What the words mean
The words you meet when you look at earning online, in plain English. Each one links to our checked page on what it really pays.
Affiliate marketing
An affiliate program pays you when someone buys through your link. See what it really pays.
Airdrop (crypto)
An airdrop is when a project gives tokens away, for example to build interest. See what it really pays.
Amazon FBA
FBA means Amazon stores, packs and ships your stock. See what it really pays.
Blogging
Blogs make money from ads, affiliate links and their own products. See what it really pays.
Copywriting
Copywriters write words that sell: ads, emails and web pages. See what it really pays.
CPA marketing
CPA stands for cost per action: instead of paying for views or clicks, an advertiser pays you when someone does the thing it wants. See what it really pays.
Dividend stocks
Shares of a company that pays part of its earnings to its shareholders. See what it really pays.
Domain flipping
Buying a domain name to sell it on for more. See what it really pays.
Dropshipping
You sell a product, and a supplier ships it. See what it really pays.
Forex trading
Forex means betting on currency prices. Trading it with borrowed money makes the gains and the losses bigger. See what it really pays.
Freelancing
Online work where you find your own clients. If you use a platform, it takes a fee. See what it really pays.
Ghostwriting
You write under someone else’s name, for a fee. See what it really pays.
Mystery shopping
A mystery shopper visits a shop or restaurant, pays for the product, and gets paid back, sometimes with a little extra. In the fake version, a stranger sends you a cheque to deposit. See what it really pays.
Passive income
Money that keeps arriving after the work or the investment is done. See what it really pays.
Patreon
Patreon lets fans pay you monthly. See what it really pays.
Podcast
A show people listen to. Podcasts earn from platform ads, sponsors and fans. See what it really pays.
Print on demand
A print company makes and ships each item after it sells, so you never pay for unsold stock. See what it really pays.
Referral program
Invite someone and get paid once they do something. See what it really pays.
SEO
SEO means helping a site show up in search. See what it really pays.
Side hustle
Paid work on top of your job or study. See what it really pays.
UGC
User-generated-style content: brands pay you to film a video they then post or run as an ad. See what it really pays.