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?

    • @ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
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      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.

        • @Paragone@lemmy.world
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          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

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      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!

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        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

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          There is a survivor bias to big YouTubers. All of the ones who make it to 10,000 subscribers are already beating one in a million odds. It’s a total longshot. That’s why you need to go into it not caring about money. Because it’s super unlikely, like winning the lottery unlikely, that you will make any money at all.

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            Yup. I went to school with somebody who was big into youtubing, he had professional Sony software for editing snd everything. The guy only had at most 20 subscribers and he’d been doing it for a while.

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            I dont know. Personally i am pretty boring. Made it to 2 x $50 on twitch though before i chose to delete my account. I know that this is nothing t really but still its cool cash for gaming. I did put in an effort but to be fair i wouldn’t watch myself. I dont even watch others steam!

            If you’ve got it in you and kind of have a feeling for what people want (best to look at what you prefers and give them that) then I’d say the odds are a lot better than winning the lottery

        • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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          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.

          It is possible, but not likely. And even if you can succeed, it usually takes months or often years to build up to $20/day.

          Until you build a youtube channel up to 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of watch time, you are not even eligible to apply to be in the youtube payment program.

      • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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        All income is required to be reported and taxed.

        If you are below a certain threshold annually you will get that tax refunded.

        • @spongebue@lemmy.world
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          I believe you typically get the money withheld, and if when you file are determined not to have any tax liability, you get a refund between what you paid and what you owe. That’s just like anyone else, but that second number happens to be zero. I swear there’s an option in a W4 that you had/expect to have your tax liability be zero as well, but of course if you turn out to be wrong you’re in for a world of hurt

  • @BaroqueInMind
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    Ironically there will be people on OnlyFans likely willing to pay her money daily to see her.

    • It’s definitely not for everyone, but I’ve met a small number of disabled people who do exactly this, for similar reasons.

      Wouldn’t offer it as a suggestion though, kinda feel like people have to come to that decision on their own.

    • It is enough to see a foot (should be a good looking foot ofc) and hear her voice. Guys are crazy enough out there. She can then sell her used socks too.

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    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!

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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…

  • @z00s@lemmy.world
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    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.

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    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

  • @Azzu@lemm.ee
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    I have no clue exactly, and forgive me if this is inappropriate, but I could imagine porn would work maybe?

  • @NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    What are her qualifications?

    If she has a degree in computer science, DataAnnotation will pay $30-40 an hour to train their coding AI.

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      Maybe it’s just me, but they have only ever had a couple of jobs available to actually work, and they are temporary.