your experiences with eHow
By Sonadora
@Sonadora (356)
United States
September 29, 2009 5:44pm CST
I just signed up with eHow and wondered how everyone felt about them. Do they pay well? What's the average per article? And what are the article guidelines as far as word count, etc.? I love writing and am currently unemployed so I'm hoping I can do well at this. Please share your experiences good and bad so that I can get a better feel to how to make it worthwhile.
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@fitforlife (100)
• United States
30 Sep 09
I have enjoyed writing step by step instructions articles on ehow. I have been there over a year. I started out when I was unemployed as well. I got 114 articles as of today. The first month I started I made $3.65, but over time it got into the hundreds. I stick it out and determined and the forums gave me lot of encouragement by hearing about ehow members who have been there for a very long time. I stick with it, because better business bureau gave them an excellent rating and report. I believe the minimum word count is 150 words, but it was less before. They pay great on some articles. I was stunned and amazed when I wrote a simple coupon article, and received $47.00 for it. I wrote article on losing weight, started off $1.07 and went up a $1 each day for 14 weeks. Some I received 62 cents and 12 cents, .83 cents and it just stays there. You write articles that are in demand and popular. As the economy is not so good, some articles that would be good to write would be about 'how to make money, saving money, coupons, groceries, supermarket. Write articles relevant to the season, autumn, Christmas, christmas dinner, gifts. Recipes have not given me much money. Read other people's articles. Some of the mature ehow members says, when you write 100 articles or more, you start earning big money. It has been true for me. People have written articles to help you as newbie ehow. Just put newbie on the search box on the homepage of ehow and get some helpful advice. Read, rate and comment on other people's articles and then add as a friend. The best thing about ehow, you can write as much as articles as you want. Some have written 500, 1000 articles. Write articles on a variety of topics, about the home, relationships, money. This is my coupon article- www.ehow.com/how_4776853_grocery-coupons-save-big.html
Some of the ehow members who have been there a long time and earning more than $500 a month are WriterGig, Janet Ford, David sarokin, Limowreck. Check out some of their articles. Put their names in the search box. If you have any other questions, add me as friend and I will send you a message. Hope this helps.
@abhi_bangal (5518)
• Ahmednagar, India
30 Sep 09
I was very impressed to read what you have said. This has motivated me to start writing for ehow. By the way, what's it minimum payout? And does it pay by Paypal? Thanx.
@fitforlife (100)
• United States
30 Sep 09
The minimum payout is $10 and they pay through paypal, but I believe it is for US residents only. You can look into it, if you want. I write for another site Bukisa located in Israel and it is welcomes people from different countries to write. They pay through paypal and the minimum payout is $10. Word count is 250 words, but you have to write a lot of articles and of quality content. You can write about anything. Check out other members articles at bukisa.com. Hope that helps.
@monkeysue (74)
• United States
1 Mar 10
I am new to ehow but love it so far! I have made 0.37 in less than a week so hopefully it keeps going up :-)
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
30 Sep 09
Hi Sonadora, why dont you sign up with Demand Studios instead?
Demand Studios is the owner of ehow, and those writers who sign up for Demand Studios will be assigned to write for ehow.
It's much better to work through Demand Studios, because you get upfront payment as well as long term passive income. If you sign up directly for ehow, you do not get upfront payment.
However, Demand Studios do not hire newbie. You have to build up a sizeable portfolio before you can apply as a writer with Demand Studios. The top writers in Demand Studios make more than 30k per year.