Tell her she should have been studying even if she had someone else writing her papers for her. The incompetence that lost her the job had nothing to do with the work that you did. All you wrote were the assigned materials and projects. The job of actual studying and learning was still her responsibility. The fact that she failed to learn the job and only passed because of outside help means that she wasn't doing any studying at all in class. This is one time the writer cannot be blamed for the outcome of his work. You had nothing to do with her actual learning, development of her work skills, nor the completion of her work requirements. So why did she even bother to contact you? It doesn't make any sense. I do not doubt that she was enrolled in a diploma mill university or a party university where anybody who can afford to pay the fees will never fail and will automatically get a diploma in 4 years, even if no learning was actually completed.

The logistics entailed in the setting up for this sort of business can turn out to be costly for the independent writer. The server rental and domain name charges alone can cost a hefty sum that not most independent writers are willing to pay or, if they have the money, that they are willing to part with. Not when they do not have any assurance that they will get an immediate ROI on the investment. Sure they can put together their own network of writers and throw work towards one another, but without any real method of seeking out clients and advertising their services, it doesn't come across as a logical alternative to working for a company. The only way most independent writers get their clients is from referrals and social media advertising these days. If a writer does not have a business background, it could be difficult for him to set up his own company and make it run smoothly. If he employs other people to help out, then he will lose more money than he will make.

Actually, reselling those previously written papers constitutes a violation of the Terms of Service which indicates that all rights to the written work transfer to the client in perpetuity.

Academic outsourcing companies that know the importance of honoring the TOS to the future of the client will always honor the electronic agreement. A company that resells the paper, while not really facing any legal ramifications, will not be able to grow their business because the plagiarism checkers will always detect the rework of a previous paper.

Even if they have their best writer revise the content, somehow, the plagiarism program knows. If a student knows that a company resells the papers, then he is in danger of getting a plagiarized paper posing as an original creation. It would be best for the student to not deal with that company at all. My policy, is to have the server purged yearly of old papers that have been stored in it. These papers are always around a year old. I keep it on file only long enough to attend to any revision requests. Once the period has passed, the student no longer has any use for the paper and it is only serving to clutter up my server. So into the trash it goes. Students get no benefit from the reselling of old papers, even if it happens after 4 years.

This is actually a plausible idea. In fact, I implement this for writers of a certain stature in my company. When clients include their WhatsApp, email, Skype, or other contact information in their order details as part of the instructions for the writer, I do not have that information removed. The reason why is simple, by having the writers in direct communication with the client, I save man hours within my company since my client associates don't have to bother with having to figure out time differences, making the calls, then transmitting the messages. The clients meanwhile, enjoy the personalized service that my company offers because they communicate directly with the writer. I know that there is a risk that the writer might be able to launch himself as an independent writer in the process but I truly do not mind if that happens. I am always pleased when I have a writer who manages to strike out on his own because they often still remain as a non-contractual writer of the company. It's a win-win situation.

@Smiley73 there is actually a service that already does this for the students.

It does not require any registration and the student communicates directly with the writer, no middleman involved, no company taking a cut or muddling the communication between the two parties.

I know that it sounded like something far fetched at the time, but it is now a reality that is slowly changing the way writers and academic writing companies do business.

Writing companies have come to understand that the direct relationship between the writer and client is something they cannot prevent and that their existence simply creates problems for both sides.

Some companies have decided that it is better to go with the flow and simply allow the direct conversation to happen. Others are still trying to fight the evolution of the service.

Over time, I believe that the writing companies as they exist now will no longer be the standard for the academic writing business.

The change is actually happening all around us. It just isn't noticeable at this time.

If a writer is properly informed by the student, draft copies are sent to the client as the work progresses, and communications between the student and his writer remains constant throughout the writing process, I find that revision requests are totally eliminated.

Since my company assures students of Zero revision possibilities, my team ensures that the client and the writer are always in direct communication and that any question a student has about the current draft of his order are immediately addressed. If additional work-time will be required to complete the paper due to the required changes, then those arrangements are made beforehand.

