by Tim Harry

Created on: April 22, 2009   Last Updated: December 19, 2009

Many people are looking to make extra money to replace or supplement their wages. The internet has proven to be a great boon providing an almost unlimited number of opportunities to make extra money, although not all of these opportunities are legitimate paying ones. There appears to be only a small percentage of all such opportunities that eventually end up paying the money that is owed. A good indication though of whether an online job will pay what is owed is to look at their payment method.

Companies that offer PayPal as a payment option have an air of respectability about them, although this of course doesn't necessary mean that payment will always be received. PayPal is now the largest payment processing business operating on the internet, having outlasted many of its rivals, and surpasses the likes of Moneybookers, E-Gold and Alertpay in terms of transactions completed. One hundred and seventy five million people hold accounts with PayPal, with account holders residing in anyone of one hundred and ninety countries, with accounts held in nineteen different currencies. PayPal is in essence just like any normal high street bank operating in cyberspace, offering the same levels of fraud protection. As a result it offers secure transactions where money can be received or sent securely with some of the best encryption available.

If you are looking for some legitimate online jobs that pay via PayPal then there is actually a surprisingly wide selection available if you look hard enough.

Paid to Write sites are not necessarily the easiest method of earning money on the internet, but can be the most rewarding, both in terms of money and satisfaction based on achievement. Dedicated writers can earn enough on sites like Helium and Associated Content to give up their full time jobs.

Helium.com is arguably the premier freelance writing site at moment and is continuing to increase its market share as advertising revenue increases and articles become more professional. There are a number of ways to earn on Helium with daily revenue share, upfront payments for articles and new article bonuses. Additionally money can be earned by rating, entering contests or writing on Helium Marketplace. All of these methods make it relatively easy to meet the USD25 minimum payout level.

There are a number of similar sites to Helium, the most famous being Triond.com and Associatedcontent.com. Triond.com has slightly higher writing levels and so grammar needs to be immaculate when you

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