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URL: www.elance.com
Industry: Freelance Agency
What they are looking for: Freelancers, each contract has specific requirements
Pay: contract
Alexa rating: 806

Elance is a freelance mecca. It is a website used by freelancers and companies looking to hire freelancers for jobs. Elance is a great place for writers and photographers to find work. It is also a place where many [...]

And another month has come and gone. The first half of September was awesome, unfortunately the end of the month fizzled. Photo sales were not as high as I had expected, even with the new uploads. I also didn’t hit my word count goal either, although I did come close. Despite these setbacks I am [...]

It’s now past the mid-month mark, and I thought I would give another update. I won’t talk earnings until the end of the month, but I can give some word counts and let you know what I’m up to. I’ve spent most of my time writing for this blog and Bright Hub, but I’ve also [...]

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URL: www.shvoong.com
Industry: Online Publishing
What they are looking for: Non-fiction
Pay: Pay-Per-Click
Alexa rating: 2,815

Shvoong is a pay-per-click online publisher. This site only publishes summaries and short reviews of books, movies, articles and websites. Each summary or review can be no longer than 900 words and shorter articles seem to be the norm. Shvoong would be a great [...]

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URL: www.123rf.com
Industry: Microstock Agency
What they are looking for: Royalty Free Stock Photos and Royalty Free Illustrations
Pay: Commission
Alexa Rating: 3,163

123rf is a micostock agency. They currently feature 4.5 million photos and illustrations for download. 123rf is a great company to upload to. Their upload tool is very different when compared to most other microstock agencies. You [...]

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URL: www.imagecatalog.com
Industry: Microstock Agency
What are they looking for: Royalty Free Stock Photos and Royalty Free Illustrations
Pay: Commission
Alexa rating: 429,553

Image Catalog is a small microstock agency. They have a great interface that looks very much like the interface used by microstock giant Dreamstime. [...]

I had to post and say how happy I am with the way this month is going so far. In the past two days I’ve produced just over three thousand words. Three thousand words equated to one blog post, two articles for Bright Hub that I will be uploading in a couple of days, and [...]

URL: www.canstockphoto.com
Industry: Microstock Agency
What are they looking for: Royalty Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Illustrations, and Royalty Free Footage
Pay: Commission
Alexa rating: 33,919

CanStockPhoto, recently purchased by the tradition stock agency Fotosearch, was the first microstock website I ever submitted to. CanStockPhoto has a quick and easy upload process [...]

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URL: www.suite101.com
Industry: Online Publishing
What they are looking for: Non-fiction
Pay: Pay-Per-Click
Alexa rating: 1,031

Suite 101 is a non-fiction “online magazine” that pays its writers per ad click. I haven’t written for suite 101 yet, although I do plan on applying very soon. I’ve read mixed reports about how much can be made as one of their contributors. [...]

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URL: www.bukisa.com
Industry: Online Publishing
What they are looking for: Non-fiction, Video and Audio
Pay: Pay-Per-Click
Alexa rating: 5,036

Bukisa is a pay-per-click website. One of the nice things about Bukisa, is that they tell you their going rate per thousand views right on the main page. Bukisa will publish how-to content on almost any subject. This is a good [...]