As the paper is cleaned up every step of the way, the students find satisfaction in the developing content of the paper and also finds that working closely with the writer creates a clearer sense of communication, resulting in a perfect paper being turned in. No revisions required. Only clients who are uncooperative end up asking for revisions from my writers and those, are few and far between.

A student who values his grade in any subject should be rightly angered if any of the two case scenarios indicated happens to him. Both scenarios will directly affect the academic scores of the student. A student should not accept any excuses from the company because there simply isn't an acceptable excuse. If the writer was unable to complete the work on time, then the company should have reassigned the work long before the deadline. It is also the job of the company to make sure that the QAD checks the paper for relevance prior to submission to the student. No paper should be submitted directly from the writer to the student to avoid revision scenarios brought about by sloppy work or irrelevant content. A student pays for a paper therefore the student should not receive a bad essay nor not receive an essay. He has to receive the paper that he paid for at the assured quality of content that the company indicated it could deliver. There is no middle ground in these scenarios.

It's all about data mining. The companies require that information whether you use their services or not because that goes into a database of potential clients. They always have plans for this information. Those plans could be anywhere from the simply storing the information in case you eventually decide to use their service or the criminal, as in identity theft. Be very careful when dealing with these sites. if any website form requires you to fill in any information, DO NOT DO IT!

Always err on the side of caution. Keep your information private by not filling in the form. Don't even type in the information and then cancel the form, you never know who might have been watching you on the other end and had already taken a screenshot of what you had typed in. There is no sense in dealing with a company that requires private information registration just to get a price quote from them. There are other, better, on the level services out there that one can try.

I would have to say that the best way for a student to cut out the middleman when placing an order and dealing with writers would have to be through Essay Chat, Essay Brand, or Essay Directory. One could even use the verified writers listing of Essay Forum to directly outsource their work. It takes the guesswork out of the order placement and allows the student to assess the actual writing skills of the independent writer or company that one is thinking of hiring. In all truth, even just perusing the posts located within various sections and threads at this forum can help a student decide if a writer is worth hiring. He can base his opinion of the writer not only on the grammar skills and written examples, but also on the attitude of the independent writer as he converses and deals with his peers and potential clients posting messages at this forum. One does not need to go to Craigslist nor other independent outsourcing sites for topnotch help. The students can find what they need right here at Essay Scam.

There was a time when the selling and buying of writer accounts and even the full companies themselves were all the rage. I had outright buyers offering me hard cash for my company during that time because of the reputation I had built as one of the more reliable and trustworthy academic outsourcing companies online. While the money being offered was nice, I did not agree to sell my company. Why? The buyer was a Kenyan who had no plans of continuing the track record I had set and was intent on lowering the pay of the writers I would have turned over with the business. His reason? He was paying a sizeable amount for the company and he planned on an ROI within the first year of company ownership. I turned this jerk down flat. I also warned my writers that if they sold their writer profiles to anybody, not only Kenyans, I would have them blacklisted among the reputable academic essay writing companies. I don't play games with my writers income and I do not take chances with my regular clients information. That is something Kenyans fail to understand.

The OP makes 2 very valid points in this thread. If a student wants to keep all of his data confidential, then he should strive to write his own essay at all costs. After all, there is no written rule that a student must seek the help of academic writing sources to complete his paper. Each time he does that, he defeats the purpose of attending school. The point of going to school is to learn and writing research papers and essays are all part of the educational process. I applaud any and all students who opt to go the personal writing route. That shows a determination to learn and succeed without any extra help that could prove to be costly in the long run.

As for the students who really need the writing help, don't use any company that will not allow you to pay via a masked payment method such as PayPal. Never use any company that requires you to submit your credit card or debit card information when you sign up for the service. That is never safe and could indicate a future problem should the paper not be up to your required standards.

