Ehow Unavailable Status

There is a glitch that has been going on with ehow. The bug is preventing articles from going live and has then remaining in the unavailable status for days, or even weeks. The bug seems to have hit around mid-January according to what I have read from other ehow members.

After taking some time off of my ehow writing for a while, I recently began writing new articles for ehow around January 27th. Things went smoothly and I posted a couple of articles, How to profit with an eBay business, How to calculate Postage costs, and How to find wholesale sources. The next day I wrote another ehow and published it, the status of my article was unavailable, which is normal when you first submit your article until ehow approves it, which is normally no more than a day. Four days later though the article was still in unavailable status. No big deal I thought to myself, the ehow staff must be really busy, I'm sure they can get really busy monitoring all of the ehow articles that they have to review every single day. I continued on and wrote another article, submitted it and it went from unavailable to a live article the very next day but my other ehow was still unavailable five days after I submitted it. The next time I logged in to ehow that article was still unavailable after 12 days. I began thinking maybe there was something wrong with that particular article that I wrote. I mean, I had wrote an article after this one and it went live so why wouldn't this one? I then wrote another article but have had the same problem with this one. As I write this post it has been two weeks and four days since I wrote that original ehow that is still sitting in unavailable status. The other one has been in unavailable status for one week. There is some kind of glitch or bug going on with ehow but I'm sure that the ehow staff will soon fix it and everything will be back to normal soon. I have stopped trying to submit articles to ehow and have wrote a couple more ehow articles but have them saved on my hard drive. As soon as I hear that the ehow bug is solved, I will publish them.

After going through the ehow forums, I have learned that the ehow staff is currently working on this bug that is keeping our ehow articles in unavailable status so don't worry, everything should be back to normal soon. I know many are anxious to get their ehow articles published but we must all be patient.

Make money blogging - A Guide for Beginners

This article is aimed toward the beginning blogger out there, or those who are interested in making money with their very own blog. You may have heard about all the money there is to be made blogging but don't know where to start as far as making money is concerned. If you don't have your own blog yet, you can start out by getting yourself a blog at blogger or any other place you know of that offers your very own blog. Some blogs are free and others you have to pay for, for beginners I would recommend using a free blog from blogger. Personally, I use paid blogs as well as free blogs such as this one right here from blogger.

If you are going to have a blog, you are going to have to write post on your blog and keep your readers interested in what you have to say. What are you going to blog about? Well, that depends on what you want to write about. Are you interested in writing about politics, sports, business, movie reviews, local news, Hollywood news, whatever it is you decide to write about you are going to want to make sure it is something that you have a keen interest in and are not going to get bored with. Most bloggers usually will keep their blog on one subject, for instance if you have made a blog about the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team you will want to make daily post that are related to the Clippers. Others, find that blogging about different subjects and whatever is on their mind works well with them.

O.K., so you may know all of that already. You want to know how to make money with your blog. You already have your blog set and are making regular post, you just want to monetize it now. Below you will find 2 great programs you can use to start out making money with your blog. Sure, there are many other programs and different ways to monetize your blog but for the beginning blogger, using the two following programs would be a great way to start.

Google Adsense is owned and operated by you guessed it - Google. You will have to have a blog before you apply with Google Adsense so it is best to set up your blog first and write a few post before applying. Once accepted into Adsense you will be able to place the Google Adsense contextual ads wherever you want on your blog and whenever your visitors click on those ads you earn. That's right, they don't even have to purchase anything, they just click and you get paid. the ads that are displayed on your web pages will be relevant to what ever your blog is about, this increases the chances that your visitors will click on the ads. Google Adsense is the most popular, and probably the most successful way that bloggers make money with their blogs. I have been using Adsense on some of my blogs for years and earn a paycheck every single month. There are bloggers who are making a living off of their Google Adsense revenue! To learn more about Google Adsense click on the link at the end of this post. Remember, you have to get that blog ready first, you can not apply for Google Adsense if you don't have a blog or website. They will want to know your URL address when registering with Adsense.

