Online Earning Database

ONLINE EARNING DATABASE

I was fired from my job and needed money so I put together this database of work ideas I've come across online to spare people the research. I've classed them into three main types:

1) Sign-In And Earn

2) Gig Work

3) Referrals

Now, I'm not promising anyone a get rich quick scheme, I'm just saying there's some money to be made. I made this Online Earning Database that lists the three types and the specific jobs that fall into them. I also made a Workweek Calendar [COMING SOON] as a template for scheduling your time to earn enough to get by. 

1) SIGN-IN AND EARN

Job 1: FiveSurveys.com. Down the middle as it gets. You get $1 every survey you complete. Pro-tip: Lie. Tell them you have recently leased a Corolla and yes, you are the sole purchaser of home appliances for your household when you're really just scraping by yourself. Hew to the truth when answering demographic/income questions, for consistency's sake, even though these are third-party surveys hosted by FiveSurveys.com. If you're broke you can probably scrape up $5 every couple hours after a little practice lying effectively. Payment to PayPal, ACH, gift card, etc. [MORE INFO]

Job 2: Skona.pw. This one's odd but actually effective. You press a button like a rat in a cage once a minute to get a new ad to load for which you will receive between 1 and 3 cents for "watching" while split-screening with something else, like FiveSurveys.com, or fucking YouTube while you get high. There are some bonus bucks and a multiplier that make it so in an average American day of sitting at a fucking computer, you can get $25 or so out of the site. Nothing much, but helpful. There is some bullshit with cashing out you should be aware of –> [KEEP SCROLLING FOR ARTICLE WHILE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Job 3: Sweepstakes Sites. So basically there's a law that says online casinos must give out a free daily prize in order for them to be considered "sweepstakes" meaning when things are given away. So basically the move is: make like thirty to fifty accounts on these sites and collect a daily average of maybe forty cents from each. In about 30-45 minutes of logging in and dealing with annoying ass popups to claim your daily bonuses, you can make maybe $12-15 per day. But you gotta wait till you get each site's balance to the minimum withdrawal amount which can honestly take a couple months, but then you can expect to see cash-outs every week or so of about $100. It's a stupid side hustle that can add up in the long run. [MORE INFO]

2) GIG WORK

Job 1: Mystery Shopping. Easy. I've been using three sites to find gigs. GigSpot, ShopperHub, and ath Power Consulting. Each site carries active listings of businesses near and further away where you go and basically narc on businesses. (Please, don't narc on individual employees unless there's something egregiously bad. These are our livelihoods.) You go in with a pre-planned story and pretend to be interested but either don't buy, or do buy and then you're reimbursed, sometimes for cool things, and sometimes for upwards of $100. Fill out a little report after and send it in. There are really good gigs to be found and, most importantly, lots of them. Mystery shop beachside bars, a parking garage, or call/email businesses from home for $5-10 bucks a pop. Adventurous, easily applied for, and likely to book you. [MORE INFO]

Job 2: Fusion Promotions & Marketing --> PopBookings app. Fusion's a high quality booking agency. They put together impromptu teams for events. I'm not sure if it's the exact right process, but I'd recommend to contact them (bottom of page: https://www.thefusionteam.com/) and ask to make a profile, then play up your skills and interests on your profile, and then they'll put you in their system on an app called PopBookings where they'll feed you a stream of job offers like working at conventions taking tickets or doing security, ultrasound modeling (I made maybe $700 from this over a couple years), brand promotions, and the randomest things ever you don't need hard skills to do. Something like that process should work. They're good people to be hooked up with and the PopBookings app is worth checking regularly. Honestly, maybe try downloading it straight out and seeing if there's work. [MORE INFO]

Job 3: Blood and/or Plasma donation. This pays decently if you're cool with it. Where I donate blood (CGT Global), I get $200 for a white blood cell donation that takes about three hours, once a month. Where I donate plasma (CSL Plasma), you can donate twice a week and make $300-400 a month. And you help people. I don't find it that bad, personally. [MORE INFO]

3) REFERRALS

Job 1: Acorns Investing. Referring people to Acorns can be lucrative. Sign up easily and deposit $5 to become a "Referring Client", meaning you're given a weekly offer like "Refer four people, get $825". To refer someone successfully, have them sign up with your link, deposit $5 of their own and leave it there for about a month. You can promise to pay them a cut (do this) or not if you can't afford to. [KEEP SCROLLING FOR ARTICLE WHILE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Job 2: Whatnot. Alright. Listen. Refer someone to Whatnot, which is an app-based livestream auction site for clothes and collectibles and more, and they'll get $10 to spend. When their first purchase arrives, you'll get $10 to spend. The credit doesn't cover shipping or surcharges but still, I got a 60's coat and a 90's sweater. Really a win-win scenario. [MORE INFO]

