I recently joined iWriter and thus can give a genuine review of how the site functions. One thing about iWriter is that joining is very simple. It's actually the easiest I have encountered in the three years I have worked as a freelance writer. All you have to do is to go to their site, click on the registration link and sign up with your name, email address, preferred username, and password and you are done. No tests or submission of samples.
iWriter's system works such that writers are grouped into three: standard, premium and elite. All writers at iWriter, regardless of their writing ability, start at the standard level. A writer's level can be upgraded upon receiving a minimum of 30 reviews with an average feedback rating of 4.0. This basically means that to move to the next level you should have completed a minimum of 30 orders. This is not a simple feat as requesters (clients) can reject your articles for no reason. So it's possible to write even a 100 articles before you can be upgraded. Worst of all, one is not given a chance to revise an article. And then there are the perennial low-raters-requesters who will not rate you well regardless of the quality of an article.
At iwriter.com things only get better as you move up the ranks. As a standard level writer the rates are too low to motivate one to write. The pay for a 500 word article is 2.43. Considering that one is not given an opportunity to revise an order in case of any problems, that is a very low rate.
So far I have written 5 articles and earned $7.7. All the articles have been approved but I still do not feel motivated to write.Mostly because I have access to better paying writing gigs. If you do not have access to other paid writing gigs, I recommend you try iWriter.com. It's also a good place to gauge your writing skills as the requesters themselves choose to accept or reject an article based on the quality. However, this is not always the case-there are as many genuine requesters at iWriter.com as there are scammers.
iWriter also seems to block some IP addresses. There are times when I cannot access their website. In such cases I get a '403 forbidden' error. At other times I access the site without experiencing any problems. In case you ever encounter such as problem, try to change your IP address and all will be well.
My verdict on the site. The site is a genuine site that links clients to writers. I would advise one to join the site only if confident about his/her writing skills. If you believe that you have good writing skills and you encounter rejection, do not give up. Rejections appear to be the norm rather than the exception at iWriter.com. Just try to avoid clients who have a low approval rate as the chances of your article being rejected are very high. As for paying, I am yet to reach the minimum payout ($20) and so I cannot confidently say that they do pay.
All the best if you decide to sign up with them.
