I saw an ad for paid forum posting, so I thought I would give it a shot. I've been posting on message boards for years, and I have always found it fun. For those of you who don't know what paid forum posting is, companies will often have a forum (Message Board) attached to a main site they are trying to drive traffic to. When there is slow posting, they will contract a company to provide quality posts.
So there I was, posting away on boards where I sometimes knew nothing about the subject of the forum, and for the most part, having a good time at it except when my com would sometimes freeze. The compainies pay anywhere between 10 to 15 cents per post. 100 posts per day was pretty reasonable, it amounts to about 12 bucks a day. the problem is, when it came time for me to get paid, no payment came. From talking with the other "employees", I found that the site does pay, but sometimes they are late. When you are desperate and starving, this really sucks.
I won't use the name of the company, lest they see this post and decide not to pay me after all. Is paid forum posting worth the time? I'll just say the jury is still out on this one.
Selling Your Soul as a Freelance Writer
6 years ago
3 comments:
Hey Ed - hang in there. I know the company you mean and even though they make us wait for our money, we always get paid. It's annoying and it's sad we have to wait for money they've already received (you know they get paid first before giving us assignments, don't you) - they always pay in the end.
Hi Raven. It's been 18 days since I wrote this post, and I still haven't been paid. I would wager the FCC would be very interested in this company.
Hi again. Well, it's been quite a few more days since you originally wrote this and still no payments I see.... the FCC would really love this one.
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