Jacob F.

I really had no issue with Academon and I thought for the longest time that their service for sellers was pretty nice. However, when I recently sold a paper for $29.95, I got a commission of $1.47 for it. If you check their seller FAQ, it clearly tells you that sellers get 50% of the sale price, NOT the profit. When I called them they came up with a cockamamie story that they only gave 50% of the profit. They said that I was given a $15 credit and they had to be a $12 "affiliation fee"which brought the total profit to $2.94, of which I got half.

Neither their explanation nor their math makes any sense. I was given a $10 credit for publishing my first paper, this was supposedly completely separate from selling. Then when my paper sold, for $29.95. They paid a $12 commission fee which should have left $17.95, not $2.94. Not only that, but they refused to elaborate on what this mysterious "affiliation fee" actually was.

So, even if there is a third party charge and it is legit, it still doesn't make sense. I spend the hours and hours writing a paper that sells for 30 bucks, and Academon sells it. We both get a whopping $1.47 and some third party who has absolutely nothing to do with my paper, gets the majority of the money.

Add all of this onto the fact that they hold onto all of your money until you reach a threshold of $45.50 before they pay you. This information is not available in the seller FAQ either. You have to actually create an account and upload a paper before they tell you this. They claim it's due to saving on administrative costs since Paypal doesn't allow them to do mass payments and it costs to much for the 10 seconds it takes someone to go in and distribute the money. On top of this, if you NEVER sell at least $45.50 in profit, you will never ever see a dime from Academon. They have been claiming for years they are looking for a way around this but that's bull. They are keeping your money "interest free." I have had a balance sitting in this account for nearly three years because it "costs them too much to give me the money."

Look at it this way. The majority of the work for Academon is done by the sellers. Academon publishes the papers and collects the money. That's it. It is the sellers who do hours and hours of work writing their papers and Academon claims it's a burden for them to simply have someone send you your money. This after they already do the minimal amount of work possible.

Tell me, is this the kind of place you want to sell a product through?

I've been a member of funtrivia.com for close to ten years. I don't always have a gold member status, but when I do, $20 for six months is not breaking the bank. Contrary to what the other reviewers want you to believe, the majority of the site is not only available to gold members. Yes, when you get to a certain level in non challenge quizzes, they stop recording your points, but you still get points for the challenges.

These people are disgruntled and it is easy to tell by reading their reviews. If $3 breaks your bank, maybe you should be out trying to work and support yourself rather than looking for websites to play on.

In all my time I have never had an issue with funtrivia. I go there every day, I am a member of a great team and I love going there. This is a five star website all the way.