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Addressing Changes in Price for User-Suggested Titles

The email we sent out yesterday regarding the price reduction for user suggested titles has understandably caused a lot of questions. We have read your forum posts and comments to the blog on the same topic. We did want to remind everyone that we still have hundreds of titles available in the title pool that are worth $15 each. And, we have plans to continue feeding that tool with $15 titles.

To answer some of your questions:

Will we be offered a chance to accept or decline an offer?

Yes, you will always know the price we will pay for an article before you decide whether or not to write it.

Will we be updated with a breakdown of price ranges, topics that are more lucrative?

We won’t be posting a breakdown of price ranges. We estimate that the majority of suggested titles we’ve seen so far would be placed in the $5 range.

Again, there are many titles available for the $15 price point and we are feeding more in everyday. We know that many of you rely on Demand Studios as a main source of income. We hope this clarification sheds some light on the situation and the opportunities that are still available.

Are there any other major questions you saw that need clarification?

-Demand Studios Editorial Team

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This is a two part comment. The first part is that about the pay grade for the suggested assignments. I understand that as a company you have to make money, but it would seem to me that if a title isn't usable, or if you are worried that it won't generate any revenue, that the simplest solution would be to reject it, or better yet provide the author with a list of suggestions that would make it a fifteen dollar submission. Also, did I read the original email wrong, aren't the submissions going to be on a sliding scale, so some might only be five dollar articles while others would receive the full $15. As an author that usually gets most of her assignments off the company generated list, I would like to point out that new titles are not added with the frequency you imply. Most of the time when I do suggest a title its because I can't find anything new to claim. The second part of my comment has to do with when articles are accepted. It would be a lot easier to budget if the editors (and I understand that you are very busy) would be more consistent about the time frame it takes to review assignments. Sometimes articles I've written sit for six days while other ones are approved right away. The thing that irritates me the most about is when an editor gets one of my articles late on Weds. so I won't get paid until the following week. Again, I understand that you are doing the best you can, but all I'm asking for is some consistency.

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I won't lie, I'm a little discouraged. I just spent $13.00 on supplies for a craft article. I submitted the title, it was edited and the offer is $5.00 for the article. I love writing for DS but will have to make serious cuts in my crafting steps photos. I do thank you for the update that many titles will be $15.00. I haven't had many craft articles I could pick up from the offers since being upgraded to 20 articles a week.

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While I'm relatively new to Demand Studios. I've been writing since June, 2008 and have published over 160 articles. I to am saddened by the pay cut. It seems someone, without our knowing it, just voted out the union. Everyone speaks of the list of suggested topics provided by the editor that retains the price of $15.00. I searched the website and I can't find such list. Could someone direct me. Since my forte is travel and hiking, I am quite convinced that all the $15.00 subjects are taken

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Quite sad. I loved writing for DS but they just approved four titles I submitted and it was quite a shock to see them listed as $5. I have years of experience as a Writer and it was jarring to see $5 listed against the title. I will not be writing those articles because I believe that at a minimum DS should have paid above minimum wage. $5 ha! What a waste of my time. I would think DS would value the talents of their writers more highly. I am going to let these titles expire and may be someone else who thinks their talent is worth only $5 can write them. I believe my talent is worth more. I never thought I would say this but I have already started looking for other companies to write for. I dare say that the reason DS did this is the condition of the economy. If the economy were strong and companies hiring, DS would never dream of treating their writers this way. DS may regret this when they start losing their top talents. People don't come back to DS websites because they have millions of articles, they come back because they have quality articles. Somebody should perhaps tell DS that if they want quality, they have to be prepared to pay for it. Its a shame what DS is doing. $5 for suggested articles. What a bummer!!!!!!!

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I have to agree that $5 is not nearly what any respectable site that pays writers should be paying. This is a drastic 66% reduction in price from the original $15 per suggested title. I could see MAYBE a drop to $10, but nothing more. Above, John has pointed out some very observant issues that need immediate attention by Demand Studios. Has anyone suggested a title and gotten a quote of MORE than $5 since this new policy? Demand says that most suggested titles are going to "most likely fall into the $5 category." I wouldn't be surprised if their official statements don't line up with official, unspoken policy. In other words, I have a feeling that no matter what you suggest, you're looking at $5 per article. If anyone has received more or less than a $5 quote for a suggested article, please pst here for all to see!

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