Writing a revenue sharing article is a great way to earn passive income online. An experienced writer can spend 30 minutes to write and publish an online article that can earn hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars from their efforts. The potential is enormous and should not be ignored for those interested in building diversified income streams.
There is, however, a potential risk that should not be ignored for those interested in writing this type of content. The biggest risk of publishing revenue sharing content is the unknown factor. While there is the potential to earn income from this type of work that can pay over and over, there is no guarantee. If the content is poorly written or very obscure, a writer may never earn even a penny from their work. This is why it is important to be aware of the potential risks before investing a lot of time building this type of income stream.
To help highlight the unknown factor of writing revenue sharing articles, I have provided a few highlights from my eHow experience below.
eHow Revenue Sharing
Over the past year I have published 270 eHow articles, which all have the potential to earn residual income each month. While writing revenue sharing articles offers a ton of potential to generate income for many months and years to come, it does come with a possible risk. I have no idea how much income any of my articles will earn during their lifetime.
Here is a breakdown of my eHow content.
eHow Article Statistics
- Published Articles on eHow – 270
- Total Earnings – $2,201.15
- Time Spent Writing Articles – 160 hours (approximate)
- Earnings per Hour – $13.76
At of the end of last month, I had earned approximately $13.76 per hour from writing 270 eHow articles. The potential, however, of these revenue sharing articles is what attracted me to spend my time on them in the first place. Assuming I can bring in $150 in passive income over the next 12 months from these same articles, I would then be earnings $25 per hour.
Writing Paid Articles
I recently claimed a few paid articles on Demand Studios to try out their platform. This is the first time that I have taken a paid article, but I thought the whole process would prove interesting and a good learning experience to understand the new platform. I claimed two articles, both paying $15 each that I plan to publish. While these two articles offer no passive income potential, they do provide a nice upfront incentive.
If I would have written my original 270 articles as prepaid content instead of revenue sharing, my results would have looked more like this.
- Published Articles – 270
- Earnings per Article – $15
- Total Earnings – $4050.00
- Time Spent Writing Articles – 160 hours (approximate)
- Earnings per Hour – $25.31
Comparing the two scenarios, writing the paid articles in place of the revenue sharing ones seems to be the better option. It will take me at least another 12 months of earnings to match the earnings per hour mark that I would have received from writing paid posts. These results also assume that I will continue to earn $150 per month, which is not guaranteed.
Final Thoughts
Am I going to give up publishing revenue sharing content based on my analysis? NEVER. While the unknown factor is definitely a possible risk of your time, the potential for long term earnings is much greater. I am willing to sacrifice my time up front to continue to build solid passive income streams that have the potential to change my financial future.
Do you prefer taking risks and writing revenue sharing articles compared to prepaid articles?
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The difference is – work for hire or work for self. Writing reve share is a business. Writing for flat fee is a job. I’ve also noticed that the 80/20 rule applies to content. 20% of the articles I write turn in 80% of the revenue. As you get more experience you will focus toward doing more of the 20% style articles.
That’s an interesting comparison, I actually didn’t expect the upfront pay to be that much more profitable. I agree, I like the passive income model better but it is dependent on the site continuing to pay you. With all the changes recently at eHow I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the just stopped paying out residuals. I guess I have become much more cynical about earning a passive income on someone else’s site.
Great analysis. I much prefer revenue share. I look at your analysis this way, in just another year you would have matched your up front payments. Anything after that and you’re exceeding them. Also, in my experience, it takes much longer to write an article for upfront pay at DS than it does to write a revenue share article. It takes extra time to 1) find a title I think I can actually write 2) research it and find approved resources for DS and 3) work with a copy editor to get the article published.
I totally agree. Flip it around – Demand Studios must know they will (on average) earn more than they pay for the articles or they would not be paying $15 to the writer + $3 to the editor. They see the articles they buy as a long term investment, and you should see the revenue sharing articles you write the same way.
@Jade – Great points. The revenue sharing articles are the way to go if you can get by without earning immediate income.