Shareasale is an affiliate network that manages sales and leads that you generate from companies that you are an affiliate for. What the heck did you just say?!!! O.K., if you don't know what affiliate marketing is, let me explain. With affiliate marketing a company will pay you a certain percentage of the sales or leads that you generate for them. Every company is different and pays a different percentage. They make pay you 5% per sale or they may pay you 50% per sale, each company is different and you will learn what they pay when you apply with them. How do you apply with them? Simply by registering with Shareasale. Once you are registered with Shareasale you will have access to apply with some of the biggest retailers online. Many of the top online stores use Shareasale to get their affiliates and you should be one of them! Again, just like Google Adsense, before you register with Shareasale you should have your blog or website already. Shareasale will want to know your URL address when applying. Once registered with Shareasale you will be able to apply with all the companies you see, you choose which ones are best for your blog. You will then have the option of placing their text links or banner ads on your blog. With these text links and banner ads you place, they will know when their customers came from you and when they make a purchase - you get paid! There are many who make huge sums of money from affiliate ads. Shareasale is one of the top affilate networks out there and their website makes it easy for you to navigate - even for begginers. By utilizing Google Adsense and Shareasale affiliate network ads on your blog you will be astonished at the results. Register with both shareasale and Google Adsense using the links below.

Register with Google Adsense

Register with shareasale.com

Make Money Writing For Ehow

Ehow is freelance writer website and is personally one of my favorites. Ehow works a bit different than most freelance writer sites, articles that are written for Ehow need to be written in a step by step format, showing the reader of the articles how to do something. The titles of the articles that you write also need to begin with "How to".

The amount that you get paid for your articles written for Ehow depend upon many different factors and to tell you the truth, I really don't understand it completely and neither do other writers. We all know that writers get paid as Ehow earns money through contextual advertising on your article pages but what percentage of those earnings we as writers earn are unknown. This has caused some to criticize Ehow in the past as many other sites will share with their writers the percentage of earnings that they receive from any contextual advertising. I didn't like the idea of not knowing how much exactly I would earn either when I signed up with Ehow but like I do with so many things, decided to give it a try. I wrote my first 5 articles during my first few days and the change started adding up to my surprise. I was actually able to hit the minimum $10 pay out my first month so that was kind of impressive. Since then, I have been receiving a nice monthly payment from Ehow each and every month. Some of the other freelance writing sites that let you know how much of a percentage you earn of the contextual advertising are worthless when you don't earn anything. With Ehow, the proof is in my Paypal account each and every month.

Ehow explains the earning process like this.You get paid per article. Your article's earning potential can be based on a combination of several elements, including the amount of times it's been viewed and its category. The more useful your articles are to the reader, the more money you could make. Check out our tips and guidelines, like adding photos, and eHow's most-requested topics page for How To ideas. Technically, there is no pay range per article. Simply put: The more useful your articles are to readers, the more money you could make. One good way to attract a larger audience and possibly make more money is by adding photos to your articles. Our tips and guidelines and eHow's most-requested topics page will help you get started.

The one thing I love about the Ehow pay structure is the residual income that you receive. What I mean by this is that even if you stop writing, your articles continue to earn you money month after month. For example lets say that you write 25 articles during your first two months as a member of Ehow and these articles are earning you around $50 per month. You then stop writing for whatever reason but guess what, you will still continue to earn your $50 per month. Build up enough quality articles and you can earn yourself a nice monthly income with Ehow.

To receive payments from Ehow, you must have a Paypal account. Ehow writers are paid once per month as the money is deposited straight into their PayPal account, usually around the 10th of the month. If you do not have a PayPal account, then it is best to open one up before registering with Ehow. For the time that I have written for Ehow I have never had any problem receiving my payments on time, they are very reliable when it comes to issuing payments. The minimum amount that needs to be earned by Ehow writers to receive payment is only $10. If you do not earn $10 in any given month, your earning will roll over to the following month.

