Review content marketplace site

**FanContent** · 1 October 2020, 12:36 pm

We recently launched https://www.fancontent.com/ - a content marketplace focused on sports betting, esports and gambling.

The way it works is Publishers place order requests by providing details of the type of content they need, when they need it and the price they’re willing to pay for it.

The request is then presented on the FanContent marketplace where hundreds of vetted Authors can commit to delivering the order.

When completed, it is sent to our team of Editors to ensure the content delivered meets our quality standards before delivering back to the Publisher.

As Publishers, how do you get your specialized content? Is this something you would consider using?

**universal4** · 1 October 2020, 5:20 pm

When you say "hundreds of vetted Authors", who is doing the vetting?

Does each author provide public examples?

Are deals arranged between authors and publishers private, or are such agreements public, such as amount spent, sites involved, etc, disclosed to you as well as others?

When it comes to payment, are you holding it in escrow or do payments go directly to the writer?

In the case of disputes, such as payments being made and the writer not fulfilling the obligation do you provide a refund?

What about quality disputes? What if the buyer is unhappy with the quality, say maybe it doesn't live up to the standards of the original examples that might have previously been provided?

Also wouldn't hurt to cover payment methods for both buyers and sellers since one method being used in one country may not even work in others.

And who pays the conversion fees, buyer seller or ?

Maybe add an FAQ section to answer some of the questions many buyers may have

Rick
Universal4

**TheGooner** · 1 October 2020, 8:06 pm

Originally Posted by FanContent

As Publishers, how do you get your specialized content? Is this something you would consider using?

We get our content by having a group of skilled writers from around the world covering set topics. It's not much different from your marketplace - except we've formalised the relationship over time - and the writers have direct logins to post their items.

We tend to specialise in upcoming match previews which have a short life-span and are time sensitive.
eg. No-one wants to read them 3 days before the match - and no-one wants to read them after the match has been played.

And that's probably the crux of the issue that I would have with the fan content marketplace, specifically given the number of hands the article needs to pass through ( writer -> editor -> Publisher)

1/ How can you get good informed content available in a timely manner ?
2/ And then there is still work to integrate the article into the site.

So I can see your site working as a method of introducing new writers to publishers - but NOT as a method for piece work going forward for sports events. If I used your site as a publisher and liked a writer then I'd want to engage the writer directly.

**FanContent** · 5 October 2020, 3:46 pm

Hi Rick,

Thanks for your feedback.

FanContent is doing the vetting in part by a sophisticated rating and strike system as well as a team of editors who review each submission. We match “category” experts with the type of content being requested. If writers fail to keep up their rating or have too many strikes (for missing deadlines etc) they are removed from the platform.

The details of the order are in essence public as they are posted to the marketplace. Only authors would see the order request and not other publishers however.

We hold the payment in escrow until the submission has been accepted by the publisher. If one of our editors rejects the submission, the publisher gets their money back. If our editor deems the submission to be good but the publisher rejects it, the publisher is charged 50% of the price.

The marketplace model removes many of the disputes that could come up including being upfront with all order details and handling the transaction. The one “wildcard” is really expectation of quality which is where we do our best to solve given our editors and rating system.

**FanContent** · 5 October 2020, 3:49 pm

@Gooner, match previews have been one of our most popular orders on the marketplace and something we work hard to ensure we can deliver on as we know it's incredibly important in sports where content goes "stale" so quickly.

We aim to turn over content in as little as 5 hours.

**Gerasim** · 14 October 2020, 1:56 am

I love your site, but why are some of my images blurry?

**PigWin** · 16 October 2020, 10:28 am

Hello,

Pretty clean design and marketplace is something definitely unique, good luck!

**bdt** · 26 October 2020, 7:30 am

I am using FanContent for a while and I like it a lot because it has many opportunities for gambling writers!

However, you can make some improvements to the launch editor.

- What I really do not like is the headings (for example H3 and H4 are with a smaller font than the normal text and it looks ugly when posted).
- Also, you can enable the formatting, when using the paste button. I write all my articles in DOC and when I transfer them to the launch editor, I have to go through the whole text again, fixing the headings, italics, bold words, etc.
- Bold words are counted twice, this is something you need to fix too.

In addition, when all my 5 accepted tasks are completed by me but not reviewed by the editor, I cannot accept further tasks, before these 5 are reviewed. Maybe you can fix this because we finished everything on time (even earlier) but we are not going to be allowed to take new orders.

Do not you think it will be nice if there are email notifications when a new task is being listed?

Regards!

**bdt** · 30 October 2020, 3:35 pm

I would like to update my previous post because of the latest things that happened.

I got 2 consecutive strikes from the platform for very strange reasons.

The second was received earlier today and I was shocked:

https://prnt.sc/vad67e

From curiosity, I have decided to check my betting review about this UFC event in Yoast to see the readability and whether is it difficult to read.

This is what I got after the check:

https://prnt.sc/vacqno

Interesting is the fact that yeah the Flesch Reading Ease is only 64.6 but it is surely not considered as difficult to the readers.

In addition, I was accused of using Google Translate tool in order to help myself in writing this article.

I am not about the money or the strikes I will get as I will never use this platform again but the attitude ...

Both reviews were not returned for revision, if there was something not alright as editors stated.

But still they took the money from the clients, giving nothing to the writers using the platform.

BTW, when it comes to customer support, you better not send an email because you will get no reply even after 1 week.

Anyone, who wants to check the UFC betting review that was difficult to read, can drop me a message and I will send the preview.

PS. I have some doubts that it is one man who is managing the whole platform and there are no editors, customer support line or even publishers.

