Why pay to write?

Why pay to become a free lance writer?
Yes, some want your money, such as http://www.REALWRITINGJOBS.COM

Membership includes a 7 day $4.95 “risk free trial”. During this time, you have the opportunity to cancel your membership with REALWRITINGJOBS.COM to avoid the one-time fee of $77. You will be billed the $77 on the (8th) day after you sign up. If you would like to cancel your service, you can do so by accessing your receipt you received when you ordered. Click the “customer service” link in the email and choose “Cancel” as your request.

In this common online ploy, a company uses a trial period to induce consumers to provide their credit card numbers. Once the trial period ends,  credit cards are automatically billed for membership and other fees on a recurring basis.  These companies typically bury this info in their Terms and Conditions.

Although authors are promised they can cancel during the trial period, they discover that they can’t get through to the toll-free number provided or if they do get through, they can’t speak to a live person, but can leave voicemail messages that are never responded to.

There are plenty of websites which are completely free to use, where you can find writing jobs on offer.

http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com
https://www.ifreelance.com
http://www.freelancewritingjobs.ca
http://www.freelancer.com

just to name a few.