How Long Does It Take To Start Making Money On Helium?

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I know this is just probably me being impatient since I've been known to actually say things out loud like "hurry up already" to the microwave:), but I keep reading about people making money from their writing on the web site Helium. It looks like a great site and I've been on there about a month or a little more, not long I know. I have 25 articles posted and have 2 writing stars and 4 rating stars now, plus my articles are ranked fairly high. A few are in the middle of rankings, but most are on up there with rankings. 5 of my articles are even ranked #1 in their categories today (1 out of 26 articles, 1 out of 94 articles, 1 out of 23 articles, 1 out of 19 articles, and #1 out of 32 articles). Yet, I don't seem to be getting more than like a penny per day for all these articles right now. A couple of writers suggested this site to me, so I'm guessing somehow it does start paying out eventually. Can someone give me some idea of when they first started getting paid regularly by this web site? Last month (I didn't have as many articles posted) when I started, I had $10 posted to my account, within 10 minutes that went down to $5. I think, though, they had some kind of mix-up with their pay then due to computer glitch. I'd like to know when to start looking for a payout here since I'm not really sure when that will start. Obviously, there will have to be a lot more articles posted, but I don't really understand how their pay scale works..other than the marketplace fees posted if your piece gets selected there. I'm wondering, though, how long it is before just the regular articles posted on the site start to pay. Thanks for any information.