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Limited release PLR articles?

by kschmandt
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I am on a list, like most of us. The list owner sent an email before Christmas suggesting writing a batch of PLR articles (10 articles or so) and offering them for sale for around $50 but only selling 10-20 copies (limited release).

Now the trick obviously is writing good keyword targeted content. I am relatively new at this and only have a few sites up but I would kill for something like this at that price. My one hesitation, however, is the duplicate content issue.

Does Google look differently on an article being used 10 times or 10,000?

I guess the main question is, is that something people would buy and would it be effective for the buyer?
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  • Profile picture of the author impact-productions
    To me, that sound largely unrealistic. It's quite possible to get articles custom written for $5 each (particularly in the run up for Christmas when people are keen to make a fast income), so paying the same amount for an article shared between multiple parties is unlikely.

    Even paying a little more would more than outweigh the average marketer's cost incurred from rewriting.

    That said, I do think that's a valid marketing model, but the price needs to be closer to $1 an article when shared in multiple directions.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    I don't think the price is realistic either. If you look over in the WSO section you will see that PLR articles usually sell for around $1 each even when distribution is limited.

    That being said, I haven't seen any where only 10 copies of the pack were being sold - usually it's more like 50 or 100 but I'm thinking that if it were that easy to make $500 we'd all be doing it.

    As for the dupe content issue - there is no dupe content penalty, even google admits this. It's all about the links you get to the article .... at least for now. There have been many discussions on that here in the forum.

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  • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
    $50 for 10 articles is a ridiculously high price for a pack of 10 PLR articles in my opinion, no matter how many copies are being sold. I'm releasing(JV with another Warrior) a pack of 20 in a couple of days, that is limited to 50 copies. There's no way I would ever charge anywhere near that kind of price, and I don't know of anyone else that does either. There are so many PLR resources available these days that article packs need to be priced well and offer great value I don't know who is the owner of the list you mentioned, but it sounds like it'd be a good idea to unsubscribe if that's the kind of advice he is giving.....
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  • Profile picture of the author summer07
    Originally Posted by kschmandt View Post

    I am on a list, like most of us. The list owner sent an email before Christmas suggesting writing a batch of articles (10 articles or so) and offering them for sale for around $50 but only selling 10-20 copies (limited release).

    Now the trick obviously is writing good keyword targeted content. I am relatively new at this and only have a few sites up but I would kill for something like this at that price. My one hesitation, however, is the duplicate content issue.

    Does Google look differently on an article being used 10 times or 10,000? I guess the main question is, is that something people would buy and would it be effective for the buyer?
    • The $5 per article price is getting into the range that buyers would pay for unique articles...but that's the lower to middle of the 'unique article' range here at the Warrior Forum. If they spend $10+ per article, buyers can have some good quality unique content.

    • It also depends on how well written and researched the PLR is. Are buyers familiar with the quality of your work? If not, post or give away some samples.

    • How easy is it to find PLR in your niche? If there is a lot to choose from, then it's probably not a great deal at the price you mentioned.

    • There is no definitive answer about Google and it's decisions about duplicate content -- it's a case by case basis depending on what other content, keywords and websites you're competing with. Buyers should plan to add their own examples, thoughts, opinions, ideas and keywords to any PLR they buy...but they often don't.

    • Final thought - price is also a matter of what something is worth to a buyer based on timing and other factors. If it's an ultra hot niche, and you have a list that loves your writing, they might be willing to pay $5 per article if they trust to you really limit the distribution.
    Hope this helps, and good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author raynman
      $5 was just a little lower than what I was charging for exclusive rights articles when I just started out in here and there are many that refuse to pay much higher than that for any exclusive rights articles. Unless you had the reputation to warrant selling PLR for $5 each, I'm not sure you would have a whole lot of success. Maybe if it was an ebook but not for 400-500 word articles.
      Originally Posted by summer07 View Post

      • The $5 per article price is getting into the range that buyers would pay for unique articles...but that's the lower to middle of the 'unique article' range here at the Warrior Forum. If they spend $10+ per article, buyers can have some good quality unique content.

      • It also depends on how well written and researched the PLR is. Are buyers familiar with the quality of your work? If not, post or give away some samples.

      • How easy is it to find PLR in your niche? If there is a lot to choose from, then it's probably not a great deal at the price you mentioned.

