Textbroker - Writing for money (not vouchers)

boysontheradio · 25 March 2016 at 11:54AM

I just had my account activated by Textbroker (Around about a four week wait, and at level four) but when I log in and look for jobs I can see only three level four jobs - translations for Romanian and Bulgarian speakers.

Is this all that's available - or am I looking in the wrong place?!

I thought I would be writing for days, but it doesn't look as if there's anything much available here.

seaglimpses · 31 March 2016 at 10:53PM

I find the same. I also waited several weeks to be accepted, also at level 4 but there haven't been many opportunities available yet, like you say often translation. I read the instructions on one and they did seem very vague and the way they were written didn't give me much confidence in the person requesting the article. I will keep an eye on it for a little longer but initially I am disappointed.

boysontheradio · 2 April 2016 at 8:48PM

I've checked every day this week and still haven't picked up an article. I have seen a few but as you say the instructions are very vague/or else want the same keywords multiple times in an article. I was hoping for some interesting writing opportunities but I'm starting to think that maybe Textbroker isn't the right place for this!

cte1111 · 2 April 2016 at 9:21PM

Don't give up hope. You do get interesting articles on Textbroker, although many are search engine optimisation articles, so require use of key phrases. If you keep checking then you will pick up some articles. The more you do, the more clients you will have effectively auditioned for. You then get invited to Team Orders and Direct Orders.

There hasn't been much on Textbroker in the last 2 weeks, but the 2 weeks before that there was quite a bit. It comes and goes.

boysontheradio · 22 April 2016 at 8:43PM

I have picked up a couple of articles from Textbroker over the last few weeks, but I have a question: Can I only accept one article at a time? When I accept an article all the other available jobs no longer appear for me. I thought I would be able to take on multiple jobs at once and then go work on them. Is this not how it works? It's just one article at a time and you have to submit it before you can look at the available jobs again?

cte1111 · 22 April 2016 at 8:45PM

Apart from Direct Orders, it's one article at a time. You need to finish one before you can pick up another.

boysontheradio · 22 April 2016 at 9:01PM

Thanks for the quick reply cte1111. I have to say, if the payment was a bit higher on Textbroker, it would suit me down to the ground. It is what it is, I suppose!

fewgroats · 20 May 2016 at 3:50PM

I've been locked out of my €40 article because my writing score went down. I understand they don't want stupid content from incompetent writers, but what happened to the work I already did? Not happy.