Textbroker's Star Rating System

Here is Textbroker's official explanation of their star ratings via YouTube: Star Ratings

The single most important thing you need to know is that the higher your rating, the more money you can make.

  • 2 Stars = .7 cents per word
  • 3 Stars = 1 cent per word
  • 4 Stars = 1.4 cents per word.

You do not need to be a 5 star author to make good money with Textbroker, but you do need to be a 4 star author. First of all, 4 star articles pay better per word than 2 or 3 star articles. Second, there are typically more 4 star articles available in the general author pool. Third, competition for 2 and 3 star articles is fierce. What work does show up in those queues tends to rapidly disappear.

Fourth, you cannot apply to teams until you are a 4 star author. Teams often pay a little better than the standard 4 star pay rate. Some of them pay substantially better. But being on some active teams also means you simply have access to more work. Most teams do not require you to do a set amount of work. In most cases, it is all upside with no additional burden on you in terms of time commitments.

Teams do tend to have stricter requirements and longer instructions. You are responsible for checking the instructions for changes. But, in my experience, the fact that one set of instructions applies to many articles means it is actually less of a burden than reading through the instructions on articles pulled randomly from the general author pool.

The fifth reason you need to be a 4 star author to make good money on Textbroker is because it helps attract direct orders. If you get good at writing certain kinds of things and do a good job setting up your profile, clients can come to you with work given directly to you and only you. You do not compete for these orders. You only decide whether or not you want to write them.

You can set your own rates for direct orders. So, if your writing is consistently solid, direct orders and teams are a means to make more money for less time and effort. This is where the money is if you want to turn this into a regular paycheck and not just a little supplemental income intermittently on the side.

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