Ecopywriters

There are much better sites out there to write for. Ecopywriters sends out pleas for help with rush orders or editing, but then completely ignores emails that are returned to them. They also will downgrade your account without explanation, and disable it if you question anything they have done. Heck of a way to do business! I see that most people on this site seem to agree with my assessment--- except for those two glowing recommendations on 7/25/09-- which look suspiciously like something they wrote themselves or had somebody else do for them...

They say they have a lot of work, but unless you log on at about 2 pm EST, you won't find any. Also, it's very difficult, even in the new ranking system, to find jobs that pay more than $. 03/word. The instructions are sometimes unclear, and although they are willing to help, I have taken assignments that start out saying if you can't follow the directions, you will not be paid. And then they will levy a disproportionate penalty so you can't get work unless you're willing to work for $. 01/word.

I signed up with this company to do writing jobs. I submitted a writing sample, and then waited for their response. And I waited and waited and waited. I contacted them several times inquiring about what the delay was in the way of a decision on my writing sample. Sent them the following message today --

"Perhaps I can finally get a response from you people, maybe. My writing sample has been submitted and has been 'under review' for about a month or more now. And no peep from you about what the holdup is. I want an answer, and if I don't get one in a couple of days, then I will just mosey on over to the Better Business Bureau website and talk to them about you."

-- And here was their response to me --

"We sincerely apologize for the delay. However, we have hundreds of authors submitting writing samples on a weekly basis, which has made our approval process more time-intensive than we'd originally anticipated.

That being said, part of our company policy includes not responding to threats, which your email appears to be. While you might have been considered for approval, we'll now need to remove you from our system entirely."

-- All I was trying to do was find out what the status of the review of my writing sample was. Now I am out entirely. What if they are some kind of scam website? I don't appreciate their response at all, and am very suspicious of them now. Would recommend anyone to avoid this website.