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.
Friday 15 February 2013
Friday 11 January 2013
HIV Does not Cause AIDS
Some people and corporations are making a kill out of making the public believe that HIV causes AIDS. Yes, selling ARVs to people rakes in billions of dollars each year and governments, some scientists and the big pharma are making a kill. The evidence is there-in the film there are statistics that disprove the myth that HIV causes AIDS. According to the documentary, the major cause of AIDS is the HIV drugs particularly the AZT (zidovudine). AZT is a deadly drug. Apparently, it was being developed to treat cancer but the FDA could not approve it as it was too toxic for human use. When AIDS was discovered, pressure from activists and the public for the government to find a cure and explain the disease made AZT (previously proven too toxic for human use) to be declared as a lifesaver drug.
From there the drug was manufactured in large quantities and given to all people who were tested HIV positive. The result? More deaths due to the toxic effects of the drug and more billions of dollars for the stakeholders. Its hard to believe that some people would sacrifice human lives for money. I have seen friends and relatives suffer from the effects of AZT and I can't believe that someone is deliberately doing this to people.
Apparently, retroviruses are harmless and the same case applies to HIV. If one has HIV but leads a healthy lifestyle, no hard drugs, smoking, anal sex, and eating a balanced diet, most likely one will not get AIDS.
It is interesting to note that the proponents of HIV/AIDS hypothesis cannot still answer some questions like why some people who do not have HIV have AIDS, or why they spend billions of dollars (and time) looking for a vaccine that will never be found. For those who do not know about vaccines, they are substances that trigger the production of antibodies against a specific antigen. HIV itself triggers the production of antibodies against it which beats the logic of trying to look for a vaccine.
I found all the explanations in the documentary to be correct and quite thought-provoking. The documentary tells it as it is for everyone who is interested in knowing the truth. At the moment, do not expect the governments, the big pharma, and some scientists, to admit that this is the truth. As one of the scientists in the documentary says, 'money is stronger than the truth'.
After watching this documentary, I have resolved never ever to take HIV drugs should I ever get diagnosed with HIV. I hope this bubble will burst very soon so that the world will get know the truth. At the moment, people will continue to believe their governments, the media and healthcare providers, all of who will tell them that HIV causes AIDS and AZT is a lifesaving drug. Which is very sad because AZT is a highly toxic drug and HIV does not cause AIDS.
Friday 4 January 2013
Beware of Scam Projects at Freelancer.com
Freelancer.com is a legit site that works by bringing employers and employees together. The site mostly attracts employers who need cheap labour and most of the projects there are legit. However, there are a large number of scammers on the loose at freelancer.com. These scammers demand that you provide them with samples of work on their topic of choice or their specific instructions. Alternatively, they claim to give you a test assignment which is not paid for. They then claim to review the responses to decide who to give the assignment to.
The following is a screenshot of a project at freelancer.com (click on it to enlarge it):
Please notice the budget is set at a high range, $1500-$12500 to attract bidders.
Also note the fact that one is supposed to complete 100 pages of unpaid work as part of the test assignment. I just wonder, what if the owner of the project gave different 'test assignments' to 10 bidders. That would be 1, 000 pages for free. Its very possible for the owner of the project to disappear after getting the 1000 free pages.
Wait a minute, the owner of the project has changed the profile details a few minutes after posting the project. There is a very attractive profile pic. What's more, he has changed his country to United Kingdom from Bangladesh! I started tracking the project immediately it was posted and minutes later, the project has already attracted 6 bids. I bet by the end of the project there will be 100+ bids.
Below is the changed profile:
I cannot imagine myself providing 100 pages of free work before I can get paid.1 or 2 pages would be a more reasonable request. And considering the number of complaints from freelancers who have provided samples only for the project owners to disappear after receiving the samples, I would trend cautiously when it comes to projects that require special samples.
