is 480$ is a good price for 32 articles

If they are of high quality, maybe. I would be setting at least a set amount of words at $15 each. I can get 300 word articles written for $3. Make sure to set the terms solid and cover your butt. $480 is quite a bit of money for a few articles

It depends what you want them for, what you plan to do with them, and whether they're capable of fulfilling whatever that function is. Unhelpful, I know - sorry! - but it's not really possible to say much more than that without seeing some of them.

If they're the kind of articles which are intended to be used primarily for keyword/SEO/ranking purposes, then at $15 per article, the price seems terribly high, since it's pretty difficult (some would say "close-to-impossible") for that kind of article to produce any realistic benefits at all, these days,

If, on the other hand, they're the kind of articles which can genuinely be used for article marketing purposes, to attract to your site the already-highly-targeted people in front of whom they can successfully be published, then of course that price is astonishingly cheap. (But realistically, "so astonishingly cheap" that I'm pretty sure they can't be that kind of article, really? And the length considerations mentioned suggest that, too, of course. ).

It's virtually impossible - for a whole range of valid and reliable reasons - to get 300-word articles published in places other than those to which you can more-or-less "submit" them yourself, i.e. on your own sites, in article directories, on spammy "blog networks" set up for SEO purposes until Google deindexes them, and so on ... and nobody's attracting real customer traffic that way: those are only "attempted SEO uses", really - and $15 per article is far too much to pay for that. Personally, I wouldn't really pay anything for that.

Ask him/her some samples first and then check out for yourself whether the articles worth it.

even if the articles are original, $480 is too much for 32 articles.

Dude, that is a down right rip off! come one guys, he can outsource professional articles for less than half the price of that!

Oh!Unless you was using them to address the Queen or sumthin...?

If the content is really good - $480 for 32 articles is good price
Buy if the quality is not supper - it's way too much money

It depends. If articles are a good quality and unique (pass copyscape check) then it might be worth it.

I agree with others that before hiring a writer you should see his sample works and seeing other people reviews about particular writer also should be helpful.

That's kind of expensive but it depends on the writer's track record. That being said I know people who have proven track records to convert sales and they only charge $10 a pop.

Like mentioned before it depends on the quality. if you are paying $10 for a 500 words article then that one should be in top shape, having rich material and of spotless English. I can't help feel that you are paying more than what you should, since $10 is the market price for well written quality articles.

I will say thats reasonable !

Writing is modern age slavery! It is evident from the posts above

It's worth if that content make you way more money.

sounds quite pricey, use fiverr and you can get some great content for five bucks. just have to find a honest person. i use a person in the philapeans, i could haver her do it for half of that.

It depends on the use. If they are just for content on your blog, $15 per article is way too high. You can get them for $3 easily.

Yes seems like a reasonable price, now just depends on the quality of the article.

Just an update for people the articles are going to be used for profiting from ad sense. It is a carefully targeted subject, with potential for high traffic volume and is definitely something that is not out yet. However until launch this is obviously all theory.

Just a word of..uhm experience. Do NOT use Adsense as a business model. You could one day soon...find that your hard worked for efforts wiped out overnight....literally!

Tony

You can find writers who can write decent articles for around 1$ for 100 words if you know where to look. If you don't mind paying 15$ for each article, make sure to hire someone who has a good track record and ask for some samples before you hire them.

It`s too much for whatever reason you`d buy them. Especially when you have articles of 300-230 words among them.

If they were high quality articles that would be a good price. Like others have said ask for a sample and look at his/her reviews.

Threads like this remind me of why so few Warriors are making consistent money online...

$15 is too much for quality articles??? LOL What a joke.

Many IMers, it seems, wouldn't know a quality article if it kicked them in the face.

$30 per article is also a good price, subject that the quality is good...
If the quality is not good - even $15 is way too expansive

Make sure that the writer will NOT use the article to spin it and sell it elsewhere or use it himself.

