When a site is listed on the DND section of the EssayScam, it is because that company has received numerous complaints over time that were posted at this forum. The negative postings have directly affected the amount of students using the services of the company as shown by their diminishing sign ups for the service. The representatives of these companies contact us at ES in order to request that their company no longer discussed in an effort to control the snowball effect of negative publicity on their business. Placing one order with this company is dangerous enough. Placing 8 orders means that you are asking for trouble and willing to take the risk of dealing with them. Which is not something that I would recommend you do since they do appear on the DND list. There are other companies available for your reference here. Just be conscious and stay away from the companies that show up on the DND list. ES is trying to save you from heartache and grade problems. Heed the indirect advice that comes from seeing a company in that listing. Don't bother trying out their service. It will be more problems that it is worth.

That is why EssayScam has a dedicated team of investigators who constantly look into the reliability and truthfulness of the declarations of the websites that apply for inclusion in the EssayDirectory, EssayBrand, Writers, and Services sections of the forum. We have built the reputation of this forum on its ability to actually assist the students in securing properly vetted and reliable academic essay writing services. This is 24 hour job here and those in charge make sure that the proper investigation in the background of the websites are done in a timely manner. If there are some that appear to be fraudulent, these sites do not stay on the listings for long. EssayScam values the reputation and trust in the name of the forum more than the revenue it gets from the advertising and membership of these questionable writers and companies. So don't go around making accusations about things you know nothing about, specifically when it comes to the way that Essay Scam runs the forum and keeps the integrity of the services allowed to advertise on this forum.

CustomPapers is definitely the company that any student can trust to deliver on their writing needs. I do not work for the company but, I do have a connection with some of their writers and employees. Based on my personal observation, their company functions at one of the highest levels of competency and accuracy. They can be trusted far better than the other two sites listed, or any other online writing company for that matter. I am not advertising nor recommending their service. Merely sharing an observation based upon my relationship with them.

Students may seek out other references for writing companies as it is their right to do so. However, I don't think they can get a more on the level company to deal with than Custom Papers. I am not a paid hack nor an employee of the company. Like I said, I just run in the same circles as they do, which is why I have an opinion about the company and their writers.

Definitely sounds like it was a scam. The link for this site is no longer active but it still appears in the search engines when you run a search for it. So I feel confident that the aforementioned original poster did not deal with this company with regards to his paper needs. Since the site was on EssayDirectory before, I presume that the reason why this company is also no longer listed in EssayDirectory is because it was vetted over time and it was discovered that the company was running a scam. Hence its disappearance from the directory and the web search engines altogether. It is important that students learn how to not take the recommendations of anyone when considering a writing service. Even EssayDirectory can have some companies fall through the cracks. These are mistakes that they bother to correct as soon as they discover the problem with the site. It sounds to me like the student did not use the service after all. Since he did not respond to the post of Major, I guess it is safe to assume that he went with another writing service.

Regarding: Has anyone used essaypod before? Iv'e noticed they have made a few posts here before, so I would be interested to get some feedback on them?

@EssayPodScam it sounds to me like there as more to your case than just the missed deadline from the writing company. You ahve to be honest here and admit that it wasn't just the missed deadline that caused you to fail the class. If it was just the case of one paper not being submitted, that would not cause the failing grade in your class. You could have made up for it in other manners such as passing your exams, homework results, and other papers written for the class. While I will not say that the company was right top have conned you, I will not say that the negligence of the company would have immeditately resulted in the failed class and you having to retake the same class the next semester. Instead, I would say that the scam was the final nail in the coffin that you created for yourself by being remiss in your class obligatiions and your failure to give importance to your tests and other pertinent work. Don't lay blame squarely on the company when they could not have done to you with only one missed paper.

While recommendations are not allowed, reputable companies and independent writers are allowed to advertise their services openly on this forum.

One of the newest, trusted, and reliable writing services can be found in the new section of this site called EssayBrand.

The companies and writers that advertise there have had a long working relationship with EssayScam and have, over decades, come to build their reputation as a go to service or writer for all your needs.

