Textbroker - Writing for money (not vouchers)

FOXGLOVE_2

I submitted my sample text around a week ago and got an email reply today telling me:

"Due to the grammar and phrasing of this article, we are unable to accept it as a registration text.

Unfortunately, following the rejection of a registration article, we are currently not able to accept any further applications"

Now, I'm not saying I am a literary genius but I would say that my grammar, punctuation, spelling etc are above average so I literally have no clue why they've rejected it.

Is there any point in asking the support team to detail the reasons why it was rejected?

My article was a piece I wrote about sightseeing in my home city of Edinburgh, a suggested topic for the sample text.

CWSmith

Never heard of that happening before, Foxglove. I am sorry though. If your post above is anything to go by, your writing seems ok. (Though you have left off a full stop at the end of one sentence and after "etc"). Sorry for pointing them out - but that's not enough to get an article completely refused, far from it.

If TB are being deluged, I wonder if they are suddenly getting a lot pickier?

FOXGLOVE_2

I emailed the support team to ask for further information. I logged back into the Textbroker website and it no longer says that my sample is waiting to be reviewed, yet shows the instructions for me to submit a sample text.

This doesn't quite match what they said in the email. I assumed there was no option to try again.

FOXGLOVE_2

I received an email telling me that I can submit another sample text. I asked for some feedback but they said that rejected sample texts are not saved so there's no way to tell why it failed to get even two stars! I will try again, though.

CWSmith

Do try again. It is worth remembering that TB are very, very unforgiving with punctuation, especially commas.

KraftKakes

Does anyone have any advice on what to do if the client requests a complete rewrite of the article on the basis that their original instructions stated something substantially different from what they are now saying they want? It's not even just a case of misleading instructions, they are actually looking for something quite different. An analogy would be the King's Theatre requesting an article about a production of Midsummer Night's Dream and then coming back and saying they want an article written about the King's Theatre instead!

I think I'm going to have to cancel out of it because I am a slow writer and I don't have the time to write a completely new article within the deadline I've been given.

It feels very unfair that this can happen.

fifilabouche

Arrghh I have been rated down from a 4 star to a 3 star and I am not very happy!

I have written 52 articles since I started and 45 of those articles have been rated by textbroker as 4 star. I have a few 3 star articles where I have fallen foul to textbrokers obsession with commas which happen to have fallen in the last 5 articles which they base the ratings on.

I also have a 2 star article within the ratings as a client asked for keywords to be put into sentences which were all grammatically incorrect.

I have emailed textbroker about this but just wondered if anyone has had any luck in getting their ratings changed?

Sommer43

Textbroker base your star rating on your last five articles, so the only way to increase your rating back up to a four * is to ensure that it is four * level.

It is infuriating, I agree, but there is very little point in fighting it. They really do have the onus on writers.

Natu

KraftKakes wrote: »

Does anyone have any advice on what to do if the client requests a complete rewrite of the article on the basis that their original instructions stated something substantially different from what they are now saying they want? It's not even just a case of misleading instructions, they are actually looking for something quite different. An analogy would be the King's Theatre requesting an article about a production of Midsummer Night's Dream and then coming back and saying they want an article written about the King's Theatre instead!

I think I'm going to have to cancel out of it because I am a slow writer and I don't have the time to write a completely new article within the deadline I've been given.

It feels very unfair that this can happen.

If it is completely different from the original specification, I'd message TextBroker support and explain your predicament. The FAQ states:

"The author is only liable if he did not meet your order instructions as stated at all or in parts."

"Presently there is no limit to how often an article can be send back for revision as long as the reasoning can be based on the initial order instructions."

If you feel they are being unreasonable in their requests I would message TB.

KraftKakes

Thank you Natu. I have done this.