What do you get paid for Article Writing?

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Just out of curiosity.

I know some are making like 50-100 bucks for a 5,000 word article.... isnt that kind of slave labor?
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  • It depends where you're living. I'm from Romania and the average income here is around $300/month.

    It usually takes me most 2 days(4 hours/day) to write a high quality 5000 words article.

    If I wrote 6 articles at 50$/500 words, I would work 12 days, 4 hours/day and make as much as others are making in a month, working 8 hours/day doing much more stressful and difficult jobs.

    I believe this is true for most Asian and Eastern European countries.

    And yes, of course there are more lucrative things to do and other better ways to make money online. But you should also need to consider that you are 100% sure that tomorrow you will have $50 if you write an article (which means you can pay your rent and buy food for your family).

    People only engage in more entrepreneurial ventures only once their basic needs are covered

    Just my 2 cents,
    Traian
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    • Wow. What an eye opener. Thanks, thats real enlightenment.

      I know thats right. I write them too, but I sure dont do it for 50 bucks!

      My last 5,000 word article I made $8,523., because I write "reports"... The thought just struck me.... why on earth would anyone write articles for pennies?

      What Im getting from this thread is that article writing has a much broader definition than I assumed people were meaning by it when they used the term.

      Thanks for broadening my understanding.

      As much as I write admittedly I have considered some "Ezine" style article writing to see if it promotes ads as well as forum posting and other methods...

      I was hoping to hear someone say they make 2k a month off of one of their articles or something, and have others that produce significant income... in the thousands.... in the affiliate arena...

      Anyone have good experience with that?
  • Yow... that qualifies as slave labor to me.

    I get what Traian is saying, but honestly how often do you get quality (english I'm assuming) articles from people desperate for money from a non-native speaking country?


    To OP, there are many article writers who are quality writers - and getting paid as much as $1 a word (perhaps more). It depends on your quality of writing, how you're marketing yourself, who you're marketing to, your experience, and oh... a bunch of other things

    How much do I charge for article writing? More than enough to make up for my dislike of writing articles.
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    • sounds not real
      1$ per word?
      i dont believe that there are writers who get 500$ for a single 500 words article, no matter how quality the article would be
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  • It depends on the quality of the writing. United States writers typically charge $8 or $9 for a 400-500 word article written in fluent English. It would be very difficult to find US Authors to write articles under that, but they are certainly out there.

    It also depends on what type of content you're producing. If you have a very niche specific membership blog that has a cult following and avid reader base, then your articles will be more valuable to you. On the other hand, if you're focusing on an autoblog that specializes in AdSense and Amazon revenues, then you would typically invest in more search engine oriented content.
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    • Even $8 - $9 seems pitifully low to me - I'd much generate income by using my articles for content - MUCH higher pay out!
  • It depends on location and fluency of English. I usually charge around $10 for 400-500 words.
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    • Passive income generated by articles you write for yourself earn the most.
  • I get paid around $40 an article.

    Since I just bothered to write up a 1355 word post on the subject - including comparisons to writing for print I'll link to it here:

  • Depending on length. My average rate is about $0.03 per word. It also depends on the niche and what has to be written. Rates are to be found on my website.
  • Depends on the client and potential for additional work, byline and referrals. It also depends on how much research is involved in creating the article. Generally, $30-$150 for a 500 word article.
  • Well, I think it depends on where the writter is from!... if they come from the Philippine they will be a lot shiper no!
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    • Well some are ship
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    • Was this slaughter of English meant as some sort of irony or are your grammar and spelling genuinely that horrid and you can't spell "hypocrite"?
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  • I've been running a content production company now since..oh..2005 (articleauthors). And since I've seen the market fluctuate for what people will pay, one thing has always remained true: pricing expectations run the gamut. We've had airline companies ask us to produce training collateral, and some Ford dealerships in the midwest want us to do print work as well.

    Those corporate clients have no real concept of the meat market that is the elance/getafreelancer world. I refuse to put bids in on some projects because i know there's an Indian or Phillipino writer who will do the job for pennies on the dollar. I'm all set with giving my writers those kind of projects.
  • I am a contractor for several American content companies. I'd say you honestly could find an American writer at the $100 mark for a 5000 word article.
  • When I (rarely) write for others, around $0.50 per word, more
    in medical niches.

    When I write for myself (most of the time), it's around $1 per
    word, but spread out over the lifetime of the content.

    When I started writing, I wrote for FREE - because I love to

    All success
    Dr.Mani
  • Well it depend of what country you came from and how the conversion rate of dollar and national currency differ usually some writers in the Philippines ask $2 to $5 per 400 to 500 words of article for them those rate is quiet reasonable.
  • It depends on the quality of article. I charge $8 for 500 words re-write, but $15-20 for original article.
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