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Jim B.

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2 Reviews by Jim

  • HireWriters

2/3/15

This site is an online sweat shop that pays writers a pathetic, pitiful amount of money to create articles. I have read that people like to buy cheap articles here and sell them on for profit or, worse, reject the article, steal it and then sell it on. Desperate people, at their wit's end, write for this site because they have no other options and Hire Writers, like the opportunistic predators they are, exploit this fact. In short, Hire Writers is an online sweatshop where the clients ask for much and give next to nothing in return. Avoid this site like the plague.

  • HubPages

2/3/15

I find it disgraceful that Hubpages only pays their writers if their revenue reaches or exceeds $50. They are making money off of people and deliberately refusing to compensate their contributors for their efforts. Hubpages presents an exploitative and unethical business model that shamelessly rips off those who create the site's content. I was disheartened to learn, today, that Squidoo has merged with Hubpages.

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Paul E. – HubPages Rep

It's true that we only issue a payment when authors reach the $50 payout threshold. We make this clear in a number of places all over the site. Payment thresholds are not unusual for paid writing sites. Additionally, earnings never expire but continue to accrue over time. There is no time limit in which authors have to reach the $50 payout. Whether it takes a month or a year, we will issue the payment when the limit is reached. We also split ad revenue with authors 60%/40% (we pay the highest percentage to authors of any revenue sharing site), so whatever we are making, our authors always make 20% more. Those with technical expertise may earn more from their own private websites and blogs, but we feel HubPages is a good and fair option for writers who don't want to deal with the technical side of earning from writing online.

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