Content arbitrage question

bogdy23 · Oct 24, 2019

Hello,

I have a question about content arbitrage. If some can be so kind as to help me. Say you find a really cheap writer that offers pretty good content you buy for 3.5$ a 500-word article than you sell it another site for 6-7$. The problem is that when the writer has written his article he needs to get paid. And I can`t show to my client what he has written and the client might say no good I don`t like that part etc. How do I solve this problem is there any way to do this without me rewriting the article as my client demands it?

Topiano · Oct 24, 2019

If your client do not like a part, tell your writer you don't like the exact area too.

He does the hard job.

bogdy23 · Oct 24, 2019

Topiano said:
If your client do not like a part, tell your writer you don't like the exact area too.

He does the hard job.

The problem is that from the website where I am hiring they don`t let you copy and paste or put in a word document the article. You can either have it revisioned or buy it. You can`t show it to the 3rd party.
That`s the problem do you have any idea how i can bypass this?

Harlet · Oct 24, 2019

You need to source your writers from places you have control over. For example I get a lot of writers from up work and then lure them off the platform. This can be done easily with making them sign writing agreements and then talking to them via email but you can also work with them on up work for a while before you verify they are a good writer (bc then you can make them rewrite through platform and prune your team).

But content arbitrage definitely isn't an easy way to make money. My policy is that if you aren't a really good writer yourself and aren't willing to edit content or aren't able to write the same level of content, it will be hard to make money as you won't be able to recognize who are the good writers and who aren't. Also customers are bitches, they are demanding and jerks and you will be at the bitch end and have to factor in things like refunds and jerkarounds.

Webbers UX · Oct 24, 2019

Harlet said:
You need to source your writers from places you have control over. For example I get a lot of writers from up work and then lure them off the platform. This can be done easily with making them sign writing agreements and then talking to them via email but you can also work with them on up work for a while before you verify they are a good writer (bc then you can make them rewrite through platform and prune your team).

But content arbitrage definitely isn't an easy way to make money. My policy is that if you aren't a really good writer yourself and aren't willing to edit content or aren't able to write the same level of content, it will be hard to make money as you won't be able to recognize who are the good writers and who aren't. Also customers are bitches, they are demanding and jerks and you will be at the bitch end and have to factor in things like refunds and jerkarounds.

Agreed. Set the proper expectations and terms, and all will be well (i.e. 1 revision, or up to 3 revisions, etc...)
Extra cost for added words, or total revision, etc...

MonteCarlos · Oct 24, 2019

bogdy23 said:
The problem is that from the website where I am hiring they don`t let you copy and paste or put in a word document the article. You can either have it revisioned or buy it. You can`t show it to the 3rd party.
That`s the problem do you have any idea how i can bypass this?

See if you can take a screenshot, I would say...

Carpet Cleaning Dublin · Oct 24, 2019

Hi

You need to find a list of great writers by topics. I use few writers for each trade. Some are great at carpet cleaning articles other at chemicals. At 3.5 dollars per 500 words article i can see great quality. A proper article require research and imagination. I pay 10 dollars for 500 word articles and 80 dollars for 4000 words. Top work

Thank you

bogdy23 · Oct 24, 2019

MonteCarlos said:
See if you can take a screenshot, I would say...

Yes, thank I have tought about that and also, I`ve emailed the site for them to let me know if their logo or anything like this appears on the display part when I can judge the text to see if it`s any good.

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