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Someone in the Associated Content forums was hawking a review site, so I bit the line and checked this place out. It’s not a horrible idea–in fact, getting paid $2 for 125 words of content sounds damn good to me! And they pay every Saturday via PayPal.

I had a fun time–I reviewed my old Jeep that I wore the hell out of. I accidentally put it in the “economy car” category(!) but was able to easily go back and fix it.

The review template has plenty of fill-in ratings–milage, cargo capacity, attractiveness, etc–and also lets you create up to six of your own. One of mine was “how damned good I looked in this vehicle,” which of course was a five (out of five). When you’re tired of staring at your word-processor, it might be fun to check out what other people have come up with.

Catches:

You’re (currently) limited as to the number of articles you can write. The limit was 50 reviews/person, but now appears to be 75 (I’ve also been sitting at this computer for several hours and it’s now 2:20 a.m. so…forgive me if I’m not entirely sure on this one).

The whole site is in “beta” mode. They claim to only have about two grand to be able to spend on reviews at the moment–it’s their “beta money”. This happened in October, then suddenly the accountants came down from the mountain and blessed them with $10,000 more to by articles with. So I’m wondering if this isn’t a “I’ll raise the price to $97 if you don’t buy it today I swear!” false-urgency type tactic.

It’ll apparently be a revenue-sharing site when it’s fully up and running, which means that you’ll get a percentage of the ad money they make from your review page. No word yet whether they’ll be paying upfront once they go to full launch.

“Beta” mode also means it’s not a full launch, and not all features are available yet. There’s going to be some type of voting system which will somehow affect how you get paid by way of page views and votes and advertising and…well…check it out for yourself. There’s some kind of diagram for it that seems like it should make sense but that I really don’t understand.

I’ll tell you what I do understand, though. $2 per review. Yes, it’s only1.6 cents a word…but reviews go pretty fast, and 125 words ain’t exactly National Novel Writing Month. And it pays better than what I’m being told about most places. Pass it up, or…

Here’s their wonderful bubbly banner: