Recently on the Young Professionals Group, we had this question from Boni:
Hi Guys
I have had this eager to venture in this thing called online data entry jobs which pay well but u have to register an amount for you to join.
- Now I don’t know who or where to begin searching for them
- If they work or not
Kindly please advice me and probably give sites that have paid.
Here’s my answer:
Hi Boni
How are you? I hope all is well.
In my experience, data entry jobs are among the worst type of online jobs out there. Why? Because they usually involve a whole lot of work. The amount of data to be processed is not anything small, trust me. For example, I once had to input 3600 entries (several columns) into an excel sheet for a mere $30.
The best way, in my view, to make online data entry work for you is to do more than just one gig here and there. Perhaps you can organise some people and then your role becomes that of just getting the jobs and then passing on the work to them. If you get 10 jobs paying $30 each that is $300. You then just make sure you pay your people less than $300. I know several people who do this from their own homes, using their friends and younger siblings for labour.
Better yet, do something else other than data entry. Probably, every other type of job pays better than data entry. Do you have a particular skill or technical training? Yes? Good, you can find hundreds of job with that.
Here are some of the sites that I know actually work:
www.getafreelancer.com
www.guru.com
www.elance.com
www.rentacoder.com
There are thousands of jobs available but the competition for them is fierce. People from India and other parts of Asia have particularly flooded the net looking for jobs.
How can you outcompete them? Well, basically, it involves clever marketing. Put yourself out there in a way that you are seen as not just another freelancer but a serious professional. When looking for work online or elsewhere, it is sometimes very difficult to demonstrate what you can do to potential employers. You don’t really have anything tangible to sell and convincing clients to pay can be hard – they may even resort to asking you to do the work and then “if” it is good they will pay you. How can you change this? Use a portfolio. A portfolio is key in making potential employers feel secure and confident about you.
I hope I have been of help. Please feel free to ask any other questions that you may have.
Additionally, we have written a whole lot on this subject on this site so you will probably get some of your questions answered if stick around. :p
Here are some articles that may be interesting to you:
- Here is a method that is helping job seekers get jobs.
- Freelancing – the art of making money online by using your skills
- Beat the global recession with an online job
- Do you also want to be a freelancer? (An Interview)
Hi Kelvin, I would like to get in touch with you if its possible. My email is Thundu@gmail.com.
Thank you.
Hi Njeri. I sent you an email so you can get in touch 🙂
thanks for the good work.the easiest place to get this jobs is odesk.com
Thanks for the heads up. I’m loving odesk already 😀
Hi Kevin!
just joined like chapaa, av just come across this site and got interested in how guys r getting chapaa wisely online. secondly, i congratulate you for assisting many people in this site and May the GOD continue giving you those graces for it is by giving that you receive!
Kindly assist me my giving me the legit data entry sites that r scam free! contact me via email evengure@gmail.com.
I’ve been searchn for an online job like forever!!! Please help.
Kind sir, what kind of help do you need?
Hi Kevin,i’m really in need of a data entry job.Please hook me with one and kindly assist me how to register.My e-mail is achiengedna222@gmail.com
Good work your doing keep up.
Thanks, friend.
Any leads for me to find a job
What kind of job, Willy? What are you good at? What can you do?
Also, perhaps you may like this: http://likechapaa.com/biashara30/
Any sites you can recommend for graphic design or desk top publishing jobs?
J.
What about the ones listed in the article?
hae Kelvin.
how do you create an impressive portfolio to get all the professional online jobs.
How do you make a portfolio?
Please advise.
regards,
Christine
Hi Christine, how are you? Well, a good portfolio is basically an improved CV.
You want to tell the world about you, your skills, and give samples of your prior work – as well as your contact details.
You can make one easily if you know how to handle any content management system but, if you don’t, then I recommend you use a competent designer. (It should NOT be expensive.) I recommend: http://www.spaceyangu.com
Hi Kev
i have gone to odesk.com looking for jobs but i cant place a bid or how is done?
odesk is a bit more complex than the rest. You have to register and then build up your odesk profile. I believe you have to take some odesk tests.
