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By: ChaCha Branches Out, Launches Digital Coupon Service In Indiana

ChaCha Branches Out, Launches Digital Coupon Service In Indiana — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:47:00 +0000

[...] appear to work out all that well for the startup. ChaCha has cut guides’ payments quite a few times since its inception and was forced to lay off a significant part of its staff earlier this [...]

By: Guides May Be Less Likely To Dance To ChaCha | Tech stuff center

Guides May Be Less Likely To Dance To ChaCha | Tech stuff center — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:14:44 +0000

[...] will likely see some backlash from that faction of guides. Last year, guides were apparently not being paid on time by [...]

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Guides May Be Less Likely To Dance To ChaCha -> ApaRece — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:01:25 +0000

[...] will likely see some backlash from that faction of guides. Last year, guides were apparently not being paid on time [...]

By: Guides May Be Less Likely To Dance To ChaCha | eMediaOne

Guides May Be Less Likely To Dance To ChaCha | eMediaOne — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:30:08 +0000

[...] will likely see some backlash from that faction of guides. Last year, guides were apparently not being paid on time by [...]

By: TandL

TandL — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:58:40 +0000

Well, I’m late to this game but ChaCha frustrates me. I have made about $7,000 there in the past year or so and have always been paid on time, every single time.

However, it disgusts me the way ChaCha treats the guides. They cut the pay in half again and they said “Because you guides said this is what you wanted!” Yeah, we all asked for our pay to be cut. And when problems occur, they are very sneaky and weird about it. I don’t trust ChaCha’s employees. They don’t appear to have any kind of moral integrity whatsoever.

By: sally

sally — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:16:05 +0000

wow like your not the owners babys mama …ha you are!! …cha cha sucks so does the owner….fact is he is building on to his home (millions) and yet can’t pay his guides ..CHACHA SUCKS

By: steff

steff — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:29:28 +0000

I am a guide and I work the night shift I can pull in at least 75 questions an hour that is about 8.00 dollars an hour not the best But I have always got paid, Been working there for months.

By: Berni

Berni — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:57:57 +0000

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By: oh no chacha!

oh no chacha! — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:24:53 +0000

chacha is so terrible. i mean just a few days ago i needed some extra money to pay my cable bill so i got on chacha and within a little while boom i had the money

man chacha is awful. plus all those people i gave those answers to. i bet they didn’t REALLY enjoy using chacha right?

you guys that are trying to hate on chacha are so goofy.. i can’t even understand it. is it jealousy or are you all really that upset over someone elses success? this reminds me of a certain sucky website called MYSPACE which continues to succeed everyday.

By: anti-trace

anti-trace — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:22:09 +0000

Trace, you sound like an angry idiot. Chill out, smoke a joint.

By: williamgeorge

williamgeorge — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:49:26 +0000

The mobile search service also matches queries to guides that are most knowledgeable on the given subject, but the questions and resultant answers are delivered in short, singular messages via SMS text message. In April 2008, ChaCha also announced the availability voice search through its mobile service that could be queried via a toll-free phone number.
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By: tinyComb » Blog Archive » ChaCha Gets Serious About Revenues. Stops Paying Its Guides. Hah

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:01:17 +0000

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By: Britta.tv » Blog Archive » ChaCha doesn’t care about Guides!

Britta.tv » Blog Archive » ChaCha doesn’t care about Guides! — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:55:53 +0000

[...] Shortly after this happened, begin to research similar problems that Guides may be having, and I found this lovely little article on TechCrunch.com, called “No ChaChaing for ChaCha Guides“. [...]

By: Christliche

Christliche — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:28 +0000

Dang sucks for her. I have made $400 and got paid just fine.

By: Anonymous ChaCha guide

Anonymous ChaCha guide — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:04:07 +0000

OH WAIT!!! This is way out of date. OoooOOh if you only knew what’s going on now!!!!! ChaCha is DOWN! They are sending out messages to customers saying that it’s due to high volume, meanwhile guides are getting MAYBE 5 questions an hour, if they are lucky. The underground (where we check our status and pay ourselves) is practically non-existent. This has been going on for a week, with them saying “we’re working on it” but not saying what they are working on or when it will be fixed. HQ is standing silent on the traffic issues…which makes us guides feel like banging our heads against the wall. We just want ACKNOWLEDGMENT. A 30 second scrap of hope that says “We know it’s slow, we’re fixing it!!!”
They dropped it so that infoseekers are allowed only 20 texts per month…to go between THOUSANDS (well over the 35,000 stated on the site) of guides online at a time. The limit is totally absurd.

