If you got good grades during your K-12 years, you’d be glad to know that you could profit off your knowledge and get paid to answer questions from home or elsewhere.
Providing solutions doesn’t only benefit you monetarily; it aids the people you assist.
In a freeCodeCamp article I came across, author Rick West narrates a time when his son asked him for help with something, and he blew him off by telling him to find the answer himself.
But his son told him it’s unkind to refuse to help someone when they’re asking for it.
This statement reminded West about a time when a higher-up dismissed him for asking for help.
I had experiences, especially as a kid, when I reached out for help but was treated like a bother, and how much that hurt.
Sure, search engines make it simple to find something within seconds.
However, the results aren’t always accurate (or they’re completely off-base).
This is where you could come in because, unlike a search engine, you could provide answers based on in-depth research or experience rather than vague responses to keyword phrases.
And since it’s an expert’s job to assist others, people might find them approachable and feel more comfortable seeking them out.
Many sites and careers I’ll list below offer opportunities for you to cash in on your expertise.
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21 Websites Where You Get Paid to Answer Questions
Sign up for one or more of these sites and assist others with academics, technical issues, or general questions.
1. eNotes
- Earning Potential: $5.10 to $35.00 per question
- Payment Method: Check or direct deposit
Be an eNotes Educator and earn money answering homework questions!
As an eNotes Educator, you’ll go to the Homework Help section and provide thorough responses to questions related to literary works, math, and other subjects.
You have to answer a few practice Homework Help questions to qualify for the position.
If eNotes accepts them, then you’re in!
Note that it’s not currently hiring for this position, so check back for future openings.
2. Studypool
- Earning Potential: Up to $7,500 per month
- Payment Method: Western Union, PayPal, or TransferWise
If you’re an expert on writing, accounting, statistics, or other subjects, join Studypool and tutor others.
The company hires people worldwide, and you can work on a part- or full-time schedule.
You communicate with students via text and chat from anywhere that provides an Internet connection.
3. myLot
- Earning Potential: Varies
- Payment Method: PayPal
myLot is an all-in-one social network/Q & A hub. And if you are looking to earn by answering questions anywhere anytime, this is for you.
Ask questions, respond to questions, comment, or share something that happened to you or what you heard in the news.
When you earn at least $5, myLot transfers your payment to PayPal.
Payments are made every month on the 15th.
4. JustAnswer
- Earning Potential: $2,000 to $7,000 per month
- Payment Method: PayPal
With JustAnswer, you can put your professional experience to good use by helping others solve problems.
This site is suitable for those who work in:
- Law
- Veterinary science
- Mechanics
- Medicine
- And a host of other professions
To become a JustAnswer Expert, you’ll need to include valid identification, social security number, and any required certifications/licenses.
You’ll also have to go through a background and credential check.
Once everything checks out, pick and choose the questions you want to answer.
5. HelpOwl
- Earning Potential: Varies
- Payment Method: Gift cards
HelpOwl pays you in points to respond to support questions.
After creating an account, search for unanswered questions and submit your best response.
The number of points you earn is based on a “skeeball” system.
For example, if you submit the first answer to a question and HelpOwl accepts it, you’ll receive 1,000 points.
If someone marks your answer as “helpful,” you’ll receive 10 points. (HelpOwl deducts 10 points if a person finds your answer “unhelpful.”)
Your points are redeemable for Amazon, Walmart, and iCard gift cards valued between $10 and $500.
6. Wonder
- Earning Potential: $15 to $18 per hour
- Payment Method: PayPal
Love conducting in-depth research?
Consider becoming a Wonder researcher!
Your job will be to look for answers to difficult questions as well as write briefs based on credible sources.
If you’re a former college student or an individual with top-notch academic research skills, go ahead and apply.
7. Clarity
- Earning Potential: About $1.60 per minute
- Payment Method: PayPal
Clarity lets you advise entrepreneurs and business owners while getting paid for it.
Here’s how everything works:
- Set up a Clarity profile through your LinkedIn account and connect your PayPal account.
- Choose your rates and specialty.
- Wait for calls and answers them as they come in.
- Speak with clients and help them out.
- Receive payment.
Keep in mind that Clarity takes 15 percent of your earnings. (But that means you keep 85 percent, so it’s all good.)
8. Wyzant
- Earning Potential: Up to $50,000+ per year
- Payment Method: Direct deposit
Wyzant is a platform where you can tutor students one-on-one in person or online.
It grants you the freedom to choose which students you want to work with, plus you can set your own rates.
Just create your free profile to access available tutoring jobs.
