I am Sick of Helium

Under Helium's payment structure I normally get paid for page views. Each of my articles makes a few pennies a month (some more then that). Over time it builds up a great passive income that keeps coming in even when I am not working on it. Right now if you write a lot and rate a lot you can get 1-3 dollars an article that you wrote between Jan 7 and April 14. Payment will be made on April 15. However, you have to have one or more writing stars and three or more rating stars, so it does take a little work.

LOL...Helium does referrals through e-mail, they don't have a link. Helium makes it easy to write, however your articles make money according to page views which means that it takes awhile to make money. You can message me with your e-mail address if you want to go under me, or feel free to check it out on your own at www.helium.com

Well, I search things I know about. I think of, hmmm, I think I will write about...myLot and I do a search. Then I open all titles that are about the topic I searched and write what I know. Some topics have a ton of titles in them, for example I am writing on coffee right now and have lots of articles open and waiting. I worked as a barista for a year, so, coffee is something I know something about.

I wrote an article requested by publishers in the marketplace of Helium, and it was top-ranked through ratings done by members. I was thinking I might be rewarded with the $20+ the publishers would be paying me if they used the article. But all I got from Helium was a few cents. I am rather disappointed, and I hardly write now in Helium.

According to the Reward-athon fine print, if you have three rating stars and at least one writing star, you will get money for each one (according to how many writing stars you have at the end of the reward-athon). I have three writing stars (which I had at the start, meaning at least two dollars an article) and I now have two rating stars, though they are fairly easy to get if you rate after you write each time. So, if you have three rating stars, and one or more writing stars (at the end) then you will get paid for each article you wrote during the reward-athon. I am looking at getting paid at least $2 an article and hopefully three.

I've only posted one article at Helium just to test out the waters. I wasn't too impressed with the pay but I sold the article to a magazine a couple of months before that so no big loss. http://homerenorepair.suite101.com/

They are paying 1-3 upfront if you get three rating stars and one or more writing star between now and April 14th. As for the not mentioning your name that isn't quite right. They aren't asking you not to mention your name, but not to include a by line. That is the by so and so line. This isn't because they are against people knowing who wrote the article, but because they include the line for you and a link to your profile page. I don't think you would have a problem with your stuff.