By: Anonymous ChaCha guide

Anonymous ChaCha guide — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:59:32 +0000

Yep. This is ridiculous, to say the least. Here are the problems.
1- They cut down the number of texts …which means that
2- advertisers will be less willing to go with them with means
3- less money coming in
4- far too many guides (many shitty)
5- NO communication with guides or even letting us communicate with one another, they constantly shut down threads
6- out of wack priorities, they need to fix the SYSTEM and not worry about bells and whistles
7- Did I mention the lack of communication?

By: ChaCha h8r

ChaCha h8r — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:39:25 +0000

ChaCha sux ass, theres a reason why ex guides come here flaming it – pay attn to them, chacha bans guide for flaming on their threads and steals their money – as some people here have attested to already. Ima get my money before the place burns.

By: Emma Lee

Emma Lee — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:02:11 +0000

Yes, it takes time. And if you read through your training manual, you wouldn’t have such a heart attack.

The Bank is not just a Bank for ChaCha guides. Bank is open to any person wanting to Bank online.

Mine took about 5 weeks, but I expected it, CAUSE i read my training manual and participated in the forums and listened to vet guides.

Yeah, so what about that 99% that got paid on time?

P.S. You are told to have all the information ready for the bank when you apply.

If they have to ask you for more information to proof your identity and address you did not send enough information like you were asked..

This slows the process way down!

If you can follow directions, you should not have a problem with knowing “what’s going on!!”

By: dumdum

dumdum — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:18:08 +0000

they are having serious system problems and using the expeditors more to answer the easy b-s answers that so many people keep sending…

By: dumdum

dumdum — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:15:31 +0000

Holy crap has it gotten bad- in order to deny you 20 cents they HIT the quality control HARD… I was answering the same way and getting an OCCASIONAL quality control notice but they knocked me down two weeks in a row- they are STRUGGLING…

By: I.R.

I.R. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:31:05 +0000

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By: Moon

Moon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:41:14 +0000

First of all, not everyone who would work for chacha are idiots and thats just rude to say about people who are trying to make money.

Ive been a guide at chacha for a while now and never had a problem setting the acct up, getting paid or getting replies to any questions I had. Just like any other place of employment, you cant make everyone happy all the time and it only takes one sour grape to ruin it for the rest of us! the person who was complaining about not getting an email reply could just as easily use the telephone and speak to someone with their concerns.

But, if noone new signs up to be a chacha guide that just leaves more work for us non-complaining getting-paid, happy-to-be-working-in-today’s-ecomony guides…

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:23:17 +0000

You know, I’ve been an actual paid mystery shopper since 1997. It led to merchandising which led to alot of experience in the field and now I am a very well paid supervisor for an international merchandising company. I still mystery shop. Never had to pay a penny for any info on it. I’ve also gotten paid to take surveys. Again, never had to pay for that info either. Cha Cha’s, yes, been paid, will continue to be paid. Only the inept have problems. Oh, wait, sorry if that offended you. I must be naive or something for making so much money!

By: vorpalblad

vorpalblad — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:09:59 +0000

My favorite posts are the people hired by the company to say how great it is. Susan, Vee and Alan are obviously making a lot more than .02 per answer. At first I thought A. Nonymous might be on the bandwagon as well, but based off of the ad hominem arguments, if you are, they are overpaying you.

By the way, I’ve never worked for this service and have no vested interest in it one way or the other but based off the responses, many who find it to be “great work” have problems with the use of “quotation marks” and “speling.” The lack of pay might be why people who seem legit, like Pamela, are annoyed with the lack of skill that follows.

By: ChaCha

ChaCha — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:32:56 +0000

i signed up a month ago, answer questions a few hours every couple nights, and made an extra $115.
It doesn’t pay the bills but it’s not a bad deal at all for just answering questions.