Thanx for this information. I have worked as a freelancer as an academic writer and its good but some con
Some con?
yeah! I worked withessaywriters.net who really stress with unnecessary fines. At one time they fined me $36 and when I questioned they said that a customer had complained of a job I had done. what suprised me later was that they replaced the fine with giving me @24 to my account and then closed it coz of asking that question. I have friends who also complained of harrassment by the same company, they closed the accounts with @600 for one and the other @200.
that is to say that you can get you job i mean the job you have been looking for at freelancer.com just try it and you will be amazed withthe results yoy get
where does con apply to i dont get it or maybe i have not been inot it that much
Once you are http://www.getafreelancer.com, you can sign up to the site, then you can apply for any job listed there.
hi all,this is a great idea,but theres alot of literature that makes it all the more complicated rather than easy,is there any simple explanation of how this works
Hi kelvin. I registered with http://livedataentry.com/ for online jobs at the end of May but got stuck due to the credit card required to receive payments. I have applied for KCB Visa general purpose card to receive payments. Does this card work the same as the KCB debit card? Pliz contant me via my email, hagmakw@yahoo.com.
Thanx.
the KCB general purpose card will work just perfect! It is what I use. 🙂
Kelvin, pliz I would like to know, can I be able to withdraw the money at the Atm just as like any other money in my account?
Through the KCB general purpose card? Of course!
are you sure livedataentry.com is not a scam?
Hi Kelvin i have seen that most of the sites use paypal or moneybooker for payments. Which banks in kenya support this mode of payment. Email me at ykungumsa@gmail.com
Hi 🙂 and thanks for reading.
Well, unfortunately you cannot withdraw directly from PayPal into a Kenyan bank – only a US bank account for now.
On the other hand, Moneybookers works with almost any bank in Kenya.
Equity does not offer any online payment service . Restrain..
than you.
freelancing sites are the godown for data entry jobs.I personally like to work in odesk.
Hi Kelvin. i just signed up with odesk but am having problem deciding which payment method to use. Could u please expalin to me howmoneybookers work, where i need to have a bank account or i can just use m-pesa instaed. my email is kanyotee@yahoo.com. Thanks in advance
Moneybookers works a lot like PayPal – just sign up and, hey presto, you have your account ready. The good thing with Moneybookers is that you can withdraw to a Kenyan bank account quite easily (I recommend KCB).
I suspect livedataentry.com by james maina is a big scam.the first page on the web is a copy n paste for my-data-team.com.who can confirm? anyone knows any legit online data entry jobs?
I agree with you, it does look like a Royal scam
is my-data-team.com a scam? Kelvin, if asked to pay to join an on-line job, is that a scam?
You know, why would anyone require you to pay them to give you a job? People who want you to work for them usually pay you (not the other way round) because they need your services in order to do another piece of work/project and make money with that work/project. These guys make money by charging you. I cannot be sure that it is a scam or not, but I think there are better ways to spend $50, ama?
Dont even think of trying .. n please we are here to help each other .
PS don’t post any link u an’t sure of..
Wsup Kevin, great article u have hia….. Pls give me more info on online jobos , av tried workin with odesk but nuthn much has happened. Holla at me through tonycash101@gmail.com. Thnks.
Hi Kevin,i want to learn more about data entry-i’m a housewife who wants to make money & no skills-to start then also do proofreading,how can you help me? Thanks,God bless you.
Hi Kelvin, good stuff from you. I would like to get in touch with you if its possible. My email is triumphbusiness@yahoo.com. am looking for jobs and would like your help, have been dealing with IT for several years an do have mass experience in technical work. plus I have an idea which I think it can work well online but I need someone with experience we do it together.
regards.
john
i quit jobbo, opened an account with uvocorp.com & primewriters.com. Am now a multimillionare.
