Verify earning opportunities before you spend time or money on them.
earn.wiki is a free research tool and knowledge base for people evaluating side hustles, gig platforms, and online income offers. Paste a listing into the analyzer for an automated risk read, run a quick opportunity through the interactive checker, or read practitioner-written guides on taxes, platform fees, and scam patterns.
Most advice about "making money online" falls into two useless categories: hype that promises unrealistic returns, or vague caution that says "just be careful" without telling you what to actually check. earn.wiki exists to close that gap with specific, checkable signals -- the same patterns used in FTC enforcement data, real platform fee structures, and actual 2026 tax rules, not recycled listicle advice.
Opportunity analyzer
Paste any gig, job, or "opportunity" URL into the tool below the fold on this page (client-side app) to get an automated risk score, red-flag breakdown, and a verification message template you can send before committing.
Scam-risk checker
A 10-question interactive quiz that scores any opportunity against the structural patterns used in task scams, pyramid schemes, and fake-check fraud. Takes under two minutes, nothing you enter is stored.
Knowledge base
Six in-depth, original guides covering side-hustle taxes, gig platform fee math, pyramid scheme detection, passive income realism, mystery shopper fraud mechanics, and how to actually calculate a freelance rate.
Featured guides
2026 Side Hustle Tax Playbook: Deductions, Quarterly Estimates, 1099-K Reality
How self-employment tax, quarterly estimates, and the 2026 1099-K threshold actually work for side hustlers -- with real deduction examples and a pre-April checklist.
How to Spot a Pyramid Scheme in 2026: The Structural Tell Nobody Talks About
Multi-level marketing companies survive by looking like real businesses. Here is the one structural math test that separates a legitimate direct-sales opportunity from a pyramid scheme -- plus the recruitment language patterns to watch for.
Gig Platform Fee Comparison 2026: What Uber, DoorDash, TaskRabbit, and Upwork Actually Take
The real effective cut platforms take once you count service fees, promotions that don't pay out, and payment processing -- with worked examples for four major platforms.
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What earn.wiki is not
We do not guarantee any opportunity is legitimate or that any income figure is achievable for you specifically. We do not sell courses, coaching, or "systems." The analyzer and checklist tools are heuristics based on documented fraud patterns and public data (FTC, BLS, IRS publications) -- they reduce risk, they do not eliminate it. Always verify independently before sending money or personal financial information to anyone.