I know a guy who got a Google penalty because the 10 articles he ordered were written by a scammer for 100% unique content and then the scammer spun the 10 articles and sold the articles for 1/5 of the price to spammers. Result? The spun articles not only ranked above the supposedly-unique-content articles this guy ordered but the pages in site where he posted the articles disappeared from the ranks (they were on page 60+), and his site was a good site with no bh techniques etc

Get to know your writer and, if you doubt about his transparency, do not buy.

you can find someone on Fiverr.com for $5.. and very good Deal on Packages for $20 $40 .. .. so Good Look ... Marcos
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Man that is a lot of money for 32 articles. I often get 600-1200 word articles written by professional writers or experts in a field of study for 5-10 dollars, also articles that are highly researched.

Question is how well are they written? I like to think there is a huge difference between a professional writer and a professional SEO writer. If you wanted to send me an article to analyze its worth feel free to PM me.

Now if the articles are written extremely well, I'd say its worth it.

I have paid $100 and more for an article before, and that article would do much better than yours.

WHY?

well, that was SEO'ed and high quality. The main fact that you come here and posted that question leads me to believe you are unsure about the quality of your work.

Now if you have high quality articles, well researched, you could get alot more for your articles, quantity does not overide quality in my opinion.

Can you engage the reader, hone in on the problems, and give them awesome quality content, but then leave them craving more, to me this is the best article that I know gets results. Can you do that? If you can, then you could change pretty much whatever you want. I have not problem paying $100 per article, but it would have to be the ants pants, if you know what I mean.

It would all depend on the quality of the article you are looking for, as well as the long term goal for the site you are posting to. Check the quality of the writer first through samples and see if they are going to give you what your specific situation needs.

Just on a side note, I noticed a marked improvement in the quality and rankings of my articles when I asked my full time writer to NOT write with SEO in mind. When I just gave her an article title and she would write it any way she felt got the message across, not only did it become a useful article which made sense, but it also ranked higher because people were staying on the page to actually read it and google LIKE's time-on-page/site.

Based on my own results I think that the concept of an "SEO'd Article" is dying on its arse.

Superior - I'm actually a copywriter myself. This is why affiliate marketing appeals to me. From what I've been reading here--and I've been lurking and reading a lot over the past month--quality content is the key to success in AM.

I agree with SteveO that crap "SEO articles" are on their way out. No one is going to bother to read a crap article all the way through, let alone stay on the site long enough to read more (and possibly click on your AM links) or share your content with others.

Hi,
I agree with Vickybabe, $480 is a lot of money for 32 articles. Have you checked out Fiverr? Go to Fiverr.com. You can find people who will write one article for $5. You will have to be diligent in finding someone who has a good rating and can write. Ask if you can see what they have written.
Good luck in your endeavors.
Geri Richmond | An Honest Marketer Who Cares About Your Success

$15 per article doesn't seem too unreasonable to me. (I have a writing background, though, so I'm biased.)

Good articles are worth their weight in gold, but discerning quality in advance is another matter altogether.

$15/article is a good price for high quality articles. If you're trying to buy simple articles meant for SEO purposes that are not exceptionally easy to read, then it is a high price. You can get good SEO articles on Fiverr. However if you want genuine, high quality articles written by professionals then $15/article is a good price. Usually articles like this cost $20-$30) (500 word) however considering the volume you're purchasing you got yourself a good deal. This is of course considering you're getting your articles written by a professional with great writing skills and experience.

$15 per article is cheap. If you think it's expensive, then you're not sure about your marketing, and you should rethink it.

It is NOT expensive for good content. Now, if the content is not good, then $5 a pop is expensive, but that's a completely different story.

If the writer is an experienced person with a proven track record of producing high converting articles, then yeah, that seems like a good price.

