Writing sites that are still doing well / myLot

Singapore

February 5, 2016 8:42am CST

While many writing sites have closed down through the years, there are many writing sites that are still doing well. Over the years, I have seen Today, Associated Content, Helium, Suite101, Bubblews, and other sites closed down. However, some sites are still doing well. Hubpages is one of the oldest and still very profitable. Infobarrel, and Expertscolumn are still paying. The minimum cashout from Infobarrel is $50. I think the minimum for Expertscolumn is still $5.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (28389)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

It is good for members when they write for sites that are active for a long time. I have lost in many ways when the sites close down even without proper warning - siva

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

I always keep a copy of the content in Word document. I have too many experiences with writing sites closing down. it has become a habit to write in Word document, and I can do a spell check before I copy and paste the content online.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (28389)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

@scheng1 I have been doing this for some time. But I feel sad to lose contact with friends when sites close down. And the many interactions too - siva

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

6 Feb 16

Interesting to read that Expertscolumn is still doing well. I think I had one pay out of $5 from them when I belonged there, but then they seemed to deteriorate.

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

6 Feb 16

@scheng1 I no longer worry about how much I'm earning. I'm here because I like the people.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

5 Feb 16

Many make a decent amount still to this day on Hubpages. I am most familiar with that one friend, but do not write on there at all and never have.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

6 Feb 16

@scheng1 Yes I believe that would be true Scheng..Amazon is very profitable for some. I can write reviews.

jaishankar

@else34 (13515)

• New Delhi, India

6 Feb 16

@scheng1,I had joined Expertscoloumn a couple of years back and wrote about 30 articles for them.Didn't earn a single cent.Now that you are saying that the site is doing well,I will try to join it again.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

7 Feb 16

Your account is still around. You may have to request for new password to access the account. I am sure you have earned something.

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jaishankar

@else34 (13515)

• New Delhi, India

7 Feb 16

@scheng1 No,as long as I was active there,I didn't earn a single cent.But thanks a lot for the valuable info.I will try to revive my account in the site.Thanks again.

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91129)

• United States

5 Feb 16

This is the only writing site that I'm on and most of the ones you mentioned I haven't even heard of

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

I think you are not into writing for income. Some writers in Hubpages make full time income in the range from 3000 per month. Some are good at using Amazon links to sell products related to their articles.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (28389)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

@scheng1 This is interesting - to make $3,000 a month is no joke from a writing site! siva

brendamarie

@whiteream (8567)

• United States

6 Feb 16

I have heard of both of them but do not write for either of them.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

It is good to focus, so that you can build up a portfolio of profitable content, and make many friends who can help you. I do not think those who jump from one site to another are making much.

Jotomy

@Jotomy (6322)

• India

2 Mar 16

It is sad that many good writing sites are closed down and very few are running still. But now a days I am not writing anywhere since all the sites are paying very less. Since I am very old member of our mylot site I am still here

@Teep11 (7673)

• United States

6 Feb 16

I haven't wrote on hubpages in quite some time now. There's writing sites popping up and perhaps some are worth checking out. I remember Associated Content. I wrote over there as well. I must admit that I miss Bubblews though.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

I miss Bubblews more than Associated Content. I earned a bit from Associated Content before they stopped paying international writers. Right after that, it was sold to Yahoo.

Ronald Franklin

@RonElFran (1214)

• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

5 Feb 16

I hadn't heard of Expertscolumn, so I took a look. By their short list of authors, seems like they are a new site. In my brief look I didn't see anything that distinguishes them from the sites that have been failing right and left, but I'll check back maybe in a few months to see how they're doing.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Feb 16

It is not a new site. It is similar to Mylot in the sense that they had stopped paying for a period, and many writers left during that time.

Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

6 Feb 16

i had signed up with hub, but haven't written anything, maybe too lazy :(

@nottoooldtowrite (2715)

• Philippines

6 Feb 16

This is the second writing site I joined. First was Bubblews.