As the new section implies, there are trusted BRANDS that have built their reputation and recognition over time and thus, have proven to be companies and independent writers that students can lean on in their time of need. You won't need to worry about being scammed nor conned when you deal with those people and companies.

Again, this is not an endorsement of any of the companies and independent writers on board at EssayBrand. Rather, this is a recommendation that a student can use to make an educated decision when it comes to choosing an essay writing service.

No direct recommendations allowed alright, but a point in the right direction is always welcomed by the admin of this forum.

I do not believe that posting the student's essay in the Free section was the way to go in this instance.

The OP neglected to inform us if he took any other steps to try and collect from the students before he did the posting.

For example, Was he partially paid and only the balance was not paid? Or was a Paypal Dispute filed for a chargeback claim?

There are several factors missing from the conversation that would allow me to support the actions that the OP took. While I understand his desire to collect, seek justice, and also take revenge on the students, I do not applaud the manner by which he accomplished the task.

Sure getting the students expelled would bring him a sense of satisfaction, but then he would still be out financially. I would have tried to use proper channels to collect from the students first.

That is, depending upon the agreed upon payment method. If the OP agreed to deliver the paper without receiving payment first, then he was the one in error because he was a fool to trust the students in that sort of an agreement.

I recently purchased a convertible standing work station. Every time I feel a kink developing in my lower back, I convert the desk to a standing position. I work from this standing position until I feel the lower back pain subside. Then I take a walk around the house before getting back to work. If the standing work table doesn't change the feeling I have, if I do not get any relief from it, I go lie down on my memory foam mattress. I take a power nap in a fetal, hugging my knees sleeping position to release the spinal discs before I go into the straight lying position. The mattress offers great support for the lumbar region so I wake up feeling refreshed and ready to get back to the grind. I also do not forget to do stretches before sitting back down. It is important to alleviate the pressure on the spinal discs every so often since one can also gain a Slipped Disc even while sitting.

It just seems to me that there are too many risk factors involved when hiring an academic writing company these days. It is extremely difficult to figure out if the owners and writers are legitimate or not because it is so easy to deceive people online. Technology meant to catch the pretenders sometimes helps them hide their true identities. However, it is easy to spot legitimate independent writers. That is why I advise students to go with independent writers instead of the writing companies. It is easier to determine the truth behind a writer's direct claims, than it is to verify the information contained in a website full of positive blurbs meant to make you sign up. Does a legitimate writing company still exist today? The answer to that is a resounding YES! Is the company easy to find? The answer to that question is a big fat NO! Rather than looking for the company, look for the legitimate writer instead. Using ES is one of the easiest ways of doing that.

Based on the logistics involved and money required to start your own academic writing business, I would not advice totally investing in a website for this purpose. You can gain the same effect, of removing the middle man and earning more for yourself by joining freelance companies like UpWork. Even though you have to go through a bidding process to get the job done, if you satisfy enough clients, you will begin to build your base and they shall begin to contact you directly for projects, without having to set up a formal website for it. I never believed that a website can help to give an independent writer enough of a high profile to help grow his business because the writer will have to pay every step of the way for advertising and SEO optimization. Something that is eliminated by bidding on jobs instead. It is far easier to win bids when you already have a notable ranking in these websites and, like I said earlier, getting repeat business is also easier to achieve. However, if you really want to go the formal route in starting your business, there is nothing wrong with that. Provided you have the money to burn for promotional purposes.

I don't think you are a crook. The company owner is a crook because he makes a profit off lying to students and paying a pittance to his writers from the Third World countries. You are however, an accessory to deceit, which, in my book, is different from being a crook. You are just trying to get by and make some additional income for yourself as I do not doubt that you are not paid well as a professor either. After all, if you were paid well, you would not be working a second job right? A crook is someone who makes boldfaced claims knowing very well that he is not even telling a half truth. That would be your boss. Since you are not making the writer origin claims yourself, but merely fulfilling an obligation to a client, who was lied to by your boss, I don't see how you can be seen as the crook in this instance. Like I said, I won't absolve you in this matter since you are still an accessory to the lie, but you are the least guilty party in this instance.