The academic writing companies that value the return business of their client will normally move mountains to make sure that the client retains the services of their preferred writer. There are some instances though when this is not possible. A writer might not be assigned to an order for several reasons such as:

1. The writer is a new or junior writer and his assignment allotment has been maximized (in which case a special request might be made by the company depending on the writer's ratings);

2. The writer is currently not accepting new writing assignments;
3. The writer has a full schedule and has declined the work order due to deadline considerations for his other orders;
4. The writer is no longer connected with the company.

It is always best that the client inquire first about the availability of a preferred writer prior to placing an order. This will ensure that the client will be assigned to his writer of choice. Since the writer ID number automatically shows up during communications with the client once the order is placed, the client can cancel his order if he finds that the order was not assigned to his writer of choice.

The main objective of Essay Scam is to help steer students clear of these scam companies and writers. That is why the powers that be at this forum have created a system that offers a check and balance of the available essay writing companies. These check and balances are provided mostly through client comments and experiences as shared at this forum.

Aside from that, Essay Scam has gone through the bother of looking into the background of writers and companies who wish to become a more visible part of this forum. Which is why the company prides itself in offering a banner of reliable academic writing companies and member writers. So, the short story is, if you want to hire a reliable academic writing company, or if you wish to hire a reliable and reputable writer directly, one needs to look no further than the banner above this page that lists the Essay Scam verified academic writers and companies. Using that list helps to take the guesswork out of the validity of the company or wonderment regarding the reputation of the writer you are dealing with.

CustomPapers has the best writing quality and highest degree of student client satisfaction as far as I know. They do not do a bait and switch on the students wherein the student thinks he is hiring one type of writer, who is just a client agent posing as a writer to get the business, only to end up with a lousy ESL writer in the end. Their writers value the name of their company so they never take any chances when it comes to delivering the best possible work for the client. Not only that, but the writers also go out of their way to accommodate reasonable order requests.

The aim of CustomPapers is always to deliver client satisfaction. That goes hand in hand with their desire to have repeat business from that client. So students can only expect to get originally written papers from the writers of this company and be rest assured that their paper will be in good hands. Client confidentiality is also assured for the clients so they can bet that they won't end up being blackmailed anytime now or in the distant future. If the company had a motto, it would be "Discreet client services".

Based on my direct interaction with clients, I tend to agree with @ultimatewriter. There are students who approach my company with the request that only the research aspect be completed for their paper as they plan to write the total paper on their own. My writers and I have no problem with such requests because it makes the job a lot easier. Sometimes, the model paper comes in an outlined form. It contains only source material references and quotes, with instructions for the student regarding how to write the paper.

There are also some situations when the student asks for a specific service. That is, they request for a "simple version" of the research paper which they can then rewrite and paraphrase on their own. The students requesting for such a service are normally those who are afraid of violating their academic code by having someone else write their paper. I view such an action as something that is part of a gray area of this business. Technically, since the student will be representing the research of the paid writer in their own words, then no violation of the honor code was done on the part of the student. As far as my company is concerned, the work of the writer falls under "academic assistance" and does not qualify as having written the paper for the client, since the paper the writer wrote would not be submitted for a grade.

The problem with both scenarios is that my company does not assure the client regarding the quality of the paper drawn up since the writer's work is either only partial or totally changed by the student. In which case, we cannot assure the student of the target grade. Now, if they had ordered an original paper, then my company could guarantee their grade requirement for the paper.

It all depends upon whether the student is dealing with a direct freelance writer or, if he is dealing with a writer through an academic writing company. If the student is dealing directly with the writer, I have always found a way to settle the problem amicably with the client. I normally manage to do this because there is a refund schedule in place for all orders under a specific amount (normally a large cost order and only at the request of the client. Something I normally dissuade the client from doing). With refund rules and regulations in place, I often manage to avoid having charge back claims or refund filings.

Now, if the client is passing through a writer attached to a writing company, that becomes a bit murkier to deal with. When dealing with a company, there is often a loss involved because of the difficulty in negotiating the charge back claims. If I see that the writer is definitely at fault, then I do not fight the refund. However, if the writer proves to have provided everything the client requested, then I fight for only a partial refund for the writer's benefit. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It's all on a case to case basis.

