their in-house editor or manager while crafting the content. In which case, you get more chances of paid posts coming from them.

It is also important to follow their specified format because if you don’t do so, the chances of your post/ article being rejected are high.

If you are freaked out by the idea that you will make a mistake, and then your freelance writing career will be ruined forever. 

But that doesn’t happen. Perfection is not expected. Instead, expect to make mistakes and learn from them. That’s the adventure and the journey that is freelance writing.

Appreciate any feedback from you.

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