Let’s face it, a bit of bling bling would be nice! Until recently, on the contribute page I had not specified a paid review price. This is largely because I had no idea how much I should charge businesses for paid reviews. I like writing reviews, and wouldn’t writing for free but it would be nice to cover the costs of hosting, and advertising. Besides, it would be more transparent if I was more up front about fees etc.
I am prepared to be a low cost reviewer so set a charge of $5 - $10. I can use the excuse to get out of the house a bit more (a bit hard to do when you’re working nights - i.e.: me, now). It takes me a fair while to write a full review, and do research about it. There may be significant cost associated with it - for example, I reviewed La Spaghetatta, and their dinner bill was $94.00. But that was a review done while I was out anyway, so no loss. If I had specifically gone out that day to review that restaurant, you can imagine the expense.
So I hope the charges are reasonable, but they are negotiable. Businesses can always contact me. I don’t know, what do you think? Is it a fair price?