You also don’t need to fret about marketing yourself because Wyzant takes care of that, allowing you to focus on assisting students in reaching their academic goals.
Must be a U.S. resident with a valid Social Security number to apply.
9. PrestoExperts
- Earning Potential: Varies
- Payment Method: Check, PayPal
Join PrestoExperts and use your expertise to help new clients.
You can offer services like tutoring, counseling, and programming.
Once you join PrestoExperts, wait for clients to locate you and communicate with them via email, voice, and/or chat.
Work your own schedule and set your fees.
PrestoExperts isn’t taking on any new freelancers right now; therefore you should check back for updates.
10. Varsity Tutors
- Earning Potential: Approx. $15 to $30 per hour
- Payment Method: Check, Direct Deposit
Varsity Tutors allows you to work with learners of all ages: K-12, college students, and adult learners.
Work with students from the comfort of your home via its Live Learning Platform, a video chat interface with features like shared whiteboards and text as collaboration tools.
You can help them with homework, a difficult subject, or test preparation.
Furthermore, Varsity Tutors lets you work on your own schedule.
11. Answeree
- Earning Potential: $0.01 per 10 points
- Payment Method: Binance, PayPal
Are you a student or a working professional who could use some extra cash?
Check out Answeree!
It pays you to answer questions about animals, literature, cooking, and other topics.
After you register your account and post answers to users’ questions, you receive points based on the following system:
- 10 points per answer
- 2 points per comment
- 10 points = $0.01
- Up to 500 points for top performers
Minimum cash out limit is $2.
12. Weegy
- Earning Potential: $0.20 per question
- Payment Method: PayPal
Become a Weegy expert and earn points answering questions.
It pays according to a points system.
To elaborate, you get 10 points for each positive rating and one point for each comment.
Cash out when you reach the $20 threshold.
Weegy allows you to make more money by referring others and receiving cash rewards for being one of the top three experts.
You might even be promoted as a moderator if other moderators feel you’re doing your job well.
13. Outschool
- Earning Potential: Varies; 70 percent of class price multiplied by the number of enrolled students
- Payment Method: PayPal
Teach motivated learners by signing up for Outschool!
The students are K-12 pupils who enroll in courses like STEM, dance classes, and even homeschooling classes.
No teaching credential?
No problem because the only thing that matters to Outschool is your interest or experience in your subject.
With that said, you need to live in the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, or Canada to qualify. (The company also conducts background checks.
14. MindSumo
- Earning Potential: Varies
- Payment Method: Cash prizes via PayPal
If you’re a creative problem solver, you might enjoy MindSumo.
This site lets you get paid to answer questions online by responding to “Challenges” others post.
These “Challenges” can range from solving environmental issues to creating health promotion campaigns.
You’ll get a cash reward if MindSumo accepts your idea.
Feel free to respond to as many “Challenges” as you want to increase your chances of winning.
Its About Page includes videos that give tips on how to come up with and submit ideas.
15. School Solver
- Earning Potential: $2.00 to $500+ per question
- Payment Method: PayPal
School Solver is a site where students can post questions about English, philosophy, business, and other academic subjects.
Pick the question you want to answer, and if the user accepts it, your payment shows up in your School Solver, which you can transfer to your PayPal account.
Withdrawals take about three weeks, but you can receive your payments more quickly by answering more questions.
16. Tutor.com
- Earning Potential: Approx. $9 to $13 per hour
- Payment Method: PayPal, Check
College student or professor?
Create a Tutor.com account!
You can tutor students on this site as long as you meet the following criteria:
- U.S. resident
- Fluent in English
- Availability of at least five hours per week
- An expert in your subject
- Have a bachelor’s degree or higher (or currently pursuing a degree as a sophomore or higher)
Help learners ranging from K-12 students to college pupils and working professionals.
Tutor.com allows you to work remotely from anywhere with a stable Internet connection.
Plus, you’ll receive payments on a regular schedule, so there’s no need to worry about creating invoices.
Expect to wait one to three weeks for Tutor.com to process your application.
17. Yup
- Earning Potential: Approx. up to $13 per hour
- Payment Method: PayPal, Direct Deposit
Yup is suitable for math wizards who want to help students strengthen their math skills.
You can aid learners in early math, calculus, geometry, or other math subjects.
Sessions occur online, so you can tutor students from any remote location.
Best of all, Yup accepts tutors from all over the world.
You need to possess English fluency, be a college graduate (or student), be knowledgeable in K-12 math subjects, and pass a background check.
18. TutorMe
- Earning Potential: $16 per hour
- Payment Method: PayPal
Do you enjoy helping children master tough subjects?
Then, consider joining TutorMe!
