Who knew they could make money just by submitting media content ?The recently introduced www.ilolly.co.zw, an amazing “earn money online” service for Zimbabweans which was launched in February this year.
iLolly another startup in Zimbabwe was founded by Omri Marebera who is a Freelance Website and Software Developer. Obviously what comes in mind is how realistic and profitable is their mode of operation, but time will best speak for them, as we know the project is now up and running and they are fired up to go!
You simply get paid by submitting media content. The subscription fee for the first month is $2 which is payable either via ecocash/telecash using paynow.co.zw on their site. With this registration users are limited to only 3 submissions.
How it works:
Users can submit either articles (of any type e.g stories,news,reviews,thoughts ,anything!,pictures (preferably selfies),videos(comedy/vines,short films,drama except pornography) and music (indie artists) and they get paid as to how much likes/votes/views they get.
For Pictures:
User can submit pictures for competitions after which they can invite friends via social media or other means to vote for them on the site. The person with the most votes for that week (every Friday) wins $5.This competition is largely dominated by youth. Instagram
For Videos;
User has to make an original video and upload it on youtube. He/she has to submit the youtube link before the video hits 5 likes .If it passes moderation , the video and link is put on our site. Also this user can invite friends to like his/her video on youtube.
The video is valid for 17 days (that is how long a person has to accumulate likes)
User gets paid $10 for every 600 likes.
An extra $2 will be added for 10000 views. When user reaches the 1000 likes he/she will get an extra $5 for every 50 likes afterwards .Maximum length of video is 15 minutes. (minimum is 6 seconds).
For Articles:
User can submit an original article .They use a special software to detect plagiarism and if one is found to have copied content elsewhere then he/she will be suspended for a month.
the article has a lifespan of 8 days on the site
writer gets paid $3 for every 100 likes
For Musicians
user can submit songs which are voted for by the public and winner announced every 2 weeks.
winner can earn $20 which is really something compared to nothing as you know in Zimbabwe.
a winner with the most votes is announced every fortnight.
the winner also gets a month free of promotions of their music on the site’s homepage and in other cases a chance to record one free song at their studio with ilolly paying all the charges (for exceptional hit songs only!)
Other features
non members can also submit free content
anyone can submit a job listing (craig’s list) on iKanhu List which is a plattform where people can sale their talents which are rarely considered as jobs (check on the site for more information).
musicians can sale/buy beats (check the drop down on the music tab)
musicians can request features for free .
how it works
an artists notifies us that he/she needs someone to feature on their track
we notify other artists who subscribed to the mailing list with the artist’s details
Dating room (currently for teens only and not available on mobile)
features include group chats,individual chats,video / voice calls.etc
(the room is currently under maintanance though)
few Online Tv shows
Soccer Live score updates (also shows the probability of which team is winning according to speciall algorithims run by the app des)
One more thing
members can signup for the affiliate membership for only $2. Affiliates get $1 (50%) for every new member that signs up using their affiliate code.
They are currently working to improve their signup process and the interface too but here are the current steps:
click the accounts tab
choose the pay-now button
3.after payment, signup using the same details you used on paying the fee.
4.they will verify the membership (with a unique code) and notify the user via email within 10minutes to 1hour and user can login and access the submission page.
the unique membership is to be used on every submission to verify that the right user is using their chances.
availability of premium users who can pay $20/month and post unlimited content and still earn the same.
They also offer companies the opportunity to advertise on our homepage (in a slide) for only $3 per day.They really try to minimise ads that cluster our user’s interface that’s why the ads are in a clean gallery slideshow and limited to only 10 ads per day.
“The site’s overall plan is to see more Zimbabweans using the internet and to help people get discovered for their talentswe. want to create employment for people at home especially teens.We want to make work “Cool!” and “fun!” at the same time,rewarding,” Said the founder Mr Omri Marebe
This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to earn extracash fast. How much you earn just depends on how many people you invite to like your content .Simple as that.
Our 2cents:
The growth of startups in Zimbabwe will largely depend on how creative they are to solve some local problems, we can only wait and see how best they will roll out and create the right buzz towards their goal.
TechnoMag