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Making a site with PLR

by Seatbelt99
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I'm just starting to write PLR content to sell and I got to wondering...

Is it safe/smart (from a Google/traffic point of view)to make a website out of unspun PLR content? Or with the vast majority of it being unspun PLR articles?

I ask because I'll be writing a lot of PLR articles to sell on a lot of topics. Could I make money by starting a site on each of these topics as well (I'll have my VA do it so it is not taking much/any of my time) and putting adsense up? The articles would be unique when they go up since I'd put them there first, then as people buy the PLR packs from me they would gradually lose their 'uniqueness' over time. I could also write one 'home page' article exclusively for the site and not sell it. So I'd have 1 unique page and 10-50 PLR articles (depending on the topic) on the site when all is said and done.

Is this something PLR authors do? If not, why not? I figure why not 'double dip' the income from my writing, right? Of course I'd count my using the articles as a 'sale' since I'm planning on selling only 50 or 100 copies of each PLR pack.

Any thoughts on this are most appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Cohen
    Double dipping won't make customers happy.

    As for the "uniqueness"... if you write an article, post it on your site, it gets indexed and others decide to copy it OR you sell it as PLR, it doesn't effect your site's ranking in any way. It only isn't the most ideal, compared to unique content, for those that decide to repost the content.
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    • Profile picture of the author Seatbelt99
      Originally Posted by Ross Cohen View Post

      Double dipping won't make customers happy.

      As for the "uniqueness"... if you write an article, post it on your site, it gets indexed and others decide to copy it OR you sell it as PLR, it doesn't effect your site's ranking in any way. It only isn't the most ideal, compared to unique content, for those that decide to repost the content.

      Why would double dipping make customers unhappy? My main focus will be on customers satisfaction with this site so I don't want to risk that at all.

      I ask because the very nature of PLR articles is that they can (and will) be used by more than one site. So anyone buying my PLR packs would not be under the impression that they are getting unique content.

      Maybe I'm missing something.

      Thanks for the response!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jubu
    I don't see a problem with it because the customers shouldn't be using it unspun anyways. People that buy PLR know it's probably out there on the internet unspun anyways. I say go for it, but don't link that site with your PLR site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Cohen
    Well, when I release new PLR content, I make it a point that the content has not previously been used. As a buyer as well, I prefer this to be the case. Would you prefer the opposite?
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    • Profile picture of the author Seatbelt99
      Originally Posted by Ross Cohen View Post

      Well, when I release new PLR content, I make it a point that the content has not previously been used. As a buyer as well, I prefer this to be the case. Would you prefer the opposite?
      If I buy a pack of PLR articles I certainly never expect that they are or will remain unique. If I buy a pack that says it will only ever be sold 100 times, for example, I'd expect it to only be used on at most 100 other sites.

      I'd take my own use of the articles as one sale so I'd only sell it to 99 others.

      If customers really would not like this though I don't want to do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Cohen
    Right. You wouldn't expect PLR articles to remain unique... but would you expect them to be upon release? I would.
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    • Profile picture of the author Seatbelt99
      Originally Posted by Ross Cohen View Post

      Right. You wouldn't expect PLR articles to remain unique... but would you expect them to be upon release? I would.
      I appreciate you taking the time to help me here. I'm fairly new with PLR in general so it is most likely that I just don't understand it fully.

      If, however, I have a PLR pack listed like this:

      __________________________________________________ ____________
      10 Article PLR pack on Internet Marketing (Limit 100 to be sold ever!) - $10
      Article 1 - How to get rich quick with the push of a button - 500 words
      (list of the rest of the articles)

      There are currently 99 packs left available so buy fast!
      (Add to Cart)

      __________________________________________________ ____________

      So they would clearly see that one of the packs has been sold. Does it really matter if it was sold to a customer, or 'sold' to me?

      Thanks again for taking the time to help me learn about this!
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  • Profile picture of the author nbatioco
    The customer satisfaction only guarantee if they are the first person to buy your PLR content and post it on their niches sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Cohen
    There's no "standard" rules when it comes to PLR. You decide what goes. You make the rules. You could decide to sell 5 copies or 500.

    It's only my opinion that if you're making PLR and want to have as high satisfaction as possible that you shouldn't use the articles before anyone else. I feel like it gives those customers who jump on your articles right away a disadvantage. It's kind of like providing a service but benefitting from it to, plus making cash from multiple angles as well.

    Your call, really.
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    • Profile picture of the author Seatbelt99
      Originally Posted by Ross Cohen View Post

      There's no "standard" rules when it comes to PLR. You decide what goes. You make the rules. You could decide to sell 5 copies or 500.

      It's only my opinion that if you're making PLR and want to have as high satisfaction as possible that you shouldn't use the articles before anyone else. I feel like it gives those customers who jump on your articles right away a disadvantage. It's kind of like providing a service but benefitting from it to, plus making cash from multiple angles as well.

      Your call, really.
      Excellent. I understand now I think.

      Thanks again for taking the time to share your opinions on this!
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