Good Price Per 500 Words???

[SEOxperts]

Heh, I have one writer who charges $1 per word. Needless to say she can't be beat.

The price might not be able to be beaten, the quality most certainly can. Obviously you meant $1/100 words or you'll be paying $500 for a 500 worded article. $1/100 words isn't the cheapest people pay but it is still pretty cheap and you'll get standard quality content at best. $2-5/100 words is still what I'd suggest is a good price to pay for high quality content.

 

[Biggie]

when did price reflect quality?

just because someone charges more, doesn't mean they deliver higher/better quality


a person could be a damn good writer, but they are just starting out so they price lower to get clients and build referrals.

or

a person may charge more, just because they can and quality is no better.

 

[SEOxperts]

when did price reflect quality?

just because someone charges more, doesn't mean they deliver higher/better quality


a person could be a damn good writer, but they are just starting out so they price lower to get clients and build referrals.

or

a person may charge more, just because they can and quality is no better.

Valid point.

The majority of writers who charge higher usually do produce far better quality and they also thoroughly research the topic beforehand.

I do agree that there are some amazing quality writers who are cheap but nowadays, they are hard to find.

 

[ALGWorks]

I remember when I first started out I was charging $0.01 per word. Now I'm around $0.02 to $0.05 per word for a standard article and I still consider myself in the low-end range for what most people ask. Even so, it's hard to compete with the Indian markets these days where so many people are looking for quantity rather than quality and some agencies over there charge only $1 per 500 words.

 

[Anthony Ng]

when did price reflect quality?

Like most other COMMODITIES (including domain names), price reflects demand and supply. But then higher demand and/or shorter supply usually also translate(s) into better quality (not always but often).

And please allow me to say this again, most people in this thread are talking about so-called "writing" whose "audience" are search engines and NOT human. When a "writer" gets only a few dollars for say a 500 word "articles" (sorry for all the quotation marks, but you know they are there for good reasons), who on earth would expect it to be actually read?

I guess the point here is, who could write the best piece of junk that successfully tricks even good search engines like Google to think it's not spam.

 

[dcristo]

when did price reflect quality?

just because someone charges more, doesn't mean they deliver higher/better quality


a person could be a damn good writer, but they are just starting out so they price lower to get clients and build referrals.

or

a person may charge more, just because they can and quality is no better.

You make valid points. For the most part, the points you raise refer to new writers building a portfolio, but it's not their normal rates. Generally speaking, though, in the content writing business, you get what you pay for.

There is a reason some writers charge more. Think about it logically. They're not charging more to boost their own ego. It's because they can, and clients are willing to pay the premium. It's hard to pay the bills charging more and not having clients.