Textbroker.com, a content broker business based in Las Vegas, recently advertised that one of their writers earns $3800 a month. This is not what you can expect from becoming a writer at Textbroker. You will be lucky if you make $100 per month. The average will be $40 – $50 per month. However, that’s more money than some websites which only pay their writers revenue sharing – or even less than that. Textbroker is not interested in revenue sharing, so you get your money up front.
It’s feast or famine at Textbroker, so some months you may earn a couple of hundred dollars while other months will be zip. Writers have to grab whatever assignments they can as quickly as possible.
Details About Textbroker
Textbroker is only available for American writers. This is because of tax reasons. Textbroker does have a branches for writers in Germany and also runs Textbroker UK. They plan on launching branches in Brazil and Italy. However, if you are an American currently living in another country, then you qualify for regular Textbroker. Please contact Textbroker first because their writer specifications may change unpredictably.
You get your work from the job board. You cannot suggest any articles to write. Get ready to write a lot about miracle diets, pay day loans and vacationing to Croatia. You must submit your work via Textbroker’s website.
The Advantages
Textbroker has been steadily growing since it started around 2007. They have a lot of clients and claim to have 23,000 freelance writers. They also pay twice a month via PayPal. They are reliable in paying and sometimes even pay early. They also keep your name and email private from the client you are writing for – and vice versa. This keeps you and the clients safe from harassment.
Textbroker will even act as a mediator between a client and a writer in order to get an assignment accomplished. Every writer gets one chance to rewrite an article. No client is allowed to reject an article without letting the writer have a crack at a rewrite. The client also can rate and comment on your article but they are not required to.
The biggest advantage is that clients can contact you directly via the email service on the Texbroker website. In this way, Textbroker is cut out as the middleman. If you get such an assignment, it’s often twice as much as what Textbroker pays.
The Disadvantages
Many writers are first given the rating of 3 when they are hired. This gets you access to assignments that pay the average pay scale – well, average for Textbroker, anyway. Their average pay rates for articles are pathetic, ranging from 35 cents to $3 for 350 – 400 word articles. But if there is a topic you know a lot about, or if you have developed a good relationship with a repeat client to Textbroker, then you can churn these articles out when you feel like it and pick up a little pocket money. This is called “popcorn writing.”
Textbroker also has a rating system which determines if you have access to the highest paying jobs. Everyone starts off at three and basically you will stay at three. It’s very rare for anyone to advance, despite Textbroker’s claims that they always reward good writers.
In 2008, Texbroker would let many writers advance to 4 and had access to higher paying jobs. Then, they hired too many writers and so decided to hire a few content editors to do all of the rating. These editors are only human and if they are in a bad mood, your article will be rated low, even if the client gave you the highest possible rating of “excellent.” The Textbroker editors also cnnot seem to decide on a permament comma policy, with one editor chiding you for putting a comma in one place and another chiding you for not putting the comma in the exact same place.
In conclusion, Textbroker is one of many options for a freelance writer, but it you will need many more clients in order to make a decent living.
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Author has written for Textbroker writer since September, 2008.
Reference:
- www.textbroker.com/a/home.php
- freelancehomewriter.blogspot.com/2009/06/textbroker-in-depth-review-for.html
- www.online-writing-jobs.com/
