Constant-Content

I signed up a week ago as a customer and not a writer. I ordered a custom content and I even added about $130 to my account credits. However, I couldn't understand how the system works. Since I received some writers' interest to write my article, and since i decided which writer I want to choose, I contacted the customer support to ask them how the system works. Nothing... no answer whatsoever. Eventually I asked for my money back. Will close my account as soon as I receive my money. Will never use again.

Constant content is touted as a high quality site for serious writers. You may write about anything you please, so long as it contains useful information, is not written in the first person, and expresses no personal opinions. To guarantee greater success, you are welcome to pick a title from a list of requested titles. You may also name your price per article, and some of the requested titles are priced anywhere between twenty dollars and two hundred dollars depending on the number of words.

Knowing that Constant Content accepts only the very best and most thoroughly researched writing, users toil late into the night, researching the story and minding their grammar. And then they submit. And then they are rejected.

Many users complain of articles being rejected for reasons including a missing comma, a misspelled word, a minor grammar adjustment, citing of references, use of words like 'may be' which apparently indicate opinion, and many more. Of course grammar needs to be perfect and guidelines need to be followed, but it seems, based on the following evidence, that Constant Content is looking for reasons to reject.

Firstly the rejection email with the explanation about the missing comma requires more effort on the part of the editor than simply inserting the comma and accepting the article. Users may certainly resubmit the article, though no more than three times according to the rules. Then it is banished forever.

What raises the most suspicion though, is that, instead of informing users of all the errors in the first rejection, Constant Content will sniff at the missing comma in rejection number one, complain about the use of 'may be' in rejection number two, and finally highlight a misspelled word in rejection number three. The question therefore is why did the editors not list all the errors in the first rejection, thereby maximizing the chance of accepting the article?

Constant content doesn't want the work, and will never accept the articles. Or more
Specifically, constant content wants informative and well researched articles, but doesn't want to credit the user for it. Don't be surprised if you later find your hard work published in some reputable site or paper, slightly modified and under someone else's name. That's right, constant content's mission is information theft. They lure users to do the research, reject it based on unreasonable expectations, and then sell it quietly, claiming all the booty for themselves.

I've been a freelance writer since 2009, and have completed work for a variety of clients, with excellent reviews from many of them. I have had mixed results with Constant-Content. For the first couple of years, there were quite a few assignments available, but now the work requests have slowed to a trickle. Also, the pay isn't the best, and CC takes 35% of the gross fee, so you won't be fairly compensated for writing a quality article. For several years, however, I periodically completed CC assignments based on my available time and cash flow needs.

However, now I'm done with Constant-Content. In 2017, I accepted an assignment on a topic with which I'm quite familiar. I wrote a high-quality article, and it sat in Editorial Review for awhile before the client finally received and accepted it (yes, I got paid).

Then, I accepted and completed a second article for that client. I received a message that CC had sent the article to the client for review. However, the article apparently fell into a black hole, as I never heard back from the client again. I messaged her twice with no response. Next, I contacted CC for help. Several days went by, and CC finally responded, but said they couldn't reach the client. I tried two more times to reach her, without any response. CC stopped responding as well. Bottom line: The client vanished, CC vanished, and I never got paid for my work. Never again.

It would be unfair to give CC just one star; however, it doesn't deserve more than two in my opinion.
CC has very high standards. And don't get me wrong, I personally think that high standards are a very good thing - but only if there is some common sense attached to them. In the case of CC, their high standards verge idiocy. For example, your work can be rejected because of the words "may be" as, in the editor's opinion, it "implies uncertainty" - and that's among many other ridiculous things.
It seems CC has a lot more writers than clients, and its editors are instructed to reject as many articles as possible for whatever lame reasons they could contrive. As a result, you dedicate lots of your time and effort to your article and then it stands a high chance of rejection. But even when your work gets approved, it doesn't mean the article will be bought. It can hang for months before it's bought (if ever).
So despite the promised high earnings, they are just potential earnings that you can (or in most cases, cannot) get. Moreover, keep in mind that CC takes one third of the cost of your article as a commission. In all, CC appears to be one of the worst platforms for writers, in my honest opinion.

