Since we launched in April last year, we have been impressed by the continuous interest members have shown in the site by engaging in different kinds of activities. For example, we currently have over 3000 stories and poems, 50,000 comments, 162 group topics and over 6,500 forum posts. We believe that this interest in the vision of the site, and the attendant activity, has helped the site progress on its way to being the premier online destination for reading enthusiasts and all those invested in the future of Nigerian writing.
The vision of Naijastories has always been to foster and promote a community spirit among young Nigerian writers, something that had been in short supply previously. In the process, we encourage these young talents to improve their writing through getting feedback from their peers and other readers. We also aim to share an abundance of authentic Nigerian stories on the internet and make them available to a wider global audience. This is our own way of ensuring the plurality of our stories and presenting a more rounded Nigerian, and a Nigeria with depth.
We are therefore launching a payment system that will reward writers and members for the activities that further these site goals. Payments will be based on the point system allowing those who qualify to redeem their awarded points for money.
This is how the system will work, in detail:
Participation and Earning Money
- You participate on the site, and by doing various activities, you obtain points.
200 Points – Blog Post
10 Points – Blog Comment
5 Points – Update
5 Points – Leaving a reply
50 Points – Creating a group
5 Points - Uploading a group avatar
25 Points – Leaving a group
5 Points – Group Update or Reply
10 Points – Completed Friend Request
50 Points – New Group Forum Topic
10 Points – New Group Forum Post
5 Points – Avatar Uploaded
5 Points – Message Sent
100 Points – Becoming a Member
5 Points – Daily Login
Payment Methods
- Each 1000 points will be equivalent to $1. When you obtain up to 10,000 points, you will be entitled to redeem these for $10. When redeemed, you will be paid the money, and the points will be deducted from your points total.
- The easiest method will be Paypal and those outside Nigeria are advised to open a PayPal account in order to redeem points.
- Other options that we plan to have include Western Union, Bank deposit in Nigeria and cash pick-up only in Lagos. Each of these payment outlets will have the following payout minimums;
Paypal – $10
Bank Deposit – $20
Cash Pick-up – $20
Western Union – $50
- To keep things simple, we will only accept requests to redeem points once a month, within the last week of the month. In other words, if you have over 10,000 points, you can ask for the points to be redeemed between the 27th and 31st of the month.
- Points will only be redeemed after you have acquired more than 10,000 points, and subsequent payments will be made in 10,000 point blocks. In other words, you can redeem 10,000 points for $10, but you cannot redeem 16,000 points until they get to 20,000 points.
- We want to reiterate that only sincere participation will be rewarded. There is no pressure. Do not feel you have to compete with anyone; everyone will be paid as long they participate honestly on the site.
- See writers who had points added based on views on their posts.
- The most points come from blog posts – articles and poems. As such, we will require that contributions such as poetry will now need to be a minimum of 200 words. If your contribution is less than this, you will need to combine it with another contribution before submitting.,
- Comment and forum discussions should be meaningful and relevant, and not just because you want to build up points. We reserve the right to refuse to redeem points if we feel that you are trying to ‘game’ the system by making a lot of irrelevant and trivial contributions.
In conclusion, all those that qualify now should contact admin between today and the end of November to redeem their points through their preferred payment option.
You can leave questions in the comment on the post, or send them to admin@naijastories.com.
Related posts:
- What are your NS points worth?
- A Business Model for Naijastories – Paying Writers?
- THE NAIJASTORIES TERMS OF USE, HOW FAIR?
Admin @Admin
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Thanks Admin for the cash conversions. But na wa o, to get $50, I must get 50,000 points???!!!!! Kai, work dey. But it’s a great idea Admin, and I am totally and completely in support. Great work. I will always ALWAYS love NS. It has been such an integral part of my development as a writer. If I didn’t join NS at the time that I did, I doubt that I would even be writing at all today…
@guywriterer, We’re glad to hear that and what a talent the writing world would’ve missed. As for the points, they can either come today, or they come next time.
Gboye Gboye
Hahahahahahahahahaha, you people do not understand the power of money.
Already some members have suddenly become very active.
@sambright, @scopeman, hope this pay issue has nothing to do with your new found interest in all NS groups.
Hahahahahahahaha
I guess the NS musketeers would be relieved of the burden of being the actiivitists on NS.