When it comes to writing, a serious employer can evaluate your skills based on your previously completed papers, i.e. you do not have to write 5 samples based on specific keywords and instructions for the employer to assess your writing skills.
As for the above scenario, I would not be surprised if the 100 pages 'test assignment' that one is required to complete before being given work is part of the project. Do note that the employer has stated that the 100 pages will not be paid.
Also note that the profile is new-no reviews.
Just wanted to bring to your attention this detail to avoid wasting your time and money bidding for projects that are fake and which will drain you in terms of energy-100 pages of free work can really drain you.
The following is a screenshot of a project at freelancer.com (click on it to enlarge it):
Also note the fact that one is supposed to complete 100 pages of unpaid work as part of the test assignment. I just wonder, what if the owner of the project gave different 'test assignments' to 10 bidders. That would be 1, 000 pages for free. Its very possible for the owner of the project to disappear after getting the 1000 free pages.
Wait a minute, the owner of the project has changed the profile details a few minutes after posting the project. There is a very attractive profile pic. What's more, he has changed his country to United Kingdom from Bangladesh! I started tracking the project immediately it was posted and minutes later, the project has already attracted 6 bids. I bet by the end of the project there will be 100+ bids.
Below is the changed profile:
I cannot imagine myself providing 100 pages of free work before I can get paid.1 or 2 pages would be a more reasonable request. And considering the number of complaints from freelancers who have provided samples only for the project owners to disappear after receiving the samples, I would trend cautiously when it comes to projects that require special samples.
When it comes to writing, a serious employer can evaluate your skills based on your previously completed papers, i.e. you do not have to write 5 samples based on specific keywords and instructions for the employer to assess your writing skills.
As for the above scenario, I would not be surprised if the 100 pages 'test assignment' that one is required to complete before being given work is part of the project. Do note that the employer has stated that the 100 pages will not be paid.
Also note that the profile is new-no reviews.
Just wanted to bring to your attention this detail to avoid wasting your time and money bidding for projects that are fake and which will drain you in terms of energy-100 pages of free work can really drain you.
Thursday 3 January 2013
jobjungle.info, legit or scam?
There is something about jobjungle.info that makes me think that it is owned by the same person who owns cjinc.info (which I personally consider a scam in the sense that its intention is very different from what they make you believe is their primary intention-to give you a job). An analysis of cjinc.info shows that the site makes money primarily from adsense, software downloads, and signups. The same case happens at jobjungle.info.
Below is an analysis of the things that make me suspicious of the website:
1. Poor Grammar
I have said before that English is my second language and so I cannot brag about my level of English proficiency but I can certainly tell appalling English from good English. The level of grammar in jobjungle.info is quite unsatisfactory. You would think that being the professionals they claim to be, they would hire a proofreader to proofread their web content. As of writing this post, they had an opening for proof readers (which by the way has been open for as long as I can remember).
2. Redirections to weebly.com and blogspot.com sites
weebly.com and blogspot.com are sites that give you an opportunity to make a website, or rather a blog, free of charge. For testing purposes, I chose the proofreading job opening after which I was redirected to a different site-http://jobjungle.weebly.com. From there I was required to provide the following details as part of the application process:
click on the image below to enlarge it-its a screenshot of the details I was required to provide
Notice the fact that Job box ID and Paltalk ID are mandatory just like in the case of cjinc.info.
Also note the fact that the website does not have a business email address: it uses the free gmail account which is a bit unprofessional.
I clicked on the link provided in order to create the job-Box ID and I was redirected to another website: thoughtandmemory.org. Seriously? Why not 99designs.com which is the site where one is supposed to get the job ID? I continued in my search for truth and clicked on all the provided links and finally landed at the 99designs.com sign up page. I checked the site and discovered that they have an affiliate program. I also checked the referring URL and discovered that it had an affiliate ID. So I knew that they were making money from 99designs's affiliate program. Hmmm...such a brilliant idea.I did not sign up for I am not a designer.
