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Is Constant Content stiffing its foreign writers?

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The news for Constant Content’s foreign writers doesn’t look good. This Reddit discussion, as of the time I’m writing this post, suggests that no one is getting paid. (The company is based in Canada, but it doesn’t treat US writers as foreign, and at least some of them are getting paid.)

Constant Content is months behind in paying these writers. Its website still doesn’t acknowledge the existence of a payment problem. Its FAQ contains blatantly false information, still claiming “Payments are made through Paypal.” It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the company’s only guiding principle is what it can get away with.

Update #2 on Constant Content

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The situation with Constant Content remains the same. Payments to writers are long past due, and I’ve seen no indication anyone has been paid recently. Some people have received an email instructing them to set up payments through Stripe. Others say they haven’t received it. They can’t find this information on the website. I used my old account to log in and couldn’t find any information indicating a change of ownership or payment method.

The writers’ FAQ says, “Payment is made the first week of the beginning of each month.” It doesn’t say the first full week, so I take that to mean writers should have been paid last week. Comments on Reddit and elsewhere indicate that’s been their past practice. I let the following Monday go by to be generous, but I’m still seeing no reports of people getting paid.
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Update on Constant Content

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There’s a tiny but important change to constant-content.com: The page footer now says it’s “A Division of Moresby Media Inc.” As I mentioned in my earlier post, the footer previously identified RevenueWire as the parent company. The FTC fined RevenueWire for helping shady “tech support” companies to scam people.

Writers are saying that Constant Content has sent out an email telling them they will soon be getting payment through Stripe. Others say they didn’t get the email. It’s plausible that the mail had trouble with spam filters; bulk email promising payment tends to be viewed as spam. Alternatively, CC may be sending the mail out in batches.

Setting up to receive payments by Stripe is straightforward; payments can go to a bank account or a debit card. However, it’s not available in all countries, and that could be an issue for some writers.
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Is Constant Content imploding?

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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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Constant Content spam

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Lately I’ve been getting unwanted promotional email from Constant Content, even though I haven’t written for them or logged in there in at least two years. When I tried to “unsubscribe” (which would imply that I had ever subscribed), their website told me I wasn’t on their list.

I’ve seen indications from other writers that they’re getting spammed too. If Constant Content has started spamming its inactive writers, that suggests desperation.