Make I laff again, hahahahahahahahaha
oga kaycee how you take know?If no be say u too dey perambulate through the groups ehn.But na true yan u put for ground o.The topic i initiated since April this year just got followers after NS announced the payment matter.Any way you look at it I think Ns should be highly commended for the gesture ,it has really inspired many.
@ admin please consider a reward system for anyone who refers people to this site,it is a veritable means of inspiring writers to share the good news.
Hahahahhahaha,
Sam, na wa O°˚˚˚!.
@admin is making more money sha, more site traffic, the more adverts.
Hahahahahahahaha
Business is good.
lol…@Kaycee, yes o, there is power mighty in the ‘cash’…
My 2 kobo: To encourage more stories, I think that long-distance runners (story tellers) should get more for posting than sprinters (poetry writers). At the end of the day, it depends on what types of posting Admin wants more of.
But a good start, Admin. Nothing dey shak naijas like money.
@howyodey,even doctors dey collect money for their work why not writers?
@howyoudey, that is something worth thinking about. Thanks.
Very very very cool, I really like this, long live NS…I should be more consistent now
@ almighty admin you know that writing poems is not as easy as writing prose or drama.It has its own techniques that makes it difficult to craft.Some people can write poems better than when they write prose or drama,let’s not make light of any form of creative writing,it is not beans and dodo.
In writing a poem, you use words to paint a vivid picture. Brevity and depth of thought are your paint and brush. In writing a story, you play a thousand characters in your head, and then try to fit those crazy characters into a literary locomotive and hope that the locomotive runs like a dream. Both require intellectual rigor, and deserve equal billing. But, in my opinion, a story, if well-told, is a bunch of poems strung together into a neat and tantalizing package.
So no civil war should break out between writers of poem and writers of prose. OK, to simplify, why not consider paying by word count?
Just my thought.
@howyoudey? You dey find @shai and the other poets trouble O°˚˚˚!
But I agree with you. I can write a standard poem in 5 minutes, but a story can even take days
Chei! Amebo lie o, Kaycee! Na bow I bow for our naijastories poets o. Serious. How you dey, man?
“Money slow to enter; Points quick to go…” *humming*
HAHAHAHA!
as in eh @tosyn, why ‘minimum wage’ no apply for here nah….
I would like to know though…if I do not redeem my points for a year…what happens?
I would keep accumulating till your’re ready to redeem.
Bad guy, u want make NS use bullion van send u ur money abi…hehehehe…..
Abi na, Scopes?! How you check am?!
E better make the thing make sense until…maybe I go fit use am pay dowry for my NS wife…
I think there’s so much wisdom in the idea of such a reduced-payment scheme. As for descrimination between poetry and prose, I think a fair way would be to have a minimum word count for poems that is equivalent to an unequal minimum word count for stories. For example, a 200-word poem may equate a 1000-word story. I’m not saying cos I have only poems here, but as a writer I’ve learnt what it takes to write both forms. I started writing short stories and articles in my late teenage, but a couple of years ago I figured writing poems and aphorisms the best way to empty the content of a large tank into a pint – succintly and subliminally. I’ve enjoyed many stories on here, and often thought, “Aren’t there more profitable means to give out these highly intellectual and creative works?”, however, the introduction of the NS anthologies (I think for both poetry and prose) made me heave my reluctance away – and now, this payment scheme is even more interesting. Good idea, NS!
dear friends at naijastories,
i am pleased and excited to note that Nigerians can come up with an ingenious scheme as this to empower Nigerians.i am into creative writing and i have no doubt that as i exercise my brain by contributing in one form or the other i will be the better for it.
furthermore your cah conversion system is great, my advice to subscribers is not to make cash collection the ultimate aim for joining naijastories if not many will drop out of frustration. rather we should savour the rich experiences that this project has to offer.
keep the flag flying, we are behind you 110%- have a pleasant xmas
mike Effa
But you site’s hard to load make it mobile easier or classic faster.
10 point no easy oh
Am loving this.Ns rocks!
wow!!!am back to my writing table…so much i have missed….
good job admin…
now u got me 200%….
cool! Now here is a site that rewards talents.great work@admin
This is good thinking. A revolutionary idea. For money is a magnet of sorts. Great work, Admin.
a question admin… the other options are they only present in lagos or it is only cash options that is exclusive to lagos
admin answer me now!