I don't understand why students have a fixation on plagiarism checkers these days. It appears that they would rather run the checker before submitting the essay, rather than leaving that job to the teacher or professor, whose job it is to make sure that the student doesn't cheat. If a student simply writes the paper, and tries to limit the use of in-text citations then he will all but have eliminated the possibility of plagiarism showing up. I say this because plagiarism checkers often flag quotes in the paper as plagiarism. Since there is a 30% threshold for citations in papers before the professor considers it plagiarized, simply not using quotes gets you around that rule already. The only reason a student should worry about plagiarism is if the paper was bought from an uncertain source. That is when the student should worry and not trust the plagiarism report that comes with the paper that you bought. Listen, if you wrote the paper, then you know that your paper is not plagiarized. Your professor will run it through a checking system and the result will be the same. However, if you jump the gun and submit the paper for plagiarism checking beforehand, than you personally assured yourself of a plagiarized paper once the academic check takes place.

Sometimes, using plagiarism checkers are more trouble than it is worth since these databases are known to store your papers without your approval. Or some of the programs are not really good at detecting plagiarism in papers. For me, the best bet is to just take random sentences or paragraphs in your "original" essay which you can then stick into Google's search engine box. Hit return and wait for the results. If there is any plagiarism detected, it will be found in the search engine results. If there is no plagiarism, then you won't find any similar text or exact phrases in the online results. It's the better way to avoid having your information stored in a database where a double search could result in unexpected plagiarism content. The only way to remove the plagiarism detection would be to pay off the company to delete your original paper. That's why I sometimes view plagiarism sites and software as scams. Out to get your money just because you were too innocent to use a simpler method of plagiarism checking.

Yes. If you find that the paper was assigned to a different writer, you can contact client support and request that the paper be taken from the currently assigned writer and assigned to your writer of choice. This is something that you can do only after the time allotment for your specified writer has passed and another writer has taken the order from the system. Having the paper taken from one writer and assigned to a different writer is something that sometimes happens. When I was still active as an academic writer, there were instances when orders I took from the server got taken out of my Works In Progress list with the message that the client requested for a different writer to work on the paper. I never took that as an affront to the quality of my work. Rather, I considered it a simple mistake on the part of the company as they allowed the order to lapse without contacting the requested writer before the deadline on his option. You can safely request for the reassignment of the paper to your requested writer without any incurring any additional charges for it. It was a mistake on the company's part and they are always accommodating when it comes to clients requesting for specific writers. The rate for the CPP is higher for both the writer and client due to the "Requested" status of the paper anyway.

Measuring the authenticity of a writing service is not something that a student can do on his own. Neither can a writer rate the company he is working for. The authenticity of the writing service, in my opinion, is based upon an individual writer's ability to bring in repeat customers, recommended clients, and requested work orders to the company. The writer is who brings authenticity to the company by providing the best academically written paper possible for the student. Bring in a satisfying grade for the client, the client may be inclined to refer the company and the writer in particular, to classmates and other peers. Successful interactions and business dealings with these other students will create the semblance of a reliable company and expert pool of writers. That will then be the measure of the authenticity of an academic writing service. We cannot use the established years of a company because they can claim to have been in business since 1989 but, due to business problems, they keep changing company names. So that isn't exactly the mark of an authentic academic writing service. That is why I believe it can only be done through the writer - student experience over an undetermined amount of time.

Here's a thought, why don't you try writing the paper yourself since you have such specific requirements for it. You aren't supposed to be asking us for recommendations, specially when you need such a specific profession related paper written. Instead of asking for recommendations, look at the banner above instead. Pick from Writers. Services, and the two companies with banners above. These would be your best bet when it comes to getting reliable service. This isn't a recommendation. It is a suggestion that you look around and be observant. The answer to your request is staring you in the face. You just don't want to have to do the work of having to investigate and choose a writer or a company. You aren't going to be writing the paper yourself anymore, the least you can do is pick the service that will do it for you. Recommendations aside. Use your own judgement. Don't involve us in your decision making process. You've got some pretty good choices here, so use your better judgement and get your paper over with.