After registering with Ehow and joining their Writer's Compensation Program, you will be able to start writing your articles. When you submit an article, it has to be reviewed by the Ehow staff before going live on the site. This can take as few as 10 minutes up to a couple of days. In the past, articles that were written were immediately live on the site but with all of the spam and junk that some writers were writing, Ehow had to put a stop to this. That should not be a problem at all though for anyone who is serious about their writing.

If you want to earn a nice monthly residual income writing for Ehow, be sure to check out their website at ehow.com.

Earn money off of your discountadvances.com loan

Wow! I was hesitating here if I wanted to write this post or not because I do not want it to sound like a sales pitch or anything but this blog is called "Making Money With Ronnie" so I am going to show you a way to really make money with me, literally. It may not be much but if you can use a free $50 in your pocket for doing something really simple, read on.


How are you going to make money with me?

We are going to make money through a payday loan company.


Why are we going to make money?

Ummm, well. I could always use the few extra dollars and maybe you could to, if so then keep reading on.


Isn't it funny how we are all so used of paying interest whenever we need a loan, actually it's not funny at all and we can only give a hurtful smirk when we think about all of the money that we are throwing away when we have to pay interest.

I'm going to share with you an easy way for you to get a $100 loan from a payday advance loan company and earn $50 back. That's correct my friend, you borrow $100 from the advance loan company, and I Ronnie, will send you $50.

I will be able to send you your $50 because when you get approved for your loan, I will get paid $100 by the cash advance loan company for referring you to them. I am willing to share with you half of it!

I'm not someone who normally takes out payday advance loans, but recently I was in a situation were I needed a few hundred dollars and someone told me about a certain cash advance loan company. I applied and easily received the loan a few days later, deposited straight into my bank account. My friend who referred me received his $100 referral bonus a few days later. I have since refereed a couple of people I know, mostly family. I then had a thought that I should share this cash advance loan referral program with my readers and give them 50% of the referral fees I receive.

So how does this exactly work?

You will have to go to this cash advance loan companies website and apply for your loan. Please note that if you want to actually make money off of this deal, you are going to have to only borrow $100 from them, which is the minimum you can borrow. After getting approved for your $100 loan, the total that you will have to pay back in a few weeks is $108.75. Yes, there is an interest charge here from the pay day loan company here of $8.75 for giving you the $100 loan. That is no problem though as you will earn $50 from me upon me receiving my $100 for referring you to their company.

Please note that you may be able to borrow more money from this cash advance loan company if you wish, but I will still only be able to send you $50. I will not receive a bigger referral fee if you borrow more money. If you really need the loan, this is a great company to get it from and why not get $50 while you are at it.

For those who really don't need a loan and just want to earn a free $50, please make sure that you only borrow $100. You don't even have to spend the $100 you receive if you don't want to and just use it to pay most of your loan back. Remember, your in this to earn the extra money!

You will have to type in my referral code when you are applying for your cash advance loan. It is easy to do and is part of the application, you can't miss it. My referral code is EDZNBT, I have listed it toward the bottom of this page also.

Is it hard to get the loan?

As long as you receive a regular paycheck and have a checking account, you will be able to get the loan. This only makes sense as they want to make sure you work and can pay them back. The checking account is needed because they issue your money by depositing it straight into your bank account, usually over night after the day you apply. The application is real easy, a few things you should have on hand though is your employers name, address, and phone number. You should also have your bank account number and routing number ready too. If you have bad credit it does not matter at all to them, as long as you have the job and the bank things going for you, you will get the payday loan.

If you want to ask me any questions about dicountadvances.com and their referral program, please don't hesitate to e-mail me here. My referral code is EDZNBT.

Also, when you do sign up and get your loan, be sure to e-mail me with your name and address or your PayPal address to I can forward you your $50. Either way you want to get paid is fine by me.

Please do not forget to type in my referral code when applying so you can get credited with your $50.
My referral code is EDZNBT

E-mail me here.

Go to discountadvances.com website here.

On a side note here. After getting your initial loan, you will be given your own personal referral code and may refer others if you would like. You will earn $100 for each referral you send to discountadvances.com. Of course this is optional and entirely up to you.

