Getting Paid to Write

I have been writing web-content since 1999. Over the years I have expected my pay for webcontent to increase, however, the price of offers has failed to rise.

• It started with a website called Ask.com where I answered Interior Design Questions. I gladly did it free for six months. My only consolation was traffic to my website. My main business was and is Interior Design, mainly for children’s rooms.

• After that, I wrote for a site called Themestream.com where I also wrote a decorating column. I answered a few questions each week, and was paid about $12.00 for each 300-word article. Unfortunately, Themestream went belly up.

• Next, I wrote for WriteforCash.com and was paid approximately $20.00 for a 600-word article. Being relatively new to writing, I was very happy with this pay rate. I felt like I was paying my dues. $20.00 was a fair rate for a new writer, my pay rate will increase, I thought.

• After Writeforcash.com went belly up, I got a few writing jobs here and there online. I was paid an average of $25.00 for each article. I was still supplementing my part time decorating business.

About a year ago, I decided to make writing my full time business (allowing me more time to homeschool my kids) and decorating my secondary business. However, as I search the internet for well paying writing jobs for someone with six years experience, I am finding that fruitful opportunities are few and far apart.


• This past year I wrote for a new and temporary incarnation of writeforcash.com and was paid $20.00 for a 500-word article.

• I also wrote for writeforus.com for $16.00 per 300-word article. They are currently on hiatus.

• Howtodothings.com paid $25.00 per article (in gift certificates) which I did for a while, but they have lowered their payments considerably. For a non-cash payment, $10.00 to $15.00 is not attractive.