Really? Kenyans outwit the Ukrainian writers? That's news to me. In my opinion, that sounds like one scam artist just learned to play the con game better than the other one. However, since the Ukrainians have been in the scam business far longer than the Kenyans, any shortcomings that they may have had will definitely be addressed so that they will once again, be on top of their game. I am not quite sure about why the OP would brag about this though. It doesn't make sense since both of them are deemed to be bad news in the academic writing industry. Neither of them should be associated with if a student is looking for an on the level writing company. Students should not give them the time of day when it comes to academic writing. So this one upmanship statement is puzzling to me. The OP should not be bragging about this because it doesn't really tell the student anything except one is a better scammer than the other. Not exactly the kind of publicity that can help these companies gain the confidence of the students. If I were the OP, I would hide this statement instead of declaring it for all to see.

It is difficult to recommend any academic outsourcing site to a freelance writer based upon the company's ability to pay and pay on time. Each company functions under different payment rules which often causes difficulties for the writers. Usually, the newbie writers who enter into the company are the ones who develop the most payment problem scenarios because the companies tend to take them for granted as they are an unproven track record and are deemed expendable by the company at that point. However, there are some that are on the level and they pay the writers diligently on a schedule. You won't really know which sites pay out to the writers and which ones just scam the writers unless you are already working within the company. This is something of a "Hail Mary" for the writers. I consider it somewhat of a Twilight Zone where nobody really knows what's going to happen until payday comes. Just apply as a writer to as many companies as you can and discard those that prove to give you problems when it comes to payment collection I guess. That's what I did when I was still working in the industry.

Why would they need more than one company name? The reason is simple, they are con artists playing a con game. Just like with any con game, they need to make sure that their illegal activities have so many channels to pass through, nobody can tell where everything about their business originated. It's like the mafia. There is one big boss who's got so many tentacles out there, somebody will always take the blame when a deal goes south, and it will never trace back to the big boss. In this case, by having multiple company names, the same con artists can run the web with their "academic writing services", catch a few unsuspecting clients, play their con and then move on. They can shut down the current company and still be in business because of the "tentacle" company sites they own. Don't be fooled. These are all dummy corporations and your orders enter one and the same server and are written by the same writers. It's only the entry point for the business that always changes. That way, the milking cow is never affected. One company ends up on the DND list of EssayScam? Fine, shut it down and move on to the next business / website name. It's all part of the vicious money scam cycle for these people.

Considering that you were asked to do Masters level work, I find that the CPP is too low and you were scammed. Unfortunately, as a contracted writer with the company, you have to accept the rate that you were provided. It is alright to seethe with anger as you write the paper for the client. There is no way around it. You gave your word to complete that paper and, regardless of your problem with the rate, you have to deliver it to the client. You can take up the problem with regards to the CPP with the company later on. The best thing to do would be to not take orders with such as a low CPP in the future. After all, you are given the specific details for the development of the paper, and that includes the level of writing expertise involved. You personally know when you are being duped so all you have to do is either reject the order (if specifically assigned to you) or just ignore it if you found the order via the general server. I would be angry too if I were treated that way by the company. Wait, I already did get angry in relation to the CPP underhanded tactics of these academic outsourcing companies and that is why I left the academic writing industry in the first place.

I would not use Cragslist to hire a writer.

There are just too many unknown factors with regards to that particular hiring site.

Not to mention the amount of scandal that the meet-ups and problematic item deliveries that have been produced by the users of that site.

There is no way of actually making sure that you would be able to hire a competent writer from the site due to the lack of vetting procedures. The place is virtually the Wild West where anything goes and all the business dealing going on there always have an amount of trepidation involved. For security purposes, it would be best not to engage with any writers from that website.

You never know what kind of pyscho might lurking there. There is enough evidence online to prove that Craigslist, though on the level in most instances, is a breeding ground for evil minds due to the site set up. It would be best to stay as far away as possible from there and just hire writers from competent websites or freelance places like LinkedIn or UpWork. I can't believe I am saying this but, I would even trust a writer I hired over social media more than a writer from Craigslist.

