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How Much Would You Charge For Article Rewrites?

by Sheryl Polomka
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I have been doing some article rewriting work but just thinking about my pricing structure and whether I should change it.

So I'm just wondering, if you are a writer, how much would you charge to rewrite a 500 word article?

If you are a buyer, how much would you expect to pay for a good quality rewritten 500 word article.
#article #charge #rewrites
  • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
    I charge 1/2 my normal rate for rewrites--so that's $2 per 100 words, or $10 for a 500 word article.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    Oh wow, do you get much work at that rate?

    I'm worried that if I charge too much I wont get the work. But at the moment I'm wondering whether I'm not charging enough.
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    • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
      Sure, I've gotten quite a bit of rewriting work at that rate. I don't look for rewriting work much anymore though because I've written so much on the subjects I write my original stuff about that I don't need to research those much either. So it makes sense for me to just produce something 100% original and go with the higher rate.

      But yeah, I make a full-time income writing--so I find plenty of work at these rates.
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    • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
      Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka View Post

      Oh wow, do you get much work at that rate?

      I'm worried that if I charge too much I wont get the work. But at the moment I'm wondering whether I'm not charging enough.
      My advice is don't compete on cost in this business or you'll never come out ahead. Market yourself well and offer higher quality. My rates are actually pretty low compared to what a lot of people are making. Just do some searching around in Google and get a load of what well-positioned writers are charging...

      For that matter, take a copywriting course. That's where the real money is.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
        Originally Posted by dru-man View Post

        My advice is don't compete on cost in this business or you'll never come out ahead. Market yourself well and offer higher quality. My rates are actually pretty low compared to what a lot of people are making. Just do some searching around in Google and get a load of what well-positioned writers are charging...

        For that matter, take a copywriting course. That's where the real money is.
        Yeah but you look at the 'warrior for hire' section and people advertise rewrites at $3 an article - how can you compete with that! I'm just really worried that if I charge more I wont get the work, not when people can get it a lot cheaper.

        Copywriting - nah, that is one thing I am not good at and just don't think it is my cup of tea at all! Actually I really suck at it I can write articles but don't ever give me a sales copy to write - just can't do it!
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        • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
          Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka View Post

          Yeah but you look at the 'warrior for hire' section and people advertise rewrites at $3 an article - how can you compete with that! I'm just really worried that if I charge more I wont get the work, not when people can get it a lot cheaper.

          Copywriting - nah, that is one thing I am not good at and just don't think it is my cup of tea at all! Actually I really suck at it I can write articles but don't ever give me a sales copy to write - just can't do it!
          I personally didn't have any success marketing my writing services on the Warrior Forum, so I don't even try here anymore. That said, I do know there are some high paid writers who get clients on this forum. You've got to do some networking and offer some free articles to get started, I believe.

          Anyways, I got all my rewriting work from Elance, from previous clients, or from people who came to my website. Bid on 10 times as many jobs as the next person, using higher rates, and accept the fees as a marketing cost. Then go above and beyond with those customers and lock them in as regular clients.

          There are other ways to market besides Elance--Craigslist has landed me some good clients as well. For that matter, doesn't Demand Studios pay quite a bit for article work? I just applied to their site just as a way to fill in gaps when they occur, and I was accepted, but I haven't had the time to check out their pay structure yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author King Shiloh
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    I would charge as much as I would have charged for a brand new article unless I'm the one that wrote the article initially.

    Why?

    Some people pay for cheap articles expecting to get quality articles, only to pay someone else for rewrites. It doesn't work that way - What You Pay For Is What You Get.

    However, I'm not really good at writing...
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  • Profile picture of the author warriortx
    $5.00 is the going price but I guess that depends on quality
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  • Profile picture of the author Ruth P
    This is tricky because people say the word "rewrite" and immediately expect a huge pay cut. The problem is, like someone said above, sometimes the articles they give you to begin with are so badly written that they make no sense and rewriting becomes more like writing from scratch.

    Personally I think that, although rewriting is usually easy, it's also usually very boring. So although you could charge $5 for an article and do it in 10 minutes, would you really be able to do that or procrastinate?

    I stopped doing rewriting because I found it too boring. It's tough - I know how hard it is to compete on price but you do have to charge something that will work for you. I wouldn't go any lower than what you're already charging. You could even go higher - it may lose you some business but then again people may also view you as a quality provider. It all depends on the kind of clients.

    Sorry for the vague response but this is what I learned from experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
    Yeah, I find rewriting boring too--is there any reason your focused on that kind of content creation? Seems like you'd be better off just doing regular articles, and there's more work for that.

    Cheers,
    James

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    Just to be clear--this question is focused at the OP. LOL
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    • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
      Originally Posted by dru-man View Post

      Yeah, I find rewriting boring too--is there any reason your focused on that kind of content creation? Seems like you'd be better off just doing regular articles, and there's more work for that.

