I just came across a complaint about ContentGather on Reddit. The claim is that ContentGather suspended the poster’s account without warning or explanation. I can’t verify the authenticity of the post, but it fits with my impression of them.

According to other reports I’ve seen, ContentGather is adamant about submitting only original material that has never been submitted anywhere else. Normally they shouldn’t be able to spot recycling, but there are customers who reject articles and then use them without paying. If this happens to you and CG’s plagiarism checker catches it, you should expect your account to be suspended or terminated. You get punished again for being cheated.

It’s their choice how to do business, but CG just doesn’t pay enough for me to send them anything but articles that have failed to find another home. I removed all but one of my articles from their queue. They required payment to remove the last one, so I left it there.