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6 High Paying Articles Sites – Make Money Online

If you love writing or have some left over articles that you wrote in the past that you would like to utilize, there are ways to make use of these articles and make some decent money from them. The articles can be about poetry, a recipe, hobbies, about your culture, a book or even FAQs created through research on a specific topic. There are many sites out there that will take these articles and even pay for submitting them to their database.

Forms of Payment

Usually there are two plans that you can choose. You can either invest for the short term or go for the long term. The choices are:

Short Term Plan

With this form of payment, you get paid upfront usually depending on the word count of the article, the uniqueness, and the quality and effort put into the article. Article databases DO NOT accept copy and paste work taken from someone else’s site nor can you submit someone else’s work.

Long Term Plan

Most article writers or journalists who have spare time, submit their articles with the long term plan. You don’t get paid upfront which is why this form of payment is called long term.  You do however get paid for the number of views your article generates. For example, when on a long term plan on Associated Content you receive $1.50 payment to you PayPal account for every 1,000 views.

6 Top Paid to Write Article Sites

1. Associated Content - AC is one of top “paid to write” article site because of their large community and brand. Most writers stick to AC because their payment plans are rewarding. AC dislike copied or rewritten articles, and pay more for unique articles on topics that have never been submitted. Content producers are typically paid for articles and videos, generally around $3-$15 per submission, although payments can get as high as $20.
2. Helium - Helium is probably the center of all quality articles. Helium pay probably the most for the most comprehensive articles. Some articles can net you up to $75 up front, once again depending on the quality of the article.
3. Triond - Triond is one of the newer paid to write article sites, however they have offer a unique mix to their theme. They accept and pay for articles, poetry, music, and as well as videos. Payment is typically around $0.60 for every 200th view.
4. HubPages – HubPages provides a unique article hosting system. HubPages have a newer clever way of generating money. You simply place your ads from either publishers, from Google Adsense or Kontera and those ads will be placed on every article you write. When someone clicks on an ad on one those articles you wrote on HubPages, you receive the full revenue from that click.
5. Constant Content - If you would like to get paid upfront via a “short-term” plan from the sale of your articles, Constant Content is the site for you. The articles you write be sold at the price you have set on them. You as a writer can ask for $10 for a usage purchase, that is, the buyer could use an article on a website but other buyers could purchase and use the article as well, and $50 for a full rights package where a buyer would purchase the exclusive rights to an article and it would not be available for sale anymore. Constant Content will typically take a percentage of the sale price for their services. Buyers can also request specific content and freelance writers can fill their requests.
6. Squidoo – Squidoo is a very popular social networking site, enabling users to create groups as well as submit articles and then get paid for writing. Articles are referred to as lens in the Squidoo community, and the more views you get to your articles, the more pay you will get like all the other paid to write articles sites.

For best payments and greater acceptance of your articles, it is recommended that you write true legitimate articles on topics that have an “I must share this with my friend” feel afterwards. Some examples are healthy eating, exercising, advice, hobbies, and more. The easy part is to submit articles, but the hardest part is to write articles that builds a community. Sort of like a blog right? Except you are getting paid for every view your article gets.