There is a tendency for a freelance writer to become a workaholic. They seem to find it hard to say no to the work because the money they earn is that good. I have had writers in my employ who turned into writing automatons who churned out paper after paper, after paper with nary a break in-between. They did not recognize legal holidays, nor did they cut back on their work hours during the summer. Eventually, they would burn-out and get sick, causing my company scheduling related problems. Just like the OP says, the human body is not a machine and it is not designed to work on a 24/7 basis.

When I began to notice this pattern developing among my writers, I instructed my writer supervisory team to force the writers to take rest days. My instructions were clear, for every 10 successive orders, the writer was to be placed on a mandatory rest period of 24 hours. During the hot season, the rest period could extent to 72 hours for every 15 papers completed.

Since I was on the lookout for the health of my writers, which they were not doing for themselves, I had writers who were forced to rest. As I explained to them when they asked why there were now mandatory days off, I would rather that they spend the money they earn on things other than medicines or hospital bills. They should not work themselves to the bone. They can't enjoy their income that way. They mostly understood and have now come to be thankful for the mandatory rest days every month.

It is because a writer's name becomes his brand that he must do everything to safeguard it from others who would like to ride on the reputation and business excellence of a well-known name in the business. My company once had a problem with a cyber-squatter who bought a domain name highly similar to my own writer's identity, which also happened to be my company name.

Mistyping my company URL would send the student to my competitor, whose associates were more than willing to help con the client. Normally, the client did not realize the mistake until it was too late. I was really glad when that competitor of mine eventually bit the dust. I made sure to protect my company name from then on by buying all possible domain names and sound alikes, which all directed to my official company website. By completing that method of protecting my company name, I found I was able to better protect my personal brand as well.

I would not be so worried about students being fooled by these con game companies. Their days are already numbered. It has been numbered ever since social media became a place for independent writers to create their niche in the business. Their existence has been limited by the existence of Essay Scam as the investigative arm of the business.

Also, students these days tend to rely on the vetted companies and writers who are recommended by the forum. So the commonly known faults such as problematic web copy representation, thick accents of client service assistants, and even the actual location of the company or writer tend to become problems of the past.

As the business continues to evolve, these companies will find that their old business model will no longer fly and that companies, in the future, will no longer be necessary for students who are on the lookout for the best writer for their job. The era of the pretend academic writing companies will be coming to an end soon.

Another piece of information that the students do not know, which the companies would rather they remain in the dark about, is that the paper is sometimes shopped within the pool or writers 24 hours before the deadline. This forced-assignment of orders normally happens when the paper is a long turn around paper which happens to get passed from one writer to another until the deadline is already at the door. This happens within a server system of assignment because the writers often take the order without really knowing or understanding the complexity of the project. It is only when messages between the writer and student begin to be exchanged that the writer finally realizes that he is in order his head, forcing him to ask for an order reassignment, which the company obliges. The company doesn't lose anything in the reassignment because the writer gets a penalty for such an action. This is a process that repeats itself until one of the writers in the forced assignment list agrees to accept the project or, the deadline passes and the irate client demands a full refund.

The OP had no idea when he hired the services that he would be dealing with a third rate con company. That is why the company and its representatives tried to blackmail him into paying for a non-existent service. The con is all over the conversation that they had and the "legal representative" did not do anything to convince me otherwise. For starters, his use of the English language reeks of a third world high school education. Then, the threat itself cannot be enforced because it does not seem like the student gave them any identifying marks to use against him. I can understand why the student would feel threatened in this instance. I don't believe that he had anything to fear though as he could have easily turned the tables on the company by filing a charge back claim. They were playing the shock and intimidation game and all the student had to do was shock and intimidate them right back with either his own legal representation or simply having them refund the money he paid for the lousy service. That would have stopped them for sure.

I do not normally fire writers for submitting late work. That is the reason why I change the deadline the client submits from the actual date to a day earlier. I don't want to fine them and I don't want to punish them. A 24 hour allowance should more than suffice for writers who might, once in a while, submit a paper late. However, if a paper is not submitted on time without any word or excuse from the assigned writer, I feel that an appropriate penalty should be applied. An even bigger penalty, is applied when the client does not answer client support calls.

