Obviously this isn't going to appeal to everyone, like those with well paying full time jobs. But if people are looking for a little extra cash and have some time on their hands this might be nice. When I first started designing logos I was doing them for $10 a piece... it was actually kinda nice to do something I liked and get some extra money.
Also, most tutorials we recieve are only one to two pages, with good sized screen shots. I'm not that big into PHP, but it usually takes me around 2 hours to write a good photoshop or illustrator tutorial. We start our scale at $5 because some tutorials recieved were very very short, a few paragraphs maybe... but still useful. I would say the average payout is around $20-25. If working on a tutorial for 2 hours that's still $10 - $12.50 an hour.
Mudkicker, I have sent money to places much further than turkey

haha.
Thanks