Updated Feb. 8, 2025.
Are you interested in remote content writing? Do you also enjoy proofreading as a complementary skill to writing?
Do you also consider yourself fluent enough in another language to translate?
Then the freelance writing site TextMaster would help you enjoy all three of these skills and make money working from home doing it.
TextMaster appears to be open worldwide.
What Exactly is TextMaster?
Textmaster (not to be confused with Textbroker) is a freelance site that offers web content writing, article writing, copywriting, proofreading, and translation services to their clients.
Freelance writers, proofreaders, and translators go to the website and set up an account similar to other freelancing sites and offer their services.
This company has been around for years, and they are known for their high standards when it comes to hiring freelancers.
How Does TextMaster Work?
After the freelancer registers on the author’s dashboard and creates an account with TextMaster, he/she has to pass a skills test in their chosen field (writing, proofreading, or translating).
Textmaster evaluates applicants based on their language proficiency, writing ability, and editing skills. Once approved, you'll have access to a marketplace of available projects where you can pick assignments that match your expertise.
While you won’t be bidding on jobs, you will be able to select jobs from the category that you wish to pursue. Upon that selection, the jobs vary greatly in time and in payment. Most jobs pay by the word.
What Are the Tools to Use Working With TextMaster?
As with all freelance sites, your tools will be based on the job you will be doing.
At the least, I would suggest using these:
- Grammarly – Helps with proofreading and catching grammar mistakes.
- Hemingway Editor – Assists in making writing clear and concise.
- DeepL – A great AI-powered tool for high-quality translations.
- Google Docs – Makes it easy to format and share documents before submission.
What is the Pay and When is Payday at TextMaster?
TextMaster pays freelancers per word, and rates vary depending on the project type, language, and difficulty level.
Writers and editors can expect to earn between $0.02 and $0.06 per word, while translators typically earn higher rates per word depending on the language pair.
Payments are processed via PayPal or Payoneer, and freelancers can request payouts once they reach the minimum threshold.
TextMaster also has a referral program where freelancers can earn additional money by referring new clients or skilled translators. So, if you have a network of writers or businesses that need content, this can be an extra way to earn!
Are You an Independent Contractor or an Employee at TextMaster?
You are an independent contractor and responsible for your own taxes—like all freelance websites. Should you make over $600 a year, you will be sent a 1099 Income Tax Form.
What is My Overall Impression with TextMaster?
I think it is a good side hustle to have. However, it appears that there is such an inconsistency of work and sometimes not enough work to stay busy.
I would say at this point, you should only use it as a side egg to your other freelance writing jobs from home.
I get the impression that it can definitely be a feast or famine situation.
How Can an Interested Applicant Apply to TextMaster?
Go here and begin creating an account. After the account set up, you will be prompted to pursue the testing process.
Good luck to all who apply!
Looking For Even More Ways to Work Remotely?
FlexJobs is one of my favorite sites to use for finding remote jobs and learning about new companies that hire remotely.
Most of what I see there when I check the listings pays well above minimum wage and are known companies.
The great thing about FlexJobs is that they guarantee ALL listings are scam-free. They list hundreds of jobs — all of which are either remote or flexible in nature — five days per week.
There are also no ads on the site!
Because there are no ads, they do charge a membership fee since that is the only way they can see a return on their job-searching efforts.
But it's cheap — you can get access for a few weeks for just $2.95 for 14 full days!
If you sign up and don't like it, it's very easy to cancel right away so you are not billed again. You can do it any point during your 14 days of checking things out.
Go here to check out FlexJobs.
Good luck to you!
Leisa Good has worked in the corporate world as well as side hustled and operated a virtual assistant business full-time since 2006.. She wrote the eBook on that one! She is also a PFYP certified career coach and the owner of the blog, Powerfully Purposed For Success. She empowers folks 50-ish to find fun, flexible, and financially rewarding work both now and into retirement. However, this time it will be work/life on their terms.