Apexlistings offers online jobs in Kenya that pay through Mpesa. It is a site like Fiverr in some ways but made for the Kenyan market. Apexlistings allows you to sell your freelance skills to buyers who are looking for help with tasks and the money you earn is sent to your Mpesa. While Fiverr doesn't have task posting, Apexlistings does.
Here's what you can do on this website
1. Register as a freelancer and advertise your skills in the form of virtual assistant services. As a freelancer you can apply for an unlimited number of tasks depending on availability.
2. Register as a cyber cafe business and offer cyber cafe services online.
3. Register as a buyer and post online jobs e.g article writing, essays, Excel tasks, PDF conversion tasks, MS Word typesetting, for as low as Ksh 100 for micro tasks.
The search for online jobs in Kenya that pay through Mpesa is quite big owing to the fact that freelancing is getting more popular by the day. People can do different types of jobs online. In the context of Apexlistings, the website is an outsourcing platform that allows users to buy and sell online services. This creates ease for our buyer clients who can outsource small tasks online while at the same time creating an earning opportunity for freelancers to earn through Mpesa.
At Apexlistings, the online jobs in Kenya that pay through Mpesa include;
Data entry
Data entry involves inputting data into a computer system for processing. Anybody can benefit from data entry services. For businesses, data is crucial. A freelancer can be involved in entering data to a desired program, for example, an Excel spreadsheet. Apexlistings allows people to hire for data entry tasks. We have seen buyers posting Excel data entry tasks on the website.
Data entry also involves data manipulation and analysis. For example, buyers can hire freelancers on Apexlistings for data sorting, editing, interpretation, and presentation in different formats such as tables and graphs.
To simplify everything, we allowed buyers to outsource in the form of tasks.
Transcription
Transcription is the conversion of audio to text. It’s a service that freelancers can offer online and earn through Mpesa. Buyers look for quick solutions online and that’s what we are here for. Transcription isn’t as simple as it sounds. A freelancer requires a great amount of concentration and discipline to thrive in transcription. There are websites which only focus on transcription jobs and they have quite a number of standards to be met before you land your first task.
Apexlistings is quite simple because the jobs come as tasks. For example, you may be required to transcribe a phone call. In Transcription, accuracy is key.
Typing
This is where most freelancers find themselves in. Typing doesn’t require extensive skill. On Apexlistings, we noticed that the most common type of typing job is for handwritten material. For example, a person may have handwritten notes and needs to have them typed. Instead of going into a cyber café, they simply come to the Apexlistings website and post it as a task. Of course, the files are shared privately. Teachers, for example, have been enjoying the services of Apexlistings by getting their lesson plans and other materials typed.
Article/content writing
Content is what colors the internet. There will always be demand for new content for websites and blogs. If you position yourself as an article writer, well, you are on your way to that lucrative Mpesa message. Not to mention though, article writing has quite a competition. But all the same, buyers have realized the importance of hiring a content writer so jobs will always exist. From saving themselves time to aiming for perfection, bloggers outsource articles from Apexlistings.
You can also offer other types of writing like product descriptions, product reviews, etc.
If you are a beginner in writing, you may be interested in purchasing a book by John Soares on freelance writing titled Make More Money For Less Work
Click here to view more details about John Soares book
The book gives you the action plan you can follow to succeed in online writing.
Research
Research tasks are wide. There is academic research, market research, and more. Research can be a simple task such as finding the best price for a product or conducting ground research for an investor. We have had an investor looking for market research services in the North Eastern part of Kenya and these tasks were executed by our freelancers on Apexlistings to the buyer’s satisfaction.
We had buyers looking for hashtag research to find trending hashtags in their niche to be used in marketing campaigns.
Don’t limit yourself, offer specific services that will make you stand out from the crowd.
Typesetting
Different from typing, typesetting involves editing work that has already been typed. Typesetting includes dealing with fonts and formatting according to the buyer’s needs. Ordinarily, people would visit a cyber café for typesetting but with Apexlistings, these tasks can be done from the comfort of their home or office. Our freelancers help these buyers get their documents to a professional standard of formatting and in turn pay via Mpesa.
Table of contents for example, is something that many people don’t want to deal with. Luckily they have you to do it for them at a fee.
Proofreading & editing
Our freelancers do proofreading & editing services for books, journals, articles, essays, research papers, and all other texts. Imagine a client who has taken a month of research to come up with his/her term paper only to submit it with typos. This is where proofreading comes in. As a freelancer, you would not only rely on your good eye for editing but also make use of editing software such as Grammarly.
On Apexlistings, you can package this skill in the form of services. Be specific on how much you charge to proofread a certain number of pages.
You can say for example, “I will proofread up to 250 words for Ksh 100”. This way the buyer knows what to expect.
We publish these services in the hundred-shilling market discussed further below.
Photo Editing
Most freelancers have not realized the potential in this field. The power lies in packaging the skill as a service.
Here are some examples;
Removing background from a photo @ Ksh 100
Merging photos @ Ksh 100
When a buyer wants to remove a background from their photo they’ll remember your service and that’s because you were specific. Think of anything you can do with a photo and post it as a service.
