No different from when someone gets a credit card with a high interest rate and anal fee, then call it scam when they get charged as if the terms didn’t clearly tell them what would happen.ĭon’t get me wrong, I’m not some iWriter defender, I use other services that are better. What your talking about is more along the lines of a crappy, horrible or sh*tty experience. Your clearly unhappy with the service but calling it a scam ins’t accurate, did they not pay you when you wrote something? Did they make you a promise and then did not deliver? Are they lying about the rates? Those would be considered scams. I have however had over 200 articles written on iWriter and my experience has been mostly positive, I get crap articles from time to time but I also get some gems as well. That being said, I’m not a writer for iWriter, I’m a buyer so I don’t know what the experience is from your perspective. 80% of businesses have affiliate programs and some of their affiliates do bad things to earn a few extra bucks doesn’t make the company they’re promoting bad. Scam is the wrong word to use, iWriter simply launched an affiliate program and then they told their users to promote the site, the unethical part of which you speak about isn’t iWriter but the users and how they choose to promote the service. I’ve been using the site since Brad first launch it, Brad Callen has long history of making quality products in the internet marketing space, you don’t usually hear scam affiliated with his name. You’ll find no “safe harbor” on this blog when it’s so abundantly clear what’s motivating your posting tone. IWriter and everyone spam-posting for the site – you’re embarrassing yourselves and muddying the waters of those looking for legitimate freelance writing sites. ….and if you think that’s a coincidence, I’ve got a bridge to sell ya. ![]() All of these comments popped up mere hours after the email was sent… ![]() This morning, my queue on WordPress for my iWriter review piece – the one with over 20 negative comments about how much of a scam iWriter is behind the scenes – is suddenly filled with post after post about how wonderful and amazing and profitable the site is. 2159 Glebe Street, Suite 270 Carmel, IN 46032Įssentially, the link leads the reader to a page that’s offering a buck or two for every post they get out on the net that promotes iWriter. Have a look at the page below to see how you can earn free moneyĭeposited by us, straight to your iWriter account balance:īryxen Software, Inc. Press Releases for clients, which has been a highly requested Which you’ll see when you visit the link above.Īnd we’re in the process of adding a feature to allow you to write Here’s how it works:Īlso, I wanted to let you know that I’ve added a blog to iWriter, ![]() Would be fun to give away some free money sent straight to yourĪnd it’s valid until January 1st. Hi Delany, the holiday season is upon us and I thought it Here is the text of the email I received from iWriter: Yesterday, I got an email from iWriter, with the subject line “ We’d like to deposit free money into your iwriter account balance.” My blog post might have answered the basic question of “Is a scam?”, but it was the commentary below it that drove the point home to casual browsers. I didn’t expect I’d get a lot of comments on it – the review was pretty straightforward – but I did get a surprising chorus of agreement from people that had been burned financially by the site.Īlmost unanimously, my visitors agreed that the ethics behind the site were questionable at best, even if they were claiming to have earned some money with them. When I wrote my blog entry Freelance Writing Site Info: nearly a year ago, I figured that I’d detail the issues I found with the site, steer others off, and leave it up perpetually to serve as a warning. When I come across a freelance writing scam site or con, I do my best to write about the reasons why I consider it a bad choice for freelancers, and I don’t tend to bite my tongue when I’m dishing out deserved criticism. I’ve long maintained that a successful product sells itself that a positive and upwardly-mobile workplace attracts talent without needing to try too hard. FYI, the check I got in the mail for the returned money came from Egypt.” I got my money back, but only after going through 8 weeks of annoyances and yelling matches. ![]() After a month, I started raising hell about it being a scam. I signed up when I first joined TB (Textbroker). UPDATE 3/9/15: A fellow writer on one of my work sites had this to say about iWriter’s $150+ “Fast Track” program:
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