This is why I always ask students to do random Google searches for possible matches rather than submitting their work to plagiarism checking websites. These sites tend to house the original documents in their server which poses a problem when you do a second plagiarism check using the same system. Turnitin makes it extremely difficult for students to complete their papers due to their record keeping system. That is why I tell the students to never submit to TurnItIn. Leave that to the professors and teachers. That is the only way to ensure that no plagiarism will be detected by the system. I don't suggest writing a 2nd version of the paper because you may end up making a simple problem even worse because you will not be changing your sources. Instead, offer a copy of the 2 plagiarism reports to the scientific journals and explain the situation. That would be you dealing with them transparently, allowing them the option to accept or reject your work based on their own plagiarism regulations for their publication. Don't fret just because TurnItIn said your paper was plagiarized. There is no such thing as self-plagiarism.

I'm not sure what business China has trying to enter the academic outsourcing market. Specially since their English training comes from Philippine based English tutors most of the time. That is like the blind leading the deaf. That is why I cannot even think of a Chinese academic outsourcing company becoming an active participant or gaining popularity as a high quality writing company. They would hire any writer off the street in my opinion. Let's not discuss how inadequate their quality assurance department would be in terms of reviewing their writer's work. Of course there is the well known fact that China employs slave labor so I sincerely doubt that they would have a regular pool or qualified writers to develop for their company. A Chinese company dabbling in English academic writing just doesn't make sense. They don't even speak English in China. Now, if I were told that a Singaporean English academic writing company wished to enter the market, that I could probably support depending upon the circumstances. After all, that country was not really weaned from speaking British English even after they were granted independence by the UK all those decades ago.

I am puzzled by how you somehow managed to turn a review of one city in the United States and use that as a platform to attack literacy in the country.

This is not a case of one bad apply spoils the whole basket, this is a case of an exception rather than the norm. The city you cite has several education based problems that led to that assumption on the part of the writer.

Your assumption becomes even further flawed when you consider that America is still one of the highest rated in terms of education worldwide.

Trying to slam a few writers at this forum without knowing the real facts nor the real background of the writers is simply an underhanded attack that backfired on you. You can barely express yourself in coherent English, unlike the writers that you chose to attack.

Let's not even get started on your unwarranted attack on the educational system and educational problems of a nation that you, coming from a communist country, will never understand.

Just know this, American writers are literate and even an American high school drop-out will run circles around a college graduate from your country.

Essay Directory is the better way of vetting academic outsourcing sites because these companies are investigated by the powers that be here at EssayScam before they are allowed to advertise their services. The reason this site exists is to make sure that only reputable companies and writers are brought to the attention of the students. They do the hard work of looking into the background of the company for the student so that the student can deal with the company with a certain degree of peace of mind. Any bad or negative experiences that a student discovers about the site has nothing to do with EssayScam and the fact that the company or writer is allowed to advertise their services here. While the inclusion of the site and writer in Essay Directory, Writers, and Services, may seem like an endorsement from EssayScam, it is important to remember that these people pay to advertise and as such, do not have the right to claim any endorsement of their services and I believe that none of them have done that either. As with everything in the academic world, hiring services is on a personal choice basis and the outcome of the working relationship will vary from person to person. That is why it is not proper to say that the sites listed in Essay Directory are also fraudulent. EssayScam does its best to prevent that from happening.

Self advertising always works for anyone striking out for the first time alone in this business. Every avenue of self promotion needs to be followed and used as best as the writer can.

Start a company blog, It may not be the best way to advertise your services but it will at least show the students your actual writing ability. Then, if you have the money to burn, aim for targeted FB and Twitter ad campaigns.

Those social media outlets will at least get you noticed by the students.

Make sure you have an active website or blog to connect it to though so that potential clients have a way of reaching out to you. Then of course, there are the paid ads here for the Writers and Services that is almost always guaranteed to keep you within the sights of the students.

Some of them will surely come your way and hire you when needed. That is, if you prove that you are truly a capable independent writer.

