Waiting article.

contentwriter · Post by **contentwriter** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:03 am

Hi. I have an article that has been on "waiting" status for several days now. I read somewhere this means a potential buyer left it in their cart. What should I do? Do I let it sit there or ask tech support to "unfreeze" it?

Lysis · Post by **Lysis** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:37 am

Well how long has it been? The CC system sends emails to remind the customer that they have good stuffs still in their cart.

But email hasn't been working. It seems to be working now (got an email from a customer last night, so I think we're in the clear?) So they might not have been notified.

I've had this good stuffs go through weeks later. If it's a couple of weeks, I think I'd give it until the end of the month. You don't want to prematurely remove an article from the customer's cart..probably looks bad. If it's still stuck in May, then you can contact CC using the contact form and let them know and they will release it.

Abbamay · Post by **Abbamay** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:48 pm

The customer who used to buy energy/insurance/broadband etc. used to keep files waiting for days before he bought a whole lot all at once, so I think you should wait a while and hope the sale happens! It's great if it's in someone's cart.

contentwriter · Post by **contentwriter** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:54 pm

Hmm! Good points! OK, I'll wait. I just didn't want to miss the chance to sell to someone else who might buy it right away because the "buy" button seems unavailable when it is in "waiting " status.

Think there will be more WordPress purchases in the future? I saw a bunch of such sales and since it's my niche, I wrote several articles about it. Hopefully it will continue!

Abbamay · Post by **Abbamay** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:34 am

If you think it's an article that would sell if it wasn't 'waiting', I'd use the research you've done for that and quickly write another similar one - then you can have one waiting and one ready to be snapped up!

Sounds like you're doing well with your sales which is great news.

Abba

philipanderson · Post by **philipanderson** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:51 am

Good advice here. I've had a few that appeared as 'waiting' and they all went through as sales in the end. Patience is definitely the way forward with those ones.

LauraGinn · Post by **LauraGinn** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:17 am

I still have some articles 'waiting' too. They're not on particularly popular topics so I'm going to leave it another couple of weeks and hope that the customer comes back and makes a purchase

LauraGinn · Post by **LauraGinn** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:30 am

My waiting articles have been returned to 'view' status so I'm guessing the client wasn't interested. Hope this industry picks up soon as it's crippling me financially!

contentwriter · Post by **contentwriter** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:36 pm

Thanks all! It got released a while back and is now back to "view" status. I guess I'll wait for someone else to snatch it up!

LauraGinn · Post by **LauraGinn** » Fri May 02, 2014 2:39 am

The two waiting articles of mine that were purged are set to waiting again now

topquark · Post by **topquark** » Fri May 02, 2014 6:43 am

Is there any time limit on how long an article can stay in waiting status? Some of mine have been there for months...

Lysis · Post by **Lysis** » Sun May 04, 2014 1:35 pm

I had one get returned and got picked up within 24 hours. I would see it as a good sign!

FireHorse · Post by **FireHorse** » Fri May 09, 2014 3:54 am

How can you tell that an article is in "waiting" status?

Lysis · Post by **Lysis** » Fri May 09, 2014 10:34 am

The status in your content list is set to "waiting."

Constant Content

Waiting article.

Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.

Re: Waiting article.