Tomore. i admire you. I have been trying to open a uvocorp account but without success. i have been writing for someone else with an account but i think it is time for me to do it on my ow. i am very good and i rarely eceive revisions on my works. my english is very good and i love writing. can you help me out? my email is yolzv@yahoo.com. i’d really appreciate it.
I NEED THIS JOB. WHAT CAN I DO?
What job? Did you really read the article?
hi kelvin. am so much grateful of this article. i have been looking for online jobs to do since i have my own computer with internet connectivity but i havent succeeded. however i feel like i am on my final steps. please i need to get in contact with you and my email is demshyna@gmail.com. i have good english, swahili n am good in computer basics.
Wsup Kevin, great article u have hia….. Pls give me more info on online jobos , av tried workin with odesk but nuthn much has happened. You can holla at me through tonycash101@gmail.com. Thnks.
hi people. am also in the search for an online job, Uvocorp to be precise but i cant seem to get past the 25 question stage. any help
Hi kelvin how can i get online data entry job? I need such jobs in ma life.
please help me through my email address which is geogiah@yahoo.co.uk .
Would very much need to do data entry, am very smart working with computers. For a long time i haven’t gotten myself a real one, any please? gmukima@yahoo.com
Hi Kelv,
Thanks for being so generous with info. I’m trying out oDesk and later the recommended ones. Maybe i could quit my day job(which i hate) by end of Feb…
Hi Kevin!
kindly assist me in giving me the scam free data entry sites. I wrote to you yesterday but you did not reply! evengure@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you soon.
Would you please help me get or recomend sites that pay well to kenyans working online?Holla me at richowiti@gmail.Com.
do you have one in mind that pays ? hata kama ni ngapi..
please: merzdante@gmail.com
dear brothers i have had this from a friend please tell me more about this job my email is justusnyauma@yahoo.com
Hi guyz I need to get in touch with someone for the job. Any help will be appreciated. please email me austinemasiga@yahoo.ca
What job?
data entry to be specific. and by the way am in campus and enjoy too much freedom. please reply.
merztrade@gmail.com is ma code . pliz if u may i need the job..
Regards..
Hi Kevin please can you help me get data jobs that are legit and well paying?
my email address is lynsengigi@yahoo.com
were can i find data jobs that are legit? My add is camia31681@gmail.com
you guys are getting me wrong. I need a job. Am not an employer…….
i have just joined odesk based on some of the experiences posted here-hope it works
Any interested writers, hola me for research writing jobs. I have some accounts with uvocorp and am looking for writers!
Any interested writers, hola me for research writing jobs. I have some accounts with uvocorp and am looking for writers! princwyrz77@gmail.com
Hello. I really need an online job. Please help!
visit: http://www.freelancer.com
Hy all I wana make money. Anyone who can help me? alfkib@gmail.com
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hey Kev, great article, let me try some of the sites i have seen others praise here. hope i make it
sir iwant home based data entery.
Hi Kevin,
Thank you for the good work you are doing; helping brothers and sisters(me included). I have tried many sites on data entry : excel/word/from site to somewhere else to know avail, either they need money upfront, or signing up up for jobs only for the contractors to be pulled off.
In short, I need help on how to go about it. My email address is <>
Thanks in advance
hi
thanks for helping guys I need help how 2 go about it my email carlienjoora@ygmail.com
please connect me with a data entry site which is scam free
hook me up with a legit data entry job. my email is sarahalua@gmail.com
Would appreciate your help to secure an online data entry job
My email is
gichimuchege@hotmail.com
How are you Kevin?
I can type comfortably at a speed of about 40 WPM.
How can I use my typing online to make money?
Kindly give directions of a site I can register to start working.
Thank you.
am intrested in a data entry account,its my humble request that you assist me to get one.
thank you
Hey, kevin i would like you to link me with these people who outsource data entry jobs so that i may also do it. Am so in to online jobs and would appreciate doing data entry jobs. Please introduce me to those guys you say perform these jobs and distribute them to a small work force.
please help
how can i get this data entry job
Is premierdataentryjobs a scam? any one with a clue? i understand they hav offices in mombasa