An advice though. Don't wait for all the articles to come in before you check them. Ask the writer to send them in batches of 5 or 10. That way, you can catch mistakes earlier, and they can't say you'll have to pay for junk articles (if they turn out to be junk) because they spent time writing it. It also makes asking for revisions easier.

Hello there,
The price sounds good, but it all depends on the quality of the articles and of course, on their purpose.

And this appeared in my inbox this morning:

Why Brands Really Lose When They Underpay Writers | The Content Strategist

It can be way to much, it can be way too little. I have had great ebooks written for 800 to 2000 bucks. I have had great articles written for 30 to 100 bucks.

I have also had great ebooks written for 100 and great articles for 2 bucks.

I tend to look for new people starting out freelancing, checking there work, giving them a small task check that and them hiring them, seems to save me a bunch of money.

I never go with iwriter because it seems even if I pick the top tier I am always getting them to rewrite.

Its how you pick NOT what you pay.

It all depends on what you get back.

This is a very good rate for professional-quality writing.

It is a very bad rate for typical SEO-targeted writing.

If I were you, I would pay for the first two or three articles up front before committing payment for the whole 32. I'd want to put $25 up as earnest money, get three articles (two if the writer balks at this), then pay the remainder for what I want delivered. If they suck, I'd pay off the samples at $15 each as agreed and walk away. If they're good, I'd go ahead and put the rest of the $480 up there.

If they're REALLY good, and the quality was stable on the full order, I'd pay a bonus on delivery - e.g. another $160 for a total of $20 an article - and then consider that the "standard rate" for any further orders. So if I ordered another 25 articles later, I'd expect to pay $500 for that (and get similar quality, of course).

Good writers are hard to find and harder to keep. If you get one, make him happy.

If the content of the articles are what people are looking for online most often.. then the price is not bad.. If not it's a kind of a waste of money..
Also, if possible, Get about 2-3 articles first for about $10-15 and see how the articles generate you traffic and help your adsense income.. Then think about buying the rest of the articles.. Hope this will help you..

If those 32 articles will bring in more than 480$ in returns, I would say it is a good price. But, of course, it depends on the quality of the writer. Just do your due diligence.

It depends on what you will use the articles for. It also depends on how much research is involved.

It sounds like a lot of money to me but I've never paid for any, I've always created my own.

But if they're high quality and they're gonna make you a decent profit then it makes sense.

That is waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much! And you should set a specific price per word (or let's say 100 words), because it will be easier that way to get to the final price. 480 is too much though, especially if you haven't worked with the writer before.

that's pretty stiff! honestly, i knew a lot of writers who can produce articles for $5 each.

To all of the folks here who praise a $5 article, I have one question to ask you:

If you were to perform a random search in Google and you landed on a site that had poor quality content, what would you do? Would you:

a) Read the content to its entirety, hoping to pull something of value out if it? Of course, this requires you to jump through endless hoops of deciphering the content itself from the barrage of grammatical errors and confusing sentence structures.

b) Immediately hit the back button on your browser to go find a better, more relevant website that has good quality content which is clear, concise and immediately provides you with an answer to your question?

If I had to put any money on it, I'd say you would probably go with choice "b".

Now, some of you will argue and say that your content that barely passes for a legitimate article is there for SEO purposes. You don't really care about the content - you just want people to click on your ads.

I'll tell you this - if I can't read your content, I'm not going to click on your ads! If you can keep me reading, I'll stick around for awhile. When I do that, guess what? The chances of me clicking on a relevant ad are much higher.

Amazing how that works, isn't it?

Engage your readers. Keep giving them the goods that make them want to come back. Stick with content that is so damn good that it makes your visitors want to share it with others. THAT'S the stuff you want.

You can keep spending $5 for garbage articles to make your fly by night websites that serve virtually no purpose and collect web dust...

Or, you can make a difference and provide your visitors with real and honest VALUE by feeding them content that blows their frickin' mind!

The path of least resistance is always the easiest, but it's never the most rewarding.

What path will you choose?