However, I do not penalize them in the form of earning strikes. Instead, I penalize them by demoting their ability to take orders, or reducing their usual CPP until their punishment is over. There have been times when I have had to ground writers for up to 3 months, for being uncooperative and regularly submitting late essays. Grounding means they have the ability to see the server, but not take the orders. Seeing all that income slipping through their fingers tends to be enough to make them shape up when it comes to meeting deadlines.

One of the biggest complaints that I have been reading about and hearing about from other writers is the utter disregard of these companies for time zones. Just as the clients do not appreciate text messages and phone calls at odd hours of the night, the writers do not appreciate that either. The problem is that there are companies that disregard the time zone differences between writers and clients because they do not see the writers as workers but rather, as slaves who should be available to work at any given time. I make sure to consider the time zone differences for my writers, regardless of their location. I instruct my client assistants to always pair up clients with writers located in the same state or timezone whenever possible. This lessens the need to figure out time zone differences and scheduling of calls between the two parties. My writers appreciate this consideration since they are able to complete their night's sleep and work on the papers with fresh eyes and rested brains. I always tell them that their sleep is important because a sleepy writer is a useless writer. He will not do a good job because of his cloudy brain and aching eyes. That makes the writer worthless to me, which is why I avoid calling them when I know they could be asleep. Now waking them up from a nap is another story...

Most essay companies that struggle to keep writers are mostly part of the 2nd generation (as the OP calls these companies). They struggle to keep their writers because they don't know how to treat the writers well enough to make them rethink the difficulties of moving on their own in the business. They are after the financial bottom-line and nothing more. Which is why they do not mind having a revolving door of writers in their company. It's not about the quality of the work or the repeat business that good writers can bring to them. It is all about keeping the seats filled for the lowest cost.

Writers who have real talent know the value of their work and are bright enough to know when to jump ship. When they do, it is often towards a competitor company. Others, decide to strike out on their own and build (or take the client base of the company) with them. The companies that struggle to keep their writers normally do so because they think that they can keep the business running just by having a constant stream of low quality writers. It is only when their company is already struggling to stay afloat that they realize they should have treated their good and best writers in a better manner than they did.

It is precisely because of the writing expectations that my company insists that writers and clients have a preliminary writing discussion prior to starting the project. While the client is asked to give the writer a summary of the writing task and expectations, the need for clarifications and probing questions to make sure that the work will be done right the first time, has resulted in my company requiring the preliminary discussion between the parties. This ensures that the client expectations can be met and, since a record of the chat is kept on our server, there is always a file to refer to when the client indicates and oversight on the writer's part. If it was not discussed in the preliminary meeting and no record of such an instruction or expectation is on file, then the writer is free from the liabilities entailed in revision requests. The order is considered ordered the first time.

The more empty promises a company makes on their websites, the more a student should not hire them. The copy on a majority of non-vetted academic writing sites are just empty blurbs, unsupported by verifiable facts. The mere number of guarantees that a company makes should make the student wonder how the company can afford to stay in business that way. Unfortunately, the students don't always think about those things, which is why they tend to believe the lies the company churns out. Students are still young enough to be gullible and that is what most essay companies rely upon when having their website advertising created.

Students run on a budget so the companies tend to lie in order to reach their target market. If that means telling lies to bring in the business, then they won't think twice about doing it. For them, it is all about saying the right words to make the student part with their money at their site. They will lie and cheat to steal the client's money. That is the ultimate goal for them every single time.

A student should question the credibility and writing talent of any company that guarantees a full refund without specifics / guidelines as to how the client can avail of the full refund. Most of these companies just proclaim that in big bold letters on their site as part of the mind games they play on the potential client. The students don't really look for specifics when it comes to the guarantees which is why they end up in hot water when they try to get the guarantee enforced. It was never an actual guarantee.

