I really do have some free time from time to time which I usually invest in something useful like studying on my own, but I would like to be able to earn at least $1 a week filling out forms or transcribing texts or doing some simple task, and not as a job because I don’t have that much time either.
So far I’ve had experience as a freelancer and honestly I’ve had bad luck, in general I’ve only encountered scammers (in these areas) who wanted ME TO PAY THEM TO ACCEPT THEIR WORK, and then I’ve tried certain websites and apps that I’ve read that they recommend (in forums) and personally I’ve had no luck, I mean, I don’t expect to make a full salary filling out forms but $0.25 for a form a day? Are you kidding me? I guess it has to do with my geographic area. (LATAM)
Again, I know money is hard to earn and it’s naive to believe that I’m getting paid for doing something easy that anyone can do, but I’d like to at least be able to earn without a joke $1 a week.
The only thing like this that has ever worked for me is Prolific. For me it was a consistent and easy way of making roughly $8 an hour. You’re basically doing whatever random surveys / tests researchers need a lot of subjects for, 5-20 mins at a time usually, though there are some very involved ones that can involve multiple parts and/or require a higher degree of focus for an hour or more at a time. It was great for me because I consistently got work and it just uses all your test-taking skills from school, which was always a strong point of mine.
However, it’s very inconsistent. I’ve heard a lot of people say that they never get anything from it, sometimes the whole site just kind of dries up for months at a time, etc. I haven’t used it in a couple years since I got consistent work, because seeking out work on my own time is mentally unhealthy for me. But yeah, that’s my experience.