With so many online writing sites out there, many of which pay only residuals, Constant-Content.com is different. Some new users of the site may arrive with preconceived ideas about what online writing sites are all about. After all, if you’re used to submitting articles for revenue based on page views, you might be a bit concerned about how Constant-Content works.
First, when you submit an article to Constant-Content, there’s no guarantee that you’ll ever make a single penny. Shoot, there’s no guarantee that your article will even be accepted. Even if it is accepted, it could sit on the site for months or years and you will earn nothing until it finally sells. Even then, you’ll only receive 65 percent of the selling price.
This scares off a lot of writers. I hear comments all the time along the lines of “Why on earth would you give up 35 percent of your pay?” Or “What if you spend all that time writing and no one buys your article?”
Here’s what else scares off writers: public requests and writing on speculation. Customers can issue “public requests” which go out to all writers. Interested writers then write the article on speculation, which means that a single public request could generate dozens, potentially hundreds, of similar articles. The customer then picks the article that best meets his needs.
Let’s address some of these concerns. If you’re used to revenue share sites, then you know it’s neat to submit an article and have it generating small amounts of money every time someone views it or clicks on an ad. I like that too, though the income I’m getting from sites like Associated Content isn’t terribly impressive. Revenue share sites are relatively low risk as far as submitting articles goes. As long as an article is accepted and appears online, it will likely get some page views and generate some money for you, especially if you promote it.
With Constant-Content, the risk is high because an article may never sell. On the other hand, prices are higher than revenue share articles. I regularly sell articles in the $100 and above range on Constant-Content.
Let’s take a look at two of the most recent “on speculation” articles I have sold to Associated Content and Constant-Content as an illustration. Last month, I submitted an article How to Restore the Excel 2007 Ribbon, to Associated Content. I got a whopping $2.45 upfront payment and it has earned about ten cents in page views in the past 30 days. So, let’s just round that up to about $2.50 plus $1.20 per year (based on a dime per month). Assuming performance doesn’t change, in ten years, that article will have generated about $15.
Around the same time, I wrote an article for Constant-Content titled, The Google Wonder Wheel: A Mind Map for SEO. It has sold twice for usage rights at $30 each. After the 35 percent commission to Constant-Content, I have already earned $39. Plus, this same article can be sold over and over for usage rights, and I can also post it on revenue share sites. While it may only sell a few more times in the same ten year time period, it’s already ahead of my Associated Content article. Incidentally, it took me about 45 minutes to write The Google Wonder Wheel article, so my hourly wage comes to $52 per hour after the commission. Not bad.
About that 35 percent commission? I don’t worry about it. Simply be aware of it and mark up the price of your articles to account for it. After all, the opportunity to make over $52 per hour after commission is compelling.
About the “What if no one buys the article” question? I don’t worry about it either. If I’m willing to write an occasional article for $2.50 upfront in exchange for revenue from page views, I’m willing to risk an article never selling on Constant-Content. After all, if it doesn’t sell, I can always remove it and submit it to a revenue share site.
About writing for public requests? I wish I could do more of them! Sure, lots of writers are also submitting their articles for consideration and mine may not be selected. However, the reason I don’t have time to write more articles for public requests is because past submissions have led to loads of “private requests.” Now, I’m writing articles exclusively for customers with no competition from other writers – at decent prices.
There’s much more to how Constant-Content.com works than this blog post can possibly cover. For example, I didn’t even touch on the different license types, pricing strategies, topics that sell, or the article acceptance/rejection process.
How does Constant-Content work? I discuss it in greater detail in my inexpensive eBook, Celeste Stewart’s Secrets to Success on Constant-Content.com.
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