What is the best rate to charge for article writing service?

Llamalord · #21 (**permalink**) 03-19-2008, 02:53 PM

Best rate is 0.01 a word, shows that you mean business, meaning for 600 words you get $6.00 which isnt to bad and it shows that your not some kid sitting in your room trying to make money by undercutting the comp with low rates and crap outcomes :P

hwang · #22 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008, 10:42 AM

Yeah, good rate to offer as a beginner and at the same time build up your reputation. Once you have the trust of the buyer, try to negotiate better rates.

Llamalord · #23 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008, 12:58 PM

Also dont forget bulk deals, like "4 articals 200 words each for $6" this will save the buyer money and will get alot of business

Derek · #24 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008, 01:06 PM

When I go to forums, I see many people offer good deals. Some give low rates and some give discounts. Some will make a bid just like in auction. I feel 0.01 is good enough. This is how to attract buyer.

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Originally Posted by Llamalord

Also dont forget bulk deals, like "4 articals 200 words each for $6" this will save the buyer money and will get alot of business

Llamalord · #25 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008, 01:10 PM

You need to prove you can write good articals aswell, these people offering services for 0.01 or less sometimes NEVER actually deliever or the work is so bad you cant use it

hwang · #26 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 07:09 AM

Nowadays, competition has been very great. I could still remember those days when you could easily charge 0.02 even for beginner. Today's scenario has been different. With participants from third world countries whereby their conversion rate from usd is high, they wouldn't mind charging only 0.01 per word.

darcyjohnperkins · #27 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 08:34 AM

Depends on many aspects...how good the writer is, how big the site/publication is...etc.

$0.30/word is pretty reasonable for a PR6 article I think.

Llamalord · #28 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 04:40 PM

You do bring up a very good point on PR prices, its better to work out a price with the person who wants to buy then just giving a rate which you wont change. Also remember working for next to nothing to start with can make the buyer up the rates themselves after a while

Derek · #29 (**permalink**) 03-22-2008, 04:56 PM

How about rewriting. What is it exactly? Same as writing article? I see people say they offer lower rate for rewriting. Is it you just rewrite back the articles and use your imagination?

titaniumhijau · #30 (**permalink**) 03-23-2008, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by darcyjohnperkins

Depends on many aspects...how good the writer is, how big the site/publication is...etc.

$0.30/word is pretty reasonable for a PR6 article I think.

Yap. Some people charge depend on their PR rank. So, i think its worth. But not many people can pay for that high rate. Only few people interested with that.

hwang · #31 (**permalink**) 03-23-2008, 12:23 PM

Rewriting means trying to reconstruct back the article so that it meets certain standard or criteria. What I always see is that certain articles have so many mistaken until you need to hire somebody to put it back together again. And since you just need to rewrite, that's why the rate is lower.

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Originally Posted by Derek

How about rewriting. What is it exactly? Same as writing article? I see people say they offer lower rate for rewriting. Is it you just rewrite back the articles and use your imagination?

sb123 · #32 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 08:08 PM

A newcomer will usually take whatever is offered, or even as low as $0.01 (even less than $0.01) per word, which is undercutting the whole market. The buyers should discourage this, and I feel that sites like DP, for example, should set standardized rates for forum posting, articles, etc. There should be a minimum rate to begin with, and it will definitely ensure that quality will also be good. The buyers will then have to select the better articles and posts because they have to pay almost double or more now.

It is felt that these good websites like DP are becoming saturated with substandard writers due to the undercutting of the rates. Therefore, before it is too late, such forums should implement better minimum standards. The "Rep" system also doesn't help the newcomers a lot. Definitely the undercutting should be barred from the forums to help maintain quality and popularity of the website. I propose a minimum rate per word in case of articles, or a minimum rate plus quality (adding relevant sentences and not just saying "thank you", "great post" etc...) per post in case of forum posting.

It is also seen that lot of bidding takes place and then the undercutting of the rates offered begins. It should