I understand the concept of "the going rate," but when it comes to paying online writers, whoever the writers were that helped establish them should have stayed after in math class.
Today I came across a job ad that caught my eye because it said $250-$750 budget.
The details were worse than disappointing, though.
The advertiser wanted someone to turn every assignment around the day it was given -- and he needed 5 articles either written or re-written each day. Not bad; they were 500-word articles.
But the payment? $1 per article.
Why would anyone accept that kind of work?
Last April I found out that people apparently do. I responded to a Rochester guy's ad that didn't list a fee. He responded with the details, which included that each piece was to be 800 words long and he'd pay .01 cent a word.
This is why I mentioned math class: I quickly computed that to $80, which was reasonable per article, so I told him I'd give it a try. Before he'd responded, some latent decimal sense kicked in and I recomputed it to only $8. I quickly sent another note explaining where my skills do and, obviously, don't lie.
He understood, said it was, indeed, the going rate but that he figured I was tired of hearing I was over-qualified. Sending the info to me would mean I got to decide.
The reasoning he used was a point in his favor.
But, then he said: "Besides, over time you could work yourself up to .03 cent a word."
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