Are you a freelance writer who’s tired of websites offering $1 for 100 words or $10 for 1,000 words? Well, there’s good new for you. I have a list of some good quality blogs and websites that pay you to contribute content.
I have already featured around 10 websites that pay you to write articles.But the problem is… they’re either networks or big publishers so their acceptance rate is low and a good percentage of them accept only U.S./U.K. writers. That’s not all, you’ve to be an established writer to get into their network. And then I recently featured over 90 random websites to make money online for anyone and everyone.
Now today I’m going to focus on specific blogs or websites that pay you to blog. This time I’m going to exclude networks so you can contribute your content directly and get paid. In other words, these blogs will pay you for contributing guest posts and may even hire you as one of their in-house writer.
You do have to offer extremely high quality content to match their publishing standard but you don’t have to be an established writer. Some websites may give preference to writers who have an active social media presence.
I used the Alexa rank, blogging frequency, indexed pages by Google, social media profile, and/or the overall user experience as a criteria for creating this list.
And I’ve ignored some of the famous blogs like Smashing Magazine (web 2.0), Lifehacker (tips), Lifehack(tips),SitePoint (web 2.0), Entrepreneur(entrepreneurship), MakeUseOf (tech), Babble (lifestyle), etc. as they are very choosy with low acceptance rate and they take much longer time to respond. But you can definitely try your luck. 
1. Tuts+
“Tuts+ teaches creative and technical skills to millions of people worldwide, on topics such as design, development, photography, video, computing, and craft.”
Tuts+ Network by Envato has multiple sub-domains like Adobe Photoshop(PSD), Web 2.0 (Net), Adobe Illustrator(Vector), Audio, Adobe After Effects (AE), Mobile, Web Design, WordPress (WP), Computer Graphics(CG), Mac,Game Dev, and few more here. You can contribute content to any of their sections after pitching them.
Alexa Rank: 598
Topics: Photoshop, Web Design & Development, Adobe Illustrator, Audio, Adobe After Effects, Photography, Mobile (iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry), WordPress, 3D Maya, Game Development, Mac & OS X, Crafts
Payment: Not specified
2. SheKnows
“We want gals who can parlay their interests into colorful, witty, engaging, inspiring and expertly researched articles for our website — all written in the true SheKnows style. No fluff. No flack. Just awesome ideas that become invaluable resources for our female audience.”
Alexa Rank: 1,747
Topics: Entertainment, Beauty, Love, Parenting, Pets, Home, Living, Food, Health, etc.
Payment: $60 (approx.) per blog post
3. Greater Good
“Writers for Greater Good magazine range from behavioral and social scientists to grade school teachers and journalists.”
Alexa Rank: 2,199
Topics: Family, Education, Work, Career, Mind & Body, Ideas
Payment: $.25/word for featured posts; $75 for book reviews & research briefs; $350 for interviews.
4. WPMU
“We are always looking for WordPress experts who can write up a storm. So if you can write great WordPress tutorials, amazing WordPress resource list & review articles or incredible investigative, topical and informed WordPress opinion pieces – then we want to hear from you.”
Alexa Rank: 2,518
Topics: Blogging, WordPress
Payment: $200 for a tutorial; $300 for a premium post; Up to $500 for an epic post
5. Listverse
“Listverse—the original top 10 site—serves over 19 million pages a month to more than eight million readers. We publish lists that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser-known trivia.”
Alexa Rank: 3,495
Topics: Entertainment (Gaming, Movies, TV, Music), Books, Facts, History, Lifestyle, Food, Health, Sports, Travel, Society, etc.
Payment: $100 per post
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