Textbroker USReviews of textbroker.com

I have written for Textbroker for a number of years. No, they do not pay enough to support yourself, but in a pinch it was a great way to earn a few dollars. However, it seems that for quite awhile now, they have very little assignments. I just saw a review where the client paid $36 for a 500 word article, I know from experience this would pay the author around $3.00 or less. The AUTHOR! I also agree that once an author gets close to writing "too many" articles, they are reviewed and their rating is downgraded. I think this is to keep the authors from growth, and a higher rating is just a dangling carrot. In any case, Textbroker at present (and for quite awhile now) has very, very little assignments. I don't wish them to go out of business, but I have written them asking if this is the case in a roundabout way. I received a reply stating they have no control over when clients will put in a request for content. My experience with Textbroker was excellent in the beginning, now..... I can only say I wish them the best.

I can see by reading these reviews that I am not the only one. They also said that I spun content and closed my account without paying me. Stay away from them.

It's okay for a content mill, and it'll get you by in a small-dollar emergency. But beware if you intend to make a living off of it or use it as your primary source of income. Don't trust them. You might get shut down the same week your rent is due. They'll close your account after years or DECADES of service. Or they'll let their new payment processor do it, keep your money, and use the excuse that you "violated" the processor's terms. It's one thing to close someone's account. It's quite another to take their hard-earned money. I have a very high-standard work ethic, and I know I didn't do anything wrong. Read all the other reports of similar occurrences from high-income and veteran writers. It's not a coincidence. They only hit me for a little under $200, but I've seen other writers suffer greater losses. They seem to do this sort of thing to veteran writers, writers who crank out a lot of material and earn good $, or writers who qualify for bonuses. I received a couple of bonuses from them during my journey, and I guess they didn't want me to qualify for any future ones. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone, as they are untrustworthy and don't really value commitment. I spent 10 years of my life making money for them when I could have been growing my own business and clientele. Hard lesson learned.

Absolutely horrible company! They will close your account and steal your money! This not only happened to me, but to at least 3 other freelance writers I know who use their site. 2 of us had our accounts closed because "we submitted spun content" (which is absolutely anathema to freelance authors, and I am 100% confident no legitimate freelance writer - myself included! - would spin content - not if we hoped to keep our jobs anyway). The other 2 lost our accounts because of "new identity verification policies" that were put in place requesting a ton of personal information that the company already had on file. All accounts were closed, and they refused to pay us the money we had earned. Two of us have submitted complaints to the BBB, but the company is hiding behind automated responses and generic replies. I have no doubt that reaching out to the BBB will do no good, but at least it will show people what kind of company TB really is. After speaking with my fellow authors about it, we've come to the conclusion that we had written too much and were getting close to rewards with the company's "new reward system" and they didn't want to pay out. (All four of us were pulling down several hundred to a 1,000 dollars each week through direct clients and team work.) So they came up with bogus reasons to close our accounts. Most of us are fine with the account closing. As my friend said, "Who'd want to continue to writing for a such a dishonest company anyway?" However, between the four of us, they kept about $3,000 dollars of our money and have no intention of giving it back to us. I've also seen several people I DON'T know leaving reviews about very similar experiences (some of them are right here on this page, in fact) and they all seem to be high-level writers. None of us asked for TB to implement a new rewards system. If they didn't want to pay out, why in the world did they come up with it? Also, if we - the writers - were making hundreds to $1,000 a week individually, imagine how much TB was making off ALL of us combined. And they closed our accounts? Yeah. That was a genius move. I look for TB to be out of business soon. They're doing far too much shady stuff to far too many people (both clients and writers alike as the reviews make it seem). To me, it seems like a last-ditch effort to make as much money as possible before closing their doors for good. Won't hurt my feelings any. Companies that prey on their writers and clients need to be shut down before they steal from more people.