Its site provides high-tech tools that enable you and your students to interact and collaborate, like a virtual whiteboard, screen sharing, and video/audio.
Because TutorMe operates 24/7, you can work when it’s convenient for you.
In addition, you can reside anywhere in the world as long as you’re at least 18, a fluent English speaker, a college student or graduate, and have at least two years of teaching/tutoring experience.
19. Skooli
- Earning Potential: $25+ per hour
- Payment Method: PayPal
With Skooli, you can use your knowledge in various K-12 subjects to help students study for a test or figure out a homework assignment.
You need to meet one or more of the below requirements to sign up for a Skooli account:
- Teaching license
- A bachelor’s degree or higher
- English fluency
Once the company verifies your credentials — and you pass your background check — you can view training videos and other materials to prepare for your sessions.
Afterward, set up your profile, create your schedule, and assist students one-on-one online.
20. PrepNow
- Earning Potential: $15 to $19+ per hour
- Payment Method: Direct deposit
As its name implies, PrepNow specializes in assisting high school students in preparing for college entrance exams.
It allows you to work your own schedule remotely as long as you agree to work at least six hours a week, particularly during weekends and evenings.
You need a college degree, two or more years of tutoring/teaching experience, and a score of at least 650 on the SAT (or 28 on the ACT).
PrepNow even takes care of the curriculum for you, so you can just focus on what’s most important: helping pupils study for their tests.
Furthermore, you can make extra cash by referring students or tutors to its site.
21. Tutapoint
- Earning Potential: $14 to $17 per hour
- Payment Method: Check, Direct deposit
If you like aiding learners in their studies but hate commuting, then Tutapoint might be perfect for you.
You’ll use its platform to communicate with students via web camera.
Students can schedule one- to two-hour tutoring sessions or contact you right away for instant homework help.
To be eligible for a position at Tutapoint, you need:
- Two or more years of teaching experience
- A friendly and outgoing personality
- A new or recent computer model with a headset and a strong Internet connection
So if you have 20 minutes to spare, give it a go by applying.
20 Other Sites that Pay You to Answer Questions
Here are other places to earn a few extra bucks answering questions. (I put these in a separate section because they involve giving feedback rather than sharing knowledge.)
Surveys
Check out these survey sites and receive rewards for your opinions.
22. IQ
- Earning Potential: Varies
- Payment Method: PayPal
This company pays you to provide feedback on brands via text messaging.
The IQ app is available for iOS and Android.
23. Darwin’s Data
- Earning Potential: $25 per survey
- Payment Method: Tango cards
With Darwin’s Data, you make money sharing your views on legal cases via completing surveys.
Request an invite to get started.
24. Voiceform
- Earning Potential: $1 to $5 per survey
- Payment Method: PayPal
Share your views on various brands and get paid for it through Voiceform!
You’ll need a microphone, a stable Internet connection, and the ability to speak conversational English.
25. Google Opinion Rewards
- Earning Potential: $0.10 to $1 per survey
- Payment Method: PayPal, Google Play credits
Google Opinion Rewards lets you earn money by leaving reviews, taking opinion polls, and more.
Its app is available for iOS and Android.
26. Qmee
- Earning Potential: Varies
- Payment Method: Venmo, PayPal, Gift cards
With Qmee, you get paid in cash rather than points by taking surveys, completing cash-back offers, and surfing the Web.
The Qmee app is available for iOS and Android.
27. Pinecone Research
- Earning Potential: $3 to $5 per survey
- Payment Method: Bank transfer, Gift cards
Pinecone Research rewards you with points when you complete its surveys, which you can redeem for prizes or cash.
You’ll need to be invited by another member to join.
28. Panda Research
- Earning Potential: Approx. $25 to $50 per survey
- Payment Method: PayPal
With Panda Research, you make money from completing surveys, signing up for special offers, and reading emails.
Paydays occur on the 1st and 15th of each month.
Website/App Testing
Provide feedback and earn money testing apps and/or websites.
29. Test IO
- Earning Potential: Up to $50 per bug
- Payment Method: Skrill, IBAN (International Bank Account Number) bank account, PayPal
Test IO invites you to your first test when you sign up for an account. (It’ll pay you once it accepts your feedback.)
Users usually receive up to five tests per day.
30. Intellizoom
- Earning Potential: Studies – $2 to $10+ per study; Online interviews: $30 to $60 per interview
- Payment Method: PayPal
Intellizoom software testing studies take 10 to 20 minutes to complete.
It also offers paid online interviews that last between 30 and 60 minutes.
