Anyone Gone For Ezine Articles Premium?

[Chri5123]

Hi,

Just wondering who has decided to go with Ezine Articles Premium upgrade?

I did, but then again I do a fair bit of article marketing and was getting tired of waiting for my articles to be reviewed.

I think it is quite a good service if you do a lot af article marketing as Ezine Articles is the best directory in my opinion.

What does everyone think?

Looking forward to your comments,

Chris

[Emailrevealer]

how much is it?

[Hamida Harland]

I'm still thinking about it - mine take nearly a week to be accepted on a Platinum account. I'm waiting to see if approval times improve any in the next few weeks first.

How quickly do yours get approved now Chris?

[Chri5123]

Originally Posted by Emailrevealer

how much is it?

Hi,

There are 3 different options you can take:


Monthly fee = $97 per month

Quarterly = $194.00

Yearly = $582.00

So there is a slight saving if you go for the quarterly or yearly option, however i went for the $97 monthly option personally.

Chris

[Chri5123]

Originally Posted by Hamida Pall

I'm still thinking about it - mine take nearly a week to be accepted on a Platinum account. I'm waiting to see if approval times improve any in the next few weeks first.

How quickly do yours get approved now Chris?

Hi,

Yes, this is the same reason that I bit the bullet and subscribed.

It was taking about a week and a half to get my articles reviewed and now it is taking less than an hour in most cases!

Very fast so far but it does come at a price.

Also the review of your articles is slightly more strict I have noticed some of the articles they used to accept were rejected when i upgraded.

Chris

[Hamida Harland]

Originally Posted by Chri5123

Also the review of your articles is slightly more strict I have noticed some of the articles they used to accept were rejected when i upgraded.

I suspected that would happen alright. Although I guess it wouldn't matter too much seeing as your approval time is so fast. I think I'm nearly sold on the idea!

[Chri5123]

Originally Posted by Hamida Pall

I suspected that would happen alright. Although I guess it wouldn't matter too much seeing as your approval time is so fast. I think I'm nearly sold on the idea!

You are right it is not nearly as bad as waiting for a week and a half to get your articles submitted and then finding out there is a problem with them and having to rewrite them to wait another few days.

Now if there is a problem they are re-reviewed fast.

I am just testing the service for a few months and will keep you updated.

Chris

[Kristian]

I'm tempted to pay for a premium account too. Who wants to wait almost 2 weeks for a review?

[Max Whitson]

Originally Posted by Chri5123

Hi,

There are 3 different options you can take:


Monthly fee = $97 per month

Quarterly = $194.00

Yearly = $582.00

So there is a slight saving if you go for the quarterly or yearly option, however i went for the $97 monthly option personally.

Chris

A slight saving? There is a huge saving.

Quarterly you save $194

Yearly you save $582

[kenj]

I am considering this membership but I only think it would pay me back with 3/4 articles per day submisiions.

I might give it a try when I have a clear month to do this to see if the benefits are worth it

[pmore]

I personally can't imaging paying that much and still having to pay someone to write enough articles to make that fee worthwhile - and no, I'm definitely not going to write that much by myself.

Not my thing, but I'm sure the hardcore article marketers will benefit from the membership.

The website offers very little for $97.00 a month, no way is it worth that kind of money. So it takes 4 or 5 days for article reviews, I am perfectly fine with that. They would have to offer a great deal more before I forked out $97.00 a month.

James

[Chris Hunter]

IF I did this, I'd do the yearly subscription.

That's half off the price. No brainer.

[Brad Spencer]

Interesting is the idea that we shouldn't have to wait that long for articles getting approved.

No one talks about the fact that it used to take much less time to get approved. Now, they are charging for essentially timely service.

I love Chris Knight (owner) but seriously, I feel charging for a quick approval is a rip off. It's just evidence they are holding back. I mean it's to their benefit to approve as quick as they can with the quality factor still there.

Here's the logic. With IMers there is a critical mass of opinion here. It would only take this forum talking about slow approvals (which it has) for people to say "maybe I shouldn't submit there as often" or find an alternative.

I'm outside of their biz but I bet their money is made on reputation (high PR and biggest article directory) which leads to nice PPC income. If people submit less, they have less fresh content to make money off of. Then, their business slows down.

So, I guess my point is that they shouldn't be charging just for quick approval.

Sorry for the rant but the charging logic really puzzles me. It seems that reputation for quick approval and the benefits it provides would provide enough money for charging for "quick approval" wouldn't be necessary. I could be wrong...c'est la vie.


Cheers,


Brad Spencer

[precious007]

Upgrading is a rip off, they just thought of another way to monetize EzineArtciles. If I submit 10 articles every day that means I always have articles pending on the list, and everyday new ones get approved. There is no rush if you constantly submit.

Upgrading is pretty much useless..

[JJ-Undercover]

From someone who DOES have the premium service. Upgrading is NOT useless for SERIOUS article marketers.

But for people NOT making money with articles, yeah, premium service is useless because article marketing is useless for them. You need to know how to article market properly and profitably to make it such a bargain that you'd be stupid not to use it.

Also looks like their review times are back to about 1 day for platinum members, so premium isn't needed for most peoples' purposes.

[cfloyd]

I would love to get my articles up faster, but the cost is not in my budget this year. And from the comments here that have I wonder if it is worth the extra money?

I guess this needs more thought!

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by precious007

they just thought of another way to monetize EzineArtciles.

Clearly. Or they thought of it before and were waiting until they had some specific number submitted per day or whatever.

But that's a fairly normal business practice, I think, so seek to maximise income sources?

Originally Posted by precious007

There is no rush if you constantly submit.

Exactly so.This is the anomalous feature, I think? The most prolific submitters will effectively be the ones with least to gain by paying?

[JJ-Undercover]

I disagree with you Alexa.

I'm a prolific submitter and I gain tremendously using the Premium Service. However, I will say that most people who have the Premium Service probably are wasting it.

Besides that, having the Premium Service forces me to write a lot of articles to make it worth my while. So it's like a kick in the butt to keep me going at a high level.

[Hamida Harland]

Originally Posted by JJ-Undercover

I disagree with you Alexa.

I'm a prolific submitter and I gain tremendously using the Premium Service. However, I will say that most people who have the Premium Service probably are wasting it.

Besides that, having the Premium Service forces me to write a lot of articles to make it worth my while. So it's like a kick in the butt to keep me going at a high level.

I used it for a month and I found it was worth it. The only reason I cancelled was because I'm taking a break from article submissions (well submitting less anyway) to work on my own sites.

[mozesteven]

I will consider to join the premium membership. I believe it is worth it as the price. If you have any comment please.

[mikkosant]

I went in for the premium subscription a few months back but eventually canceled. I would say that if you've already got platinum membership, and not submitting articles a lot, then you might not need it. However, if you submit a lot, which will bring you a ton of traffic, then premium will be worth it. My articles were approved lightning fast, and support always acted fast if an article needed to be fixed.

I just unsubscribed mainly because mass article marketing is not my thing. It's mainly for people who basically spam ezinearticles for "directory traffic only"( of course it's not really meant for that, but people do abuse the system often. Just look at the garbage that's on there), or they just want a mouse pad and a pen every couple of months.

[Shannon Spoon]

I usually get my articles approved the same day, but i am a Platinum level author. I could see the benefit if you were a basic plus member. Because it does take longer to get approved then.

[freudianslip27]

What about the scheduling they allow you to do? My understanding was that this was a huge advantage, since you could schedule articles to be released at times that were far away from bulk releases, giving your articles more visibility?

Matt