Sites that test you before joining up

the only one i can think of is postloop. they say you need to submit 10 trial posts first and that you get rated but that you could also dispute them. not my kind of environment. i also avoid sites where there are 'levels' to be achieved.

I don't think I would want to be apart of a forum that has to "test" you to be part of it.

We were encouraged to join postloop here a few years ago, I had a look at the site and never joined/tried the 10 posts test. If a writer is good enough he/she will look more towards newspapers/magazines/books publishers than towards online sites to earn. The common price paid for a page in a magazine in my country is about $100... Some authors might have found a niche by auto-publishing e-books and earn as much as they would get with author's rights from a regular paper publisher, or earn well with online magazines, but certainly not with writing sites. I like myLot because it is not at all an elitist site, and it accepts people from all over the world without any consideration about their ability to write in English. This site is about discussing and sharing opinions, and it is what makes its interest.

Correct ! I too don't want complicated writing sites . I am not a professional writer , so why should i stress myself in becoming one and joining such sites . I just want to enjoy the interaction that my writing gets and earn some .

If it took some of my time to apply I would want a little assurance that there would be a return for my effort. I remember once when I joined this forum only after reading many of the posts and getting a feel for the site. It was easy to join up but I had not noticed the dates on the posts. No one had posted there since the wheel was invented.

I do see where you are coming from, though I also see why there are those out there. Most of the ones that have the tests are actual clients paying for the work that you do for their job or whatever it may be so the writing standard has to be a little higher than it would be here. I like the freedom here but i do understand why they have to have th others lke that.

I think they do that to prevent plagiarists joining up en masse.

I think I know the sites you mean. One turned me down, another wasn't worth the effort once they accepted me and the other one never got back to me suggesting a similar eternal delay getting paid. If they set standards they should live up to them too.

Yes, I agree. The more complicated, the less I get interested. I joined different sites that have that testing, one site though, isn't for writing - there is an application before I got hired.

Never heard of sites that give grammar tests. I have been in sites where you have to submit 5 articles before you can self publish and the kind.. Yes you can name the sites but don't leave any referral links.

Ive been earning online for 10 yeatrs never had this at any site. Im not sure if its a good idea or not. As some of these site owner dont even know english very well themselfs.