How to Make a Minimum of $500 a Month Writing

Gear up to add a new dimension to your earnings.

How about earning enough every month to cover your expenses without going through a lot of work?

Content mills are on the rise in this digital era. The options for writers have widened over time. There are plenty of websites/publications that offer writers great opportunities to monetize their skills. But the problem strikes when we can’t figure out which is the right basket to keep our eggs in.

The fear of landing on the wrong platform and wasting our precious time is real. But that’s not the case when you do proper research before going for a particular freelance writing platform.

Here, I have compiled and reviewed the 3 of the best content mills in terms of reliability, legitimacy, the volume of work, and the most important part — payment. I am sure this post will help you choose the right website according to your interest and preferences.

Let the party begin.

WriterBay

WriterBay is a reputed and legit content mill that hires freelance writers from all over the world. They have a huge customer base that promises a consistent load of work to keep their writers busy.

The website doesn’t disappoint also in terms of payment. An approved writer, irrespective of his experience, can make from $8.5 to $13.5 per page. On top of that, hard-working writers get attractive bonuses occasionally according to their performance.

Once a writer is approved, he is given a category based on his writing skills. And the category he falls in decides what his per-page earning will be.

• Regular: $8.5/page
• Advanced: $9.35/page
• Pro Light: $10.75/page
• Pro: $13.44/page

In the beginning, if you somehow end up in the regular group, don’t get disappointed. The website keeps promoting its writers into higher categories if they are getting a good response from the clients. You can always work your way up to the top and be eligible to earn more.

How to apply:

Here is the step by step process to submit your application:

• Sign up with your personal details. This step will also require you to highlight your areas of expertise, experience, and qualification.
• Next, you need to read a tutorial and take a small quiz based on that (within a time limit).
• Submit a 375-words article on a randomly assigned topic, following the given instructions.
• Finally, upload a CV and higher education certificate to complete the application process.

Besides that, you can also submit your previously written articles as samples (optional). Once the application is submitted, WriterBay generally takes 3–4 days to get back to you via email.

The process may sound a bit lengthy but I think it’s worth it for a website that is reputed, has a balanced client-writer ratio, and pays well.

Writing Creek

Here comes another gold mine. Writer Creek is all about academic writing. If you have the ability to deliver well-researched and high-quality content, this website could be your best bet.

Writing Creek pays $4 to $12 for every page. Again, the pay per page will be decided by the category you fall in based on your writing skills. The website promotes you to the higher categories as you improve your performance.

Their basic criteria for a writer is:

• Original content writing
• Ability to conduct a research
• Advanced level of English
• Good communication skills

How to apply:

To be an approved writer, you have to go through a simple 4 steps process.

• You have to submit your personal details, areas of expertise, and experience (if any).
• Next, Writing Creek tests your grammar skills through a few multiple-choice questions. (Time limit — 20 mins.)
• Finally, you have to submit a 275 words article on a given topic within 30 minutes.

Once you completed the final step, your application is sent for the verification process. You may hear the feedback within the next 2–3 days.

Copify

Copify stands firm at third place on the list as a reliable content mill. The website offers a variety of topics to write about. So, whatever may your preferred niches be, you are always covered with a sufficient load of work.

As far as the payment part is concerned, it goes up from $7 to $9.5 for 500 words based on the quality. That means if you can write up to 2000 words a day, that’s pretty good of a side income for a single day. But all that comes down to how many orders you receive in a day that you would actually like to take. My go-to tip is that don’t just stick to your preferred topics. Take the challenge to write about anything that comes your way.

How to apply:

The registration process is pretty straightforward. You fill in your basic details on the signup page, then upload your updated CV and a professional photo, and finally submit a 200 words article on a randomly assigned topic. The time limit for the sample article submission is 1 hour, which I think is sufficient for gathering information and crafting an engaging piece on the given topic.

Once your application is approved by the Copify team, you can start checking out the orders.

Conclusion

Content mills have emerged as an easy option for writers to make a side income. These platforms are the main income source for many writers and help them make in 4–5 figures every month.

you could have different goals and your own projects to focus on. But still, there is no harm in earning an extra few hundred dollars every month doing something you are already good at.

I hope this article motivates you to boost your writing income and give one of these websites a try.

Have a nice day.