31. PingPong
Earning Potential: €10 to €100 per hour
Payment Method: Transferwise, PayPal
Pingpong is a platform where you make money participating in user tests and video interviews.
Make up to €200 per session.
32. Intuit User Research
- Earning Potential: Approx. $70 to $120 per test
- Payment Method: PayPal, Amazon gift cards
Intuit User Research is open to self-employed/small business owners, taxpayers, and accountants.
Anyone from all over the world can participate since it offers remote sessions.
33. Trymata
- Earning Potential: $10+ per test
- Payment Method: PayPal
Trymata provides beta apps and websites that you test to help coders and designers improve their work.
34. UserBrain
- Earning Potential: $5 per test
- Payment Method: PayPal
Each UserBrain test takes between five and 20 minutes to complete.
You’ll have to record a qualification test before receiving paid user tests.
Mystery Shopping
Eat, shop, and/or take a vacation and get paid for it.
35. Coyle Hospitality
- Earning Potential: $35 to $95 per audit
- Payment Method: PayPal
Become a mystery shopper for Coyle Hospitality!
Upon signup, you can make money by evaluating hotels, restaurants, cruises, and other places.
36. Market Force
- Earning Potential: $12+ per shop
- Payment Method: Direct deposit
As a Marker Force secret shopper, you’ll assess banks, restaurants, and/or stores on cleanliness, product availability, and customer service.
37. Secret Shopper
- Earning Potential: $15 to $25 per shop
- Payment Method: Check, Direct deposit (US, Canada, Puerto Rico); PayPal (International)
Secret Shopper accepts prospective mystery shoppers from all over the world.
Some tasks include merchandising audits, phone evaluations, and Web evaluations.
38. IntelliShop
- Earning Potential: $5 to $20 per shop
- Payment Method: PayPal
Before becoming a shopper for IntelliShop, you have to take and pass a test.
Upon acceptance, you might carry out shops ranging from assessing websites to evaluating a grocery store.
39. Pinnacle
- Earning Potential: $4 to $75 per shop
- Payment Method: PayPal
With Pinnacle, you make money evaluating banks/credit unions on their customer service and sales quality.
40. Bestmark
- Earning Potential: $7 to $20+ per shop
- Payment Method: Direct deposit, PayPal, Gift card
Bestmark frequently offers positions for:
- Mystery shoppers – Undercover shoppers who assess service quality by phone, in-person, or online
- Intercept interviewers – Gather customer information through survey results to learn how to improve shopping experiences
- Compliance auditors – Review adherence to product pricing, merchandising, and other guidelines
41. Yardi Matrix Rent Survey
- Earning Potential: $6 per hour plus the following: $0.50 per completed survey, $0.30 per wrong number, $0.20 per partially-done survey, $0.07 per no answer/answering machine
- Payment Method: Direct deposit
Yardi Matrix periodically hires rent surveyors during January/February, May/June, and September/October.
Your job involves pretending to be a prospective apartment renter and calling various apartment complexes to assess their customer service quality.
Even More Ways to Make Money Answering Questions
These 10 careers/jobs also entail offering solutions to others (or responding to questions for prizes).
42. Customer Service Rep
- Salary Range: $13 to $22+ per hour
- Payment Method: Varies
A customer service rep aids customers in addressing general inquiries and complaints.
Find work at a local call center or remotely through Upwork or the Arise platform.
43. Advice columnist
- Salary Range: Varies
- Payment Method: Varies
Do you have a knack for giving good advice?
You can start your own advice column in your local newspaper or through a blog or podcast.
44. Therapist
- Salary Range: $30,000 to $100,000+ per year
- Payment Method: Varies
Therapists help patients navigate mental and/or emotional issues by listening and guiding them toward solutions.
They can be mental health counselors, psychologists, or psychiatrists.
45. Guidance counselor
- Salary Range: $30,000 to $85,000 per year
- Payment Method: Varies
If you love working with kids and teens, you might have what it takes to be a guidance counselor.
You’d help students with school-related issues like building social skills or choosing a career path.
46. Business consultant
- Salary Range: $45,000 to $130,000 per year
- Payment Method: Varies
A business consultant aids companies in creating plans to attract customers and increase revenue.
Work for a firm or start your own consulting business.
47. Game show contestant
- Salary Range: Varies
- Payment Method: Check, vacations, and other prizes
Fan of game shows, especially ones involving trivia questions?
Audition times vary depending on the show, but it might be worth the wait to appear on national television.
48. Author
- Salary Range: Varies
- Payment Method: Royalty checks
Authors write about topics ranging from fantasy and sci-fi to history and philosophy.
