Is associated content your favorite paysite?

I write for AC and I've written for Helium. So far, I haven't reached payout on Helium. What I like about AC is there's no minimum payout you have to reach before getting paid. My first article made $3.00 (I think that's the lowest they pay) and I got it in paypal right away. Even if it's only a little at a time, I like knowing that when they've accepted something, I'm guaranteed to get paid, and I don't have to worry about whether I'll actually reach the minimum payout.

I haven't tried out Constant Content or Helium yet, I feel like I'm a member of too many websites to join any more. But I do love Associated Content!

I've written some for Associated Content, but just joined Helium and Constant Content (and haven't even written anything yet for Constant Content), so I can't really make a judgment. I guess it's like the stock market...are you in it for the long haul or short cash turnaround. Constant Content pays better, but someone has to want your material. They also send a lot of email requests, so they do have paying customers. I'd like to hear from someone who has answered those requests to see if this helped them any. Anyone?

In my mind, Associated Content is the best of the three you mention here. Constant Content has the potential to pay better because you can set your own rates but their standards are pretty tough and you might wait quite a while before someone pays for your article. I have had articles approved on CC and then I yanked them and submitted them to AC because I would be paid sooner. Of the three, Helium is the worst for pay. The standards are the loosest but you have to wait for those fractions of pennies earned, based on the number of folks who read your articles, to amount to $50.00 before you see a pay out. At least AC pays you up front! You have to have alot of articles on Helium to speed the accumulation of money but once you have the article there it will keep earning even though it is at a pitifully slow rate.

I've written 4 articles for AC and they've published 3. It's only been a few days since I wrote the other. They haven't paid much, but they are prompt with payment. I submitted an article several weeks ago to CC and they accepted it, but apparently no one has wanted to read it yet, so no money there. I had 2 articles published yesterday by Helium, and they show the rankings of them with other articles on the same subject. One of mine is 7th out of 14 and the other is 12th out of 29. I haven't a clue whether I'll make any money there, but it's interesting to see how they rank.

I'm happy with AC because other websites require you to earn a minimum payout and sometimes you just give up before you reach it. And with AC, you know the money is going to arrive within a week after your work has been accepted. It may not make you rich, but it's a cool way to earn some extra cash.

I've never tried AC or helium. I have sold quite a few articles on Constant Content, but as mentioned by a few people, their standards are pretty high, and after spending oodles of hours completing a piece of work, you're not even guaranteed to get it sold. Although from the articles I've sold there, I've never sold anything for less than $30, and I've received over $100 for one article on a couple different occassions.

I have been writing for AC and CC for about a 5 weeks now. I think the potential earnings with CC is better in the long run but AC is nice to make a few quick bucks. I have made $472 with CC so far, and about $100 with AC. I have not checked out Helium yet. Almost all of my CC articles sell a day or two after being accepted, but I think I hit upon a popular subject. My strategy is to submit my articles to both sites at the same time, because AC takes a while to make an offer, and once they do, you can accept it or refuse it. CC accepts submissions within a day or two. So if an articles sells on CC, I delete it from the AC lineup. It seems to be working pretty good so far!

I haven't tried those others, but out of all the things I do online for money, AC is definitely my favorite. I've made over $600 on there over the last 2 years.

I definitely prefer writing for AC. I contemplated writing for Helium but I realize it would just be way too difficult to try and sustain enough pageviews to hit the payment amount that I'd like to get for an article. Constant Content is nice if you feel you can wait awhile for pay. You have to hit a certain amount before you'll even see your money, and you have to wait until someone buys your content. For me, I'd rather write for AC and know that 99% of my content will be purchased and I will be paid within a few days.

An update for me, if anyone is interested. Ok, I've been on Helium the longest, for about 8 weeks. So far: $56 dollars made. I've been with AC for about 2 and a half weeks: $73 thus far. CC, also 2 weeks: $49. I have over 100 articles up on Helium, but many are fairly short - 200 words or less. So I probably spend an average of 30 minutes on every article I write for Helium. Over at AC, I have 14 articles published - 2 rejected because they were "opinion/editorial" - and each one there has to be at least 400 words long. So, I probably spend about 1 hour on every article I submit there. CC is the one I'm the most excited about. Even though I've made the least amount of money, I've only sold 4 articles so far. However, I'm learning what buyers are looking for, and I think the good thing about CC is the potential to find regular clients on there who will readily pay decent money for your work. It's all a matter of finding the right matches, and I'm still working on that. So, overall I see Helium as the best way for a beginner to start, because they publish basically everything; AC as the best way to make quick and steady money; and CC as the toughest to get started with, but the one with the best longterm potential, if you are a good writer.