When a company declares a full refund and/or unlimited revisions, that almost assures the client of sloppy work and even sloppier client care services. A company that has confidence in its writers will never offer either guarantee because that takes time away from other clients on their writer's part and messes up the work schedule of the writer. There are companies out there whose writers are capable of doing the work right the first time. That is the company that students should be looking for.

There are 2 different sets of students that use academic writing services. These are the ENL and ESL students. The native speakers are disappointed in a writing service for one reason and the ESL students are disappointed for a different reason. I believe it is important to differentiate between the two when it comes to the reasons for their disappointments.

For the ENL students, they are disappointed because the writer that they hire is incompetent when it comes to dealing with the assigned task. These students are hoodwinked by the company because their tendency is to trust the publicity the company assigns to the writer ( ex. We are assigning you our first class writer who has completed over 500 papers on this topic ) only to find out later on that the writer is not experienced in writing about the topic.

ESL students tend to get disappointed because of language frustrations. They fail to understand the instructions that the professor provided for the paper so they cannot understand the completed paper that the competent writer delivers the paper. They are jittery because they are unsure of what the paper says about the assignment and in the process, they become uncertain regarding the way the writer approached the paper development and completion.

From my experience, the reasons above are the most common causes of disappointed students when it comes to the academic research process.

The writers in my employ often have several companies lined up where they actively work as contracted freelancers on a per job basis. One of my writers admitted to me during one meeting that he was working for over 10 companies at the time. His explanation was that since most of the companies he worked for had a fining and penalty policy in place, he had to make up the difference in his income elsewhere. Hence his need for several employers at one time. I told him that he wasn't doing anything except spreading himself too thin and he would eventually begin dropping companies to focus on just one or two. Just as @Smiley73 said, he eventually ended up working for just one, the one that treated him well and paid him the best, my company. From that experience, I can say that a freelance writer who has an excellent working relationship with his employer needs only one company, the one that acknowledges his needs as a person and as a writer.

It would appear that the writer was unable to collect from the client. He would have said otherwise had he been able to collect. Having been in this position a few times, I have found that there are other options to solve the problem, other than shaming the client, which accomplishes nothing for the writer. It accomplishes nothing because the writer turned over the rights to the client when he completed the work. So the client may have already turned the paper over to the publication by the time the post had been made. Which will make it difficult for the OP to prove that he is the original source of the article. My way of handling this situation is to always have my collection agency go after the client. If that fails, then I have my lawyer draw up a demand letter. The latter action has a 100% success rate when it comes to collection as far as I am concerned. The clients always pay up as having to go to court, even if it is only small claims court will be a tremendous bother for them. Mediation through my lawyer always does the job.

I do not believe that the words competent ESL and university professor belong in the same sentence. I am convinced that there is no such professor in existence. Either the person is an ESL teacher or an ENL university professor. In addition to that, no self-respecting university professor will work as an academic writer. He is supposed to be the guy complaining about how students tend to disregard the academic honesty code of the university by hiring professional writers. Therefore, he isn't going to be part of the problem. He isn't going to promote a violation of the academic integrity clause of the university for a measly couple of thousands per month, specially when a professor happens to be tenured. Students hiring a writer, who are ESL themselves should only use from a US or UK academic writer, depending upon the country where the university is located. A UK writer for UK based universities and a US writer for America based universities.

I hire people to work for me. I've achieved that level of success in this business. Which is something you two obviously have failed to reach regardless of all the time you have both spent pounding away at the PC keyboard, working for students. These writers apply, I consider them for the job. If they cannot comply with the company requirements, as this is information given to applicants beforehand, then they are welcome to not apply. Working for a company with specific requirements, if they choose to do so, means they can comply with the work demands. Something that you two, as supposed freelance writers, do not have to comply with because you work for yourselves.

They are freelance writers incapable of getting clients for themselves or, they don't want to have to bother with marketing themselves to gain business. That makes them freelance-to-a-certain-extent. The company and the clients control their schedules. They know that and they have never complained about it. Why should they when they are amply rewarded for their efforts?

