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When Does Demand Studios Pay?

Hello All,

"When Does Demand Studios Pay?" is a very common question we regularly receive from new writers. We have been reading the forums and your individual blogs to find out what you like the most about working for Demand Studios. One of the factors that kept coming up was how much you enjoy the weekly payments. Many of us started off as freelancers and know how much of a hassle it can be to wait a long time to receive payments from publishers. This will never be something you have to worry about at Demand Studios, and to prove it we’re going to start paying you twice a week! Starting September 29, you will get paid on Tuesdays and Fridays. We’re hoping this will please our weekend warriors who might not have time to write much during the week.

The process of payment is straightforward and outlined below:

As stated in our FAQ, writers will be paid following acceptance by us of each assignment. However flat fee articles and revenue-share articles differ slightly where payment is concerned.

Flat Fee

All articles approved between Thursday and 11.59 p.m. PST Sundays will be paid out on Tuesdays.
All articles approved between Monday and 11.59 p.m. PST Wednesdays will be paid out on Fridays as usual.

Revenue-Share

Revenue-Share articles have a slightly different payment process. After a revenue share article is published your earnings are deposited into your PayPal account on the 10th of every month, but only after all of your rev-share articles have started earning a combined total of $10 or more. So if your article earned $1 in February and $11.50 in March, you will be paid $12.50 on April 10. Similarly, if you had 11 articles that earned $2 each in March, you'd get paid $22 on April 10. If you article has not yet earned $10, the payment will cycle to the following month.

If you feel there has been an error with your payment, please contact us When you write in with a specific payment issue, please include the titles in question.

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Wow! This is great. You guys are really on the ball... Thanks!

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I really like this!

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When I read this Friday I had to post it to my Facebook page and in the forum of another writing community I belong to. All of the DS writers I know were just as excited as I was! As my Uncle would say, "Good looking out!"

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This is great! Good job, DS!

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Just paid the bills -- this news could not have come at a better time!

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Truthfully...I love the idea!

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Thank you! It's awesome working for a company that listens to its workers!

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I just started writing for DS, and for the first week I was convinced it was just another scam. Then I actually tried writing my first article and was paid within three days! I am pleased to say that DS is real and looks out for its writers. I'd been used to jobs that pay only once every two weeks. What a wonderful change to bi-weekly payments. Absolutely unheard of!

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Wow, you all are terrific! I'm so glad I was able to join this community! So far, this has been the best opportunity for me as a writer. I'll be here a long time!

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What time do the payments disburse? Are the payments made Tuesday and Friday evening, or in the morning? Midnight? Thanks...

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