This is a paid plug of a unique website that I have personally looked over and liked the idea behind it. If you are interested in ordering a paid plug, please check out the Advertise page. 
When 99% of blogs fail to stand out, discovering a unique blog is rare and refreshing.
RantBlogger is a good example of this. They pay their readers to write rants on whatever topics piss them off and then publish the best ones. They call it Cash for Rants and here are the details:
- Submit rants about whatever you want
- Humorous and serious rants are accepted
- No minimum or maximum length
- Wait about 1-3 days for rants to be reviewed
- PayPal payments of $5-$10 per published rant
The rants are read by a small review panel and then voted on to make sure only the best rants are paid for and published. Humorous rants are especially favored. Although a lot of the rants on
RantBlogger are great (e.g. the douchebag husband rant and the thong rant), there’s definitely room for more variety. Plenty of topics are still left to be ranted about.
And while the pay is by no means enough to live off of, who’s going to complain about getting paid to complain? More than anything, RantBlogger is a place to kickback, read some heated articles by angry people, and occasionally join in on the ranting.
OK, so this sounds like a lot of fun, but where do the owners get the money to pay for this and how are they going to monetize it?
Here’s the story: RantBlogger was started by 18-year-old Harvard freshman, Ahmed Belal, after Harvard reimbursed him for extra scholarship money that he had earned. With a couple thousand dollars and the help of a few colleagues, RantBlogger was born. Since its launch in September, RantBlogger has received over 500 rants from disgruntled users all across the web.
And the business plan behind the site? Top secret, at least for now. The RantBlogger team is building a new Web 2.0 site (not a blog) called WriteBite that they say is going to take the “get paid to write rants” concept to a whole new level. A better design, 5X bigger payouts, and a more community-driven rant site is on the horizon, with a beta scheduled to launch in the next 4-6 weeks.
Oh, and as for RantBlogger, they’re currently running a $100 comment and email subscription contest for the holidays. There’s no excuse not to check this site out.
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December 28th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
This is really a unique and kind of funny idea. I had a similar idea to a blog like this called the complaint department but I was just doing it for grins not really to make money. I’m check out the rant site now. Looks like fun. I think as soon as I think of something that pisses me off I”ll submit a rant. I don’t really need the money but I think the idea is entertaining.
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Writers Needed- Apply Here! (2 comments) Reply:
January 6th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Whoa. This is a really new and innovative idea…although, people do this for free at social networking sites like reddit for example. Someone writes a blog post, and people comment on it…Now you can get paid for it. cool idea !
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December 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
And i did one for nuthin lol. A very cool site though.
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December 28th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Ha ha yep I would to. I’m sure I can think of something that pisses me off that I’d like to write about. lol. I’m checking them out not. I’ll submit a rant shortly just have to think what really pisses me off.
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December 28th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
I like the idea behind this website. I have a lot of rants i would like to get off my chest.
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December 28th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
What a really cool concept! heading over now to check it out.
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December 28th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Thanks for the comments guys. Is there anything in particular that you think the site needs?
The review didn’t mention our use of Facebook Connect via a customized version of Sociable’s awesome plugin, which I highly recommend for all you fellow bloggers. Current features include:
*Login with your Facebook credentials (100% secure)
*Auto imports the user’s FB profile pic and basic info (only name by default)
* Edit your profile and customize it.
* Comment on rants with your FB identity and optionally publish your comments to your Facebook News Feed (awesome marketing technique)
* View your Facebook friends who are also on RantBlogger and see which rants they’ve commented on
* Invite your Facebook friends to RantBlogger
While it’s still a little buggy, we’re working to fix that. You can expect a lot more interaction via Facebook on our new site, WriteBite, when it launches.
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December 28th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
This is a great review. I really think that the readers of my blog will love this website. They are always looking for new ways to make money.
This sounds really cool
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December 29th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Looks like a nice way to make money… let me check out.
BTW — some of the links in your review not working.
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December 29th, 2008 at 1:01 am
This is a good review. Yeah, users are now looking forward to blogs with unique ideas. This might be a tip for blog owners out there to know that if you want to survive in this market now, you need to stand out from your competitors and one way to do it, is to have an unique idea!
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December 29th, 2008 at 2:43 am
This is a great idea, I love it, have ideas all ready planned.
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December 29th, 2008 at 5:18 am
This way of making money is good,because all ways are good. THe question is could we be a success on that way.
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December 29th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Hey this sounds like a great idea; thanks for bringing it our notice. A well written humorous rant often finds a sympthetic echo inside of me!
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December 29th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
First time to see such a idea, and i like it very much. I am sure that every one is happy with such a system, and it will interesting to see how will they bring it on next level with new site.
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December 29th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Awesome concept ! I have never seen or known about Rantblogger. Thanks a lot for mentioning it.
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December 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Pretty awesome. I have not heard about this from any one else so you are definitely the first one on it.
