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[DangerSuit]

Has anyone tried using paidforumposting.com? I set up an account and got through their fairly rigorous practice posts, but after that, the whole set up is just mind-bogglingly confusing.

They essentially work in the same way as postloop or tfw, but rather than automatically recording each of your posts, you have to manually enter your post record on a sort of ledger. You also have to bid for jobs on forums, rather than just signing up. The only trade off to all this administration is that their payouts are higher.

 

[kdb890]

@DangerSuit I've never tried them out, or heard of them for that matter, but I might be willing to. It seems a bit more time-consuming, but if they pay more then it might be worth it. How much more do they pay?

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I apologize, after signing up on the forum I do remember having an account with them in the past. However I never did any work with them after being approved. The question still stand though, how much more do they pay?

 

[DangerSuit]

I believe the base payout is 20c per post/tweet, then they have bigger projects like longer form blog posts (requires more time and subject knowledge) that pay from about $5 per 500 words. If you can work out how it all works, I'd definitely suggest it.

 

[tskier01123]

I believe the base payout is 20c per post/tweet, then they have bigger projects like longer form blog posts (requires more time and subject knowledge) that pay from about $5 per 500 words. If you can work out how it all works, I'd definitely suggest it.

This is interesting but you're right, their setup went from being "Okay, I understand this" to "Okay, what the hell is going on!" real fast.

 

[Firefly]

I have heard of this site but never really take an interest. I am weary of site that gives me a headache trying to figure things out or how to get around. I have encountered with this sort of thing when TFW just began, and then email back and forth with the owner there still solved nothing for me so I just stopped. Will wait on this for future!

 

[DangerSuit]

You almost have to treat it like a full-time job. There is a deadline for each posting "job" you sign up for, but the rule of thumb is that you must post at least once every four days. If you're not posting regularly, the mods will start to message you, and eventually you may get kicked off the "job" entirely!

The mods also ask that you let them know if you wont be able to post for a while, or if you are going on holiday. Rather strict if you ask me.

From what I can tell, there is no automated payout system either - it looks as though you contact the mods to withdraw funds, which means they could potentially decide not to pay you after doing loads of work for their site. Not saying they actually do that (never got far enough in to request a payout), but I prefer the postloop/tfw system where you just hit a button to request a withdrawal.

 

[JusApee]

The sole reason why I'm never going to join that site is the deadline. I like having my own schedule, not being limited by a deadline. On postloop, you may easily skip a day if you have no time, but there, if you had a deadline in that day, you may be banned, I think.

 

[pwarbi]

That site was one if the first I applied for when I started looking at working online, and while I did the rest, got accepted,,I didn't have a clue what I was supposed to do after that, and seeing as I had other sites I was earning from I just simply gave up on it in the end.

I'm sure if you spent a bit of time there then it would become easier to understand, but for the money you're being offered I think you can probably do other things for more money.

 

[PenguinManiac]

I had a look around, but it doesn't look too appealing to me. There are much easier to use websites out here, and they don't have the same restrictions.
Just to realize if all this effort is worth it, how higher are their payouts? Also, is it reliable? I tend not to trust websites with an outdated design.

 

[fcuco]

That whole operation seems a little to much like amateur hour to me, there are no TOS or privacy policies to be found on that site that you can read and try to figure out. My main issue with this is the whole "we are hiring" and "deadlines" parlance. If you are going to treat me like an independent contractor then, guess what, we should sign a proper contract that has your and mine obligations clearly defined and that I can use to initiate some legal action and defend myself if you fail your obligations.

Considering they charge a whole dollar for a tweet and then pay you 20 cents for it while demanding it to be done on a schedule and not even automating the process for you I say: no thank you.

You can get more than 15$ for a well written article somewhere else if you are really into being a freelance writer and you have the talent.

 

[FenWoFon]

Well it all depends on the payment and the average time it would take to complete a determined ammount of tasks, if it takes the same time postloop takes to make 100 points and they pay a little bit more then it might be worth it, if you still gotta wait more and the payment is not way too different then it might not be worth it, we really need to hear about previous experiences first to make sure, that is my opinion though.

