Since we launched in April 2010, 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.
10 Points – Blog Post (plus pay per view)
10 Points – Blog Comment
5 Points – Update
5 Points – Leaving a reply
25 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
20 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 20,000 points, you will be entitled to redeem these for $20. 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, and Bank deposit in Nigeria. Each of these payment outlets will have the following payout minimums;
For Paypal – $20 – 20,000points minimum
For Bank Transfer – $20 - 20,000points minimum
For Western Union – $100 - 100,000points minimum
- 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 20,000 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 20,000 points, and subsequent payments will be made in 20,000 point blocks. In other words, you can redeem 20,000 points for $20, 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.
- 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.
You can leave questions in the comment on this post, or send them to admin@naijastories.com.
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Oh! does that mean i get paid for pple viewing my posts??? interesting! let the posting begins!!!!!!
We have paid retrogressively by pageviews this one time to reward consistent members. However, going forward, it will be automatically adjusted through points.
@Ugo: where did you see that? I don’t think that is included O!
Um. This is confusing.
Can you be more specific? What point do you need cleared up? Thanks.
I am just as confused as you are, @seun-odukoya, really. I mean I read this, yeah, but…
@Admin, should I just send my bank account details to you via email, like you said? And there is this problem: Must I travel to Lagos to make sure this ‘redemption of NS points’ goes through for me?
Another thing: Em, I was wondering… With my name on top of this list displayed, I wondered what it could mean, because there are NS members here who had far more points than me. Would NS members still be working out new fresh NS points at the beginning of every year?
I think what they did was to give us points in relation to how well/much our posts have been viewed over time…in addition to whatever we had before…so that’s why I suddenly have more points and you suddenly have showed up on the ‘radar’…
As to your second question –
ADMIN.
@Emmanuella-Nduonofit, we added your post views to your points as Seun said because we promised to pay in arrears. Going forward, it will solely be via points, each post now earns 200 points which is the average views of posts on the site.
On whether to send you bank details, find out what payment option you qualify for and send an email to admin when you’re ready for your payout.
Cheers.
So, from what you are saying, @Admin, in arrears I have 12188 NS points, which means I will have like, what, $10 and some change? I ask because I got confused when reading through this payment scheme of yours. For instance, if you were to pay me through the Western Union scheme (I even prefer the Moneygram scheme because I was told administrative charges are cheaper there), it’s $50. Let me be clear on that $50 because that seems to be the payout minimum I can understand.
Also try the Moneygram scheme as well. And when @chemokopi suggested the recharge card method as another way of payment, I was a bit ok with that but I need just a little bit more education on it.
There is this another payment scheme called UMobile. I think this is done when you give your correct account name, bank and bank account number which must be a ten-digit number which all banks here in Nigeria are now conforming to. I just heard about them quite recently because a friend of mine in US deposited money into my bank account using UMobile. I am not too fully educated on that as well. God, I have a lot to learn on this and I don’t want to rush it before I make a mistake.
@Emmanuella-Nduonofit, that is correct. WU is $50 minimum. Your total points is 14,225 and you can keep an eye on it from the points board on the left of the site.
We will look into the other payment methods you mentioned as well.
If i get this correctly: payout means the points paid for will peter away for the member to start afresh? This is a pack of motivation! ok let me see how regular i am gonna be here.
Yes, that is correct.
I think some people might begin to post trash here. Thing that are not qualified to be called poems might posted as poems. Now we are going be having the most hurrible of stories like the one i just read today that ends as is there was power outage while the ‘author’ was jus begining.
I think some people might begin to post trash here just to hit some point and grab the cash. Things that are not qualified to be called poems might be posted as poems. Now we are going be having the most hurrible of stories like the one i just read today that ends as if there was power outage while the ‘author’ was jus begining.
There is and has always been a quality control system on the site. This will continue.
hehehehehehehehe! power outage indeed!
Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha
See wahala.
@admin, seriously, think about this payment issue o. Are you sure it won’t spoil NS?Things were fine before the payment thingy o. I think the money should rather be used for contest awards, and other things. There is a lot the money would do. Instead of paying so little amount to writers, this money should be used for maybe anthologies, magazines…stuffs.
I fear what this payment issue could bring.
Listen to kaycee.
I totally agree with you kaycee. the money should better be used for contests.
Kaycee, you are very correct! I don dey think am too. Its better the money goes for contests and all rather than this…
I agree with you as well, @Kaycee. By the time one changes $10 or $50 to naira, Allah, e no go make sense, o! Very small. Writers have other ways of surviving financially, you know.
Then again, I guess @admin just want to show how ‘financially’ valuable some, or most, NS postings are.
Thank you Kaycee for pointing that out. We have taken all comments into consideration.
I think the power of recharge cards as a payment system should not be underestimated: it is easy to transfer, it is one of the commodities most spent on in modern times, and it would not engender the kind of pressure money might bring.
Thanks for the suggestion @chemokopi, we will look into it.
Terrific suggestion Mr Chemo, I am soooo in support!!!!!
Nice one here. @Kaycee if you look at it carefully, I think only people honestly interested in writing, reading et al will be on the site.
5 posts is $1.
Think commenting on 100 posts $1 as well.
I think admin did the maths well. Nice one admin.
I think you nailed it. This is no quick money here. We just want to promote dedication and consistency. There will still be writing contests and other competitions, as well as anthologies to reward excellent writing.
@admin so now a blogpost of 2000 words and a 3 word comment are worth the same?
Please see the update to the reward system at this link.
http://www.naijastories.com/2013/02/an-update-to-the-reward-system-for-writers/
@ Oga kaycee na wa for u o!!why u wan con pit sand sand for we garri na?Admin has said it all,’we have taken all comments into consideration’ so what is d all grammar all about?
@ Admin so my posts have bn viewd by most persons more than others in my view are better?I am humbled.But I am @ a crossroad regarding how to get d kudi o.
You see? You ά̲̣яε already calculating.
This is Naija stories. We know how Naija is with money.
We go read poems and posts tire.
It is a good strategy by @admin, the site would soon have much traffic.
Me just they fear.
@Kaycee why did u just mention ‘poems’ I go fight u o!!!
Truth is we will be seeing poems and we will be seeing POEMS!I agree with Jaywriter,NS really did the mathematics.Only those trully interested in reading and writing will come around.I duff my hat for NS,i am inspired to work!
OMG! Now a particular genre has been ‘tagged’ God help us all….
Question @ Admin please explain d payment schedule.Is it at the end of the every year (December) or what? I thought the payment plan starts nxt year January?
Finally,how much have I earned with my above points given?
@sambrightomo, the payment schedule is every month. Claims will only be accepted in the last week of the month by those who have up to or more than 10,000 points.
You have a total of 3068points and that is $3 and some change. You will qualify for payment when you have $10.
lol….cruel. @admin
@ Admin thanks.So officially,payment starts this month for those who have 10,000 points?
@sambrightomo, that is correct.
Interesting….I expect to see some people back on the site with this development, including myself.
@Emmanuella, I hail o, welcome Ma….
Very true. Mr Scopeman where have you been???
I’ve been here and there Mr. Gboyega, it turns out selling words for money is no small feat, especially in Nigeria.
True oh….nice to have you back sha.
@Admin, I was thinking with the pay I would be able to resign from my job and join NS fully!?!….
Anyways, this is good encouragement. Even if I don’t get my pay, I no go vex. NS has done enough for me already. But that doesn’t mean I don’t wan’t my money o.
With the wisely reduced pay, I’m sure only serious writers will hang on.
I ditto everyone.
Well done Admin.
Kool. No pressure. Indeed. Hehehehe. I will be watching that points section…..
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