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I have sold 2 articles on Constant Content and am considering investing some more time on it. Both articles sold for $50 for a 550-650 word article, of which I received $32 by PayPal (each). I consider that a pretty good return.

I had posted 3 articles, one of which was too narrowly focused and didn't sell. The other two were about current issues and took about 90 days to sell.

But before I put too much effort into it I'm worried about their rejection policy. The two articles that sold were both rejected first, for reasons that I don't think were valid. In one case I had used a compound word which the editor thought should be split into two words - however, both ways appear in the dictionary. Nonetheless, the article was rejected, with a short note giving the reason why. They say they have a strict policy of banning authors after the third rejection. That means I have one chance left.

Does anyone know if this is actually what they do? If I write 100 articles, it's practically a statistical certainty that one mistake will creep in. Does this mean I'll be banned for life, as they seem to say?

If it's really true, I don't think I'll bother - I'll try to find somewhere else to sell my writing. I'd like to know what experienced Constant Content authors think about it?
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    I don't have experience with them. I write for my own clients as I believe that there are often cases that are subject to interpretation. I haven't had any complaints from any of the 5000 or so articles I have written so I must be doing something right.

    Try and pick up your clients and then you'll find it's not as stressful as it is trying to meet ridiculous standards by people who probably don't really know enough anyway.
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  • Profile picture of the author clever7
    Constant Content is quite rigid. I had found an editor to edit my articles based on their guidelines because even a comma in the wrong place is a reason for rejection.

    I stopped writing for them because I don't have time for that, I have another business, but it is a very good place to sell your articles.

    You should persist and read their guidelines very well. I don't think you will be banned if your article will be rejected more than twice, I have never read something like that.

    My first two or three articles were rejected and this is why I found a special editor (inexpensive) to get rid of this problem.



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  • Profile picture of the author virtanon
    i didnt know about this site but it could be pretty profitable to buy fiverr articles and submit them to this site... maybe? has anyone tried this.
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  • Profile picture of the author danr62
    I believe that their 3 strikes rule is used more for glaring mistakes than simple ones like you are talking about.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    i didnt know about this site but it could be pretty profitable to buy fiverr articles and submit them to this site... maybe? has anyone tried this.
    Seriously??? You have articles with supposed errors and you suggest going to fiverr where many writers make mistakes in every article. No way!!! I don't recommend that to anybody.
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    • Profile picture of the author virtanon
      Originally Posted by laurencewins View Post

      Seriously??? You have articles with supposed errors and you suggest going to fiverr where many writers make mistakes in every article. No way!!! I don't recommend that to anybody.
      hahaha it was just a thought... thats all... xD
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  • Profile picture of the author ParkerArrow
    Don't sweat their rejection policy. It is in place to give them the option of canceling any memberships they care to. You can argue about comma placement either way - it's like a cop who pulls you over for a busted taillight and then busts it for you. Only, CC wants you to succeed there because they make more money with articles than with rejections. Get it? When they reject your article they give you a reason. You can fix your article and re-submit no problem. In other words, don't worry about rejection. You've already sold two articles, so their editors are pulling for you, not pushing against you.

    Me, I'm more concerned with ROI. That's because I care about full time income streams and not part time streams.
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    • Profile picture of the author skylang
      Originally Posted by ParkerArrow View Post

      Don't sweat their rejection policy. It is in place to give them the option of canceling any memberships they care to. You can argue about comma placement either way - it's like a cop who pulls you over for a busted taillight and then busts it for you. Only, CC wants you to succeed there because they make more money with articles than with rejections. Get it? When they reject your article they give you a reason. You can fix your article and re-submit no problem. In other words, don't worry about rejection. You've already sold two articles, so their editors are pulling for you, not pushing against you.

      Me, I'm more concerned with ROI. That's because I care about full time income streams and not part time streams.
      Thanks, that's encouraging. I wouldn't do it full time, but rather to fill in gaps in my regular work. I do writing and translating to client order, but there are times when there are gaps in incoming orders and I thought that writing an inventory of articles for sale on CC would be a good way to fill in the gaps.
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  • Profile picture of the author ParkerArrow
    ^ Sounds like a solid plan, skylang. Even at 3 articles a day = 90 or so in a month, and then you should start seeing some more regular action. Many CC writers have observed the 100 article : regular sales benchmark. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by skylang View Post

    Both articles sold for $50 for a 550-650 word article, of which I received $32 by PayPal (each).
    Well done. But the site charged $18 from each?! That's 36% commission?! Can this be right, or did I misunderstand?
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  • Profile picture of the author ParkerArrow
    35%. Yup. But you can set your own prices.
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