Suite101.com : Making Money as an Online Freelance Writer

Jan

Posted on 09-01-2009

Filed Under (Earn Money Online, Instantly Way, Product Creation, SEO service, Starting a Business, credit card) by YANNIS on 09-01-2009

Let me tell you something that I don’t get to talk about often. When I first started trying to make money online over 10 years ago, the very first place I found a gig in was at Suite101.com. Back then, I was happy to make something like $15 a month for writing 4 articles or something similar. And, as a managing editor of a channel, I was paid an extra $15 or so a month. I can’t remember the exact details anymore.

But yes, I was happy to find a writing job online that enabled me to do something I love – and get some extra cash at the same time. There were not a lot of those types of places back then. Especially because at that time, the web was primarily a “free” place. So, a lot of online magazines and e-newsletters offered just “free promotion” if you wrote for them.

About a year or so later, Suite101 ceased paying their writers for a certain period of time. I guess, they must have been re-assessing their business model at the time. During that period, I left Suite101.

A couple of years later, I believe they re-introduced a new payment scheme for their writers. And, that’s where they are at the moment.

Basically, as a Suite101 freelance writer:

You get to choose a specified area of expertise/interest.
You are expected to write approximately 10 articles every 3 months.
You receive some “free writing training”.
You get paid a revenue share, based on the advertising that are running on your topic.

Since I’m no longer affiliated with Suite101, I’m not quite sure what the “revenue share” really entail. And, how much money a typical Suite101 freelance writer gets in a month. However, I do know that some of my online writer contacts who are still writing for them and seem quite satisfied with their working and payment arrangements.

If you’re a Suite101 writer and/or someone who has written for them in the past, I’d love to get your feedback. Let us know what you think about what it’s like to be a Suite101 freelance writer.

If you’re interested, check out the Suite101 Freelance Writer’s Guidelines.