Tmes are hard instead of getting paid once a month how about twice a month for awhile?
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Anonymous commented
I believe that it may not be very complicated to set up a more frequent payment system, at least through paypal. I work for some other internet companies that pay weekly through pay pal, and one even will pay anytime we choose through paypal (there is a one dollar charge for each payment). To be clear, I am not advocating payment daily, but monthly or every 2 weeks would be convienant. I believe it is a motivating factor that would assist in getting more questions answered. At least in some categories one can observe that more experts/professionals are working the closer it gets to pay day.
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Hcraig commented
I think that is a good idea Jim
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Jim Reynolds commented
I think it could easily be set up to allow the expert to choose monthly or bi-monthly.
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Anonymous commented
I like it with just once a month. That way I can work hard to reach a goal and then have fun with the money I have earned.
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Aussie commented
I prefer monthly also.
Perhaps they will consider giving us the option of choosing either way in the drop down menu for Payments ??
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Anonymous commented
Its not related to payment timing.... but payment methods.
WHY is JUSTANSWER so inflexible with payment options when it has evolved on most things?
Why just paypal?
Why not simple online transfer like VISA transfer i.e. credit/debit card deposits, if not bank wires & checks?
(Paypal is known worldover for their "cheating" & "illegally blocking funds" services, in huge no. of cases and not just few ones) -
anonymous commented
I am sorry but I prefer the way it is now ( once a month )
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Anonymous commented
I agree.
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Anonymous commented
i think it would benefit everybody to pay twice a month
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Mike commented
Every 15th and the 1st of each month would be a very good thing for my personal situation and vote for this suggestion.
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Abraham Guerrero commented
I think this would add more overhead to the company which means they have less money to dedicate towards other areas such as growing the business, improving the end-user experience, etc.
I understand that times are tough right now, but I look at this website more as supplemental income than primary income. There are many resources available for creating a more robust solution to increasing your income.
The reason I joined this site is because I've answered hundreds of questions on many forums for free in the past and though this might be an interesting way to get some beer money.
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frederick S commented
Mike Hannigan - now there is a good suggestion!
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Michael Hannigan commented
Is there a way for me to vote this down?
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Anonymous commented
I'm sorry, but why is this necessary? Is it that hard to take all of your earnings for a month, put half in savings, then distribute the other half to yourself two weeks later? I find it sad how JustAnswer is having to assume the burden for Experts who are poor at money management.
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Anonymous commented
I would have to say I completly agree with William, Twice a week would be a huge boost in answerd questions and a tremendous help with I am sure a lot of experts whom could use the funds on a BI-Weekly basis. I do understand that the longer you hold someones money the more interest you make. But maybe if the experst are getting paid more often they will wok ****** for each paycheck, it would certainly motivate me to answer more questions if I knew my check was coming faster. Heck, I may even turn this into a full time job.
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william commented
How would this be a huge project? I say we all do a pettion and sign it and send it to Andy, This would be automated so i dont see it being that big of a deal. You have all the engineers that you need to do this which im sure that you will only need one. We are all in a recession right now and being paid every 2 weeks would help us out tremendously. When you are on unemployment you get paid every 2 wks. This would be a great incentive and a positive for every expert on J.A. And i bet the questions would be answered more quickly and more efficiently and the customers will be satisfiied, now isnt J.A. all about the customers, without them we wouldnt even be here right now. You do enough for them now how about helping us out? I bet every expert will agree with me on this. Everytime a experts suggests something that would help us as experts, we get shot down for whatever reason. I would like to see this happen for us as experts. We deserve this. I really believe that this should be left up to Andy to decide.
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Steve commented
I Have suggested this and hoped it would happen, I am sure there are many of us whom could use the money twice a month love this, Please do it. Thank you.
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Adminerik (Admin, Experts' Blog) commented
Hi all:
Thank you for your suggestion. We see your point too. Unfortunately, changing the site infrastructure and accounting practices to accommodate a biweekly payment system is a huge project, and not one we have the resources to undertake right now.
Of course, we're happy to help If you have specific accounting issues. Please email your category moderator, or else the Expert support staff at: experts@justanswer.com.
Cheers,
JA Staff -
Andy commented
Yup, it would certainly be beneficial to many experts.
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Anonymous commented
Absolutely, I suggested this a while back and it never even made the open post. I understand the once a month point but if experts new they were getting paid every two weeks it is a much more motivating to log in and answer questins. I know this would be a huge incentive for me to log on more frequently as opposed to a mad rush at the end of the month.