K A.

Crowdsource has gone through some radical changes in the past year. For awhile, I was making $500-600 a week there writing, but then the bottom fell out. They are very secretive about what is going on behind the scenes, and keep making big promises that never come to pass. They got a huge influx of money from an equity firm, and now they have bought CrowdCloud, but despite being promised work from that transaction, and a new platform independent of MTurk, none of that has come to pass. The editors are also the writers, and only have to pass a test that is easy to cheat on to get the job, so their quality of editing is sometimes erratic. There are SOME good editors. The writing guidelines are insane. Someone in the company is making rules that go against all better journalistic judgement, and when anyone else in the company tries to stand up for the workers, they are fired.

They also have smaller non-writing hits on MTurk, which do not pay enough for the work required, although some of them are o. K. once you get going on them and build up speed. Beware, because they have a tendency to reject entire batches of hits for ridiculous reasons.

All-in-all, not a bad company, but they need to change out the management, or stop offering writing jobs, because this bunch doesn't have a clue about writing.

MTurk is a great place for people looking to make a few extra bucks in their free time, however, there are a small group of people who actually make a living there. Better paying hits open up as you rack up bigger and better numbers. Be careful to keep your acceptance rate over 90% if you want the best hits. The Turkopticon add-on is a must to weed out the bad requesters. Pay is daily if you have $1 to claim, and you can easily transfer your earnings to your bank account. The site is very secure. I've never had a problem with losing any money.

All-in-all, a good site, but not without its flaws, which is why I give it a 4. Most people give up too easily, and are not willing to learn the system or work hard enough to make it work for them. With diligence and accuracy, you can make a good amount of money there at night while you're watching t. V.

Don't waste your time if you think you are going to make money. Most of the questions are from people who have no intention of paying. A lot of them are from kids wanting you to do their homework. You can make more money on MTurk.

The site is set up so that you can't log out and you can't close your account. They never reply to emails asking for the account to be closed and their phone number goes straight to voicemail, which is evidently never checked.

This is the Hotel California of ripoff sites.

I registered with Textbroker several years ago, but never wrote for them because I was getting more money writing elsewhere. Late last year, jobs dried up, so I went to them in desperation. While the operation is fairly operated, the communication with the writers is lacking. As for the pay, it is only decent if you get direct orders at the price that you set, and there are not a lot of requesters there that want to pay decent rates. Teams are not much better, most not paying more than the minimum allowed, which right now is less than slightly over. 015 per word. I am a level 4, and the editors do all they can to keep you there with extremely nitpicky editing. While it's nice to be able to pick and choose what I write, the topics are mostly commercial garbage, where you are supposed to write a general article and sneak in a promo somewhere "naturally," or product descriptions. What really gets me is that people are willing to write press releases and ad copy for the rates they pay, because copywriters are extremely well paid for those jobs.

I use it as a backup only, when times are tough. Stay off the forums unless you want to be trolled. There are a few on there who are just insane, and they keep changing their names so you don't know who they are. Textbroker seems to not want to do anything about them, because they are good producers. Go figure.