I then clicked on the provided link in order to create a paltalk ID and found myself in a blogspot site: http://theresumes.blogspot.in. Seriously? Why not paltalk.com? Well, I clicked on the provided link and landed at Paltalk.com's sign up page. I did not sign up. Instead, I went straight to Paltalk.com's website and I realised that the company also has an affiliate program. This is their incentives to attract people into the affiliate program:
That may not seem like much but 100 members means $25. And if you check carefully, you will realize that the referring URL has an affiliate ID. This means that every time someone signs up at Paltalk.com through their link, jobjungle.info earns a commission.
In conclusion, this is my take on jobjungle.info:
1. The owners make money by directing people to paltalk.com and 99designs.com.
2. They also make money from adsense-that is why they redirect you to irrelevant websites-weebly.com and blogspot.com sites, all in the hope that you will click on one of the ads that are plastered all over the websites.
3. The owners act by connecting you to employers (can't confirm that this actually happens as I never signed up with them).
I do not know for sure but I would not be surprised if the person who owns cjinc.info is the same person who owns jobjungle.info. The similarity between the two sites is conspicuous.Notice the Types of job opportunities available, the fact that one is redirected to different websites to create a job ID, a paltalk ID and to get samples. They may not be scammers in that they do not even give you the jobs, but they make money by forcing people to sign up at certain websites.
One interesting thing is: of what use would an ID at 99designs.com be to me-the website only offers designer jobs-logos, flyers, book covers, etc. Seriously?
Just trend carefully-I have been signing up with many websites hoping to get jobs or other offers but one thing I have noticed is that spammers have also proportionately increased. This means that some websites sell people's email addresses to marketers for a profit.
You might be interested in:
cjinc.info, legit or a scam?
Below is an analysis of the things that make me suspicious of the website:
1. Poor Grammar
I have said before that English is my second language and so I cannot brag about my level of English proficiency but I can certainly tell appalling English from good English. The level of grammar in jobjungle.info is quite unsatisfactory. You would think that being the professionals they claim to be, they would hire a proofreader to proofread their web content. As of writing this post, they had an opening for proof readers (which by the way has been open for as long as I can remember).
2. Redirections to weebly.com and blogspot.com sites
weebly.com and blogspot.com are sites that give you an opportunity to make a website, or rather a blog, free of charge. For testing purposes, I chose the proofreading job opening after which I was redirected to a different site-http://jobjungle.weebly.com. From there I was required to provide the following details as part of the application process:
click on the image below to enlarge it-its a screenshot of the details I was required to provide
Also note the fact that the website does not have a business email address: it uses the free gmail account which is a bit unprofessional.
I clicked on the link provided in order to create the job-Box ID and I was redirected to another website: thoughtandmemory.org. Seriously? Why not 99designs.com which is the site where one is supposed to get the job ID? I continued in my search for truth and clicked on all the provided links and finally landed at the 99designs.com sign up page. I checked the site and discovered that they have an affiliate program. I also checked the referring URL and discovered that it had an affiliate ID. So I knew that they were making money from 99designs's affiliate program. Hmmm...such a brilliant idea.I did not sign up for I am not a designer.
I then clicked on the provided link in order to create a paltalk ID and found myself in a blogspot site: http://theresumes.blogspot.in. Seriously? Why not paltalk.com? Well, I clicked on the provided link and landed at Paltalk.com's sign up page. I did not sign up. Instead, I went straight to Paltalk.com's website and I realised that the company also has an affiliate program. This is their incentives to attract people into the affiliate program:
You can earn $.25 for every new registrant and an additional 30% of subscription revenue when that registrant becomes a paid member. Plus, Paltalk offers additional incentive tiers, coupons and much more!
That may not seem like much but 100 members means $25. And if you check carefully, you will realize that the referring URL has an affiliate ID. This means that every time someone signs up at Paltalk.com through their link, jobjungle.info earns a commission.
