Two questions about the articles' price

[chrissponias]

Hi!

I’m very new here. I followed the suggested prices in order to give a price to my first article. Then someone offered half-price for it, and I accepted it because it was my first article anyway, but this person didn’t buy the article in the end.

So, my questions are:

1. Should I follow the suggested prices when I’m giving my prices for each article, or should I be more flexible?

2. Do you advise me to accept dropping the price when someone asks for a better offer or is this a sign that the article's quality is not so good since I’m easily accepting less for my work?

Thank you!

Christina

[LaLa]

Following the suggested price is always a good idea, but remember that they're just suggestions. You're always free to set the price according to what you think the article is worth.

As far as dropping the price to meet offers, I'd be very careful about this. We've all had ridiculously low offers. Some are legitimate offers, but I suspect that a few are from customers hoping that a writer is hungry enough, green enough or insecure enough to take them. I wouldn't suggest that you let offers, alone, dictate your price.

And, for the record, the mere fact that the article was accepted by C-C is proof enough that the quality is good.

[chrissponias]

Thank you for your answer!

I prepared a new long article where I give real knowledge about my topic, which can easily be transformed into an ebook. So, I’m going to sell it only for a very good price, even though I’m new here.

I usually give real lessons to my readers with the knowledge I already have.

Could I ask something else?

Do we sell our articles better if we write about the topics we know and we just offer them at CC? Or do we have better chances of success writing articles for customers’ requests, besides facing the competition with other authors?

Thank you!

[LaLa]

You're welcome.

There's no single formula for selling articles here. Drawing from Celeste's wisdom on another thread (http://tinyurl.com/2a49stk) I'd suggest a combination of your own articles and public requests. As she shares in the thread, at the very least, you'll build a healthy portfolio.

Not sure if I read it in the discussion referenced above or elsewhere, but I've heard that 70% of articles sell.

[chrissponias]

Thank you very much!

Christina