A content mill that writers have never thought much of may be imploding. In May, the FTC fined Constant Content’s parent company, RevenueWire, for participation in scams. Writers for Constant Content are now reporting that they aren’t getting paid.

A Reddit post dated July 8 says:

I joined Constant Content this year and sold my first 2 articles in April. I didn’t get payment on the 1 May for the articles and contacted support on 16 May to query this. I received a response a few days later and was asked to verify my PayPal address. I did this on the same day but didn’t receive any response or payment.

I sold another article in May and still didn’t receive any payment by 1st June. I sent emails on 6th June and 1st July with no response to date.

The user is brand-new on Reddit and has no track record, so take it for what it’s worth, but a reply from a very experienced user says:

Yep, they’ve missed the last two payouts apparently for losing their payment processor. I’ve been there since 2009 and this is the first time it’s happened. It’s disappointing. I stopped uploading to them until they fix it but someone dug up that they got fined by the FTC for allowing their payment processor to be used by Indian call center scammers so idk what’s going to happen.

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