In conclusion, this is my take on jobjungle.info:
1. The owners make money by directing people to paltalk.com and 99designs.com.
2. They also make money from adsense-that is why they redirect you to irrelevant websites-weebly.com and blogspot.com sites, all in the hope that you will click on one of the ads that are plastered all over the websites.
3. The owners act by connecting you to employers (can't confirm that this actually happens as I never signed up with them).
I do not know for sure but I would not be surprised if the person who owns cjinc.info is the same person who owns jobjungle.info. The similarity between the two sites is conspicuous.Notice the Types of job opportunities available, the fact that one is redirected to different websites to create a job ID, a paltalk ID and to get samples. They may not be scammers in that they do not even give you the jobs, but they make money by forcing people to sign up at certain websites.
One interesting thing is: of what use would an ID at 99designs.com be to me-the website only offers designer jobs-logos, flyers, book covers, etc. Seriously?
Just trend carefully-I have been signing up with many websites hoping to get jobs or other offers but one thing I have noticed is that spammers have also proportionately increased. This means that some websites sell people's email addresses to marketers for a profit.
You might be interested in:
cjinc.info, legit or a scam?
Monday 3 December 2012
cjinc.info, Legit or a Scam?
Many people, job hunters in particular, wonder whether cjinc.info is legit or a scam. I found myself wondering the same thing recently as I was looking for a typing job and I decided to write a post on my take on the website. Here it is:
I have been seriously looking for other ways of earning online apart from academic writing. I figured that typing jobs wouldn't be a bad idea. A search on the internet returned cjinc.info as one of the search results, though a sponsored result. I immediately clicked on it and was excited to see their rates-US $ 2.5 to 5 per 1000 words for offline typing jobs and US $ 3.5 to 6 per 1000 words for online typing. That is an excellent rate by all means. I did quick calculations and figured that each day I would make a whooping $21 working for only 3 hours.
I am always wary of scams, there are so many of them online nowadays, and so I first checked for reviews on the site. There weren't many and so I went back to the site and analyzed it carefully using 'common sense'. First thing I noted was that the site had ads plastered all over. There was even a custom Google search feature. While I am not opposed to a site making money from adsense, this was the first warning sign for me. I have seen enough sites that will tempt you with job offers while their main aim is to drive traffic to their site so that they can earn from adsense, affiliate programs and other such gimmicks.
The second warning sign was unprofessional email addresses: cjinc.info@gmail.com and cjinc.client@gmail.com. I cannot believe that in this day and age a company that wants to be taken seriously can use a free Gmail account instead of a business email.
The third warning sign was appalling grammar. English is my second language and so I cannot brag about my fluency and accuracy in English but trust me, I can tell appaling grammar from good grammar. Take for instance this section in which cjinc.info explains about the nature of their typing jobs:
Before I could be allowed to access the sample work, I was required to register-basically I was required to create a Paltalk ID and a job junction ID. I clicked on the "complete registration" link and was redirected to a different site, AGAIN. The site was creativejobsinc.blogspot.com. Here I selected my country after which I was redirected to a different site, AGAIN. The new site was http://www.offerkart.org/ and I was required to download a smilebox, whatever that is. Now, I do not just install every software that is on offer on the internet and so I figured it was time to quit my goose chase.
But before that, I went back to the 'complete registration page' and clicked on the link for creating a Paltalk ID and I was redirected to a blogspot site-work-nature.blogspot.com. Seriously? Why not paltalk.com?
I gave up at this point. I mean, why should I be redirected to 4 different websites, all of which are plastered with ads, before I can be allowed to register? All the sites are owned by the same person and I guess the owner is hoping that somehow you will click on one of the ads as you hop from one site to the other and possibly earn him some money through adsense.
I have to admit that that is a brilliant idea, but quite annoying for someone who is seriously looking for a job.
