Do articles sell in the new marketplace?

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by dcristo, Jun 20, 2015.

  1. #1
    The last time I tried selling content on DP was prior to the marketplace changes.

    Just wondering if it's worth my time trying to sell pre-written content again.

    Are there members who are still buying quality content?
     
    dcristo, Jun 20, 2015 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    It depends on the quality of the articles, the seller's reputation, pricing, etc. (just like selling anything)... Seems to be a pretty good overall sale rate on average though.

    Skimming a couple people I happen to know sell articles...

    For example, @Bali_Sunset looks like he has an 89% sale rate on all articles:
    mysql> SELECT (SELECT SUM(total_articles) FROM article_groups WHERE user_id = 118598 AND purchaser_user_id > 0) AS articles_sold, (SELECT SUM(total_articles) FROM article_groups WHERE user_id = 118598 AND not_for_sale = 0) AS articles_unsold;
    +---------------+-----------------+
    | articles_sold | articles_unsold |
    +---------------+-----------------+
    |           268 |              34 |
    +---------------+-----------------+
    1 row in set (0.00 sec)
    Code (sql):
    @Robert Merchant's article listings looks pretty well sold as well... (only admin can see the listings for what has sold already since they aren't available for purchase, there is no point in showing people what they can't buy).

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    digitalpoint, Jun 20, 2015 IP
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    What about the quality? There are percentages out by the articles. Is there something written on DP to explain the quality scores?
     
    Karen May Jones, Jun 20, 2015 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    There isn't a whole lot to explain on the quality score, just that it's a generalized/algorithmic score on the quality of the article on a scale between 0 and 100 (100 being higher quality).
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 20, 2015 IP
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    I guess I will just test it out and see how it scores my article. lol,
     
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    Thanks Shawn that eases my doubts about why I was not seeing any sold content.

    Is it possible for the seller to take content off the marketplace if it was to sell through another channel? If so, can it only be done for individual articles, or articles in packs as well?
     
    dcristo, Jun 20, 2015 IP
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    You can remove something for sale, but it's on a per article pack/group basis. Like one couldn't remove an individual article from a pack of 10 for example. But you could remove the pack of 10 as a whole.
     
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    Ok so I've listed an article for sale, but a little confused about how I should go about removing it should it sell elsewhere.

    Do I edit the article and tick the 'Disabled' checkbox?
     
    dcristo, Jun 24, 2015 IP
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    Yep, that will remove it from being listed/for sale.
     
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