I have seen a lot of advertisements on the Internet about working from home as a data entry person. In fact, that seems to be one of the most popular job listings out there. The problem is, 99.9% of those are scams. To read more about these scams and how they operate, check out my Data Entry Scams article.
But before you completely give up on data entry from home, I do have good news: There is one company that actually does pay you to do data entry from home. It is Key For Cash. The work is so easy, people do it while talking on the phone, watching TV, or any other activity that doesn’t require their hands. You are not required to have any data entry experience, nor do they care how fast you type. Another plus is the fact that you don’t have an assigned shift or a set amount of keystrokes you have to do each pay period. It is entirely up to you how much you type. The problem is, the pay is just about what you would expect, considering how incredibly easy and flexible the work is.
Key For Cash works this way: They receive scanned documents from companies (most notably the IRS—every spring there is a huge influx of work from them) and they break this information up into small chunks, which gets uploaded onto the Key For Cash website. You log on and select what kind of work you want to do (all numbers, all letters, or a combination of the two) and then go to town, typing what is on the scanned documents (pictures, basically) into the online form so that the info is actually usable. KFC sets a price for the work you do depending on how many keyers they have working at that moment. The system is set on supply and demand (the more keyers logged on to the system, the lower the pay,) so you end up usually getting paid more per keystroke in the late evenings or early mornings than you would during the day. There is also more work available during the late evenings and early mornings. KFC has had its ups and downs—they overhired at one point, driving the pay through the floor, and keyers were killing themselves to be able to get even scraps of work. The keyers were up in arms about this, so KFC compensated by putting a hold on hiring for most of the year.
The work isn’t very steady (you never have a clue if there will be work or not) and the waiting list is long–I myself have been on the KFC employment waiting list since May. I am not holding my breath on being hired anytime soon! LOL! But as far as I know, there is no other straight data entry company like KFC on the Internet, so if you are looking for a straight data entry job you can do online and you are just looking for a bit of cash every now and then, KFC may be just the right fit for you. Their pay is reliable—every week without fail, as long as you reach the $50 minimum—and there is no hint of scam anywhere in the company, which is more than I can say about most “data entry companies” out there.
The good news is, KFC’s busy time of the year is between January and April, so if there was ever a chance of new people getting hired on, now is it. The application is very short and easy, located here.
And if you’re wondering why data entry jobs are so scarce, check out my article that will answer just that! Good luck on your search for a true work-at-home job!