Please note that all the sites that you are being redirected to are blogspot blogs, free blogs for your information.
Make the judgement yourself. Personally I would not touch the site with a one foot pole. It shouts scam! I read somewhere that they could be getting people to register with their emails after which they could be selling the emails to marketers and this could not be a farfetched idea considering what I have gathered about this site so far.
Oh, and by the way if you do not create a Paltalk ID and a Job Junction ID using the links that they have provided, the links with the referral IDs, you might as well forget about that job-if at all there is any.
I have been seriously looking for other ways of earning online apart from academic writing. I figured that typing jobs wouldn't be a bad idea. A search on the internet returned cjinc.info as one of the search results, though a sponsored result. I immediately clicked on it and was excited to see their rates-US $ 2.5 to 5 per 1000 words for offline typing jobs and US $ 3.5 to 6 per 1000 words for online typing. That is an excellent rate by all means. I did quick calculations and figured that each day I would make a whooping $21 working for only 3 hours.
I am always wary of scams, there are so many of them online nowadays, and so I first checked for reviews on the site. There weren't many and so I went back to the site and analyzed it carefully using 'common sense'. First thing I noted was that the site had ads plastered all over. There was even a custom Google search feature. While I am not opposed to a site making money from adsense, this was the first warning sign for me. I have seen enough sites that will tempt you with job offers while their main aim is to drive traffic to their site so that they can earn from adsense, affiliate programs and other such gimmicks.
The second warning sign was unprofessional email addresses: cjinc.info@gmail.com and cjinc.client@gmail.com. I cannot believe that in this day and age a company that wants to be taken seriously can use a free Gmail account instead of a business email.
The third warning sign was appalling grammar. English is my second language and so I cannot brag about my fluency and accuracy in English but trust me, I can tell appaling grammar from good grammar. Take for instance this section in which cjinc.info explains about the nature of their typing jobs:
"We don't ask about Investment to our freelancer's for getting the typing jobs to us, but we really expect in return to our freelancer's a good accuracy work.in borderline time period as per our terms . We are ready to pay best in the market for the same to you."One is required to complete a sample task before you can be considered for employment. First you have to select your country which I did after which I was redirected to a blogspot site-http://livedocuments.blogspot.com. Need I mention that the website was also plastered with ads?
Before I could be allowed to access the sample work, I was required to register-basically I was required to create a Paltalk ID and a job junction ID. I clicked on the "complete registration" link and was redirected to a different site, AGAIN. The site was creativejobsinc.blogspot.com. Here I selected my country after which I was redirected to a different site, AGAIN. The new site was http://www.offerkart.org/ and I was required to download a smilebox, whatever that is. Now, I do not just install every software that is on offer on the internet and so I figured it was time to quit my goose chase.
But before that, I went back to the 'complete registration page' and clicked on the link for creating a Paltalk ID and I was redirected to a blogspot site-work-nature.blogspot.com. Seriously? Why not paltalk.com?
I gave up at this point. I mean, why should I be redirected to 4 different websites, all of which are plastered with ads, before I can be allowed to register? All the sites are owned by the same person and I guess the owner is hoping that somehow you will click on one of the ads as you hop from one site to the other and possibly earn him some money through adsense.
I have to admit that that is a brilliant idea, but quite annoying for someone who is seriously looking for a job.
Please note that all the sites that you are being redirected to are blogspot blogs, free blogs for your information.
Make the judgement yourself. Personally I would not touch the site with a one foot pole. It shouts scam! I read somewhere that they could be getting people to register with their emails after which they could be selling the emails to marketers and this could not be a farfetched idea considering what I have gathered about this site so far.
Oh, and by the way if you do not create a Paltalk ID and a Job Junction ID using the links that they have provided, the links with the referral IDs, you might as well forget about that job-if at all there is any.
Saturday 1 December 2012
Kallery.net, is it spam?
