Tigerfish

Yes — Tigerfish is a real, operating platform. We verified its signup, payout, and policy pages directly on 2026-10-02 using 5 sources.

Unpublished officially; third-party reviews report about $0.03-$0.04 per line (~$0.005 per word), averaging roughly $7-$10/hour for most transcribers and up to $10-$15+/hour for experienced ones. Work is billed per task, so earnings scale with volume and acceptance rates.

Via PayPal. Payout cadence: Weekly. Minimum payout: No minimum payout is published anywhere on the official site, which never names a payment method; third-party reviews report weekly PayPal payments with no stated threshold.

Minimum age No explicit minimum age is published; applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents who work as independent contractors responsible for their own taxes, which in practice means adults (18+). United States only — official: 'In order to transcribe for Tigerfish, you must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.' Long-tenured transcribers include people working from abroad as they travel (US persons overseas). Application collects name, phone, email, and street address (US); US citizen or legal resident status required; applications accepted via email only (no calls — reception staff cannot answer application questions); no stated background check or document ID verification — UNVERIFIED. Independent-contractor relationship; transcribers set their own schedules.

Read the Tigerfish Transcription Style Guide (PDF); download the 3-segment test audio (AFG001 focus group — clarity/speaker identification; BMP002 medical presentation — edited for clarity with researched medical spellings; CAP003 art — verbatim answers, paraphrase questions only); transcribe each segment (~20 minutes each), tracking time spent; submit by email to inbox@tigerfish.com with subject 'Transcription Test [Your name]', per-segment times, address, phone, and a brief note describing yourself as a writer, what you read, education, and relevant experience. An equivalent online form exists at production.tigerfish.com/applicants/new (paste transcripts, minutes-to-transcribe, specialized vocabulary checkboxes — medical/technology/legal/finance — optional languages, desired weekly hours 1-10 through 40+, and a rush-availability calendar). Successful candidates are contacted directly after periodic application reviews. As of October 2026 the online form displays a 'We are not currently accepting applications for new transcribers' banner (test files and the form itself remain posted), while the transcription-jobs page still invites email applications to inbox@tigerfish.com.

Quick, accurate typing (third-party guides suggest 45-60+ WPM to start and over 100 WPM for top pay), a good ear for spoken language and accents, strong writing/grammar, research skills for terminology spellings, and the discipline to meet turnaround requirements (many assignments due in a day or more; occasional rush projects). Entry-level applicants accepted; Tigerfish demands the highest quality of work while being known for friendliness and flexibility — many transcribers have stayed over a decade.