Starting out will never be easy but if you keep the faith and just persevere, I am sure you will find your career taking off without you even noticing it.

The way that things are going for essay companies these days, they are probably not making the hundreds of thousands that they used to in the field of academic writing. That is why they have diversified their company services towards free partial essays (full essays available upon payment), copy writing, blog writing, and research paper paraphrasing / editing. That is where the big bucks come in from the companies these days. The companies still do academic writing, but because of the problems with payments and other stuff, they do not seem to be prioritizing that aspect of the business anymore. They have forced their writers to diversify their writing talents in order to keep the company afloat. It's fantastic business for them too. They charge by the thousands for the copy orders I am told. So they probably still rake in about a million USD a year. That is not counting the unfair penalties tacked onto the writer accounts, with that included, I think that the sky is the limit for their income per year.

There are always two sides to the delayed payment issue for writers. One side of the story, is that the company is a scam that tries to find every way of delaying the payment of their writers. The other is that the writer's work is so bad in terms of quality that the company had to refund the payment to the client. Now, since you did not really tell us the basis for the company deciding not to pay for your submitted work after you sent the invoice, it is extremely difficult for me to take sides regarding this issue. I also do not believe that someone from the QAD of that company can come here to make a judgement on your case because you definitely are not using the same name at the company and at this forum. So this becomes a case of "he said, she said", which means either one of you is lying or you are both telling only half truths regarding the salary matter. Whatever the case though, I hope that you are able to resolve it because no writer deserves to go unpaid for the work done. By the way, I don't have much faith in the QAD of any company because their main task, it to find ways to prevent making payments to the writers so that the company can drive their slave labor tactics even further.

If you write an essay drunk, then you will get the failing grade that you deserve. Don't come here half as$ed drunk making stupid claims. You don't even make sense since our filter system makes sure to keep useless people like you from posting disgusting words on the forum. Not a single one of those words should ever be uttered by a college student or a person with any sense of self respect. What are you even doing here? You are not a student and you are not a company representative. Don't troll this board. The students who come here honestly need usable advice which, based upon your liquored up mindset, you are incapable of doing. Don't try to drunk type. You make yourself such a pathetic fool in the process. Just stay away from our forum of respected professionals and hard working students. People like you make me ill. If you are going to a party university then congratulations on joining the unemployment line in the future. Your certification will be as useless as the tuition you paid to the university where you majored in drunken partying. Leave our forum alone. The likes of you don't belong here.

@Evermore, you said it. The quality of work can also be detected by the desperation of a company when it comes to trying to reel in or hook clients. Those that offer one too many discounts and do personal phone calls to get business are definitely worth questioning. Remember, a good quality company waits for the client to come to them, not the other way around. Blocking them was definitely the way to go. Were they able to get around your call blocking? I found that some companies route their numbers through so many addresses that they are able to get around any phone call block that way. However, others related to these companies will say that the calls and texts are mere "reminders" to help you remember their service should you need it again. Of course I don't buy that. Reputable companies don't use their client's personal data against them. Which is exactly what this company is doing by contacting you at ungodly hours of the night. Did you ever end up working with their company? I hope not because that relationship will sure to be a horror story in the making. It is always best to stay away from companies that try too hard to sell their services. Specially in their made up copywrite information. Don't be fooled. Discounts almost always means inferior writers will be at work on your paper because writers of value definitely price their talents higher than these writing companies can.

You are searching for extreme honesty in a business where it can only exist in a small amount. Nobody can recommend services because each person's experience with every service varies from good to bad. You have to make that decision on your own based upon your own investigation and appreciation of the comments made regarding various companies and freelance writers here. You need to form your own criteria to help you pick the least evil writer or company. Nobody can do that for you. Don't ask for recommendations because if the recommendation turns bad, you will most likely take it against the person who made the recommendation. All of the criteria that you need to be able to make an informed decision is available here. The actual decision making is up to you. Nobody can do that for you. Just pick one, say a "Hail Mary" then hope for the best. It would be better if you think long and hard about which company you feel good about then go for it. No recommendations, no comments, no amount of second hand investigating will help you find the best company for your needs.

