How much would you expect to pay a good copywriter, online?

I got different quotations from copy writers varying form $50 to $3500. Eventually settled on one that did one landing page for $350. It's important that you click with the writer and they get the personality you're trying to convey on your page.

Minimum of 75$ has to be payed for and good copywriter.

You should expect to spend around $100/150 per piece of content from freelancers. While an individual's speed can vary significantly according to their subject matter expertise and experience, quality content can take between 4-6 hours. Assuming you are using content between 1000 words per blog article as a simple unit of measurement, your average cost per word will be between $0.10 and $0.15.

What the OP is describing is a CONTENT writer, not a copywriter.

Big difference between the two. And big difference in price.

I'd expect to pay (and have paid...and have been paid) $100+ for a 300 word article. These aren't "dumb" articles...they're technical and the target audience will laugh and reject if the writing isn't both factually correct and appealing to them.

$50 for an article requiring less finesse. I still want quality and original content.

You get what you pay for, folks.

For copywriting, which is all about CONVERSION, I wouldn't hire anyone for less than $2K.

Y'all think about the size of the problem being solved, now. Solve a $10K problem...you aren't going to want to invest $2K in content or copy, now are you. Solve a $250K problem...you're going to want to invest in legit help and the $2-5K makes sense. Moral of the story: most of you need to look at solving a bigger problem. Nickeling and diming and concerning yourself with paying $5 article writers and trying to get content at 0.00001 cents per word shows you're playing too small.

You seem to need a copywriter and a writer. The first one for your landing pages; the second for your articles.

Copywriters write content that sells, the goal is conversions; they charge a lot more than writers. And not by the word.

Jason and DABK beat me to the punch on this one...

What you're describing is a "content" writer.

A "copywriter" is someone who writes pieces, with the main goal being for the audience to take some action (some type of conversion)

Most people confuse the two, which is why I call myself a "SalesCopywriter."
(who knows...maybe if more copywriters use the term, it'll catch on, and we can end the confusion?)

Anyway, back to your question...

Well, "good" is a subjective term. But I will say this...

If you're looking for good... don't go cheap.


It sounds like what you want is a well written, understandable, and informative piece of craftsmanship. (you won't get that for $5)


Now, I don't know what your budget is? Or what you're expecting for quality? And you can probably arrange a lower per unit cost, with a long term agreement, but...

The last time I hired a content writer, I paid him $100 an article.

Note: I did not pay him by the "word," I paid by the page. Some articles were 300(ish) words long, and some were 500 - 600 words long.

We had an agreement that I didn't want him to add a bunch of filler, just to increase the word count. He took pride in his work, so he had no problem agreeing to the terms.

After a few articles he needed less research time, and he started pumping them out in couple hours.

Did I have any problem paying $50+ per hour? Not at all (because I wasn't paying by the hour). And as long as the quality kept coming... everyone was happy.


So basically, I'd recommend hunting around until you find someone who's a good (there's that subjective word again) fit for you, based your own criteria (quality of work?... positive attitude?... knowledge of your niche?.... whatever your criteria is?)

Then pay them whatever they ask.

A good copywriter online, probably $2,000. But i'd have to see some proven work - work that has generated significant income for their clients. Most of the top dogs demand $5k-$15k. Honestly for that price i might as well learn the skill myself (which i already have, by the way).

asc,

It really depends on what you are looking for them to do, and how good of copy you want. The better copywriters will cost more money, but you may be able to find a good one at a decent price.

See Jason's response below, he has some great information.

Chris

So much depends on what you expect. If your goal is to make a lot of money with what you're doing then it shouldn't be thought of as paying. It should be thought of as investing. Because if this person works out you'll want to use them again and again. You can even use this forum to get feedback from sales letter if the goal is to test out some low priced copywriters.

If you are searching for a writer who can help you edit text and article without thinking a lot about conversion it can be 20$-30$ up to 50$ per 500 words.

But for a good copywriter that take conversion into account, it can start with 150$ per 500 words depends on his experience and how good is he.

gud info
thank you

yes u r rite

You need a copywriter (=writing for specific purpose e.g.pre-sale etc) or article writer

this means lot of difference: if you need someone who makes the reader take an action or just be informative

As a common rule don't go less than 500 $ per project, and use Upwork

Since you've clarified this as a content writer, you're looking at .10 to .20 cents per word.

That would put you 500 word article at between $50 and $100 USD.

This level should get you content that is well researched, and will stand the test of time, supposing the subject is evergreen.

