Comments on: Helium and HubPages are looking for writers — who don’t really need money http://workfromhomecouple.today.com/2009/01/13/helium-and-hubpages-are-looking-for-writers-who-dont-really-need-money/ The joys and challenges when you both work from home Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:10:27 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: carfor12 http://workfromhomecouple.today.com/2009/01/13/helium-and-hubpages-are-looking-for-writers-who-dont-really-need-money/#comment-205 carfor12 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:41:50 +0000 http://workfromhomecouple.today.com/2009/01/13/helium-and-hubpages-are-looking-for-writers-who-dont-really-need-money/#comment-205 Thank you for the information on hubpages. I wanted to check them out as I recently heard about them. www.wantingtowork.today.com Thank you for the information on hubpages. I wanted to check them out as I recently heard about them.
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]]> By: rozandrews http://workfromhomecouple.today.com/2009/01/13/helium-and-hubpages-are-looking-for-writers-who-dont-really-need-money/#comment-204 rozandrews Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:14:39 +0000 http://workfromhomecouple.today.com/2009/01/13/helium-and-hubpages-are-looking-for-writers-who-dont-really-need-money/#comment-204 I agree with you about all of the sites you mentioned, except Constant Content. There, each article is vetted by a human editor, and is only accepted if it is of a high enough quality standard. As a writer, you can set your own prices for each of your accepted articles. My highest payment so far for one article has been $250 and I have sold several others for around the $100 mark. So, it is possible to make decent money writing for Constant Content, as long as you are a good writer. What I like about Constant Content is that you don't have to spend lots of time marketing your articles. You can just put them up for sale on the site and pocket the money when they sell. Sometimes an article sells within minutes (seriously!) and sometimes it takes some time for them to sell - last week I sold an article (for $100) that I'd written over 2 years ago. I wrote a few pieces for Helium several years ago and still haven't reached their minimum payout of $25 - and I probably never will! I don't have personal experience of the other sites you mentioned but also don't have a desire to join them as I would rather write articles for Constant Content that will eventually sell for a decent amount. I agree with you about all of the sites you mentioned, except Constant Content. There, each article is vetted by a human editor, and is only accepted if it is of a high enough quality standard.

As a writer, you can set your own prices for each of your accepted articles. My highest payment so far for one article has been $250 and I have sold several others for around the $100 mark. So, it is possible to make decent money writing for Constant Content, as long as you are a good writer.

What I like about Constant Content is that you don’t have to spend lots of time marketing your articles. You can just put them up for sale on the site and pocket the money when they sell. Sometimes an article sells within minutes (seriously!) and sometimes it takes some time for them to sell - last week I sold an article (for $100) that I’d written over 2 years ago.

I wrote a few pieces for Helium several years ago and still haven’t reached their minimum payout of $25 - and I probably never will! I don’t have personal experience of the other sites you mentioned but also don’t have a desire to join them as I would rather write articles for Constant Content that will eventually sell for a decent amount.

]]> By: catana http://workfromhomecouple.today.com/2009/01/13/helium-and-hubpages-are-looking-for-writers-who-dont-really-need-money/#comment-162 catana Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:09:52 +0000 http://workfromhomecouple.today.com/2009/01/13/helium-and-hubpages-are-looking-for-writers-who-dont-really-need-money/#comment-162 I agreed with the first part of your article, but then you went on into territory that you don't seem familiar with and lumped some sites in there that shouldn't have been included. For US residents, Associated Content pays upfront for articles, as well as paying an extra bonus based on page views. It's fair to include AC in the low-paying group only if you specify that it's true only for non-residents. As for Constant Content, this site serves as a middle man between writers and buyers, and allows you to set your own price. It's acknowledged as one of the very best sites for writers who can come up to the site's quality standards. Like you, I don't consider that Hubpages writer well paid. But for people who really don't write very well, some of these sites are probably paying them more than they're worth. I agreed with the first part of your article, but then you went on into territory that you don’t seem familiar with and lumped some sites in there that shouldn’t have been included. For US residents, Associated Content pays upfront for articles, as well as paying an extra bonus based on page views. It’s fair to include AC in the low-paying group only if you specify that it’s true only for non-residents. As for Constant Content, this site serves as a middle man between writers and buyers, and allows you to set your own price. It’s acknowledged as one of the very best sites for writers who can come up to the site’s quality standards.

Like you, I don’t consider that Hubpages writer well paid. But for people who really don’t write very well, some of these sites are probably paying them more than they’re worth.

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