Freelancing means they don't have to report to an office, it is not a lifestyle. It is merely the method by which one opts to complete his work on a professional basis. My writers have that freedom working for me. However, deadlines and meeting client requirements on a spur of the moment requirement are par for the course. They are writers who are not truly "freelance" or "independent" because of the nature by which they choose to do their jobs.

My writers understand that the demands of the job are based on client needs and requirements. They are conscious of the fact that work requirements may change from time to time. My writers have no problems complying with my company policies so you have no business sticking your nose into a business model that works for me. How I run my business is none of your concern, neither is my relationship with my writers who get paid handsomely in the process. That's the bottom-line in this business anyway. Work demands met = Proper compensation & Client Rewards. My workers never work on an adjusted schedule without proper adjustments to their final pay. I am not a slave driver.

Don't come after me to gain business. The two of you are too obvious. Don't change the reference topic for the discussion in this thread as both of you regularly do in other threads. Stick with the original discussion points and stop making enemies when you don't have to. Viewing me as a competitor simply means you have to up your game, not try to edge me out. It's never going to happen, no matter how hard you try. Stop trying. Don't you notice anything? Don't be N***S****S. Nuff said. Topic closed.

I require my writers to have laptops and remote wi-fi access to do their jobs. I also have them store their drafts in the company server as the priority host for their files. Each writer has an individual account on the company server where they house their work. That way there is no danger of ever losing data. They may lose their hard drive, their external drive, even their thumb drive, but the redundancy that my server offers gives them the ultimate in crash protection. Okay, getting back to the topic. The reason that I require them to have laptops is simple. If my client assistants contact the writer to do a job, complete a job ahead of schedule, or do a revision, the writer should be able to seek out the nearest coffeeshop or comfortable area to work and get the client needs done. There can be no excuses with the company because the client won't accept any excuses from us for our writer. That is the reason why I am on Team Laptop in this instance. It is just the more practical way of doing business for my writers. After all, laptops are just as powerful as PC's these days.

During the infancy of the academic writing business, the academic outsourcing companies would subscribe to online libraries and journals (in their most primitive state) and then allow their writers to check out one book at a time. This was all done through the company writer interface and took forever to accomplish. These were the days when the company paid for the access and allowed the writers to use it for free. Times have changed and now, either the writing company does not provide any e-library sources to their writers or, when they do, the company charges the writer a premium price of $30 a month, to be deducted from their monthly earnings, for the privilege of accessing the e-libraries through the company interface.

There is no such thing as free access for the writers. The companies have seen the need for access to accredited information as another way to make money for the company and take money from the writers in a seemingly "legal" manner since they have had to hold back on applying penalties due to the lack of orders these companies tend to experience these days. Their reason for the high price? "We don't know if you are writing for other companies and will be using our facilities to complete your others for competitor companies." Sheesh!

This is why I tell my writers, I will not pay for access to these online libraries and journals for you. Source your information your own way. That way you have the freedom to use your memberships any way you want, without any supervision from my company. When it comes to sources, my writers are on their own.

The OP misses the point. The "model essay" excuse is just the company's way of pretending to condone academic dishonesty. A model paper will only remain a model paper for a student who would like to honor that code of integrity at his university. However, the student is paying hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars for an "original model paper". As such, the student cannot be expected to merely use the paper as tutorial or directional basis for the research that was paid for. The student will definitely submit the essay for a grade because it is, for all intents and purposes, an original paper with rights to the intellectual property transferred to the student as soon as the payment is completed.

This is one educator who doesn't cut the students any slack because he fails to acknowledge the reality that the students are overwhelmed with written papers all semester. Rather than letting a few papers fall through the cracks and getting a bad grade, the student will do his best to complete the paper and get a good grade. After all, he paid his tuition fees, so he needs to pass the class by any means possible. Purchasing a model paper is one way of doing that.

The student should never be judged based upon anything else but a desire to pass his class. In which case, he should be applauded for doing his best to complete his course requirements. He attends the class, participates in class, and completes all other requirements for the course. So what's the big deal about paying for one research paper? It's no big deal. The paper isn't going to be the only reason he passes the class.