Honestly, there are whole loads of content writers/planners who can readily take up the work for affordable prices. However, there is no guarantee that they are actually reliable when it comes to delivering professional and high quality content planning within the stipulated time. Going by reason, I believe the pricing for the different types of content varies as well as with the proficiency of the copywriter. I would go ahead and suggest you look for the pricing details at contentmart.com. On the whole, the quality content from an exceptional writer deserves a minimum of $50 as payment amount. After all, nothing worth it comes easy and cheap, right?. Regards

It Is depend upon the quality of the content writer. so it can be varied..and Not Fixed

Thanks all for taking the time to reply. Whilst I get that a skilled content writer costs and deserves a good wage, I do have to question the 2-3000 suggestions. I work with content writers in a marketing firm, who I believe are skilled in what they do, creating content for websites and blogs. I am UK-based, and think they are paid around 20,000 GBP per year (max!). That would equate to around 1600 gbp per month. If i were to employ a content writer full time for a 4 week period, then surely they would produce a lot more content than what I am asking here? And as I say, I believe they are good as they are UK professional content creators.

Going online, you would expect cheaper than that maybe? I did anyway.

And no I cant just employ the content creators from my work, one it would be very frowned upon, getting them to do my personal projects. And two, I honestly thought it would be cheaper than paying the same wage as a full time uk professional.

I am not trying to be offensive here in any way to content writers....but just thought there would be cheaper and still good quality around.

Very open to being corrected though.

Kind regards

Hi mate, there are good platforms out there, where you can reach all type of writers, that could make the work you are looking to be done, i could suggest you to go for something like UP-work, where you could directly discuss with several writers, and they will let you know what is their charge. Hope this is helpful for ya dude.

I would pay the market rate. Like, whatever good, reputable copy gals and guys seem to charge through various boards, or even better yet, through their blogs, or by emailing them and asking for rates. Stay in that ballpark. That's your answer.

In my opinion around 80 dollars per piece. If for only 500 words I think 70 dollars will be enough.

I hope minimum of $100 has to be paid for a good copywriter and for experienced they will cost much higher than regular

good information

Jason and SARubin,

Yes, I agree with your points that one can be overly "salesy" and turn off the reader completely. In something like technical writing for an employer that strictly wants content, sales copywriting is the wrong hat to wear. I will go even farther and suggest that being overly "salesy" is never a good thing, even for sales copywriters. IMO, the very best sales letters don't seem salesy; but rather, they are very persuasive and motivating and often the call to action is almost like an after thought.

But in this case, I assume (maybe wrongly), that we're talking about a solo entrepreneur wanting to add content to maybe a blog, or a web site with the ultimate purpose of making sales. I think authors of material like this (whether the owner or a freelancer) would do well to learn some sales copywriting techniques and infuse those (as simple as they might be) into all his copy. Sometimes that is done in a very subtle way . . . other times, like in a sales letter, it becomes more noticeable.

Sorry for the side discussion here, I just can't help but think that all marketers that write copy would do well to learn and practice sales copywriting techniques in their own business - to me it is a skill that pays off (maybe) more than content writing and it is something worth learning (even if your intent is not to become a "for hire" copywriter).

Good thread and discussion here,

Steve

I would say $100 that will be fair for both of you

Need a writer who write a unique article

Just saying.. why not take pieces of content from places .. and spin it?

I usually pay as the percentage depending upon how relevant the content is and how long keeps reader engaged. But, earlier i used to pay approximately $80 per content.

Recently I have hired a content writer for 12 USD/ 1k words. If you want to get pro level content writer, you will have to pay minimum 25 USD per 1k words.

There's no strict rules how much you'd pay. What you'll be doing with that copy matters. Some great writers that craft sales copy/press releases for fortune 100 companies earn up to 100k USD or more for each project. I know It's hard to believe but its true. If you want to earn meager adsense revenue out of your content paying 5-to10 USD per article makes more sense.

How long is a piece of string?
You get what you pay for to be honest
As a rule of thumb, I would charge for a blog article of 600 words, you would get 4 a month of expert quality a minimum $1200 USD (about $300 each)
Hope this helps

These is no such rule or the standard for this, it is totally based on how good you are and how good you can deliver the writeups, some wants quality, some required quantity & some timely delivery, so they have their own budget & can offer you as per their requirement.

There is no difference between what you would pay a good copywriter online and a good copywriter for print work. The same goes for content. It irks me when people think things should be cheaper because they're "online".

If you think you're getting the person cheaper because you found them online, you're not. You're getting them cheaper because they're cheaper. The question then becomes, why?

A good copywriter? Probably a few thousand per project, depends. I know some that go for $25k per project, but the results they bring are amazing

A good copywriter? That depends on how established they are, but for a decent copywriter, upwards of $300 for 500 words.

Copywriters in the Philippines earn around $400 a month. Those with a wider experience ask for a higher price but basically that is the price range for a copywriter here. It depends on where you're hiring a copywriter of course. Cost of living is different in other places.

depends on the scope of the work, really.

$100 is a good deal already so it would be around that more or less.