The New EHow – Minus the WCP
April 5, 2010 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Featured, Freelance Writing, Work at Home
Ehow has made another big change. They have gotten rid of the WCP, or Writer’s Compensation Program. I received an email this morning stating that I am fine as I am already a Demand Studios writer, many others have recieved emails saying they have been accepted to write for DS or that they need to apply there.
Some are pleased with this change as it should mean more quality work on Ehow but, personally, I am not pleased with it. When I regularly wrote for Demand Studios I was a basketcase, dealing with the copy editors and constantly wondering if this article was going to get me the axe. I eventually quit writing there as my quality of work kept going down because of my stress. Now, many people do not have these issues and work just fine under this kind of format. I had so much more fun writing for Ehow but I will have to move on. Mostly, I’m glad that I didn’t have all of my eggs in one basket.
It is also important to realize that after the 13th of April, if you write for Demand Studios, they own your content.
What do you think about all of this?
I dont like the move.
I don’t like that the writers were not warned.
I don’t like that i feel lied to…
I don’t like when I posted my feelings on eHow’s forum my posts were deleted.
I dont like when I post a question about why my posts were deleted, my account was deleted.
I dont like eHow.
Well, don’t worry, I won’t delete your comment! I have to say that their way of doing things definitely doesn’t give me the warm and fuzzies but there are many other sites out there and I will be spending my time with them!
I’m blogging about. Kinda gotta say I saw it coming.
I just started using EHow not sure if I like it yet.