**universal4** · 31 October 2020, 5:58 pm

Are the "content checks" that are performed all done by automated tools?

Please clarify that if the buyer appears "at least on the surface" to accept the work, that they in fact have paid for, and the writer is not contacted about changes in content itself or the structure etc, that the writer in fact may not get paid, and the fancontent site keeps 100%?

Rick
Universal4

**Former Member 14** · 13 November 2020, 4:05 am

Seems the OP has yet another disgruntled content writer.
https://www.affiliateguarddog.com/co...writers.15923/

Can you please respond to your emails on ZenDesk!
Your system is screwed up and articles i have submitted arent processing. They say they are expired even though I submitted them before the deadline. Ive sent you screenshots to prove this.

You are the worst at support! It's been over a week since I sent in a support request and have yet to be paid for articles. Done with this service.

No one gets paid at FanContent.com

Edit:
Forgot to add... the OP also operates: FanLeads.com

If one saves the photos used in the testimonials, and then run them through Google and Bing Image searches, you'll find these are stock photos. But worse, you'll find other sites operated by the OP (not listed at GPWA) where those sites are use the same testimonial photos but different names and occupations.

Seems to me the OP is nothing but a fraudster, and con-artist.

**FanContent** · 10 December 2020, 8:14 pm

Originally Posted by TheGooner

We get our content by having a group of skilled writers from around the world covering set topics. It's not much different from your marketplace - except we've formalised the relationship over time - and the writers have direct logins to post their items.

We tend to specialise in upcoming match previews which have a short life-span and are time sensitive.
eg. No-one wants to read them 3 days before the match - and no-one wants to read them after the match has been played.

And that's probably the crux of the issue that I would have with the fan content marketplace, specifically given the number of hands the article needs to pass through ( writer -> editor -> Publisher)

1/ How can you get good informed content available in a timely manner ?
2/ And then there is still work to integrate the article into the site.

So I can see your site working as a method of introducing new writers to publishers - but NOT as a method for piece work going forward for sports events. If I used your site as a publisher and liked a writer then I'd want to engage the writer directly.

Interesting enough many of our customers and prospects had the exact same feedback. So, we listened and launched FanContent 2.0.

FanContent is no longer just a content marketplace but a content management platform. We want to help our publisher Plan, Manage and Create content.

Through our platform publishers gain access to a suite of tools and features that will help streamline their content process and boost content output. Best of all you can invite your existing group of in house writers or freelancers to your team on one central platform.

Platforms like Jira and Asana were not meant for content. Thats what we're trying to solve. Plus, we're giving away access to these tools free for the next month. Check it out

**universal4** · 10 December 2020, 9:51 pm

How about answers to any of the tougher questions, such as exactly how decisions are made not to pay writers, and whether the content a writer submits are used anyway even the writer is not paid?

Why would you copy and paste the fake testimonials even on your own websites?

If these testimonials are real, why would the photos used need to be standard stock photos used all over the place, and why would they match testimonials you also used elsewhere?

I admit to being a little critical here, but I have personally heard from a few writers that submitted content and were not paid. In a few cases I viewed the content that was rejected, and agreed they should have either been paid or given the opportunity to edit what shortcomings the management thought were needed.

As for those GPWA Members looking for gambling content for their sites, we have a LOT of GPWA Members that also freelance writing for others, as well as some members that have many other GPWA Members as their content customers. Making connections with writers here most often will provide a method of direct communication between publishers and writers, and almost all of the writers will provide either samples or references from others who have purchased their work.

Rick
Universal4

**FanContent** · 14 December 2020, 8:24 am

Appreciate your concern for FanContent Authors and the approval process. Ultimately Publishers use our platform to get quality content. It is not in our best interest to reject orders as this leaves the Publisher without the content they requested and FanContent does not receive a fee. So when we reject the order we feel as if it is warranted. Understandably it is a bit subjective however our editors will sometimes completely rewrite an order to improve the content and the Author will still get their reward. We do our best to ensure its balanced on both sides as our model will only work that way.

There has also never been an instance where we were accused of using or selling content that hasn't been paid for. This would be very easy to detect as a simple search in google would unearth this practice.

Lastly we are now a content management platform. The new version of our platform allows you to work with your existing writers in one central place. We understand Publishers want to own that relationship and as you said communication is important. The market place is now only there if you need to scale your content or don't have the resources.

**LowFlyingBird** · 14 December 2020, 6:51 pm

Kudos to Fancotent for trying to make a new marketplace for writers.
Long have people tried https://www.fiverr.com/ with some success.

Ultimately, it's nice to have relationships with content providers as to avoid unnecessary re-writes, edits ect.

**Ken** · 17 January 2021, 8:14 pm

By 'vetted authors' you mean people willing to accept ridiculously low money for their content right?

**SimonTheSorcerer** · 4 February 2021, 4:02 am

And it's pretty much dead as expected (if it was ever something, there is no way to check the "hundreds of writers anywhere, just an empty marketplace".

(IMO, my personal opinion, no way to prove it: I think it was just one guy form India who took the orders and just outsourced them to atrocious fiverr $5 per blog post Pakistani and Indian "writers"). We already have Fiverr, Odesk and bunch of others. What was the point? It was a bad business idea. No way to pull this off without at least a $1 million in marketing budget. I just hope the guy who started it didn't lose much money... It's always sad to see a project fail (obviously, OP, the owner will come here and paste a temple "no we didn't fail" or "no we are redesigning" , "no that never happened"angry response, disregard it, it's dead. I registered so you don't have to, both a publisher and a writer account (with disposable email and not my real passwords of course...)

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