An increasing trend in online publishing is to offer a share of the revenue that a writer's work generates for the site instead of offering an up-front payment for that work. Depending on the amount of traffic coming to the website and the topics chosen to write about, this can result in a drastically higher or lower amount as the writer could have received through a flat up-front payment.
An online publisher that offers a revenue share will generally continue paying for the content each month or payment period for as long as the content is on the website or for as long as the contract dictates. Most sites also have minimum payment amounts that can be as low as .50 and as high as $100 or more.
Flat Rate Revenue Share
Some websites pay a flat rate for each page view or for every 1,000 page views. These websites generally have either a set rate for the site or for different tiers of writers. Examples of flat rate revenue share sites include:
Bukisa: The site has a set rate that it pays for every thousand page views. The rate changes each month and is displayed on the site. The minimum payment is $10 per month,
Associated Content: This online publisher pays a rate that begins at $1.50 and goes up slightly for members who have a high number of page views for their work. The minimum monthly payment is $1.50.
Examiner: The Examiner is a network of dozens of local sites that pays $10 for each 1,000 page views. The minimum payment is $25.
Proprietary Payment Calculations
Some websites don't disclose how they arrive at their payments for each work. These online publishing sites offer a revenue share for each article or other piece of content, but they don't publish the exact formulation that decides the payment amounts. These sites include:
Ehow: This online publisher is an enormous site that allows anyone to publish how-to articles and allows U.S. residents to receive a revenue share for each one. The minimum payment is $10 each month.
Suite101: Suite101 pays an amount based on how much the site makes through AdSense. Google pays Suite101 directly for their share and Suite101 pays each writer based on an undisclosed percentage of that amount plus bonuses percentages for some writers.
Triond: This site publishes articles on any topic onto its network of smaller sites. The minimum payout per month is .50.
Google AdSense Revenue Share
Some online publishing sites offer a direct share of the Google AdSense revenue that is paid directly by Google. These sites allow the writers to create website content that has thier own AdSense code included in the pages advertising. That allows the site to divert some of the AdSense views to the writer and keeping some of the views for the site. The minimum payment for AdSense is $100.
HubPages: This site is a place to create pages, called hubs, that are about any topic the writer chooses as long as the hubs aren't adult content or an advertisement for the writer's website or business. The site gives 60 percent of the Google page views to the writer except for those views that come in through a search engine image search.
HowtoDoThings: Like eHow, this site is full of how-to website content that spans all categories. The site gives 50 percent of the Google AdSense revenue to the writers. The site's editors must approve each writer and approve which categories they may write for. Then, each article is submitted to the editors for approval.
Xomba: This online publisher allow members to create either bookmarks or website content that each receive 50 percent of the Google page views.
Revenue share website content can mean a more reliable income over time for freelance writers who regularly submit popular content to the sites. For less-popular content or for new sites that haven't yet attracted large traffic numbers, the payments may be dwarfed by what could have been earned in up-front payments through other sites.
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