Ezine Articles Premium Membership - Is it Really Worth It?

As you have probably noticed, Ezine Articles have recently introduced their new membership type called Premium Membership. It costs $97 a month, or you can choose alternative payment method, such as quarterly or yearly, and then obviously you will get some discounts. So what I want to do in this article is to talk about whether the features of Premium members are really worth the price.

Reviewing Speed

One of the features of Premium account is that your articles will be reviewed within 48 hours. Certainly, it sounds really good, especially if you are Basic or Basic Plus member. It can take up to 7 days to get your articles approved, if your status is not Platinum. However, if you have Platinum accounts, then I think this so called advantage of Premium membership becomes useless. I know many people, who have Platinum accounts and very often their articles are reviewed within 1-3 days. So unless you are Basic or Basic Plus member, I personally think you don’t really need this membership.

Senior Editors

The next thing, which I am going to talk about is people who review your articles. They are called editors. You know, it often happens, when these guys accidentally put your articles in problem status. Sometimes, they think you are promoting affiliate products, when you are simply reviewing them or providing some extra info. It also happens, when they give you a mistake regarding anchor text saying it’s too long, when you have only 1 or 2 words marked as hyperlink. So that’s the reason, why Ezine provides reviews of senior editors to Premium members. That means your articles will get reviewed by experienced employees of the directory, so you can avoid those mistakes. I would say this one is not really required, as you can usually solve the problem with disapproved articles pretty quickly. Certainly, it would be better if senior guys would review your articles, but not for $97/month. You know, what I am trying to say?

Messaging

Another so called advantage, which comes with Ezine Premium Membership is that you tickets (messages) get replied quicker. If you are a basic user, and sending a ticket, it says it takes up to 48 hours to reply. However, usually you get a reply in 4-5 days. That’s what my personal experienced has been. If you are a Premium, they are saying you will be likely to get a reply in 24 hours. Well, what can I say about this. If you love chatting to Ezine editors, and discussing with them everyday events, then yes, you may need this feature. However, what is the most common reason, that you write to Support team? Article problem or maybe account suspended? Whatever it is, it doesn’t happen often, does it? So I think, you can wait few days more until you get the reply from them, rather than pay $97/month for their “quick” service.

Without going further into analyzing the Premium Membership, it seems that there is no serious need of it, unless you have extra 100 bucks to spend every month on Ezine. However, this is my personal opinion about this, and you may have other thoughts. It’s up to you guys, what you want to do.

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August 31, 2008 · Filed Under Article Marketing

Comments

4 Responses to “Ezine Articles Premium Membership - Is it Really Worth It?”

  1. Jenn on September 9th, 2008 7:44 am

    I had to laugh at the comment “your articles will be reviewed within 48 years”

    That’s just about what it’s taking right now :)

    Thanks for this review!

  2. Steven Blackman on September 9th, 2008 8:00 am

    You’re welcome.

    I personally think being a Platinum author is good enough, and Premium Membership is just not necessary.

  3. goonie on September 25th, 2008 8:41 pm

    your articles will be reviewed within 48 years? that 48 hours or 48 years?? :)

  4. Steven Blackman on September 26th, 2008 8:18 am

    goonie

    A little mistake :D but sometimes, that’s what happens, lol.

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