 

[Corzhens]

I've been receiving some referrals from writer friends but I also receive some caveat because there are sites disguised as content provider but their real motive is just to solicit free posts. It is a standard to undergo screening by makint 10 posts in some sites and that 10 will be gauged whether you are approved or not. But come to think of it, those 10 long posts are for free. And if you are not approved then they got 10 free posts. That's the racket of some content provider sites.

 

[UnslaadKrosis]

It's not as good a deal as they present it to you, TBH. It's because not only there's a deadline for every single work and that ridiculous at least 1 post in four days rule, but also the manual ledger records and finally withdrawal only through e-mail stuff. This makes the website highly unstable and unreliable. The payout is a bit higher, true. But what use is it if you don't even get paid for the work you put in? And to be fair, I'm doing this for fun and to kill time doing something productive, not as a full-time job that in the end, pays much less than what an actual job pays me.

 

[thisnthat]

I recently read that this (elusive) site was under new management. Someone who visits some of the popular earning sites signed up and was accepted. She never heard back from them though, as far as I know (after about two weeks, waiting for her status to be changed so that she could begin writing).

I'm curious, has anyone else had dealings with this site? If so, what was your experience? I also wonder if it is still the same convoluted system as before now that it changed hands.

 

[katie]

I've been receiving some referrals from writer friends but I also receive some caveat because there are sites disguised as content provider but their real motive is just to solicit free posts. It is a standard to undergo screening by makint 10 posts in some sites and that 10 will be gauged whether you are approved or not. But come to think of it, those 10 long posts are for free. And if you are not approved then they got 10 free posts. That's the racket of some content provider sites.

You don't need to worry about that with this site. The check posts are made on a closed forum that is only used to assess posters, they aren't marketable content. I looked at this last year, but since you have to manually record all posts in three different places, it seemed way too much like hard work for too little money. I thought all of these P2P things were automated now, but apparently not.

 

[Nocturnal Writer]

This is the first time that I have heard about this site which you have mentioned is comparable with PostLoop or TFW. I have tried PL. I had submitted my required posts for evaluation but they fell short of the minimum rating requirement by the said site. TFW did require too to submit a qualifying posts for approval and I was lucky my posts had meet the required rating. Well, while reading some of the posts here on the experiences which the members' bad impression, I would dare to venture to that site.

 

[explorer]

I tried this site earlier but could not get through. I was very confident that my trial posts were of good quality so I asked them if they need people only from English speaking countries. I got a reply that people from all over the world can apply there but they should meet the criteria set by them. I have no clue what they are actually looking for. May be they are quite lenient now as the ownership is under a new team.

@DangerSuit I am surprised to know that they have no automated payment system. I think they might be doing it deliberately to have a better control on payouts so that they never fell out of free cash flow.

 

[katie]

@DangerSuit I am surprised to know that they have no automated payment system. I think they might be doing it deliberately to have a better control on payouts so that they never fell out of free cash flow.

You might be right as they only pay twice a month, so presumably only once they have already received payments from the clients, they then pay the writers. What put me off is something in their T&Cs: that if a poster gets the manual accounting wrong in any of the records they have to update, they sacrifice the pay for the entire job, even if they did the posts.

Also, when I went back for another look, their site kept going down and that puts me off.

 

[katie]

A quick update. I did sign up for them, I've done my first two jobs, and they do pay on time and well. It's just a huge overhead keeping track of which days you can post on. Everything is done manually, and an automated system would make this so much easier.

 

[thisnthat]

I'm glad you got in and got paid. It just seems like a lot of extra time to spend keeping track of your posts, and when you can/should post, and all of that.

I think an automated system is a must. I guess because they pay more than other paid posting services, they can get away with more. It just doesn't seem like they pay that much more to make it worth all the headaches.

My big issue is time, so being able to work on my own schedule is a biggie for me.

Does anyone know of any other paid to post sites? If so, post your referral link, and I'll use it if I sign up.