This site started as a spreadsheet
In 2024 I went looking for an honest answer to a simple question: which of these make-money-from-home platforms is actually worth an evening? I could not find one.
Every article had the same shape — ten platforms, all rated four or five stars, earnings figures with no source, and screenshots that clearly belonged to somebody else. Several were plainly written by people who had never signed up for anything they were recommending. One quoted a survey site’s hourly rate at $22, which is roughly five times what anyone I know has managed.
So I made a spreadsheet. I am signing up for the platforms myself, putting a timer on every session, and writing down what actually lands in my account. This site is that spreadsheet, made readable.
Who I am
I am Rachel Chang. I am at home with two children, which is relevant to how this site works: my time comes in odd pockets. Twenty minutes before the school run. An hour after bedtime. A dead half hour waiting for someone to finish a swimming lesson.
That shaped what I wanted to know. Not “how do I replace my income” — a question this niche answers dishonestly and constantly — but “which of these is worth filling twenty minutes with, and which is a waste of a perfectly good twenty minutes.” Those turn out to be very different questions, and almost nobody was answering the second one.
Rachel Chang is a pen name. I write under it for my family’s privacy, and I would rather tell you that here than have you wonder. The testing, the timing, the withdrawals and the writing are all one real person’s work — the name is private, the work is not.
What makes this different
I count the time I waste. Most rankings quote what a platform pays per completed task. But the twenty minutes you spend being screened out of three surveys is time you spent working, and it paid nothing. Counting it changes the numbers considerably.
I cash out before I rate. A balance on a screen proves nothing. Money in an account proves the only thing that matters.
I will say when something is not worth it. Platforms that fail testing go on a list I tell people to avoid, with the specific reason for each and no affiliate links anywhere near it.
Where we cover
The US, UK, Canada and Australia. Every review states which countries a platform accepts, because “available worldwide” usually means “available in the US and technically loadable elsewhere”. Australian readers get the shortest end of this, and we would rather tell you that than pad a list with things you cannot join.
What this site will never be
- A source of income claims I have not personally hit
- A place where every platform gets four stars
- A funnel for a course, a coaching programme or a Telegram group
- A recommender of anything where your earnings depend on recruiting other people
Get in touch
If something here is wrong, out of date, or unclear, I want to know. Corrections get published with dates, and being corrected is cheaper than being wrong. If a platform has changed since I tested it, that is the most useful message you can send me.