You can pen self-help books to aid people in overcoming insecurities or building wealth.
Locate a publisher in town or self-publish using services like Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
49. Tech support rep
- Salary Range: $24,000 to $192,000 per year
- Payment Method: Varies
Tech support is similar to customer service, except you’d focus on helping customers troubleshoot computers, phones, and other gadgets.
Work at a tech repair company or go the freelance route.
50. Life coach
- Salary Range: Varies
- Payment Method: Varies
Life coaches assist clients in reaching personal goals and overcoming challenges related to health, personal development, and/or careers.
You can run a life coaching company from a brick-and-mortar office or online from any remote location.
51. Physician
- Salary Range: $208,000+ per year
- Payment Method: Varies
As a physician, you’d diagnose ailments by conducting medical exams and suggesting the best treatment options.
You can specialize in pediatrics, geriatrics, ophthalmology, or other fields.
Tips on Getting Paid/Increasing Your Earnings
If you do decide to make money by answering questions, the following tips will help you to earn more money and increase your cash flow.
Getting Paid
If you’re an employee or have an established payment method through an expert site like JustAnswer, you shouldn’t worry about receiving on-time payments.
But what if you’re self-employed?
As a business owner, you have to be responsible for your own payment methods, but I can make your job a bit easier by listing these suggestions:
- Checks/Money Orders: Checks and money orders provide paper evidence of payment. Keep in mind that they can take a while to arrive in your mailbox and days to clear in your bank account, so it’s not the best option if you’re desperate for money.
- Direct Deposit: Direct deposit payments are much quicker than checks and money orders. However, they require you to share bank information. Make sure your client is trustworthy with your bank credentials.
- Payment App: Payment apps like PayPal or Cash App allow you to receive your payment without putting your bank credentials at stake. You could also use payment apps specifically made for businesses like Stripe or Payoneer.
Increasing Your Earnings
There are three methods you could use to boost your income.
1. Offer auxiliary services in addition to your main business.
Some self-employed individuals make extra side money by offering additional services to their main business, and you could, too.
For example, if you operated a resume-writing business, you could add career consulting services to help your clients improve their networking and interviewing skills.
2. Sign up for more than one site.
If feasible, join two or more of the above sites.
Not only does this strategy earn your more money, but it also diversifies your work, keeping boredom at bay.
3. Take advantage of referral options.
Some of the sites I’ve listed — like Weegy and PrepNow — provide referral bonuses if you invite new members.
The more you invite, the more you make.
Getting Paid to Answer Questions FAQ
Below are commonly asked questions about answering questions for money.
Can I earn money answering questions on LinkedIn?
Though LinkedIn itself doesn’t offer monetization programs, you can technically make money from it by teaming up with companies willing to pay you to engage other LinkedIn members in Q&A sessions.
How much can I expect to earn answering questions?
About a few to several hundred dollars per day.
What do I need to answer questions well?
The attributes and credentials you need to answer questions well are based on many factors.
For instance, many tutoring sites require a college degree, teaching experience, and expertise in the subject you plan to teach.
And JustAnswer requires you to be a professional in specific occupations like law and medicine.
But in some fields, you only need a general knowledge of a topic or life experience, such as being a self-help author, an advice columnist, or a Weegy member.
Others require no specific experience, like mystery shopping and survey taking.
Where can I find jobs answering questions?
Thanks to the Internet, you can find many of them online (or create your own online business).
You can also audition for a game show, work in customer service/tech support for an on-site company, or rent a commercial building and run a consulting business in person.
How do I become a therapist?
Here’s what you need to become a therapist:
- Bachelor’s degrees in psychology and/or sociology, then a master’s degree in psychology and/or counseling
- A license in a specialty like LMFT (License Marriage and Family Therapist) or LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor)
- Empathy, listening skills, adaptability, and problem-solving skills
What about fortune telling? Would you recommend that?
Out of curiosity, I surfed some psychic sites, and even though they state fortune-telling is for entertainment purposes only, I find it a big rip-off, especially since many of them charge $1 per minute.
The studies on ESP (Extrasensory Perception) are inconclusive, plus many fortune tellers have a (rightly deserved) reputation for being scam artists.
Therefore, I wouldn’t recommend it and suggest you pursue a more reputable way of answering questions.
Closing Summary: Cash In on Your Expertise!
Responding to questions can help others in several ways.
Your answers can help a student master a subject or pass a test.
You can also use your knowledge to help someone fix an object, answer a trivia question, or guide them through emotional issues.
Speaking of questions, I have a question for you:
Are you eager to get paid to answer questions, especially since there are so many ways to do so?
I bet you know the answer to that.