While we writers know how to spot the scam the minute we set our eyes on it, the students aren't really aware of these con representations. That's why the students still end up contracting their work with these companies. It is a good faith investment in the promises and assurances of what they believe to be authentic American or UK academic writing companies. I can't blame them for being fooled. While the blurbs are dead giveaways, the students are often pressed for time so they don't bother to do due diligence when dealing with companies. Their sites are more often than not, set on the dollar sign cost for the paper. They tend to ignore all other information to the detriment of their order. There is little we can do beyond asking them to be careful and not to take everything at face value. Their gullibility and lack of experience in dealing with the on the level companies and writers are what always results in their being fooled by these companies and writers.

With privacy rapidly becoming a major concern and bone of contention between students, outsourcing companies, and hired academic writers, the students have become paranoid and apprehensive about placing orders directly with writers or academic outsourcing companies. That is why a change has long been required in the industry when it comes to client information privacy in relation to order placement,

A form of placing academic writing orders that does not require the student to give up any personal information to a writer or a company is well on its way. An open and free market where students are free to choose a company or a freelance writer, without needing to give up any personal information; nary an email address or payment preference. Neither will the potential client be required to create an account or immediately create a login pass just to get a price quote.

A place where the student can assuredly steer clear of company scams and writer / writing company blackmail schemes because the system protects the private student information eventually submitted ( as per contact details requirements) and masks it whenever it is imperative to do so. A place where the students are in charge, not the writer nor the academic writing company. No middle - person will ever be used.

A system that is pro-student for all intents and purposes. An academic writing market located in a private and individualized forum for the student client. A student identity and contact protected forum where the student will be in full control of order inquiries, order placement, and personal information sharing (the option not to share any information will be available, unless required by certain order placement situations) with their writer or preferred writing company. All for free.

It won't be long before a system like that comes into play. Students will rejoice at the launch of the service. I do believe that such a system is forthcoming. Students need to only look around, it may be just under their noses...

A professional is determined, in some instances, by the quality of his work and length of time in the business. Therefore, one would believe that a writer who has at least 2 years of continuous work exposure in the academic writing business, who is highly rated by his client, should be considered a professional. Hence, we are all professionals in this case. Regulated or not, the fact is that an academic writer is performing in an occupation. A service is being delivered. An item is being presented to a client. All qualifications for a job and actions that showcase professionalism in its enactment. Whether it is considered underground or not should not be considered. Anyone who offers a service or performs a task and gets paid for it, and does the same thing many times over for years or even decades should be considered a professional writer, of the academic kind. There are various types of writers available and being an academic writer is just one of the many options one can consider for a writing career.

I have heard through channels that the company is no longer trusted by students so the order list for their writers are very thin, with their server sometimes showing no academic orders at all. Which is why they have now shifted gears and gone into the copywriting business. Rumor has it that the problem they now have with the writers is that they have implemented a policy of "pay the writer now, fine the writer for the same orders next time".

What that means is, the writer can expect a windfall of a salary for the first month, then, due to "quality issues and revision policies", they can expect to have to payback the same amount or more (plus penalties) to the company who claims they have to "refund" the client who is unsatisfied with the work (that was already paid for) so they have to "apply a penalty" on the writer of up to 150% the cost of the order, to recoup costs.

I am wondering why their writers put up with this con. They must not be any good anyway if they feel that they can't move on to a better company or become freelancers themselves.

When hiring a writer through a company, the client has the right to demand that the Client Associate of the company get in touch with the writer and demand that the writer shows the client "proof of life" so to speak. That is the only way a client can be sure a writer has really been assigned to the paper and the company is not just doing a song and dance number while they actually look for a writer to do the piece. If the company refuses to compel the writer to make contact, the company cannot prove that a writer has truly been assigned, or the writer is simply unprofessional as his actions show, then the client has the prerogative to cancel the order, get a refund, and take his business elsewhere. The threat of losing the writing assignment should light a fire under the company's and writer's butt and get him working on creating a direct contact with the client.