Why Would a Non-US Citizen Write for Associated Content?
I continue to write for Associated Content because the performance payments from my page views continue to trickle in every month, straight into my PayPal account, with minimum effort after publishing each of those articles. All I have to do now is make sure I log in each month, and that's no challenge.
The recent news that Associated Content would increase their performance payout for high achievers has made this income stream better. Previously 35 articles of mine would earn me approximately $3.5 per month without any promotion or new articles. To be fair, many of these articles are duds that nobody reads or are interested in; most of the income is generated by just a handful of popular articles. With just a few more page views and another clout level, my performance payments will increase.
There is no way I could ever make a living from writing on Associated Content. After all, I'm missing out on half of the income stream, but I am glad that I put in the initial effort and wrote those early articles. Now, they will continue to earn me a few dollars every month. That builds up over time, and with more articles that theoretically will increase.
In the long run, if you have a good article generating many page views per month then your performance bonus will be greater than the original upfront payment anyway, so from my point of view it isn't worth worrying so much about that $3 I might have missed out on.
I can also keep my rights to re-publish the article elsewhere if I choose to, because submitting it as exclusive or non-exclusive doesn't affect my performance bonus at all. Not one cent.
The trick to making more money out of Associated Content for a non-US citizen is to be prolific and find topics that are searched for. I'd tell you which topics I've had success with, but that would be taking my page views away from me!
So there you go. I get to keep my rights to my own work, I get a few dollars each month (which increases over time) and I get some reward for my writing, which I enjoy doing anyway.
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Post a CommentWith the new rules, my best suggestion would be do as I do, move to other sites. http://www.bukisa.com/join/54423
Keep on trucking. Everybody has duds. Just keep writing and the audience will find you.
I'm a British citizen living in America, but as a Permanent Resident of this country, I do get paid upfront for my work, just the same as native born and naturalised citizens. I agree that if you are not paid upfront that it is virtually impossible to make a living on AC. Even when you are paid upfront, you must work hard to move up in clout before you see triple digits in additional performance bonus payments.
Sophie
doesn't differentiate between race or nations.
I think AC at this stage cannot afford the transaction costs and tax documentations necessary for paying contributors from abroad. As for making a living, unless we are in the top three rungs of the ratings ladder, it is not possible even think about it even as a secondary source of income. And most writing website make money only if readers click-through the ads - agreed some writing contracts come throgh the requested contents categories.