June 15, 2009 Changes in Helium Policies

Last Friday I received an email from Helium outlining some changes in policies. While there is great argument in the forum over these changes and what they will mean for both our ability to earn and the quality of writing on Helium, it appears the decision is already final. If it doesn't work out the way Helium thinks it will, they can always change it again.

The first change is about rating other people's articles. Helium will no longer require members to rate in order to earn upfront payments for their writing. However, if you wish to earn the residual income from your articles, the old rules apply. You still must have one rating star to earn revenue shares for the day.

The second change has to do with who will receive upfront payments. In an attempt to get people to fill the thousands of empty titles on the site (as well as decrease how much money they are paying out on any one article), Helium will now only pay upfront payments to the first five people who write to a title. This means that if you are person number six to submit your article, even if it is only by a fraction of a second, you will not get paid an upfront payment. You can still earn revenue shares from that article, but the $0.50 to $2.50 that you usually earn based on your writing stars will not be earned.

If you have any questions about the changes, I suggest you go to Helium and read through the forum for yourself. For all the arguing, we really don't know what these changes will do to the site, but they almost have to have an impact.

~Beth~
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