      • There is no definitive answer about Google and it's decisions about duplicate content -- it's a case by case basis depending on what other content, keywords and websites you're competing with. Buyers should plan to add their own examples, thoughts, opinions, ideas and keywords to any PLR they buy...but they often don't.


      • Final thought - price is also a matter of what something is worth to a buyer based on timing and other factors. If it's an ultra hot niche, and you have a list that loves your writing, they might be willing to pay $5 per article if they trust to you really limit the distribution.

      Hope this helps, and good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Bev Clement
    $50 for 10 PLR articles would have been the going rate 2 years ago, but not any longer.

    $10 for 10 articles sold to 200 people would give you $2000 which means $200 for each article written.

    Don't look at the amount you're selling them for but for the total potential if you sell them all. It's an area a lot of sellers don't consider when they price their PLR.

    Cheap PLR can still make you four figures for the product being sold, when marketed correctly.
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  • Profile picture of the author juzanobo
    Originally Posted by kschmandt View Post


    Does Google look differently on an article being used 10 times or 10,000?
    Google is not yet that strict when it comes to dupe contents AT THE MOMENT. You can see a lot of dupe contents being indexed by Big G. But what if there will come a time that Google will no longer indexed dupe contents?

    Having unique contents in your site is a good investment and you will benefit from it for a very long time.
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    • Profile picture of the author kschmandt
      Wow, great responses and information. I am sorry I haven't spent some time here sooner!

      Here is what I was thinking of providing which I thought might set me apart at least somewhat.

      Well researched, keyword targeted, niche specific, articles written by a native, English speaking American. The keywords targeted would be high search low competition guaranteed. I was thinking over 1k monthly search and under 5 or 10k competition in Google. Then each batch of 10 (maybe 10 +2 "free" for higher "value") would be sold for $50ish and limited to 10 or 20 sales. That was my thought.

      I like the idea of selling them cheaper and setting the sales limit higher. Here's my question on that. If you are limiting them to 100 or 200 sales is there really that much difference from an unlimited release? Is it just a perception thing? People think they are getting something rare and hence more valuable? I guess the internet is a big place and only 100 copies available to be seen by 1.5 billion internet users isn't much. Any thoughts?

      Thanks again everyone!
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      • Profile picture of the author Dave d
        Originally Posted by kschmandt View Post

        Wow, great responses and information. I am sorry I haven't spent some time here sooner!

        Here is what I was thinking of providing which I thought might set me apart at least somewhat.

        Well researched, keyword targeted, niche specific, articles written by a native, English speaking American. The keywords targeted would be high search low competition guaranteed. I was thinking over 1k monthly search and under 5 or 10k competition in Google. Then each batch of 10 (maybe 10 +2 "free" for higher "value") would be sold for $50ish and limited to 10 or 20 sales. That was my thought.

        I like the idea of selling them cheaper and setting the sales limit higher. Here's my question on that. If you are limiting them to 100 or 200 sales is there really that much difference from an unlimited release? Is it just a perception thing? People think they are getting something rare and hence more valuable? I guess the internet is a big place and only 100 copies available to be seen by 1.5 billion internet users isn't much. Any thoughts?

        Thanks again everyone!

        Personally i would not provide keyword targeted articles because the customer will most likely have thier own keywords or prefer to use thier own. If you are going down the keyword route it would be better to provide keyword lists to your clients which would be easier to use as you could easily insert them in to previous articles blog posts SEO campaigns etc.

        If your been advised $50 for 10 then it sounds like they dont want you to sell anything so they will have less competition. I charge $10 for 10 limited to 30 copies only which I believe is more than reasonable.

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    • Profile picture of the author powerblogger
      Originally Posted by juzanobo View Post

      Google is not yet that strict when it comes to dupe contents AT THE MOMENT.
      I agree. Here is what Matt Cutts says
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    • Profile picture of the author kschmandt
      Keyword rich articles are one thing but if those keywords have to much competition they will get you a backlink but won't get any search traffic. I have found that articles that don't end up ranking in Google do very little as far as actually generating traffic, at least in the short term. Maybe long term the backlink will help. At any rate high search low competition keywords are obviously more valuable, that's why I was thinking to target those for a limited release plr pack.
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