File conversion
You may assume that everybody can convert a file from one format to another but that’s not the case. There are a few scenarios where you could come in as a file conversion freelancer and earn money via Mpesa.
- When a buyer has no idea how to convert a file from one format to another say PDF to Excel
- When the conversion requires a paid subscription
- When the buyer has several conversions and no time to do them
- When the buyer requires conversion & editing etc
File conversion can be that skill that sells you out if you know how to package yourself.
Social Media Tasks
Many businesses and even prominent people don’t have the time to keep up with regular social media posting and that’s where you come in as a freelancer. You can offer to create and manage a social media calendar for a business or an individual who requires the service. Your task will be to regularly post valuable posts, engage with the audience, answer questions, and reply to comments. This may turn into a full-time job for you!
Logos & other graphics
Why not make logos, banners, flyers, infographics, and more for our clients? That’s one sure way of making money via Mpesa on Apexlistings. Graphics are useful everywhere but most especially for online marketing campaigns. If people know that you can create a good infographic to represent data, then you are all set. Orders will come to you.
Web design
New websites come up every day, can you offer web design services? What sets you apart? Perhaps you can start by helping a client choose the perfect domain name for their website. That’s what you can use to woe the client. Let them know you do domain searches for as low as Ksh 100 once you have built trust with the client they’ll proceed with you to designing the website and you may even be left in charge of running it. Don’t just look for online jobs in Kenya that pay through Mpesa, ask yourself how you can set yourself apart.
Speaking of how to set yourself apart, see how we set ourselves apart below…..Introducing the hundred-shilling market.
The Hundred-Shilling Market on Apexlistings
In the hundred-shilling market, we focus on all the services you as a freelancer can offer for one hundred shillings from any niche. The idea is to upsell your client. Let’s do the domain example again
You can publish a service on the website where you do domain searches for example,
“I will help you search for available domain names for your business”
A person who is interested in getting a website, whether they have already decided or not, whether they came searching for a website or not, will definitely click on your service. Since the service is priced at Ksh 100, the buyer will most likely order the service.
The next thing they do will be to purchase the domain to secure it.
Next, they’ll need a website
Next, they’ll need someone who runs the website.
Do you see how the Hundred shilling market was able to upsell the client?
In the hundred shilling market, you are required to create specific services, broken down into the simplest tasks. It’s the simplest jobs that will help you earn real money in your Mpesa account.
Buyers do not want to take big risks, the hundred-shilling market is the best way to build trust with clients.
Here are the important parts of your hundred-shilling service
Service title - Catch the buyer’s attention with what you can offer for Ksh 100
Service description - Add some flesh to the title by providing a bit more info.
Price - Put the price as Ksh 100
Create add-ons - These are what you will use to upsell the client. You can set any prices here For example, basic web design @ Ksh 15,000
Post your service and share the link with friends - Your service will also be visible to all our website visitors.
Bidding for Tasks
When tasks are posted on Apexlistings, you will get them through bidding. The idea behind bidding is that whoever is available gets the opportunity to do the task.
How does bidding work?
If you are registered with us as a freelancer, your account runs on a subscription plan. When your plan is active you can bid for online jobs in Kenya that pay through Mpesa. Bidding gives you the opportunity to reach the task owner. You need to take bidding seriously otherwise you won’t get any tasks. The buyer rates your seriousness based on what you say in your bid. For example, you are bidding for article writing but your bid message is full of mistakes, how do you expect the buyer to trust you with a writing task?
Here are bidding tips you can use on Apexlistings
- Read the task and understand it.
- Write the bid message like you mean it. It’s your first chance to speak to the buyer. Do not use a generic template to bid on every task instead tailor every bid message to fit the task description. Keep it short.
- Provide your contacts so that the buyer can reach you faster.
- Wait to be picked for the task. Clarify with the buyer about their expected deliverable so that you are on the same page.
- Do a good job!
- Request for a rating from the buyer. Ratings will help you get noticed by other buyers.
How are Mpesa payments handled on Apexlistings?
Buyers can pay you through the “Pay Freelancer” option under the “Transactions” menu. Once paid, you can withdraw to your Mpesa. The admin will process your payment.
How to qualify for Apexlistings online jobs that pay through Mpesa
Registration for freelancers is controlled. This means it won’t always be open. This is because there has to be a balance between buyers and workers. You can always visit our freelance website to check if we are accepting new freelancer registrations.
Once registered you need to get verified.
On the other hand, buyer registration is always open. Buyers are the people who want to hire for tasks.
Conclusion
Finding online jobs that pay through Mpesa isn’t the easiest thing. You may need to try different platforms and follow the requirements. If you are registered on Apexlistings we offer free chat sessions for premium members where you can get coaching on how to use your account to make money. After all, the main reason why you are searching for online jobs that pay through Mpesa is to be able to make an income. Apexlistings will not make you rich, but, you can earn some extra cash to boost your daily expenditure while helping buyers get things done. Think of Apexlistings as your online cyber cafe.