If you can not use the link above to e-mail use linkylinks@yahoo.com to contact us.

30 Day Hold of Funds on Amazon Sellers Account

Recently I was hit with quite a surprise from my Amazon sellers account. They are actually holding my funds as they conduct a review of my sellers account and my funds will be reserved in my Amazon sellers account for up to 30 days. This is all according to the e-mail that they sent to me. They also state that I have done nothing wrong and that this action is taken regularly on marketplace selling accounts across the Amazon platform, particularly where sales volumes or inventory levels are not supported by sufficient buyer feedback or established sales history.

First off let it be known that I am a new seller on Amazon. I am not new to selling online, as I sell at many other websites. I opened up my Amazon selling account on January 7th, 2010 and began selling only 3 items. I was really shocked at the results on Amazon as during the first two weeks I had made 25 sales, not bad at all for only selling 3 items. I really thought highly of Amazon and thought to myself what great results I had gotten and thought about listing lots of items.

Then I received the e-mail from Amazon saying that they will be holding my funds for 30 days. I want to add here that in Amazon's e-mail they state that by me providing the following, it will expedite my review from them.

1. Tracking numbers of items shipped with corresponding Amazon.com order numbers
2. Current retail or online sales channels including links to selling pages
3. Detailed explanation of your business including your source of inventory
4. Amount of inventory you plan to list for sale on Amazon.com and availability of items for delivery

The tracking numbers I did not mind sending, which I did when I wrote back to them.

The current online channels linking to the amazon selling pages i did not care about because I did not have any.

Now for their third request; my source of inventory? This is getting a little into my personal business isn't it? Can anyone tell me why in the hell I would give Amazon my sources of inventory? Could it be that Amazon might find a product they like that I sell and contact my inventory sources and buy it themselves and sell it at a way lower price than I can? Surely Amazon would be able to get a better deal than me because they would be able to buy in larger quantities than I can. Besides that, it is just none of their damn business where I get my inventory. As long as I am not selling illegal or stolen items, Amazon has no business asking me for my inventory sources and with my e-mail I sent to them, I let them know that.

Their fourth question I got a laugh off of because I was really planning to list a lot of items for sale on Amazon but after their holding of my money stunt, I'm done with them.

After e-mailing them I continued to take orders from Amazon until my inventory of those 3 items ran out. I received 30 more orders after they placed the hold on my funds and had to pay the shipping costs straight out of my pocket. I'm no rich man who can afford this and the whole reason that i wrote this post is to announce to everyone how Amazon sucks. They are holding $1,500.00 of my money and it has me wondering if this little stunt by them is even legal. At least if I had known that they would do this I would have been better prepared for it and had some back up funds available for all of my expenses.

If any representative from Amazon ever reads this just know that your business practises are not wise at all. I know, Amazon doesn't need me and is a very successful company but you would be so much more successful if you did not pull little fraudulent stunts like this. I could understand if a seller was getting lots of complaints and negative feedback, but to just hold someones money because not enough buyers are leaving feedback is simply ridiculous. Do you realize that my profits from the money that I make from my sales goes back into my business for shipping costs and to buy new inventory?

After reading a few other post floating around the Internet I have learned that I am not the only one that they have done this to and that it is very common. This still does not make it right! I could understand holding a small percentage of a sellers funds just in case any A-Z claims are made and money needs to be refunded but to hold the whole thing is just straight out robbery. I have read post on the Internet that Amazon was holding some sellers funds in the amount of $10,000.00, another for $5,000.00, and so on. We all should know what is going on here. Amazon actually knows how to make money and it's not from the Amazon fee that they charge when we make a sale. Can anyone imagine how much money Amazon is holding from all of its sellers at any given time? I'm sure its millions and millions and millions of dollars! We all know that when you have big money like that, you actually earn some big time money when the interest is compounded. Amazon is actually making money off of all us by holding our money from us and they use the excuse that they have to review our sellers performance! Even us sellers who have had no complaints from any of our customers or any negative feedback. If Amazon was really conducting a review, they wouldn't be making money off of our money. Maybe if they paid us the interest that they have earned off of it we would not complain about the 30 day review of our selling account. If anyone has the right to earn money off of my money it is me! Not Amazon!

