Hi DP Writers, Greetings for the Day!! I wanted to share something very important. Looking at the current problem coming days will be very hard If not be taken care of. Specially the Indian writers please do not do write articles at very cheap rate this will decrease the standard of common rate. You wont feel today but after some time when you have the clients but you will keep writing for nothing. So please take it seriously when you provide quality and do hard work the price should be fare. Thanks, Anand.
It is the market competition that is making this drastic change. However, right price will always encourage writers to do more research to write something special from the scratch. Thanks
I agree with the original post. I saw a couple of ads here yesterday that advertised work for $.6 per 500 words. Now although that was bulk work this rate is ludicrous. I cant see how anyone can do decent writing work for that rate.
How about this thread http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=2330284 or this one http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=2330793 ???? You can see the rate that is touted here by telling that the work is bulk? The decline has been the main fallout of competition, and the reason that you see the rates as quoted by the above threads.
All the writers need to really understand this. Mostly the new writers who are just looking for the clients please don't try to be slave.Actually when some writes at low rates then the buyers start comparing the rates and also start bargains more and more. Not to write articles less than $.50 per 100 words . No matter its a bulk work. If not at least do not offer at this price.
Sure. Mine is one cent per word and I see no reason to lower it further. Sometimes I get the feeling that people must be desperate to write articles for less.
good for you, but the newbies lack the courage to ask for a better rate, but they can ask for a decent one and work up to a decent rate when they get a few itrades
One thing more i would like to the people who work for the bulk orders as they make there own network and get the work done by them.If any one is part of any such network please be stick to your rates. Today one of my regular clients says people are ready to work for $1.2 for 500 words. This is absurd how can any one do this. If we have the unity then the buyers have to go with our prices we are not charging very high so it should not be like slave too.
Competition doesn't mean like fish market. Your fishes(articles) are not going to be stole for which you need to be worried.
The part I as a new article writer would be more worried about is that these rates are just not feasible. If you go for $.6 per 500 words. Look at the order. It says it needs some 1000 articles so obviously you are going to need 25-30 writers. So you will also need a few managers and editors. What are you going to pay them out of this. Now if you decide that you will cover up the losses later when you are established think again. Such low quality work is unlikely to establish you. So you are recurring losses and gaining what? Nothing.
I am glad you guys are talking about this. What I wonder is if buyers don't want quality anymore. Even if you are living in a 3rd world country, charging very ludicrous rates cannot sustain you for too long. I charge a minimum of $1 per 100 words, and I ensure high quality for all my buyers.
I guess you spend time in fish market as well. No issues, it can be anything what you say..but know one thing, content writing is a profession to many and it involves competition..the sense may be different to you. I do have seen people working for a crazy price and it can never be stopped as here most people go for outsource and hire writers for way cheap price. This leads poor price.
There will always be someone ready to undercut or under bid you. Publishers looking for cheap work will get exactly what they want. Encouraging people to charge a particular bottom-line price is a bit like being in a union. It has it's advantages and drawbacks. I understand the sentiment behind the original post, although ... If you wouldn't tell someone not to charge over a particular price for their work, how can you tell them not to charge under a particular price?
Is it just competition that is driving these writers to accept these rates? Or some desperation to get some kind of work? Now if you are willing to work for these rates wouldn't they be better advised to do something which they may be good at? Isn't it likely to pay better?
Yes I agree, the newbie lacks the courage to write for higher rates. I have been offered writing 200 words unique copyscape health aticles for 0.50 cents. lol
I don't see charging cheap rates as demolishing the Market rate. The Writers writing for that price are providing poor articles. Actually they're just advertising "Hire me for poorly written articles" when charging those low rates. You could get an article just as good by spinning it, when you look at the poor grammar used. I'm paying .02 a word because I get Top Notch content and correct Grammar. Wouldn't even attempt to use a Writer charging less than .01 a word because I know the articles would be junk. You get what you pay for.