question for people experienced in PLR

by CDawson Banned
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Hello everyone,

Can someone explain the actual rights of plr, I understand that it is not illegal to rewrite a plr article but can you just plain put it on your website? I know this is not the right route to go but I just started back and am trying to get content on my blog fast.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeePower
    It depends on the rights that are given when you purchased the PLR. Here's a set of definitions I use.

    Private Label Rights can include:

    [YES] Private use
    Learn from the materials but you can't do anything else with the content.

    [YES] Can be sold
    Sell the content as an ebook and keep the profit. Set up an affiliate program and your affiliates can sell the content as long as you remain in control of it. You have to provide the download link and collect the money and pay your affiliates. Or you can use a program such as Clickbank which collects the money and then pays you and the affiliate.

    [YES] Can be given away as an incentive

    Use the content as a freebie to motivate people to sign up for your list. Or just give it away.

    [YES] Can be packaged with other paid products

    If you have other materials on the same subject that you're selling, combine the content and sell it all together.

    [YES] Can be offered as a bonus with paid product

    Give the content as a bonus when you sell a product.

    [YES] Can Be submitted to article directories (follow their Terms of Service - TOS)
    If the article directory says the content has to be 100% written by you, or you have to have exclusive rights to the content, you can't submit PLR content. You can rewrite it to fit their TOS.

    [YES] Can be used as web content

    self explanatory

    [YES] Can be used as an e-course/autoresponder sequence
    Set it up as a series for your autoresponder or sell it as an e-course that's set up on an autoresponder.

    [YES] Can be used as blog posts

    Self explanatory

    [YES] Can be broken down into smaller articles

    Break the ebook or report into smaller chunks and use those as articles, web pages or blog posts.

    [YES] Can be combined to create longer articles
    Combine shorter articles into a longer article. Or combine a number of shorter articles into a report or ebook.

    [YES] Can be edited.
    You can change the content however you wish, as much, or as little, as you wish.

    [YES] Can have your name put on them
    Put your name on the material as the author.


    [YES] Can sell Resale Rights
    Selling the rights to resell the content. The person you sell resale rights to can then sell the content without paying you any additional money. But that person can't sell the rights to sell the content to anyone else. Resale rights don't mean you can change the content, add to it, edit it, or put your name on it, unless these other rights are granted as well.

    [YES] Can sell Master Resale Rights

    One step further than resale rights. The person can sell the rights to sell the content to anyone else and they can then resell the content and so forth.

    [YES] Can sell Private Label Rights

    Selling the private label rights to the material.


    [YES] Can be added to membership sites
    The material is added to a membership site. There are several different kinds of membership sites. And some writers differentiate the rights based on whether the membership is paid or free. Or whether the content is informational only (personal use) for the members or any rights can be passed on to the members.


    [YES] Can be offered through auction sites
    Can be sold or given away through an auction site.

    You could write the articles yourself but having them ghostwritten, or using PLR, provides a boost in getting started and saves you time.
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  • Profile picture of the author OSContent
    In general, most PLR sellers offer licenses that allow you to post the articles on your site. In fact, many people who purchase PLR articles do just that: they purchase a large pack of articles, edit them to improve their ability to pull search engine traffic, and then upload them to a niche site.

    In general, things get hairy when it comes to modifying and reselling PLR content. As Dee posted, there are whole host of issues that come into play if you want to do something like give the content away as a bonus or re-package it as an ebook.

    My guess is that you are fine to post the content on your site. But if you're worried that the license may not allow this, then you can check the sales page you purchased them from. If you can't find it there, then you may want to email the seller to find out.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    Yes, generally you are fine to post the articles on your site.

    As far as it being the "right route" I don't see anything wrong with it as long as the PLR is good quality and adds value to the visitor. Just because it is an article that someone else might have on their blog, doesn't mean that your visitor has already read it. I have plenty of PLR articles on numerous sites that get lots of eyeballs and no one every complains!

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  • Profile picture of the author new2ebiz
    Originally Posted by CDawson View Post

    Can someone explain the actual rights of plr, I understand that it is not illegal to rewrite a plr article but can you just plain put it on your website?
    Another option; rewrite it a little instead of doing a wholesale rewrite. For instance, change part of the first and last paragraph and change up the title.

    Since many sellers of plr material have their 'own list' of the rights they are selling I always try to remember to download a copy of the rights they offer in case they don't offer a pdf listing those rights. You never know when you decide to review the sales page and the site is no longer there.

    A lot of sellers do not allow their plr content to be sold on eBay or given away. They see it as a way to protect the value of the content.

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    Dee, excellent info.
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  • Profile picture of the author monopuff
    Right, good information here. The short of it is it all depends on the rights the seller places on it. Most PLR does not have resell rights.
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