If the order was cancelled quickly enough, there may not have been enough time for the personal information transfer.

However, since they confirmed your billing address over the phone, then there is a slight possibility that you should be worried about identity fraud.

I mean, considering the actual location of the company and such. It's never a good idea to give your actual credit card information to any of these companies fro a good reason, they will be storing your data and could use it in a negative manner in the future.

That is why I always tell students who wish to use these services to always use PayPal for the payment process. That is one of the best ways to protect your identity and payment digits online. Never pay by direct credit card. If a company doesn't trust PayPal, then I don't see a reason to trust them either. Don't give out credit card or debit card information for any reason.

You may not feel the effects of that decision now, but you may do so in the future. Always err on the side of caution. BTW, it would be best to change the debit card just in case. Provided you did not give them your bank account number as well, it should not be difficult to put a firewall around your identity and cards.

There are a number of ways that you can save yourself the stress and headache of having to sort through, investigate, and compare the services of various essay writing companies. The first, is if you decide to use one of the two banner services as indicated above. Both companies are vetted and promoted by the company owners / forum owners for a reason, they are reliable and trustworthy. Otherwise, they would not have been allowed to promote themselves so openly here. The other option, is for you to contact the various freelance writers located in the writer / services section of the forum. These guys have a prove track record when it comes to customer satisfaction and client - writers relationship. If you are looking for a long term writing partner, opting to choose one them may be the best way to go. Note: I am not a freelance writer, I'm here for a different purpose other than writing for students or other types of clients. BTW, if you decide to go another way, make sure you refer to the DND list here. Those are the companies that definitely have a problem with their writers and don't deal with clients on the level. That's why the complaints about them piled up tot he point where they requested to not be discussed in this forum anymore.

As an update to this posting, I would just like to share some information regarding the automatic price calculation method. While the software does this for most companies until now, there have actually been some writing companies that have caught on the fraud that the students perpetuate when signing up for the service so that they can get the lowest cost possible per page. These days, a human reviews the order within the system and, when the order reviewer feels that the paper is priced too low for its complexity, the system then displays a message saying so and then encourages the writer who is interested in working on the order to bid for what he believes the fair price for the paper work to be. These bids are then sent to the student, who then picks the most appropriate writer based on his maximum budget per page for the paper. Since the client normally doesn't wish to pay more, the order then matures out of the system and is then either removed automatically or, the student re-places the order, this time, with a more appropriate cost per page represented.

@queen sheba under whose authority to do you find that you can easily call the students who use academic writing services "lazy"? Do you know these students personally? Do you know their personal circumstances that led to their need to use a writing service? How dare you make assumptions based on a personal hate for the users of the academic writing services. You have no right to be judge and jury in this instance. You crossed the line. I've had it with your holier than though attitude that reeks across these forum pages. You are nothing but a less than impressive person trying to pass yourself off as an intellectual. Unfortunately, your intellect does shine through, and not in the positive manner that you hoped it would. I am glad that you eventually decided to call it quits and disappear from the forum. The place became better without you in it. Your venom never helped the students here. It only spewed hatred and discord. I am sure the students also did not appreciate your calling them lazy. No student is ever lazy. Too busy to do the paperwork maybe, never lazy.

Just like all other businesses online that is based on fraud, it is next to impossible to shut the company down. The academic writing industry, due to the very nature of the business, is not regulated like other companies that have to answer to higher authorities when they misrepresent themselves in public. The only way that the company can be shut down is by not patronizing its services. Eventually, the current owner loses so much money trying to keep the business afloat that he ends up selling the now almost worthless company (due a lack of clients) to another con artist who then changes the name of the company, but retains most of what made the company a bad deal to begin with. The only way to combat the existence of these lying and fraudulent companies is by exposing their ills in the best way possible. That means, any student who goes through an assignment from hell with these companies should come to the ES and immediately lambast them, openly, in the appropriate section on the forum.

It's funny how you claim to be waylaid, instead of laid off. Typical ESL grammar mistake.