I was a Textbroker author from 2013 to 2020, having been terminated for submitting text the owners determined was spun. I was given no opportunity to explain that I’d simply submitted that copy in error; the particular piece was only partially worked, and I’d sought a number of times to address the incident through the proper channels. No response was forthcoming. If the company chooses to hide behind its trembling knees, that’s its business. I’m satisfied that my integrity outshines the firm’s. Stay away.

Ordered a piece of content to try out the service. They required me to upload a picture of my face and my passport, which of course I'm not willing to do for a 30$ article. I asked for a refund and instead of accepting, they make me fill out a form explaining why I want a refund. I'm still waiting to hear back but I'm willing to bet it will take ages for the refund to get approved. This was my first and only interaction with this service.

I confess that I used to believe Textbroker was a great company to write for regardless of the hoards of negative reviews on the Internet. I now understand where those reviews come from. This is about as dishonest and disloyal of a company that you will find as a writer. I will let you know why and then you decide for yourself. Because of how they treat their writers, purchasers of content should think twice before ever ordering articles from them ever again. Having written for Textbroker for more than four years and having 15,000 articles under my belt, the company suddenly terminated my account this past month. Textbroker gave no reason. When I inquired about the cause, all I was sent was a terse email that the decision was final and that the matter was closed. No explanation was ever given. They retained all of the earnings in my account and will not release them. They will not even talk about the issue. In the past, they have threatened writers with termination for merely turning on a VPN on their computer just to watch Netflix (I wish I could make that up - but it is actually and sadly true). Their emails sent at that point also state that they will terminate the account and retain any of the earnings you currently have. Imagine having a thousand dollars in your account, and then it is terminated just like that with no explanation. To add insult to injury, they retain the money for themselves. I also had a bonus due to me, so that is no longer being paid. I also supposedly earned a reward for typing over a million words. This promise was never honored even though I passed the threshold months ago. Lies, lies, and more lies. Now, I am not posting this review to be vindictive. On the contrary, I am posting this honest summary of my experience to warn other writers and encourage them to stay away. If you are currently writing for Textbroker, be advised that they can and will terminate you for any reason at any time. They will also keep your earnings. You are welcome to leave a comment here, and I will gladly contact you with email proof and screenshots that I have retained to provide the accuracy of this review. Thinking that you have written for them for years will protect you is false thinking as well. They have no loyalty where that is concerned. They treated me nicely for years and then just threw me to the curb, taking the money that I earned along with them. Textbroker has refused to acknowledge any emails other than to say 'the matter is closed' - It is almost like they are robots and not actually human. Again, I would encourage you to stay away from Textbroker. They will steal your money and waste your time. It is dishonest and disloyal companies such as this that cause content writers to lie awake at night wondering if they are going to be the next person who will be victimized by their unscrupulous practices. Again, feel free to contact me personally if you would like to gain even further perspective (with proof) as to why you should avoid Textbroker at all costs. In response to Textbroker's reply to this review - It is my duty to continue to inform readers about the type of company that this is. Textbroker has refused on numerous occasions to provide any evidence that any article I wrote was spun. In fact, I wrote more than 15,000 articles for this company. Not one of them was spun. That is why it was quite shocking when, without warning, my account was closed without warning and without any sort of proof that anything was ever spun. This is because they cannot provide any proof. I honestly have never spun an article in my life - any writer knows that this is actually more difficult in the long run than simply writing a unique article in the first place. So, that alone continues to demonstrate how disloyal and dishonest Textbroker is. In addition, the company still owes me money. They have a bonus system in place. That was not paid to me - in fact, it appears that is probably the reason they closed the account in the first place - so they could avoid paying out a bonus. In addition, I had already reached several milestones that was to allow me to receive various rewards - those were NEVER received. Finally, Textbroker has now accused me of soliciting their clients. Never have I done that - and they have failed to provide any proof. Beyond that, they have sent me a payment request for $500 for soliciting their customers. Is this really the type of company you want to be writing for? Avoid them at all costs. Companies should also think twice before hiring them to write any content for you.

Got paid $0.50 per hour to write for them. Not kidding.