Helium Writers: How do you know if your Marketplace article is selected?

Can somebody explain me what this helium exactly is?? firstly i considered it as a chemical name lol

Yes you do get an email saying Congratulations, and the payment appears in your Helium account under adjustments. Looks like you are waiting for a marketplace publisher to make their selection. Some do it quickly, others take much longer to decide. I have one marketplace article still in process. Last year I sold 12 articles, this year so far = 0, but there have been more specialist writing assignments and fewer topics for me to write on. I hope you will do well in the Marketplace, it can make a big difference to earnings at Helium.

They will send you an email. I recently sold an article on Helium, and I got an email informing me about it. It was quite a nice little surprise. Cheers and happy Mylotting

You will get an email from the Marketplace Team that informs you of your article being purchased, by whom, and how much you will be paid for it. The letter will also outline any rules, such as not being able to "broadcast or share the publisher's name" because you are doing the work anonymously -- like a ghost writer. You can also find in your profile that they will list the number of Marketplace articles you have sold. Your Marketplace article will be shown along with your regular articles, but other people will not be able to see it. The guidelines for writing the article also lists the date that the decision will be made. If you are selected, you receive your notification very soon after that date. Credit is also put into your account right away. Good luck.

Just in case there's any problem with getting their emails, keep a check on your articles by going to them from the let side bar on your My Helium page. You can see the difference between Marketplace and general site articles. If no decision has yet been made by the publisher, you'll find the words In Process. If yours is not chosen, it will revert to the site (unless that was specified as not available by the publisher) and you may be paid an upfront fee. I think you might already have to have one or more writing stars to get this up front fee, though, as you do for other submissions.

I am not sure on this subject. Since I am fairly new to writing for profit. I will however be watching this discussion since I am sincerely interested in the subject. Thank you for starting it.