iWriter Ratings and the Support System

One of the things that many writers do not like about iWriter - aside from the low pay - is the rating system, and how requesters, also known as buyers or clients, use the system so unfairly. As I stated in a previous post, I have been compiling a list of iWriter requesters that should be avoided, and I'll be happy to share it privately with other writers, but aside from avoiding those requesters, there are a couple of other things that you can do to protect your iWriter ratings.

1. Avoid doing work for clients who reject work more than they accept it. Some writers won't write for anyone with an approval rate below 85%. Personally, I feel comfortable writing for those who have an approval rate of at least 70%.

2. Just as a requester can leave a bad star rating for writers, writers can leave bad star ratings for requesters. Make sure that you look at those star ratings before you pick up a requester's job. See what other writers have to say about that requester. If the requester consistently gets great reviews, and has an approval rating that is acceptable to you, there shouldn't be any problems providing that you do have command of the English language, and you can string sentences together well.

3. If you get a bad rating, do not fly off the proverbial handle. Instead, read over the article that you've submitted, and see if you really deserved a better rating. If you honestly feel that the rating was unfair, contact support, and ask them to review the article, and to determine whether the rating should be adjusted or not. Before you do this however, make sure that you met the requesters requirements and that your spelling and grammar were perfect. Let support know the name of the requester and the title of the article so that they can check it.

For my first - and only - article rejection so far, the requester left me an extremely unfair one star rating, which I wrote about yesterday. I did not rate this particular requester, and said nothing to him or her. Instead, I looked over the article, made sure that it was indeed to spec, with proper spelling and grammar, and then I sent a very nice message to iWriter's support. Today, I received a reply from support, and happily, they changed that one star rating to a five star rating.