Have you been getting a lot of page views from Kallery.net from South Korea? They appear to visit every blog and they really mess up with the stats. Here is my story:
After reading countless articles on how I can earn a six-figure salary through a blog, I have been blogging with a vengeance. Well, not really because I still have not signed up with Adsense and so I am earning nothing from blogging. However, occasionally (mostly when my employer irritates me) I do write several blog posts.
It was a relief to see that at least I had an audience-a whooping 3 views moments after publishing a blog post! I was ecstatic, but wait a minute, all the views are from one source: kallery.net. So South Koreans are finding my content interesting and worth attention?
The first thing I did was to click on the referring URL-can't remember where I ended up (Many bloggers say that they end up at porn galleries which is very weird). My instincts told me to be wary of spam, but I had already clicked on it out of excitement. I did a Google search on the site and found several complaints from bloggers like me who lamented about visits from the site which really messed up with the stats. Apparently, bloggers who use blogspot.com are the main culprits. Some bloggers in Google product forum said that Kallery.net was just interested in advertising products to bloggers.
I slumped into my seat. So I do not have a worthwhile audience after all? Maybe I should still continue writing academic articles and get them A+ grades.
After reading countless articles on how I can earn a six-figure salary through a blog, I have been blogging with a vengeance. Well, not really because I still have not signed up with Adsense and so I am earning nothing from blogging. However, occasionally (mostly when my employer irritates me) I do write several blog posts.
It was a relief to see that at least I had an audience-a whooping 3 views moments after publishing a blog post! I was ecstatic, but wait a minute, all the views are from one source: kallery.net. So South Koreans are finding my content interesting and worth attention?
The first thing I did was to click on the referring URL-can't remember where I ended up (Many bloggers say that they end up at porn galleries which is very weird). My instincts told me to be wary of spam, but I had already clicked on it out of excitement. I did a Google search on the site and found several complaints from bloggers like me who lamented about visits from the site which really messed up with the stats. Apparently, bloggers who use blogspot.com are the main culprits. Some bloggers in Google product forum said that Kallery.net was just interested in advertising products to bloggers.
I slumped into my seat. So I do not have a worthwhile audience after all? Maybe I should still continue writing academic articles and get them A+ grades.
Realwritingjobs.com Scam or Legit?
Of late academic writing has been unsatisfying for me. All of a sudden the company I have been working for for 3 years on a full time basis has discovered that my writing is not so good after all. The result? Fines on each and every paper that I write due to proofreading errors. Blogging has sounded like the break I have been looking for. But how do I write articles that will drive traffic to my site? A search through the internet gave me an idea to check Ezine for the "most viewed articles". Unfortunately for me, the section no longer existed. But as I perused through the categories, I saw an ad that attracted me. It was about earning "$317" daily from article writing. It was an ad by realwritingjobs.com. I clicked on it and this is the message I got:
"We are currently not accepting members from your country, we apologize."
A closer look at their 'FAQS' presents one with this information:"Citizens of ALL countries can join". Well, maybe it was a technical problem.
I am from Kenya. That was a major problem and I could not imagine myself missing the opportunity to make a whooping $317 each day (Ksh. 25,360). Luckily for me, I have subscribed to easy-hide-ip.com and so I turned it on. Immediately I was assigned an IP in Canada and so I was able to access the realwritingjobs.com site. The site is designed to tempt someone to sign up with them. These are some of the information that you will find on their home page "no experience required to join", "writers needed, more writing jobs than we can fill", and "earn an excellent income". I immediately signed up with them-the sign up form just requires you to provide your first name and an email address.
Next thing I found myself looking at a checkout form. What the heck? Couldn't remember being interested in purchasing anything. Apparently I was required to purchase membership access for $34. That is a lot of money for any writer regardless of their geographical location considering that one can get the same services for free.
I quickly searched the web for information on whether the company is a scam and I was glad that I opted out as soon as I saw the membership fees.
