I sold my first article to Associated Content!
By philjas
@philjas (1134)
United States
August 14, 2008 2:06pm CST
I've written some articles and been published at Triond, but the latest one I submitted for upfront payment at AC and they bought it! They offered $3.11 and I took it, I figure that's pretty good since I'm not very experienced at all and this is the first article I ever submitted to them.
But now I have a question for people who've been published at AC. When exactly will the article be up on their site? I can't quite figure that out. Will they send me an email to let me know? I already did the Paypal confirmation and they sent me the email that says I'll be paid in 3 to 5 business days, but when I go to "my content" on the site it still says "processing" and I can't actually find a link to the article. So does "processing" mean the payment or the actual publication of the article on the site, or both?
4 responses
@dani27 (544)
• United States
15 Aug 08
Congrats, I have thought about trying to write for Associated Content but haven't tried yet. Are they really picky, have you submitted other articles before? About 8 years ago I wrote for our school newspaper and loved it. Hmmm maybe I will give it another try. Congrats on the article. Let us all know when it is posted so we can read it too. Good luck.
@philjas (1134)
• United States
16 Aug 08
This is the very first article I submitted to them and frankly I was shocked they offer me a payment for it. Maybe they're not picky, or maybe it was just good. LOL It was on a subject I know a lot about, but it wasn't really all that long, less than 800 words I think.
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
16 Aug 08
Associated Content is a bit picky about what they'll pay upfront for, but they will publish almost anything for performance payments. It's a good site and has paid me reliably for over a year now. It can be frustrating to not be offered upfront payment, but I just resubmit it for performance payments - one article that I did this with was actually put on their front page for a day! The best part is I get to write about WHAT I want to write about WHEN I want to - no deadlines. Give it a shot!
@3cardmonte (5098)
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15 Aug 08
how do you submit it for upfront payment thiugh,i like the site but i find it a little confusing,
@MatejScorp13 (926)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
15 Aug 08
im glad for you, very decent money $3 and a little change ;)
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
14 Aug 08
First, congrats on your very first upfront payment! I was excited about mine too. 3.11's not bad at all, fairly average.
As far as the publication, it can take anywhere from one day after accepting the offer to nearly a week - my last one took a week. You'll usually receive your payment first. AC will send you and email when it is published, and it will included tools you can use to promote your content.
I hope that answers your question! Congrats again.
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
15 Aug 08
Yes, absolutely you get performance payments on upfronts too. I'll have to look for your article when it's up!
