I too was a victom of Demand Studios rejection lol...but had I not been searching, I may not have found Mahalo. I enjoy the community atmosphere so much and the interactive wasys to earn, that I think I'd rather dedicate more time to that, than to persue other sites.
I too got the email about the change. I already write for Demand Studios so this doesn't really affect me except I won't be able to submit anymore articles to Ehow. I didn't write that much for them anyway.
Good luck with Demand Studios and if you have any questions about them, let me know. I have been writing for them for almost three years now. :).
I was rejected for DS quite awhile ago so I never tried to write for Ehow. I assumed all those sites were the same so I didn't bother. I do know from several forums I belong to that a lot of people are upset about the pre-approved process.
I've seen all those sites just go downhill and I think the end of sites like that is near, with the exception of Mahalo of course. :).
I uh.. had no idea this was happening as I stopped reading eHow emails lol I have written for eHow but only a few articles as I found they kept claiming articles were plagiarized even though they allow republish and the articles were published under the same byline I use..everywhere. The content would get stuck under further investigation and never come out. I also wasn't impressed with their pay.. so I left.
I never applied with DS.
I, too, have written a few articles on Ehow in the past. My last submissions, however, were over a year ago and so I am not familiar with this change. I will have to log on to Ehow and check out this change.
I have never previously heard of Demand Studios and so I do not know about the quality of submissions they were looking for, but from what you are writing I take it that they had a site similar to Ehow before taking over the Ehow site. I am okay with the change as long as there are no changes to the rules of submission as well as the previous agreement we signed with Ehow. If you were seeking to write for Demand Studios previously but were rejected, then being to write for them this way and showing off your talents should be a great additional treat.
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