idntimes.com formed a writers community that called Community Writer who had the opportunity to write on the idntimes.com news portal. As a form of reward, idntimes.com provides rewards in the form of points that can be exchanged for cash. Minimum exchange of 2,500 points or equivalent to Rp. 250,000. To be able to get 2,500 points, Community Writers must be able to get 2,500 readers. Until January 4, 2020 Community Writer had already reached 210,551 members.This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. The paradigm used in this study is critical. The data used to analyze are primary and secondary data. The results of this study stated that there was a commodification carried out by idntimes.com in the form of utilizing Community Writer. idntimes.com benefits from increased portal traffic that is able to hook 2.8 million readers per day without having to employ journalists or writers in large numbers and does not need to pay according to the applicable UMR rules. This is impact to the negative record of the media industry in Indonesia.