      Cheers,
      James

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      Just to be clear--this question is focused at the OP. LOL
      To be honest I was setting up a rewriting service on my own PLR site, for the purpose of offering the service to rewrite my own PLR articles to make them unique. So it's more of a service targeted to rewriting my own PLR rather than just a general rewrite service.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
        Originally Posted by precious007 View Post

        I'm not sure how many people would actually pay you to re-write your own PLR articles. (Happens, you'll have a lot more customers coming with their own requirements, keywords, titles, topics etc)..

        Just a thought.
        I do offer a normal unique and rewrite service too so I'll keep that going. I just thought about the plr article rewrite as many people do rewrite their plr so I guess I'm offering a one stop shop where they can have it rewritten.
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        • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
          Sheryl, your question brought to mind a sign I saw in a repair shop once...

          I fix it................................... $10
          I fix it while you watch ......... $20
          I fix it after you try to fix it.... $50

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          • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
            I normally charge half of my usual custom writing rates for rewrites. The work takes me half the time of a custom article because I don't research them but the actual writing takes the same amount of time.

            I don't get a lot of orders for rewriting because I don't advertise it - I just do it when a client asks for it.

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            • Profile picture of the author adamv
              Personally, I don't really like doing rewrites and I can usaully write a new, unique article in about the same amount of time. Whenever I've been asked what I would charge to do rewrites I have told people it would cost the same as writing a new article.

              No one has ever taken me up on that. But like I said, I don't like to do rewrites anyway.

              If I actually wanted to do rewrites I would have to figure out what percentage of my time is spent doing research vs. writing, proof reading, etc. Reduce your rate for writing a unique article by the percentage of time normally spent doing research since research is generally not required for a rewrite.
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  • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
    Ah--that makes sense. Good idea. Well, I'd say it definitely depends on the market for your PLR. If I were you, I'd stick with the rates you have on your site at the moment until you've got enough work to stress you out, and then raise your prices.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
      Originally Posted by dru-man View Post

      Ah--that makes sense. Good idea. Well, I'd say it definitely depends on the market for your PLR. If I were you, I'd stick with the rates you have on your site at the moment until you've got enough work to stress you out, and then raise your prices.
      Yeah I think I will. I do offer a general article writing and rewriting service, I have just changed my pricing on those a little - put them up! I think rewriting my own is easier and I will give that a go at $5 but charge a little extra for other work.

      Thanks for your help (I've run out of thank button pushes for the day)
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  • Profile picture of the author Articulate Blogger
    I think you have to figure out what you think your writing is worth and charge that much. Yes, you need to be in the ballpark with the rest of the freelancers on the internet but don't undersell yourself or a) you'll be unhappy and b) you'll need to write 100's of articles a week to pay your bills.

    There are a lot of freelance writing sites that I just stay away from now because it's offensive to see how little people offer for your time and talent. $3 for a 1,000 word article?!? I thought it was a joke the first time I saw it posted but apparently there are plenty of writers willing to work for those prices. I think anyone paying that little doesn't respect you or your abilities so I stay away from them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kecia
    I charge $4.50/article for rewrites ($3.50/article if the buyer purchases 10 or more rewrites in one order). I charge so much less than my original article price ($15 for a 500 word article) just because it usually takes half the time to complete. I hadn't though of the fact that the articles supplied by the client could be so poor that I'd have to do research and such before I could provide them with quality content. I may have to reconsider my own rates...
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  • Profile picture of the author patJ
    I usually don't have to pay more than $5 for a quality 500 word rewrite. So yeah.. $1 per 100 words.
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  • Profile picture of the author askloz
    What if you used "The Best Spinner" or "The Article Factory"? you could spin thousands of articles in less than 20 minutes, so you could get them for a cent each...

    Don't come out so good you say? Oh yes they do. 70-95% unique.
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    • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
      Rewrites would certainly be boring. Don't forget there's the extra time involve in reading and digesting the gist of the article to even begin the process.

      It would be my guess that at the lower prices, many of these might be outsourced overseas and the "re-writer" would take a small percentage for being in the middle. Maybe not, but unless a writer is super fast, it would not earn enough for even a minimum standard of living.

      Add to that a client who isn't happy with the rewrite and wants further changes...well, you get the picture.

      The re-writer might even use a spinner which the client could have done himself, and just cleaned the wording on it.

      As for price, if you don't mind doing these, $5 sounds pretty much bottom line, and $10 would be much more reasonable for up to 500 words.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
      Originally Posted by askloz View Post

      What if you used "The Best Spinner" or "The Article Factory"? you could spin thousands of articles in less than 20 minutes, so you could get them for a cent each...

      Don't come out so good you say? Oh yes they do. 70-95% unique.
      I don't like spinners, I won't use them. My rewritten articles are completely hand written individually by myself. No spinners, no outsourcing, just simple rewriting!

      Thanks everyone for all your answers, much appreciated

      Take care
      Sheryl
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