Well, I never got to access the members area but the information I have gathered from their FAQs is that the site contains a combination of writing jobs from different websites. Basically the site webmasters rummage through the web for writing jobs after which they create a job database.
After being online for 3 years now, I have learned a few survival tactics and one of them is to flee whenever I am prompted to pay before I can be given work. There are so many sites that allow one to access writing jobs for free such as freelancer.com, elance.com and odesk.com. (well, you can still pay membership to upgrade to better plans, read more bid opportunities at freelancer.com).
I checked their website for information on free trial which some people claim is available for 10 days at $2.95 but could not find it. But I came across this: "a 60-day unconditional money back guarantee".
Basically, the website offers a service that is similar to that offered by freelancer.com with the difference being that clicking on the jobs takes you to different sites unlike freelancer.com which advertises its own jobs. The site is okey if you do not mind paying a membership fee of $34.
Oh, and take their promise of a 5-figure pay with a pinch of salt. I found this statement at the site: "In the past I've made well over $10,000 in a month writing articles". Keep in mind that this is a site with no jobs of its own and so the exact amount that one is paid to write articles does not depend on them.
I leave you to make your own judgement. If you are a bit lazy (you do not want to check several websites for writing jobs-you want all jobs in one place), you can try them. The site does not give a lot of information (for non-members) but I have read somewhere that the fee is monthly so do a bit of research before signing up to avoid disappointments in future.
"We are currently not accepting members from your country, we apologize."
A closer look at their 'FAQS' presents one with this information:"Citizens of ALL countries can join". Well, maybe it was a technical problem.
I am from Kenya. That was a major problem and I could not imagine myself missing the opportunity to make a whooping $317 each day (Ksh. 25,360). Luckily for me, I have subscribed to easy-hide-ip.com and so I turned it on. Immediately I was assigned an IP in Canada and so I was able to access the realwritingjobs.com site. The site is designed to tempt someone to sign up with them. These are some of the information that you will find on their home page "no experience required to join", "writers needed, more writing jobs than we can fill", and "earn an excellent income". I immediately signed up with them-the sign up form just requires you to provide your first name and an email address.
Next thing I found myself looking at a checkout form. What the heck? Couldn't remember being interested in purchasing anything. Apparently I was required to purchase membership access for $34. That is a lot of money for any writer regardless of their geographical location considering that one can get the same services for free.
I quickly searched the web for information on whether the company is a scam and I was glad that I opted out as soon as I saw the membership fees.
Well, I never got to access the members area but the information I have gathered from their FAQs is that the site contains a combination of writing jobs from different websites. Basically the site webmasters rummage through the web for writing jobs after which they create a job database.
After being online for 3 years now, I have learned a few survival tactics and one of them is to flee whenever I am prompted to pay before I can be given work. There are so many sites that allow one to access writing jobs for free such as freelancer.com, elance.com and odesk.com. (well, you can still pay membership to upgrade to better plans, read more bid opportunities at freelancer.com).
I checked their website for information on free trial which some people claim is available for 10 days at $2.95 but could not find it. But I came across this: "a 60-day unconditional money back guarantee".
Basically, the website offers a service that is similar to that offered by freelancer.com with the difference being that clicking on the jobs takes you to different sites unlike freelancer.com which advertises its own jobs. The site is okey if you do not mind paying a membership fee of $34.
Oh, and take their promise of a 5-figure pay with a pinch of salt. I found this statement at the site: "In the past I've made well over $10,000 in a month writing articles". Keep in mind that this is a site with no jobs of its own and so the exact amount that one is paid to write articles does not depend on them.
I leave you to make your own judgement. If you are a bit lazy (you do not want to check several websites for writing jobs-you want all jobs in one place), you can try them. The site does not give a lot of information (for non-members) but I have read somewhere that the fee is monthly so do a bit of research before signing up to avoid disappointments in future.
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