What every mom checks before hitting apply

We started paying parents back in 2023, and by now that's grown to 65+ of us spread across 22+ countries, all on that same steady week-after-week rhythm. There's no hidden charge tucked anywhere along the way — not to apply, not for the training days, not to log your first shift. If someone tells you money's required to unlock a shift, walk away; that person isn't with us.

Your gut has good reason to be cautious; the space is full of copycats built around the same trick — a "membership fee," a required "starter kit," or a rush to shove you into some unfamiliar app while you're still in the dark about what it even is. Notice the direction money flows in every one of those examples: toward them, from you. Ours runs the opposite way, and every number published here exists so you have something to verify us against before committing to anything.

Yes, and that's not a slogan — nobody at immychat hands you a fixed shift. Past the 3-hour floor each day, picking the exact clock time is entirely your call, not something we schedule for you. Parents on our team routinely stack short windows: a stretch before the morning rush, another once the little one is down for a nap, a third once the house has finally gone quiet at night.

From the moment you wrap that opening shift, you're already sitting at the newcomer grade — worth $245–⁠395 a month. Keep at it steadily, and by roughly month 3 most parents advance to steady, closer to $545–⁠845. Our full pay page walks through every rung after that.

Your first deposit is scheduled the moment your first shift wraps, and it arrives within 11 days. After that, payouts land every Saturday without fail, with a $15 floor per payout.

Every single parent currently on our team started exactly where you are — chat work isn't something people usually walk in already knowing. We're mainly weighing two things: can readers follow what you type, and can you keep a chat moving solo, without someone feeding you lines. Training gets you there, and yes, you're paid while learning.

B1+ is the target, and honestly that covers most everyday conversation — enough to follow what someone means and reply naturally, no mental translating required. If your English runs stronger, closer to B2+, our translator opening might fit you better — it pays $860–⁠2,700 and rewards that extra fluency directly. There's no certificate to submit; we simply talk with you and judge from there.

Entirely up to you — plenty of parents on our roster work exclusively after the kids are asleep, and nobody blinks at that. The single fixed number is 3 hours a day; everything about when those hours land is your call.

Payday sits on Saturday, every single week, and nobody's turn gets bumped or delayed. Your application asks how you'd like to receive it — Cash App, prepaid card, bank transfer — and anything above the $15 minimum goes out that very same week.

No catch here — training is paid, meaning your time gets compensated, you don't pay us for it, and it takes 3-5 days before you start your first live shift. Nobody will ever request a deposit from you, charge a "certification" fee, or bill you for equipment — that's simply not how this works.

More applications get rejected than accepted here — out of every 6, only about 1 makes it through. The thing that actually swings a decision is how well you hold up a written conversation in English, not how polished your résumé looks, so putting in an application makes sense even if you've never worked from home before.

Your phone is genuinely enough — the whole requirement is a device you already own, phone or laptop, plus home wifi solid enough to keep a conversation running smoothly. Use whichever one fits comfortably into your 3-hour daily minimum.

You're paid through recognizable, mainstream services — Cash App, prepaid card, bank transfer — each one traceable if something ever goes sideways, unlike wiring cash to a stranger's personal account because a "supervisor" insisted. You pick the method yourself right in the application; we don't decide that for you.

Here's every requirement, no fine print hiding behind it: 18 or older, comfortable typing in English, a phone, tablet, or laptop, home internet connection. Parents currently apply from 22+ countries and counting, alongside our current 65+ chat helpers — steady wifi and clear written English carry far more weight than your mailing address ever will.