PayPerPost Version 4.0 Launched

I've mentioned PayPerPost a few times on this blog. It's a service that puts would-be advertisers in touch with bloggers who will write about them for a fee. Or, to look at it another way, it's a service that gives bloggers another option for earning money from their blog.

PayPerPost has just launched a brand new version 4.0, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to take a fresh look at it. For the moment version 4.0 is running alongside the old version 3.0, but presumably in due course (and if feedback is positive) version 4.0 will take over.

The first thing you notice about the new PayPerPost v4.0 is the simple, straightforward interface (see screengrab below). There are just two tabs, Opportunities and My Account. My Account is where you can check your earnings, change your email address, add blogs to your account, and so on.


It's also worth noting that in Version 4.0 bloggers can set the rate they are willing to accept for paid posts. This is done by clicking on the 'edit blog' icon under the My Account tab. Being able to set your own price gives more control and saves time, compared with the previous PayPerPost interface, where scrolling through pages of offers to find acceptable opportunities was the norm.

The Opportunities tab is where any paying opportunities that are available to you, and that meet your fee requirements, are displayed. If you see an opportunity you like, you can click on More Details and the full requirements will then appear.

Typically, a PayPerPost opportunity requires you to post a certain minimum number of words (e.g. 200) and include a specified link to the advertiser's website. All posts nowadays require disclosure that the post is sponsored, and how this should be done is also specified in the opportunity details (see example below).

Once you have made your post, you simply enter its permalink URL in the box provided. Once your post has been verified, payment by Paypal will follow, typically (in my experience of PayPerPost) a week or two later.

If you're looking for an additional way to monetize your blog, in my view PayPerPost is well worth considering. You can choose which opportunities to promote, and the disclosure requirement means that everything is transparent and above board. The new version 4.0 looks a marked improvement on the older one, so now should be a very good time to sign up if you haven't already. My one small criticism is that the minimum payout requirement has been raised to $50, so it's likely to take a few posts to achieve this.

Note: As you may have guessed, this post is sponsored by PayPerPost - you can even see how much I am being paid in the first screengrab! But that doesn't alter the fact that I am genuinely happy to recommend PayPerPost to any blogger who would like to add to their earnings in this way.