I'm looking forward to receiving my money in late February but after reading other post on the web I'm scared I may not even get it. I've read post everywhere how after the 30 day review Amazon conducts, they slap on a 90 day hold to many. If this happens, this thing is going to court. My advice to anyone who is thinking about selling on Amazon is just don't do it. There are many better alternatives to Amazon and you will find out about many that I will write about here on this blog. I will keep my readers updated on how this all goes.

Shareapic.net Review

Shareapic is an image hosting website that is unlike most other web hosting sites out there. The site is the same as any other image hosting website out there but there is one slight difference. They actually pay you for using their image hosting service and the best part is that it is absolutely free to use. If you are not sure what image hosting providers are, you might want to get a quick overview of the services that image hosting providers provide here.

Once registering with Shareapic, you simply create different galleries, that you will name of course and add as many files to each gallery as you like. It is really easy to load up your pics on Shareapic, the Shareapic uploading interface makes it really easy for its members to upload pictures. After uploading your pics, you can place your images where ever you want. You can place your images on your own websites, your blogs, myspace, friendster, facebook, eBay, or wherever else you want. Whenever your visitors click on your images you will earn.

Shareapic pays you $0.22 per 1000 pic views. To some people this may not sound like a lot but to those who know how things really add up, Shareapic can be a great tool to utilize. If you are someone who uses another image hosting provider, you know that you don't earn anything whenever someone clicks on or views your pics. Doesn't it make sense to earn some change every single time someone looks at them! Shareapic pays you through PayPal. Every time your balance reaches $20 you are able to request payment. As an added feature to help you earn even more, you can even add Bidvertiser
ads next to your pics and earn even more money.

As a Shareapic member and user I have personally been paid three times. I am not someone who post pictures everywhere on my sites and blogs but I am completely satisfied that I at least earn something for my pics. The way I think of it is that my pics would be displayed anyways even if I was not using Shareapic. I would be using another image hosting site and would not be earning anything at all for hosting my images with their site. Earning money with my pictures is not my source of income on the web, but why not earn some extra money with what I would be doing anyways? A friend of mine (the one who introduced me to Shareapic) utilizes Shareapic much more than I do. He actually has an image gallery website which attracts lots of visitors and receives lots of clicks and image views. For someone with image galleries, I think the earnings can be really great using Shareapic. For those like me, who post random pics here and there, the extra change always helps.

Recently, Shareapic went through a lawsuit which delayed them from making any payments to any of its members. members were still earning as the lawsuit was pending but payments were on hold. This has all been settled now though as Shareapic has settled their lawsuit and all is back to normal with Shareapic.

If you are interested in Shareapic and want to start earning money with your pics, go directly to the Shareapic website and sign up by following the link below!

Textbroker.com Review

There are many freelance writer websites out there that will give freelance writers the opportunity to earn a solid income. I have not experimented with to many yet but plan on doing so in the future. The one that I have registered with and began writing for though is Textbroker.com. Although I have not committed myself to writing for them full time because there are only so many hours in a day, I have been pretty streaky with them when I start writing for them and have made as much as $50 in a day. Someone who could commit themselves to do enough writing per day could easily make a near full time income with Textbroker.

If you are a freelance writer or an aspiring freelance writer you will definitely want to give Textbroker a try. You don't have to be a professional writer to write articles for Textbroker, though the better of a writer you are, the more you will get paid for the articles you complete. If you are a completely new writer and worry that Textbroker will not hire you then think again. Textbroker is absolutely newbie friendly and will give anyone a chance to write articles for them as long as your writing is clear and can be understood.

