How To Make Money Freelance Writing: Websites That Pay Writers $50+

1. B. Michelle Pippin pays $50-$150 for business-related articles.
2. Coaches Training Blog is looking for articles about coaching – business, life, career, and other kinds. Pay based on assignment.
3. Copyhackers pays $325 for articles about copywriting, branding, running a business, and more. Read the submission guidelines carefully to pitch.
4. CEO Hangout will pay $50 if you pre-arrange it with the editor – send a pitch and negotiate payment before writing the article. They run posts about the CEO lifestyle, success stories, interviews, and other reported features of interest to business leaders.
5. DailyWorth pays $150 for articles about women and money. They list a blackhole editorial@ email address, but I recently tweeted them about how to submit a pitch, and they suggested hitting up the managing editor, Koa Beck.
6. Doctor of Credit pays $50 for personal finance articles that focus specifically on credit.
7. eCommerce Insiders pays $60-$150 for articles about online retailing.
8. FreelanceMom pays $75-$100 for posts about running a business as a busy parent.
9. FreshBooks (yup, that same freelancer invoicing site we recommend) pays $200 a post and up. Be prepared to negotiate to get a better rate.
10. Acorns has a new online pub called Grow Magazine that pays $50+ for finance writing geared toward millennials. They don’t have guidelines posted, but they told me to submit to grow@acorns.comwith the word STORY in your subject line. We don’t normally recommend those generic emails, but because the pub is still new, it might not be a huge black hole yet.
11. IncomeDiary pays $50-$200 for articles about making money online, including SEO, affiliate sales, and traffic generation.
12. Mirasee pays $200 for 1,000-2,000-word posts on marketing, business productivity, and growth topics. [NOTE: Mirasee is currently paying only for posts they commission. Unsolicited posts are unpaid.]
13. Modern Farmer reportedly pays around $150 for articles.
14. Penny Hoarder shares money-saving ideas. You’ll need to negotiate pay with the editors during the pitching process – and be willing to forego a link back to your site.
15. Priceonomics The catch? Articles must be submitted on spec. They occasionally post requests for articles on specific topics, which might get you closer to that big paycheck. [NOTE: This pub’s writer’s guidelines now say they pay $50/article. Be prepared to verify/negotiate payment.]
16. RankPay pays $50 for articles about SEO, content marketing, and social media.
17. LiisBeth is all about feminist entrepreneurs. Study the guidelines, read past articles, and look at the About page and LiisBeth manifesto to get a feel for the audience. Pay depends on assignment.
18. For our link, let’s add Smart Blogger as the new #2 site on the “Business, Career, and Finance” list. Copy and link to use are below:
19. Smart Blogger regularly invites writers to craft posts on content marketing and freelancing through its job board. Assignments typically pay $150 to $350. Bonus: Even when there aren’t current assignments available to write for Smart Blogger’s blog, the job board offers numerous paid writing opportunities from other sites.

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18. Aish accepts first-person accounts on the positive influence of Orthodox Jewish beliefs on everyday life – and they pay $200 on publication. Know the frum life to succeed here, and email ebraverman@aish.edu.
19. Cosmopolitan.com pays $100 for essays about college. They’re also using this essay submission as a way to find writers for assignments.
20. Dame reportedly pays $200 for essays. They do accept reported features and other article types, and pay rates may vary for those.
21. Brain, Child publishes long-form essays on a wide range of topics. Send your pitch to editor and publisher Marcelle Soviero. Pays $300 for 1,500 to 4,500-word essays.
22. The Establishment pays $125 and up for reported stories and essays.
23. Eureka Street is an Australian site that pays $200 for analysis or commentary on politics, religion, popular culture or current events in Australia and the world. They also pay $50 for poetry (check out our full guide to poetry jobs), which seems to be a rarity these days. [NOTE: This publication is closed to submissions from December 13, 2016 to January 10, 2017. Anything submitted during this time will not be read – please verify they’re back open before you submit.]
24. Guideposts pays $250 for Christian faith-based essays.
25. LightHouse pays $100 for uplifting essays by blind or visually impaired writers.
26. Narratively pays $200-300 for 2000 – 2500-word essays on specific topics. Check their guidelines for a list of current needs.
27. The New York Times Modern Love column reportedly pays as much as $300 for essays on any topic that could be classified as modern love.
28. Skirt pays $200 for essays about women’s issues.
29. The Bold Italic might be a great fit if you’re from San Francisco or have a connection to the city. Past essay topics have included the gig economy, online dating, mental illness, and more. Pay is $50 per essay.
30. Vox First Person reportedly pays in the $400 range for personal essays of about 1,500 words. Pitch firstperson@vox.com.
31. Buzzfeed has an estimated 168 million unique visitors every month, and they publish a wide variety of topics to keep those visitors entertained and informed. Pays $.13 to $.27 per word.