Please don’t accept these types of content creation requests

Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 10:58 am

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As a content creator, you may be sent many emails. Some may ask you to create content for a commission fee.

Some of these requests are typical. Others may not be. Today I had an email that showcases the latter.

Content creation request emails

These types of emails are something you as content creator have to filter out and see if the request is worth your time and effort.

Also if they are asking you to post reviews to popular websites always check the site’s terms of service section to make sure you don’t violate anything. I’ll get more to that later.

The Email I was sent

Today I was sent a content creation request. I don’t usually pay any mind to these because most times they are for Amazon reviews. I am no longer able to do these because according to Amazon I violated their terms of service. So I just delete these emails.

Well, today I had an email that piqued my interest. It didn’t seem very typical and it even did seem that it would violate a site’s terms of service.

The sender

The email was sent from Daniel using the following email address:

Daniel 18145860089@163.com

163.com is a Chinese email service.

The email

The email was very straightforward and to the point.

Hi,
we sincerely invite you do 1 star reviews, $10/$20/$30 commission for text/pic/video after review is online, you return it for refund.
Item price under $80
waiting for your message
Daniel

email text

Here’s the thing

The request is odd I think the sender meant to ask for a 5-star review, not a 1-star review. It’s also so vague because it didn’t state where the review needed to be posted.

The refund is your payment

It seems that the refund would be your payment on top of the commission you’d earn. So basically you’d have to pay for the product and then return it for your money back. This may get your account flagged because many sites are monitoring refunds and logging accounts that return a set number of items a month.

You could lose your account

content requests like these are what cause users to lose their accounts. Many people have been banned from websites or lost their accounts for creating content like this. I’m lucky I can’t post reviews or ask questions on Amazon but I could have been banned.

I’ve noticed overseas sellers

I’ve noticed overseas sellers tend to make these types of requests often. Many times they don’t want to pay you because of the conversion rate or they hope to boost their sales on Amazon. Many don’t care if you lose your account. They may even tell you to use a family or friends account. I know this from experience.

I had one seller try to walk me through creating a new account so I could wok with them. Some also get upset when you tel them that these requests violate the website’s terms of service.

All you can do is try to avoid these types of requests.