The way Textbroker works is a little different than most other sites out there that hire freelance writers. The articles that are written for Textbroker are not for Textbroker to personally use. Instead, Textbroker clients pay Textbroker to hire the writers who will do their writing assignments for them. These clients will give instructions for the writers to follow when writing their articles. Some may be real simple and not have many instructions at all and others may require that you use certain keywords a certain number of times in their articles. The Textbroker platform is categorized into many different subjects and you can choose amongst all categories. Some of the categories are sports, business, education, history, fashion, internet, health, hobbies, technology, traveling, finances, automobile, marketing, literature, and so many more.

How much does Textbroker Pay?

One of the great things about Textbroker is that you can increase your earnings for the articles you write as you flourish and become a better writer. As you write articles you will be rated by the customer sometimes and by the Textbroker staff also. When the textbroker staff rates your articles they will rate each article you write from a 2 star article to a 5 star article. Textbroker averages out your past 5 articles to figure out what your star rating is. If you average a 4 star rating, you will be able to write articles for clients who are requesting articles to be written by 4 star writers or higher. The writers who average a 3 star will not have access to these higher paying articles but will always have a chance to improve their writing skills and move on up to a higher rating star.

O.K., so how much will you make writing for Textbroker? Let's give an example here and pretend that a customer wants a 500 word article.

2 star writers will earn $3.50 for completing this article
3 star writers will earn $5.00 for completing this article
4 star writers will earn $7.00 for completing this article
5 star writers will earn $25.00 for completing this

Of course you must remember that a 500 word article that is set to be written by a 4 star writer or higher can not be writeen by 2 star or 3 star writers. As you can see, the better of a writer you become, the more your earnings will be! With Textbroker you are payed for each word that you write. The pay is broken down as follows.

2 star writers earn 0.7 Cents per word and are viewed as legible writers
3 star writers earn 1.0 Cents per word and are viewed as good quality writers
4 star writers earn 1.4 Cents per word and are viewed as excellent quality writers
5 star writers earn 5.0 Cents per word and are viewed as professional quality writers

About Direct Orders

Direct orders is a special feauture that Textbroker has that allows clients to personally make personal deals with freelance writers that they like. For example, let's say that you write an article or two for a certain client and they like your style of writing. They can send you direct orders and negotiate the pay for your articles with you. Your direct orders rate is set to $0.015 per word by default but you can change this to whatever you and the client agree to. Direct orders can be a great opportunity to build solid relationships with clients and earn more money for your work. More on direct orders can be learned once registering as a writer for Textbroker.

Registering with Textbroker

When you are ready to register with Textbroker, you will go through an easy sign up process. Textbroker will also evaluate your writing skills and ask you to provide them with a small sample writing which will affect the star rating that they will start you at. The topic that you will have to write about will be of Textbrokers choosing. Don't feel too pressured about this sample writing, it is just to show Textbroker that you have the ability to write an easy to understand and informative article. If you are rated as a 2 star writer to begin with, don't worry about it, you can easily always move on up. I personally started as a 3 star writer and have been stuck there ever since. Even though I have had some 4 star rated articles, I have never had enough close enough to average a 4 star.

After your sample article is rated, you will now have access to the Textbroker assignments. As mentioned before, there are four different ratings from 2 star to 5 star. If you are a 2 star writer to start with, you will have access to accept article assignments from the 2 star section only. If you are a 3 star writer like me, you will have access to complete articles in the 2 star and 3 star sections. 4 star writers will have access to all sections except for the 5 star section. 5 star writers will have access to all article assignments available.

Getting paid by Textbroker

To get paid by Textbroker you must have a PayPal account. One of the great things about Textbroker is that you can request payment anytime you have $10 credited to your account. Textbroker pays twice per month. Request that are made for payment by the 5th of each month will be processed by the 10th of the month and request that are made by the 20th of each month will be processed by the 25th of the month.

Overall view of Textbroker

Texbroker is a great freelance writer website that one can use to earn a full time income if they dedicate themselves to it or to simply subsidize to their current income. Writing part time for Texbroker as I do, one can easily earn $400 to $600 per month. Textbroker is a very trust worthy company that you will not ever have to worry about getting paid for your work, they are very reliable.

To register and learn more about Textbroker visit textbroker.com.