What are your thoughts about the imminent shutdown of Persona Paper?
By Paul Kuehn
@pauliek (287)
Udon Thani, Thailand
January 30, 2016 9:20pm CST
After logging on to Persona Paper this morning, I learned from the owner of the site that Persona Paper will be closing due to lack of ad revenue to pay its writers. I have been blogging on Persona Paper for just over a year and fortunately received my first pay out of $20 about two weeks ago. The site is still not sure which members who have already just cashed out or are close to cashing out will receive their money. This will depend on the amount of ad revenue Persona Paper receives in February. What do you think about Persona Paper shutting down. It certainly isn't the first site to recently fold.
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12 responses
@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@Jackalyn It is nice that we could keep in contact here.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 16
I am sad, I was no more active there, I joined in 2014 and I appreciated the attitude of the owners. This is the 3rd site for which I wrote that is shutting down, the first has been Squidoo, followed by Bubblews and now Persona, I forgot CGP Gallery, but they were cheaters.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@LadyDuck About CGP Gallery,the less said the better,I think.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@LadyDuck I remember you writing at Persona Paper.But you stopped writing after some days.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 16
@silvermist Absolutely, it's better to forget about them.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
31 Jan 16
sad that they are going. It is a lovely site though always rather slow to earn and share traffic on - I'll miss it
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@pauliek Hello,Paulie,I knew this was going to happen.When the site owners are absent and never respond,we have to expect this.Not forgetting they did pay who reached pay out.You know what a strain it is to reach that pay out of $20 there.Hope you have a good time here.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
31 Jan 16
@pauliek I had the same username I use here
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@pauliek Yes,you were lucky.I had sent a message,it seems you had not received it.I am Calmgemini.
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@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 16
I was never really that active on Persona Paper and had never reached payout, in fact. But I'm still quite sad that it is planning to shut down. I think the flaw is in the payment rate. It's just far too high and wasn't in line with the revenue that the site is earning.
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@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 16
@pauliek I agree. The payment rate is already quite low compared to Bubblews. I think Bubblews spoil it for others. People are expecting to get paid a high rate. I've been writing online for quite a few years before joining Bubblews and I know how difficult it is to earn online writing for other websites. Even with your own website, it's difficult to earn.
@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
4 Feb 16
If the payment rate had been any lower, I don't think people would have joined PP.
@LeaPea2417 (37351)
• Toccoa, Georgia
31 Jan 16
I am sad and hope I get my payment as I had just hit the cash out button on January 18th.
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@vickyblogs (341)
• India
1 Feb 16
It's extremely bad. I just started and didn't write more posts.
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