The posting that you wrote is most definitely not the work a writer looking for a job but rather, the work of a company representative working for at least 5 companies.

These 5 companies are most likely owned by the same Ukrainian slave driver.

Only a 3rd rate non-US or non-UK writing firm would hire someone like you to work for them. No decent American or British writing company would touch you, with that kind of sentence development problems and vocabulary issues, with a ten foot pole.

Don't try to fool anyone here. It isn't going to work. We are on to you. In fact, I am surprised that your posting remained on the boards considering that you directly violated the Terms of Service of the forum with regards to endorsing companies.

You know that is not allowed and yet you did it.

For some reason, you were allowed to get away with it too. I just hope you were not able to con any students into believing your endorsements because, from experience, I know those companies are scams to the nth degree.

All the academic outsourcing websites will claim to have expert level writers who can work on your paper. The problem, is that you cannot take their word for it. Neither can you rely on the testimonials for these websites because those are all paid blurbs meant to entice the reader to gain a sense of comfort and allow a level of trust and confidence in the service. Since multiple websites tend to share the same writers pool, one cannot even say that one website in particular would be better. Neither would it be right to assume that the writers of a company are actually capable of delivering what the company promises. You are better doing one of two things. Hire a writer directly since you can vet the writer through a personal interview or, write the paper yourself. The latter is more attuned with an academic expectation but if you don't have the time to do it, then interviewing and choosing an independent academic writer would be your best bet.

So, it might seem like there are advantages to hiring private writers. Believe me, all private writers believe that they are the best at their job. However, the proof, as they say, is in the pudding. It is only after you have tested the services of one private writer, and had a satisfactory experience with that writer that one can say that hiring a private writer is the best. This statement cannot be made a collective one though because the experience of one student with the writer may not be the same as another student with the same writer. It is all about circumstances surrounding the order and how it is executed. It is not difficult to find private writers, it is difficult to find the private writer that will suit the taste of the student. This is one time that referrals from your friends won't work because of the case to case basis of the projects. Personally, I do not believe that there is a "Best" way of dealing with private writers or that private writers offer the "best" service. It all boils down to a matter of personal preference.

Based upon my experience with students, most of them tend to prefer the "safety" of dealing with a company for their academic writing needs. Just like with everything else in life, a professional set up, albeit a virtual one, tends to give the student more of a "professional" air than having to deal with an independent writer directly. Some of them are not very comfortable with the "handshake" set up of the agreement between an independent writer and the client. They tend to think that they do not have much of a recourse if the writer opts to renege on the agreement, unlike when they are in a company set up. They like the idea that their paper can be "reassigned" to someone else in case on writer fails to deliver. I can understand why they would prefer that set up although, it isn't always the better deal.

I have had clients who told me that they prefer to have direct with the writer without the middleman because it gives them a sense of better understanding when it comes to explaining what they need to the writer. Also, having access to the email account and/or professional call number of the writer gives them a sense of confidence in the professionalism of the writer involved.

I guess it is hard to tell which service is most preferred by students because each choice has its advantages and disadvantages. It may just be a up to a personal preference at this point since there isn't really any way to tell when which or when one of the two choices can fall apart for the student / client.

I once had a student come to me requesting that I paraphrase a research paper 56 pages long. I did that. Client came back and said I was dishonest and did not do the work properly. I asked him what was dishonest when he asked me to paraphrase a paper and, as per 3 different plagiarism checkers on my end the paper was 95 percent original, and the "special" plagiarism software of the company, the paper was 98% original (I had to keep the mathematical formulas and solutions intact). He kept asking me create a new paraphrase of already paraphrased content. By the 3rd request for revision, I had had enough and escalated the situation to QAD. They determined that the client had ordered the wrong paper. He wanted editing, not paraphrasing. So, I wasn't at fault and the saga of the never ending re-paraphrasing requests came to an end. After that horrific experience, I made a vow never to work on paraphrasing and editing requests ever again. It just isn't worth the trouble. It would have been a lot simpler to just write a new paper for the client using the same sources.