Job 3: "Sign-In And Earn" sites such as FiveSurveys.com, Skona.pw, and most sweepstakes sites. Get your referral links and create a free Linktree to post around your socials or your town. Here's mine as an example: linktree.com/jessekeypayout. If you use any of my links, I appreciate you. [MORE INFO]

Job 4: "Gig Work" opportunities such as Blood and/or Plasma donation centers sometimes have referral programs. [MORE INFO]

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[MORE INFO] on Acorns Investing

[MORE INFO] on Acorns Investing

Explanation:

Acorns is an FDIC-insured investing site. They invest your money for you. They also give referrers pretty big payouts on a weekly basis. For example, one week referrers will be offered $825 to refer four people, and the next it'll be $1000 for five. So if you're careful about getting your sign-ups done correctly you can make bank, but it's known that Acorns is prone to withholding referral bonuses for finicky reasons, so I'm not saying count on this. For the purposes of this article and my bank account, I will use my referral link. If you use it, thank you. IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP, TEXT ME FIRST AT 401-527-3742. IF YOU DON'T I WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY YOU. This is because the process must be done exactly right and I must be in touch with you to confirm it is. Please don't sign up without texting me, but even if you do, it won't be all for naught because you will now be able to do the exact same referral process I'm about to lay out.

To understand exactly the referral program works, let's look at the official Acorns website, found at: 

https://www.acorns.com/ref-terms/. Here's a copy-pasted segment describing what referrers get and how:

June Referral Bonus - $1,000 for 4 Acorns Referrals

The Reward and Eligibility for the Referring Client

Promotional Period means completing registration between 12:00 am PST 6/30/2025 and 11:59 pm PST 7/6/2025 

When you refer 4 of Potential New Client(s), each of whom (1) is a Potential New Client; (2) uses your personal invitation code or referral link that you shared with them during the Promotional Period when they sign up for a first-time Acorns subscription; (3) sets up an Acorns User Account during the applicable Promotional Period; (4) completes an initial deposit or investment (excluding Round-Ups® Deposits) of $5 or more in their Acorns Invest Account from a linked bank account funding source within fourteen (14) days after the end of the Promotional Period; and (5) maintains their account in Good Standing at all times relevant to the Promotion, you will receive a $1,000 bonus investment of Reward Shares by Acorns in your Acorns Invest account (the “Bonus”).

So referrers must:

1) Have the required number of new Acorns clients sign up using their link.

2) Have clients invest $5.00 or more from a linked -- and verified -- bank into an Acorns Invest Account.

3) Have clients keep their accounts in good standing for 30-45 days, at Acorns' discretion.*

4) Hope Acorns doesn't refuse to pay for some reason. 

*30-45 days is based on the following copy-pasted segment, also found at the aforementioned link:

Reward Shares are typically deposited within 30-45 days of the date the Referred Client’s initial deposit is settled into their Acorns Invest Account.

So take heed: I as a referrer won't be able to pay you for at least that duration, or potentially longer because there's word that Acorns is stripping referrers of their bonuses for withdrawing them too rapidly. That's because the bonuses are in the form of "bonus investments" in the Acorns account and they don't want you un-investing too fast considering they are an investing site. Be advised before signing up: if you're gonna miss that $5 required investment in the next 30-45 days at minimum, don't do it. You can always withdraw that investment so you're not exactly spending money, but if you want the whole process to work, you cannot withdraw. So be careful with your $5 and decide whether it's worth the wait.

If you're okay with investing $5 for that duration and not taking it out once, then here are the sign-up instructions. Again, text me at 401-527-3742 before signing up so I know you're doing it. If you don't, I won't be able to pay you. I need to know who my referrals are and be in touch to make sure you've signed up correctly.

Instructions:

Step 1: Sign up with my link: (intentionally not listed right now, sorry, too busy!)

Remember to write down your login information once you set it. You’ll need your SSN, and your bank info. Either link your bank using Plaid, or enter routing/account numbers manually. Acorns is owned by PayPal and has over 1 million 5-star reviews; it’s completely safe.

Step 2: Answer setup questions.

Most questions are about investment goals — these don’t matter, just get through them. Next, choose the Bronze Plan ($3.00/month). First month is free - I’ll let you know when to close the account before month two. If you get charged the $3.00, I’ll add it to your payout.

Step 3: Two important questions Acorns asks at the end of setup.

Question 1: “Do you want to set up a weekly investment?” —> Tap Skip in the top right. Question 2: “Would you like to make a one-time investment?” —> Deposit $5.00. This gets sent back to your bank when you close the account so you’re not really even spending money :)

Step 4: Download the app and log in.

Go to Money Hub and take a screenshot of your $5.00 deposit (should say “Pending”). Go to your Profile > Message Center > Verify your email if asked > Take a screenshot showing your Message Center is empty. Send me both screenshots to confirm your setup is complete. No identifying account information need be displayed, just what's requested. Thank you.

Step 5: Confirm deposits.

Acorns usually deposits two small amounts into your bank (like $0.01 and $0.03) to verify your account. This may show up in your Message Center. I’ll ask you to check and send a screenshot when that happens. Again, no account information should be visible, just the transactions themselves. 

