Interesting WSO PLR Stats

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I noticed PLR was the most commonly tracked term in Warrior Plus, so for the past few months I have been tracking WSO sellers of PLR products to get a feel for who is making money (as evidenced by subsequent PLR listings) and how many sellers there are.

Here are my unscientific results (rounding does not equal 100%):

153 recent PLR sellers in the WSO Forum

119 are 1 and done (78 percent)
21 had 2 listings (14 percent)
7 had 3 listings (5 percent)
4 had 4 listings (3 percent)
2 had 5 listings (1 percent)

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#interesting #plr #stats #wso
  • Profile picture of the author LegitIncomes
    Originally Posted by kindsvater View Post

    I noticed PLR was the most commonly tracked term in Warrior Plus, so for the past few months I have been tracking WSO sellers of PLR products to get a feel for who is making money (as evidenced by subsequent PLR listings) and how many sellers there are.

    Here are my unscientific results (rounding does not equal 100%):

    153 recent PLR sellers in the WSO Forum

    119 are 1 and done (78 percent)
    21 had 2 listings (14 percent)
    7 had 3 listings (5 percent)
    4 had 4 listings (3 percent)
    2 had 5 listings (1 percent)

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    Interesting stats, thanks for posting.

    When I think about it, not too surprising imo. Maybe it's just me, but if I were looking for PLR, I wouldn't turn to the WSO forum. I'd go to a more specialized marketplace, something that is specifically for PLR and/or has a huge selection of various niches to choose from, such as constant-content.com, or hire my own writer (maybe even through the Warriors For Hire forum).
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    • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
      Brian,

      Do your stats tell you how many of the 119 (with only 1 listing) were selling limited edition PLR products?

      That might explain why some of them didn't relist.


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      • Profile picture of the author ShayB
        Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

        Brian,

        Do your stats tell you how many of the 119 (with only 1 listing) were selling limited edition PLR products?

        That might explain why some of them didn't relist.


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        Also a good point. I hadn't thought about that.
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      • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
        Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

        Brian,

        Do your stats tell you how many of the 119 (with only 1 listing) were selling limited edition PLR products?

        That might explain why some of them didn't relist.
        Frank, sorry I was not clear enough.

        I was not tracking bumps. Only new listings.

        Someone may only have 1 listing and are bumping every day because they are living off of it.

        But my thought was, if it was worth someone's time to do a PLR product, would they keep creating new PLR products?

        This is about three months of tracking.

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    • Profile picture of the author Gail_Curran
      It's hard to make money selling PLR in the WSO forum these days. Has been for a while. Unless you're Bryan Kumar, of course.
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  • Profile picture of the author ShayB
    Originally Posted by kindsvater View Post

    I noticed PLR was the most commonly tracked term in Warrior Plus, so for the past few months I have been tracking WSO sellers of PLR products to get a feel for who is making money (as evidenced by subsequent PLR listings) and how many sellers there are.

    Here are my unscientific results (rounding does not equal 100%):

    153 recent PLR sellers in the WSO Forum

    119 are 1 and done (78 percent)
    21 had 2 listings (14 percent)
    7 had 3 listings (5 percent)
    4 had 4 listings (3 percent)
    2 had 5 listings (1 percent)

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    Very interesting stats.

    Could it be that most people try listing PLR once, then give up if it's not a huge moneymaker - instead of sticking with it, building a list, and growing a business?

    That would be my guess.

    JMHO and YMMV
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    • Profile picture of the author LegitIncomes
      Originally Posted by ShayRockhold View Post

      Very interesting stats.

      Could it be that most people try listing PLR once, then give up if it's not a huge moneymaker - instead of sticking with it, building a list, and growing a business?

      That would be my guess.

      JMHO and YMMV
      I think that's EXACTLY it. Sure, some of those (as the poster above you mentioned) may have been limited copies that sold out....but my bet is that the vast majority are just what you mentioned.

      Truth is, as long as they were breaking even (or even losing just a small amount), they should have kept relisting, imo. Build that list on the front end, profit on the back end. That's how I see it anyway.
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      • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
        I don't recall how many I've done but I know it's been multiples. The smart way to use the WSO board for PLR is to build a list. Rarely does the WSO make a ton of money, although it's usually a nice chunk if the topic is hot.

