What do I mean PLR articles are commodity products?
What I mean is that you could easily interchange one PLR article with another or one source of PLR articles with another, and it would make no difference.
But first, a step back…
What are commodity products?
According to Wikipedia:
A commodity is something for which there is demand, but which is supplied without qualitative differentiation across a market. It is a product that is the same no matter who produces it, such as petroleum, notebook paper, or milk. In other words, copper is copper. Rice is rice. Stereos, on the other hand, have many levels of quality. And, the better a stereo is, the more it will cost. The price of copper is universal, and fluctuates daily based on global supply and demand.
In plain English, it means two things:
- Quality is not an issue when it comes to commodity products – it’s more or less the same across the entire range.
- The price of a commodity product is only determined by supply and demand.
How this relates to PLR articles
PLR articles are PLR articles are PLR articles. Where you get your PLR articles doesn’t really matter folks, as long as you keep getting articles on topics that you need.
Because come to think of it. The reason why you use PLR articles and don’t write your own content is that you don’t have time to create your own content, lend it your own “voice” and don’t care enough about the topic to do heavy research and probably you don’t care a lot about the quality either.
PLR articles are usually used as filler content.
So yes, it doesn’t matter where you got your PLR articles, as long as they meet some minimum quality standards, and are relevant to the topic of your website.
So that takes care of criteria number one – quality.
The price of PLR articles
So what should PLR articles cost? Exactly what any commodity product would cost – the lowest possible price that will allow the sellers to still make a profit and stay in business.
As the number of people selling PLR articles goes up, their prices should go down.
And seeing the number of people selling PLR articles on the web today, it seems that there are plenty of providers of PLR content.
What it means for you
The more sellers there are for PLR articles, the better for you (as a user of PLR content), because it means prices can only go down.
There will of course be a few providers who do provide unique PLR content, and they will always charge a premium price. You should use these if you want to truly stand out from your competition using strictly PLR material.
But if your goal is to get a site or blog going quickly and filling it up with content to help drive some search engine traffic, you should think about using PLR articles packs that are available at rock bottom prices. You can always add your own unique content later, if the niche proves to be a good source of income.
And speaking of rock bottom prices, why not get some free PLR articles?
So what do you think? Are PLR articles commodity products or not? Do let me know your views by commenting below.
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I respectfully disagree that article quality is not relevant. For some of us, reputation is important.
On the articles, it may take a little doing, but joining forums and getting newsletters, it seems one could put together their on article. It doesn’t need to be “fancy”, as long as it contains content.
Dan, yes. As I said in the post above, if you want to stand out from your competition or if you want to build a reputation and become an authority in your niche, and quality matters to you, you should invest in premium quality PLR articles. You may even want to consider outsourcing or taking the time to write articles yourself. But most people use PLR articles just as filler content for their sites, to help pull in search engine traffic, for example. In such cases, quality is not as important as content and relevancy.
Loralyn, absolutely agreed. If you are willing to put in the work, there are many options open for you.
Thank You for very interesting and useful information. It really helps in everyday work and saves a lot of time.
Yours Sincerely
Vadim
moscow,Russia
Thank you for the great information. I look forward to seeing more articles and what else you have to offer!
PLR articles is very useful if we know how to use it wisely. As a newbie, I just use PLR article post to my blog. Just starting, hope me get success. PRAY FOR ME
Hello Rohit Sinha,
Thanks for the great post. I believe you’re right that PLR articles is commodity. They’re useful in the start of a niche. Once a niche starts functioning it is good to write own articles. Because a ready made article does not fulfil the needs of a person’s wishes.
Thanks
Saif
Hey Rohit: I’ve spent some serious money (serious to me) for affiliate marketing stuff but buying your 200,000 PLR articles was the smartest thing I’ve done in the last 1.5 years. The quality in what I’ve seen is unmatched by PLRs I’ve gotten in the past. I’ll be using them for blog posts. I reqrite them but the hard work has been done for me.
Many thanks,
Don
Rohit,
I happen to agree stongly with Don. As a website owner with fingers in a great number of different niches, the purchase of the 200k articles is a great jump point for ideas and topics for your site. Yes, they may take a bit of rewrite to have them in your “style” as well as original, but the fact that you have a head start can be great. And let’s be honest, most “original” articles out there start from what the writer has read/heard/learned elsewhere – so with the exception of the writers perspective on the topic, you must ask – how original is it?
All the best always,
Steve
@nyctech on twitter