ATTENTION: LISTVERSE HAS STOPPED PAYING WRITERS! I have been contributing to Listverse for several years, but no longer. Originally writers saw the $100 payment appear in their Paypal account the same day their article was accepted. In 2018, however, Listverse began sending messages stating your article had been accepted, but payment would arrive 14 days later. I could accept a two-week delay. What’s got me steamed is that two weeks passed, and the money never arrived. I sent Jamie Frater several emails and got no response. Then I scoured the internet. In several writers’ forums, I found postings from others who had not been paid for their recent Listverse contributions. And as with me, their emails to the site were ignored. I have to assume Listverse is having financial difficulties. Maybe Frater is thinking he can postpone paying folks for awhile, and maybe catch up when some windfall comes his way. I’m not counting on that happening, though. I expect the site will soon fold. It’s too bad, because I had fun writing lists and liked grabbing an extra $100 now and then.
I have finally been paid by Listverse for my post “10 Bad Hombres Whose Body Parts Became Souvenirs.” Seems they’ve been having some temporary problems with email and sending out payments, and they are working to get things resolved. It was the lack of response to my email messages that made the payment mistake so frustrating. I got my problem taken care by sending them my message as a story submission, rather than an email. This might be inconvenient to the team at Listverse, but I got through to them. I have also corresponded with another Listverse contributor who had the same problem, and learned they have achieved a resolution.