        But having a list of people who like your stuff? Oh, yeah, that's the ticket.
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        • Profile picture of the author Allison_W
          Originally Posted by Tina Golden View Post

          I don't recall how many I've done but I know it's been multiples. The smart way to use the WSO board for PLR is to build a list. Rarely does the WSO make a ton of money, although it's usually a nice chunk if the topic is hot.

          But having a list of people who like your stuff? Oh, yeah, that's the ticket.
          I totally agree with you Tina. We are running our first wso and whilst we have made (and continue to make) a profit from the actual product its the list building that we are more interested in.

          For example, I recently emailed our small list to let them know we had realised a new plr pack and because they were on our list we offered them a 10% discount...

          Guess what? We had 90% click through and purchase!

          Whilst the money we made alone isn't going to amount to much our subscribers will see that we value our list, DON'T EVER spam them with any old offer and reward their loyalty with discounts and special offers.

          THAT is the way to nurture and grow your business and build your reputation.

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    • Profile picture of the author cashcow
      Originally Posted by ShayRockhold View Post

      Very interesting stats.

      Could it be that most people try listing PLR once, then give up if it's not a huge moneymaker - instead of sticking with it, building a list, and growing a business?

      That would be my guess.

      JMHO and YMMV
      That's exactly what I think too. Having listed my share of PLR over there I can definately say that it's not a big moneymaker. Like Tina said, I do it for the exposure and listbuilding.

      Thanks for that stats Brian, that was actually quite interesting.

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  • Profile picture of the author .X.
    Dude! You're such a geek!

    Cool stats Brian. That's really
    interesting - I did one PLR sale, which
    did great, and just never came back
    to doing it again.

    I'd be further interested in the refund
    rates and how that correlates.

    All the best to you -
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim_Carter
    PLR used to be a huge seller in the WSO, but things have changed a lot and I no longer sell it there.

    With all the hype products and promises of quick cash with little effort, newbies buy those instead of doing the work required with PLR. (Even though PLR is very profitable it takes work).

    To make money in there it seems you have to hype it up. An interesting turn of events over the years when you look at how the WSO section has evolved.
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  • Profile picture of the author fitz10
    Are you counting WSOs that have a PLR element mixed in with other elements (ie-- a course describing a technique and then offering a PLR report as a supplement) or just stuff that is straight up PLR? Also I assume these are only PLR sellers who list with Warrior+?
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  • Profile picture of the author Yogini
    I used to do well with plr article packs around 2-3 years ago but haven't tried to offer any recently. Also, I am thinking since most plr do have a limit of 50 or 100 sales, that a lot of people don't use wsoplus for sales to avoid going over the sales amount.

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  • Profile picture of the author Elion Makkink
    PLR products are hot, yet hard to market. I think most of them didn't relist because they have "PLR" in either the title or tags. So they will be found anyway when warriors are looking for it.
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  • Profile picture of the author SebastianJ
    Originally Posted by kindsvater View Post

    I noticed PLR was the most commonly tracked term in Warrior Plus, so for the past few months I have been tracking WSO sellers of PLR products to get a feel for who is making money (as evidenced by subsequent PLR listings) and how many sellers there are.

    Here are my unscientific results (rounding does not equal 100%):

    153 recent PLR sellers in the WSO Forum

    119 are 1 and done (78 percent)
    21 had 2 listings (14 percent)
    7 had 3 listings (5 percent)
    4 had 4 listings (3 percent)
    2 had 5 listings (1 percent)

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    Interesting findings, thanks for taking your time to compile this data.
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  • Profile picture of the author PhodM
    What this shows is that the WSO market evolution has slowly shifted to a Clickbank-esque kind of scenario where people are chasing pipe dreams left right and centre

    Naturally, there are a few good deals on there and some pretty reputable guys (Darren Munroe, SimpleSpencer, Tim Castleman, WillR etc)

    But we are increasingly being hit by the age of the fast..And PLR for all intents and purposes is not a fast way to make cash by any means
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