I love Constant Content. They're standards are high, and yes, you have to know your grammar and punctuation, but if you're good at that, then you'll have a high acceptance rate. The editors read your article after you submit it and if they come to a mistake, they immediately stop reading. That's why when you fix the mistake, it might be rejected again later - because they didn't read the whole thing. It wastes their time to read the whole article if there's a bunch of mistakes. YOU need to be able to self-edit. If you can do that, then the site is worth it. As far as Constant Content stealing your ideas and reselling them, that's ridiculous. There's a short summary feature where you post at least a third of your article for clients to see - some writers post the whole thing. There will always be some shady dude looking to make some money off of your article and they may rewrite and spin your article and post it to another site. That's the risk you take when posting a large portion of your article for prospective clients.

I love Constant Content - I've found that my energy and health and fitness articles sell very well, and I consistently make about $35 to $40 dollars (after CC's cut) for 400 to 500 word articles, which is light years ahead of what you will get at most content mills. Give them a shot - they're worth it!

As a purchaser, I love the site. It gives me great, unique content for my blogs. Of course, the articles need fine tuning, so I don't purchase them expecting them to be post-ready, but, when you are having a writers block, these articles can jump start your creativity and get you on the right track. I gave 4 stars because I feel the price of most articles on their site is costly for the quality of content. I only purchase articles specific to my industry and you can tell most of the industry specific articles are not usable as written, you will need to fine tune them. However, it's much better than creating something from scratch. Also, I have found the best written part of the article is in the preview. When you get the entire article, usually the portion not previewed is of diminished quality from the preview portion. It appears the writers start to throw random things in towards the end of an article to meet a word count rather than provide you a solid product. However, even with all of this, I still love it. I love that I can preview the article before I buy it to ensure I like the authors writing style and can work with the content. I've ordered writing projects before on other sites where you give someone a topic and they create the content and 99% of the time, I've gotten something that needs heavy editing or was trash can worthy. At least with this site, you have an idea of what you're getting before you spend money, which is priceless to me. Also, I get my blogs posted a lot faster than if I had to start with an empty slate. So, I love Constant Content, it's perfect fit for my needs. I've been making purchases from the site since 2015.

I just found another similar website like constant content, it's articlesauction.com and it seems pretty interesting.

If you want a market for your articles and don't mind CC taking a whopping 35% cut, then fine. It is nice to write what you want and the writing standards are high.

But be VERY careful with the "projects" or "casting calls" that you often see advertised on the website. Sometimes the management will get in touch with you personally begging you for help and saying the pay is really good and there's plenty of work for everyone. And then you sign on, make time for the project, attend the meetings, and find out that not only is there no work but the pay is not as high as you thought it was. Furthermore, clients for these projects are trying to save money on their own end by making everything "publish ready" - so they don't have their own editors, HTML coders, or researchers. You have to do all of that. What's even worse is that the editors will tell you, "sorry there's no work" but they'll be lying. Some writers from the group will stay on the project and others will simply get ghosted.

So, to sum up...
1. They lie about the project in the first place
2. They lie about the amount of time required
3. They ghost you when you try and find out what's going on.
4. They allow the client to make changes and demand rewrites that you won't get paid for.

This has happened to me no less than four times in the past year. The last time this happened, I had finally had enough. I confronted a person in management about this, a person I have otherwise worked with amicably for YEARS (I've been on CC since 2010) and instead of dealing with my concerns he kept mindlessly repeating, "This is what the client wants" even though what I was telling him had nothing to do with that.

I'm actually surprised they haven't been busted for fraud by now because of this practice. I'm lucky, it's just me and the cat. But I can imagine the grief this would cause someone who has a schedule, other clients, or a family to feed. It's more than just unethical. It's cruel and totally unnecessary.

UPDATE: The latest project has turned me off the site completely. After a number of articles were sold and the writers had already been paid, the articles were returned and resold again at a lesser rate. The result of this is that my account there is now in the negative and other writers have the same problem. They have no asked me for money, but I sure don't plan on working my way out of their hole.