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Dennis Edell (56 comments) Reply:
December 29th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Actually he wasn’t, but you don’t subscribe to my personal blog.
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December 29th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Hey guys, I woke up this morning to find that one our rants about Dell had gotten 15,000 views and 30 comments overnight thanks to Digg, Stumbleupon, and Reddit. If want to take a look here are the links:
http://www.rantblogger.com/dell-technicians-lie-about-repairs/
http://digg.com/hardware/Dell_Lies_Exposed
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Jason (702 comments) Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Frickin’ awesome results for a $5 article…
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Ahmed (14 comments) Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Haha, yea they are. We’ve managed to get 30,000+ page views so far out of it as well as several subscribers and a few dozen submitted rants.
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December 30th, 2008 at 5:50 am
I actually used to own a rant site, and I made nothing on that. Im definitely gonna give this a shot, I have soo much to complain about…
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December 30th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Calm down! Everything will be OK! Complaining leads to dissatisfaction.
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December 30th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I’ve never heard of this so to me it’s pretty original and it sure will have lots of people letting off some steam and making some money at the same time.
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December 31st, 2008 at 1:55 am
I really like this idea. It Reminds me of a traditional haunt called Speakers Corner in London. People basically get up on boxes and rant to a crowd about whatever.
There is honestly nothing better for relieving stress than venting yourself through an overly verbose article, decrying whatever it is that is causing you angst. Great Idea.
Cheers, Hugo
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December 31st, 2008 at 4:25 am
This is cool! I will submit my own rant now so I will have a chance to get paid.
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December 31st, 2008 at 11:44 am
Thats a really good idea! Like me, they are trying to create their own niche. But they are doing it better than me
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December 31st, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I really like this idea to get user generated content.
I wonder what percentage of rants get paid. If they only pay 1 out of 100… then that would be 100 original articles for $5. If the terms and conditions are right, even articles that aren’t paid for could be used.
BTW, I really like that you ask for a URI, not a URL… not many know the difference.
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kidfingers (20 comments) Reply:
January 1st, 2009 at 11:56 pm
What’s the difference?
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January 2nd, 2009 at 5:53 pm
sounds fun. I’ll try and pick one up
Thanks
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January 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 am
This sounds fun. Is there any way to be sure your article will get posted? Could you write but not accept payment? That would probably get you on the front page if you did a good job.
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Ahmed (14 comments) Reply:
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:23 am
Yes, you can write without payment but it won’t dramatically help your chance of being published. We won’t publish a rant just because it’s free; we have quality standards.
If you do get published, however, we’re always happy to include a link (PR2) to your blog either at the beginning or end of your rant. I suppose one could “engineer” a particularly viral rant, promote it (with our help), and then enjoy many referred visitors to their own blog.
Our most popular rant has gotten over 40,000+ views in a matter of a few days after going viral. With that kind of traffic, even if only a small percentage of readers clicked on the link to your blog, you would still get you a few thousand targeted referrals who’ll be looking for more content from YOU.
That kind of attention is great for any blogger.
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January 4th, 2009 at 5:13 am
The idea is rational and actual for the perid but only the time will show the results.
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Gerald Weber SEM Group (4 comments) Reply:
January 7th, 2009 at 2:56 am
I think it will work if you apply the proper methods suggested to it..
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January 4th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Looks like a nice way to make money. And I like the minimum payment. Only $5-$10 I can have the money
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January 5th, 2009 at 1:21 am
It’s a clever idea but the money is chump change
. For the work to write the rant, I feel like 5 dollars is hardly worth it.
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Dennis Edell (56 comments) Reply:
January 5th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
How much would you expect for a post basically about nothing of importance?
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January 8th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
$5 lot of work but Great information thanks heaps
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January 12th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Thanks for sharing, I am sure I will have a lot of fun here! I already know of a few people to recommend it to…
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January 13th, 2009 at 12:31 am
I’ve seen this website around for quite awhile actually. The idea behind it is pretty neat and is a new leaf for me. I usually don’t rant on my blog but its something I wouldn’t really mind doing and as a plus I can get paid to do it.
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January 19th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Very interesting. I’ve never heard of this website, but I’m definitely going to check it out. What a fun, profitable way to vent.
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January 21st, 2009 at 3:36 am
Great way to vent and make money at the same time.
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February 5th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Wow this looks like a great idea especially if you have something to rant about. Plus you get to make money from it.
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June 5th, 2010 at 4:21 am
Another paid to blog site. I personally use payperpost. But rantblogger is also good and they are really a paying site as far I know.
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July 6th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Oh, now here’s a concept that’s right up my alley! I hope they get their new site, WriteBite, up and running soon.
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July 8th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
it is a great idea….will check it out…
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July 24th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Woah! Never thought that someone will buy people’s rants but I think it is not a good idea because rantblogger is already closed, too bad because it is a fun way to make money online.
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