How Much Do You Earn From Demand Studios?

Date: Aug 25, 2009 Category: Article Writing, Demand Studios

I get this question a lot in e-mails and on Twitter. Demand Studios can be a great paying gig for freelance writers, and steady income. All you have to do is be willing to put in the hours and time to create content. Demand Studios allows you to earn as much money as you want, and yet it can be a full-time income working from home. I’ll do my best to give you an honest opinion of demandstudios.com and answer questions that so many of you frequently ask.

1. How much does Demand Studios pay?
That depends on what type of articles you are writing for them. Demand Studios has several article styles such as Fact Sheets, Strategy, How To, About and How Does. Fact Sheets are $5 and Strategy $15 a piece, with Fact Sheets being around 200 words and Strategy 400-500 words. Some How To styles pay as much as $20, although I have personally never written a Demand Studios How To article. I prefer Strategy and Fact Sheets.

2. Is it a flat payment or residual income?
Demand Studio pays per piece that is approved. If you write 10 Strategy style articles this week, you will be paid $150.
If you write 10 Fact Sheets, you will make $50. DS does have a revenue share system for certain articles, they are marked as revenue share but you will not get the flat fee after approval.

3. Can I write as many articles as I want?
Yes, you can write as many articles as you want for Demand Studios. Each article has to be checked by an editor and approved. You only get paid if an article is approved. You get one rewrite request and the article can be rejected if an editor’s rewrite request is not met. If your article is rejected, you will not get paid for it.

4. How can I make a full-time income writing for Demand Studios?
First, look over your family budget to see how much money you need to pay bills and what it is that your family considers a “full-time income”. For some people this is $2,000 a month, while for others it’s $5,000. Then do simple math, if you have to make $1,000 every week that would be 66 Strategy style articles at Demand Studios. That would be almost 5 articles written every day and approved by an editor before Wednesday night’s cut off. If you do not have articles approved by Wednesday night, they can roll over for next week and be paid out in the next week’s batch.

5. Who owns articles I’ve written for Demand Studios?
Demand Studio pays a flat-fee per articles, unless you are doing Revenue Shared work. Anything you submit and get approved by an editor is owned by Demand Studios. Ehow.com is where most of Demand Studios work is published at, so your writer byline will appear with each Ehow article. While you cannot resell the original article and its rights, you can use it as part of your published portfolio.

I will gladly answer your frequently asked questions about Demand Studios in the future. Remember, DS is what you make out of it and it can be a great paying gig if you apply yourself. The income amount is completely controlled by you. If you can turn in 100 articles a week, great for you! Although, your eyesight might end up being worse than mine!

Please be sure to read Demand Studios guidelines, available in the Resource Center. I don’t work for DS and I do not know how you can have every article accepted without a rewrite. Work well and play nice with the editors, and always follow the provided guidelines.

*This is not a sponsored post.

4 Comments »

Greetings!

Great article! I thought you got your point across very well. I did, however, want to point out a small discrepancy…your math is just a bit off.

66 × 15 = 990 (target $100)
66 ÷ 7 = 9.42857 (almost 10, not 5)

Thus, if you could write 10 articles a day, you could reach $1000 at DS. Not bad at all. =) x

Comment by Bujio — December 1, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
How do you know where and when you get published?

Comment by Mercedes — December 3, 2009 @ 2:20 am
How do you know where your articles get published and when it gets published?

Comment by Mercedes — December 3, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Most are published on ehow.com. You do get to see where an article will end up. There is a website name next to the title (ehow.com, gardenguides.com, etc). Or you can Google a line or two to find it.

Comment by Nina — December 3, 2009 @ 11:01 am

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