Get Paid To Give Advices

With the advent of cheap or even free peer to peer online communications software like Skype, various instant messaging clients and even RSS feeds, there came a group of sites which tap on these resources to provide a rather unique way to make money online - by having members often called “experts”, give advice in real time.

Experts give advice on a wide variety of subjects from business to health to religion. They set their own price, for example they could charge $2.00 per minute with the hosting site taking a percentage cut as commission. Some of these sites have been around for a while and here are 5 to check out if you’re interested in this mode of make money online.

Download the BitWine TaskBar which is the control panel to allow users to charge for the call made with Skype. International members are welcome but payment is made only through PayPal. There are no fees or commissions during their beta period.

Ether provides you with a free phone number that is unique to you to receive calls. You can even forward the number to your home, cellphone or any other number. You can set your schedule to the times you want to receive calls and will also have a button to indicate that you are available.

Set your price to charge for a call and Ether takes a 15% commission. Your phone will only ring after the caller has prepaid with credit or debit card. Ether sends you payment either by direct deposit or check.

Kasamba provides you with Live Chat and Phone software to become an expert to give advice to clients. It is interesting to note that Kasamba charges a 37% commission rate for experts in “spirituality and religion” and 30% for others. Experts are charged a connection fee of $0.17 for every minute of the paid Live Session which will be deducted from the payment which is made by check only.

JyveSkype Instant Messages (IMs) or live Voice-over-IP calls and JyveSupport which is live online help with specific products and technologies. Jyve works on a points system, for example answering a question earns you 10 points. There are no connection and set-up fees. Jyve charges a 20% commission and pays by direct deposit or check.

Knowbrainers requires applicants to give information about their professional and academic background. Once approved as an expert, you can actively participate in the forum or answer questions from your blog by embedding RSS Feeds of your answers in your blog using the scrolling widget. Fees for answers are set according to the subject and complexity.