I notice you report having trouble on AC with Google Chrome. I use Chrome a lot these days and actually had trouble uploading images for a slide show on AC tonight. I logged back in using Firefox and everything worked fine again. So apparently most of AC works with Chrome but there are a few areas that don’t play well together.

I believe AC requires approval for articles if you have not had at least three published previously. That’s probably why your article did not publish right away since it was a new account.

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1. Marketplace: Paid gigs for set amounts for exclusive use by our publishers who purchase it. If your article is selected you earn the full amount and your article is taken off Helium. If you are not selected you earn a kill fee and your article transitions to the site and begins earning ad revenue share if you maintain one rating star (only takes 10 minutes a week for most). You earn on page views relative to the ad revenue value of a given page on the site. Advertisers pay higher for topics in science, health, finance, business, computers and technology than softer, feature articles. But all earn ad revenue share.

2. The rest of the site is for non-exclusive content. That means you can republished previously published non-exclusive on Helium or republish your Helium articles in other non-exclusive venues.

> Except for creative writing all articles earn ad revenue share.
> 20 of the 24 channels qualify for upfront payments too. We try to encourage informative rather than mere opinion-based writing. The upfront payment rate increases as you contribute more high quality articles to the site.
> From those non-exclusive articles one may be picked up by a publisher for one time use, and you get an extra approximately $20 in your account.

> 10 or more contests (more seasonally plus paid creative writing contests) run every week. You can earn $75 for each one you win, with other prize money for top winners. These articles written to contests also become part of our regular content, can earn ad revenue and may get selected for occasional stock content.

> Journalism prizes also are based on titles (submitted by our partners) to the regular site. If you are selected you still stay featured and earn on Helium, but you get added exposure, awards and sometimes you can earn as much as $125 for a selected article.

You can predict how much you earn for informative articles you contribute. The upfront payments and kill fees are set amounts. On top of that you can earn extra depending on the options above. Our top earner on just upfront payments alone pulled in $700 in December. Ad revenue comes in addition to that base pay for articles. And our ad rates are soaring right now.

Does this help clarify?

Barbara

1) Market Place, where publishers ask for specific content by
title and by amount to be paid if the writer satisfies their needs.

2) General Writing 1 – (i’m making this one up because I don’t understand) write what you want and you may receive upfront pages. If your article rises to the top, you’ll be paid on the basis of page views – revenue share. Unpredictable amount, but you can track your earnings in your account.

3) If your non-Market Place article is picked up by a publisher you’ll receive an extra $20.

4) We offer many contests some with a payout as high as $75 to the winner.

5) We also offer some exclusive partnership arrangements with publishers. Writers who win in this category may earn as much as $125. (how is this different than a contest, except for the pay?)

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Barbara