This isn’t a problem and just stems from an ignorance about how the content economy works. This is why writers can’t go and post the content they just sold elsewhere they sold exclusive rights. Likewise, they are not selling it to Textbroker themselves, they are selling it to the clients. They aren’t licensing it, they are selling ownership of it. Writers ghostwriting through a site like Textbroker are producing content and selling the rights to that content. This isn’t technically true, but even if it is, it’s the nature of freelance work. Another guy misinterpreted the terms of service and says that Textbroker owns the copyright on the work produced through the platform.This isn’t true assignments go into a public pool – or a team pool, or a direct order to a specific writer if you pick that writer to send it to – and any writer can pick it up so long as they have the right star level rating. One guy as a client says that the company assigns a writer to you.If you’re getting paid and not submitting your tax information you are literally committing a felony. They need your tax information to give it to the IRS, so they aren’t audited and fined. News flash, lady: they’re a business paying you money. She worries about sharing such personal information. One gal complains about having to submit a photo ID and a W9 to write for the site.Anyone who didn’t read this is just an idiot and was going to be victimized by some scam or another sooner or later. Textbroker very clearly states for new writers that they write 5 articles, at which point they are locked until editors review those articles to give the writer an initial star rating. They claim there’s no warning about this, but that’s just a lie to make them seem the victim. People complain that they pick up some articles, write them, and then are locked out for weeks while the site reviews them. Several of the complaints on this page relate to the initial review period.Textbroker’s pay rates are terrible, but that’s not a scam, it’s just a business catering to the lowest of the low. They take a cut, yes, but every middleman site everywhere in every industry will do that. Let me ask you if a client posts an assignment opportunity and a writer can pick it up, write it, submit it, and get paid, how is it a scam? These sites aren’t stealing money, and they aren’t charging writers for access. Thousands of writers are making a living, albeit a minimal one, from sites like Textbroker, Writer Access, Freelancer, or oDesk. First of all, the online freelance writing “scam” is not a scam.There are some legitimate complaints in these reviews, which I’ll get to in a moment, but I’d like to correct some of the inaccuracies. The misinformation comes from people who don’t read contracts and don’t know what they’re getting into. Well, there’s a lot of misinformation on this page and others like it. From looking at it, you would think Textbroker is a scam. Just take a look at this page, for example. First of all, there are a ton of reviews out there for.
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