Step 6: Don't touch the money for a month.

In order for me to receive payment from Acorns for referring you, and thus for me to be able to pay you, you must have a $5.00 balance or greater for the duration of the month. Just don't touch your account. Do nothing.

Step 7: Earn.

You’ll make $XXX from me, $5.00 from Acorns for signing up, and you'll get your $5.00 back when you close your account. $XXX profit. I can pay you because I get paid $XXX by Acorns for referring three people. Proof of this is found on Acorns' official website, here: https://www.acorns.com/ref-terms/. Control+F for "June Referral Bonus" and you'll see two offers referrers are given. I was given the $XXX for three people offer.

Step 8: Stay in touch.

Send me the three screenshots proving you've signed up and stay in touch if you have any questions! Contact me anytime: 401-527-3742, or email me at jessekeypayout@proton.me. I will be in touch after the first few days to make sure everything's set up correctly, halfway through the month to confirm the $5.00 is still in your account, and a few days before your free trial expires to remind you to cancel it and/or renew it if I still haven't been paid by Acorns. (Again, if you end up needing to renew the Bronze plan, I will reimburse you the $3.00.) Thanks so much for signing up with me!

[MORE INFO] on Skona.pw

[MORE INFO] on Skona.pw

(My referral link here if you choose, thank you: https://skona.pw/?inv=2249390)

What it is: Watching one minute-long ads to make money. You don't have to actually watch the ads, just click the "Get money" button (found in the "Earn" tab) every time one ends in order to start the next one. You can mute the site and and use split-screen tabs to easily access the button while you're doing other things online. Each ad pays between $0.01-0.03 (although Skona.pw claims to pay between $0.01-$0.05/ad, I haven't seen higher than $0.03 personally). However, the site gives you $1.00 to start, and a $2.00 bonus and a 2X earnings multiplier within every first few bucks you make again after cashing out. The multiplier is the moneymaker, bringing earnings from about $1.00/hr to about $2.00/hr, and it lasts twelve hours. The first day I did it I earned $28.22 for about 9-10 hours of clicking whilst doing other things like exercising, cleaning my room, and eating. There's no pressure to keep pressing the button, but there it will sit: effectively a free money button. And when you should refer people, they keep 100% of their earnings and the site pays you 20% commission on every cent they make.

What's the catch?: The 2X earnings multiplier takes a while to kick in upon restarting earning after cashing out. It takes perhaps an hour or two's worth of work, $2.00 or so, to activate it. It only occurs once per "earn – cash out cycle", lasts twelve hours, and you must withdraw your earnings by the end of that period in order to receive double earnings. Here's where things get a tiny bit scammy, and I'll walk you through how to deal with them:

- The first time you cash out, you're required to have referred two people to do so. This could get stressful if, like me, you hadn't know this ahead of time and then in the last few hours had to madly call on friends and a reluctant roommate to sign up using my link AND actually activate their accounts by navigating to "Earn" and pressing "Get money". Yes, people you refer not only have to sign up but also make their first $0.01-$0.03 for their accounts to be considered active in your "Referrals" tab, which lists those people you've referred. In my case, I managed to cash out before the end of the multiplier period, but I'd recommend if you get the multiplier and you've got some good earnings going on before your first cash out, get your referrals done AND active sooner than later so you can focus on earning the rest of the time.

- ...Which brings me to my next point. The second day I used Skona.pw I again had the 2X multiplier and was about to reach $12.50 in my balance, meaning $25.00 in my doubled balance, and the site was telling me I could withdraw at anytime in the next two hours to receive double earnings, i.e. there were two hours left of the multiplier being in effect Yet when I hit $25.00 upon clicking to get another ad, suddenly the multiplier disappeared and I was left with only $12.50. That's scammy. So, I recommend withdrawing when the site tells you to withdraw within THREE hours to receive double earnings, because I let the timer run to within two hours and it was too late.

-Then there's the issue of cashing out the next time, and the next time after that, etc. In fact, you must cash out three times in order to move your withdrawals up in the site's queue, going from hitting your PayPal in around thirty days to hitting your PayPal in two days. That is, cash out three times if you want your first cash out to hit sooner than a month. Cash outs must be a minimum of $3.00, which isn't too hard to achieve, but be advised that having active referrals will NOT enable you to cash out the second time nor subsequent times. I had thirteen of thirteen referrals active and could not cash out the second time. What you're forced into doing is buying an SSL encryption key, something that secures digital payments against theft, and thankfully it's only $1.00. By buying it, you'll never have to worry about referring people in order to cash out again – withdrawals will simply work whenever you want. One more thing, though: if you're in the USA, the only payment methods available to you to buy the SSL key will be various cryptocurrencies. That's why I've put together the following step-by-step instructions on how to make an account with a cryptocurrency exchange, buy the SSL key, and use it on Skona.pw to withdraw funds.