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How Do You Gauge The Quality Of A PLR Package?

by thadbong
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Hi Warriors!

As someone who has just launched a PLR writing service, I'm keen to know how you gauge the quality of any new providers you come across.

Do you make your decision on price alone?

We've all heard the example that someone who is offering 10,000 articles for 10 cents is probably rubbish, but what about someone offering a 10 pack for $25?

Would you just bite the bullet and buy a pack to see for yourself?

I know that not every provider offers a sample pack, and the extremely new ones probably wouldn't have that many testimonials/reviews to show just yet.

Would love to hear your thoughts!
#gauge #package #plr #quality
  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I'm not likely to buy a 10-pack for $25 from a new provider when there is so much well written PLR from well known providers at approximately $1 per article.
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  • Profile picture of the author JennyBizz
    When I'm first looking at someone new for PLR, I usually buy a small $5 pack to see what the quality is like. If it's good, I'll buy more.
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  • Profile picture of the author thadbong
    Hi Suzanne,

    Good point, a new provider would definitely have to consider their competitors pricing and adjust theirs accordingly.

    I can't imagine anyone in the more popular PLR niches like dieting, product reviews, "get your ex back" and the like would charge more than $1 per article. I suppose they would have to run plenty of sales/promotions early on to get their name out there.

    What about the niches where it's hard to find quality PLR, or even good ghostwriters? For example, niches like financial trading, mortgage lending and refinancing etc. where you need specific technical knowledge. I would imagine a new provider can charge more because a quality ghostwriter would be hard to come by.
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    • Profile picture of the author PLRExpress
      Although I recently started providing PLR content myself, I have been using it for even longer.

      When buying PLR I usually go on a recommendation from someone else. I also look out for any free samples that are on offer and if I like them I'll head off to get some more.

      I always stay away from those 1000 for $5 types. In fact, I've never even tried them but I'm sure they're bad/stolen or just circulated so many times it's not worth it.

      I'm not afraid to try new PLR providers because they tend to have sold fewer packs and so I can use their PLR without having to edit it much because I know that fewer people have that pack.

      I think the biggest factor when I look to buy PLR (or anything online) is the person that I'm buying from. If I see a site where there's no person associated with it, I'm a little wary. I like to be able to see who I'm buying from and that they're still active.

      Sometimes, if the topic that is advertised is just what I'm looking for, I will go and grab a $5 and take the risk. $5 isn't going to break the bank and I'm never expecting any Pulitzer prize-winning article anyway.

      I always rewrite my PLR though, so I'm not too picky.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by thadbong View Post

      What about the niches where it's hard to find quality PLR, or even good ghostwriters? For example, niches like financial trading, mortgage lending and refinancing etc. where you need specific technical knowledge. I would imagine a new provider can charge more because a quality ghostwriter would be hard to come by.
      That's a different story. I just had a hard time finding decent PLR for stock trading niche. A lot of writers are not good at, or don't want to write financial articles. I finally found some, but it wasn't easy.
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      • Profile picture of the author thadbong
        Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

        That's a different story. I just had a hard time finding decent PLR for stock trading niche. A lot of writers are not good at, or don't want to write financial articles. I finally found some, but it wasn't easy.
        Exactly! I mean you'll still find them lurking in the bargain bin at most PLR sites and even sites like tradebit, but the quality of these PLR articles are shocking. You'd likely have to pay significantly more than the $5 a pop for ghostwriters to write these topics, so it follows that you will pay more for these PLR articles as well.
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        • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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          Originally Posted by thadbong View Post

          Exactly! I mean you'll still find them lurking in the bargain bin at most PLR sites and even sites like tradebit, but the quality of these PLR articles are shocking. You'd likely have to pay significantly more than the $5 a pop for ghostwriters to write these topics, so it follows that you will pay more for these PLR articles as well.
          I don't buy anything from the sites like Tradebit. They're junk. They aren't even worth rewriting.
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  • Profile picture of the author Yogini
    I find it helpful to see samples of the author's writing, even if it ezinearticles profile they show. I also think 10 for 25.00 is very expensive for a plr pack.

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  • Profile picture of the author thadbong
    Hi Debbie,

    I would agree that $25 is expensive for most PLR packs. Just playing the devil's advocate, if $5 for 1000 is bad then is $25 for 10 good?

    From what I'm hearing from everyone so far, price isn't a big factor as there's a somewhat standard range of prices you can expect to pay PLR.
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  • Profile picture of the author thadbong
    Good point Nathan about the new PLR providers having rather "fresh" PLR.

    Imagine if you could find that one PLR seller no one else knows about, it'll be just like having your own bargain ghostwriter!

    Would you only buy "limited edition" PLR then?
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    • Profile picture of the author PLRExpress
      Originally Posted by thadbong View Post

      Would you only buy "limited edition" PLR then?
      I am not more likely to buy limited edition PLR content than any other PLR content because I always adapt it anyway. It just nice sometimes when there is a new provider that hasn't sold many packs because, as you say, it's almost like having a cheap ghostwriter.

      With regards to the price and technical knowledge, I don't think that it really needs to be more expensive where PLR content is concerned. I work 1-2 days per week as a medical researcher and most of what I write for that is not what people are looking for for their niche websites - it's too technical.

      If you want to write specialist content I would say that the prices don't necessarily need to be higher - but your marketing and branding strategy would be that you are the go-to-guy for that type of content and you should get more sales.

      I'm not saying that I would not pay more than a $1 per page for PLR content though. It all depends on how similar the content is for what I want. I don't usually rewrite PLR because it's bad, I rewrite it because I want it to fit closer to my needs. If the PLR content for sale did that, I would probably pay more than $1 per page.
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  • Profile picture of the author MoneyMonkey
    Looking at your proposed price tags it would depend on two things.

    Firstly - if you're looking at a high end niche then you can charge more providing you ahve the expertise to back it up. Take Forex for example - there are thousands of PLR packages out there on this topic but most of them are incredibly basic and/or completely don't understand Forex trading. So a higher price tag for expertise would be fine.

    Secondly - How limited are your sales going to be?

    If you sell a PLR package for $25 but only sell ten copies then this is a good deal as your content will retain a high degree of uniqueness. If you are selling unlimited copies then it suddenly becomes much less worthwhile anyone buying any from you as the content will bee completely unoriginal within a few weeks of going on sale.

    Finally - as a few people have pointed out samples are a very good way to go so people can get the flavour of your style and quality
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  • Profile picture of the author hanandaner
    Don't go by the price. It is always better to see the source i.e. the author and his reputation on selling PLR articles. I would better go for a 25 pack article at around $1 package.
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