Helium Exchange

Helium's CEO Confused As To The Rules

"I believe you might be confused as to the rules..."
For the record, Helium.com states in their user agreement that members are eligible for Ad revenue share as long as they are active participants of the community where
"'participation' is defined as maintaining a minimum of 1 rating star. (A rating star requires a minimum of 40 quality rates within the last 90-day period". This quote from...

Posted by Lms on July 26, 2009. Brought to you by ripoffreport.

I believe you are confused

I'm sorry to hear that you are frustrated with some of the modifications we made to our site - but I believe you might be confused as to the rules. Helium shares Ad revenue with its members if they participate in our site rating process. We ask that our members conduct a minimum of 10 rates per month to be eligible to earn ad revenue share. This is different from the writing stars you mention...

Posted by Mark Ranalli on June 02, 2009. Brought to you by ripoffreport.

Response to comment

Jared? I will assume you are a steward and if not, you should be because the old "sour grapes" label is commonly used on Helium to quell any dissent from the members. This might be applicable if I failed to succeed on the Helium site but I managed to do well in the market place and contests. I had up to four writing stars ( the most I could achieve with the number of articles submitted) and...

Posted by Randy on March 21, 2009. Brought to you by ripoffreport.

Vague generalities don't get it done

Helium.com certainly has had growing pains, but they are nothing in the face of the opportunities made available to freelance writers and professionals around the globe.
One of the charges levied against Helium is that you have to have a rating star in order to be able to earn your share of ad revenues. This is made clear from the moment you sign up as a member, which registration is free, by...

Posted by Jared on March 20, 2009. Brought to you by ripoffreport.

I knew there were many internet scams out there but I never expected to encounter one of this type. At first glance it seemed to on the up and up with many helpful people encouraging others to write their butts off and also to rate as much as possible. I soon realized that things weren't what they seemed.
I found out some stewards (who were touted as mere members volunteering to do free work...

Posted on March 02, 2009. Brought to you by ripoffreport.

Helium.Com is located at 200 Brickstone Sq, Andover, MA. This business specializes in Internet Providers.

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Since 2011 the company has been providing Miscellaneous Publishing.

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Helium is simultaneously an online community for writers and a directory for user-generated articles. Writers can submit articles to 24 different channels (business, entertainment, travel, etc.), write for the side of a heated debate, try to capture publisher writing assignments bounties or win user-voted Helium writing contests. Users get to rate submitted articles so the best writing rises to...

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