Hello Sherryle. When you sign up with Textbroker, you essentially become a ghostwriter. You'll need a PayPal account as that is how the company pays on a weekly basis. You don't get personal credit for the content because you're writing on the behalf of clients. Jobs are placed in the queue that you can accept if you wish. Once you complete the job and the client accepts the work, you are credited the money. Every Thursday night, you manually accept payment into your PayPal account and are paid on Fridays.

You will need a valid form of ID - since it is a legitimate company operating out of Las Vegas. Some people have a problem with that, but they file taxes and send 1099s just like any other US business. It's no different than applying for a job in your local town - if you live in the US.

They have a trial period when you first sign up to determine your skill level. If you're an exceptional writer, you can start at level 4 - which makes more money per word. Personally, I started at level 3 and worked my way up.

The best way to maximize the experience is to be picky on the jobs you take and sign up for any active teams you can. Team Orders usually pay higher and have a greater volume of work. Some can keep you busy until judgement day. If an order is too confusing or has questionable requirements, move on to something else. You'll experience less problems that way.

If you develop a good report with Open Order clients, you can attract Direct Orders. These are some of the most lucrative orders you can get because you set the pay per word. In the time I have been writing with the company, I've attracted quite a few Direct Order clients.

I've been working with Textbroker since 2012 and have completed more than 4,000 orders. On average, I make around $15 per hour when I actually sit down to write. Working from home has a lot of distractions :). With one particular team, I can make $50 in less than an hour, but those orders go pretty quick as there are more than 100 authors in that team.

Keep your profile updated and filled out completely. When clients and team leaders search the database for authors, your skills and interests will be how they find you.

I hope I was helpful and good luck. Take advantage of the author forums. There's a lot of good people that can help you out - such as myself.

Hi There: Just one addition to Michael B. Not all writers are ghost writers, only if you wish to do articles under those conditions. Since I had no previous writing experience, I didn't know what to expect from TB. I was accepted at Level 3 first time to bat, but I immediately saw how beneficial it was for me to sign up for their Textbroker U courses, super simple, go over the tutorials and really get down to it.

I've been with them since 2010 and haven't regretted it one bit. My next attempt to better myself as a writer means I'll be shooting for Level 5, but not right now.

Basically, you write as much as you want--or as little. For me personally, I usually get into 2 or 3 quality articles a day.

I encourage everyone who does writing or better yet, would like to get into writing to give TB a try. The pay is a little low, on it's the same par, I think, as AccessWriter, but for some reason that place turns me off.

Whatever you do, good luck and go for it.