I find it hard to believe that the companies listed in EssayDirectory are scams. They would not have stayed long at this forum if they were. Eventually they would have been found out and removed from the advertising channel. The owners of this forum, as far as I know, do not take kindly to being deceived. They hate it even more if they are paid to advertise something that could potentially hurt, or has actually hurt the students they seek to protect. I would not believe the OP because of these reasons. These companies are reputable and, are the lesser evil based on the number of proven criminals out there that are attached to companies and the like. Some of them even work for themselves, but do not come here to advertise because they know what will be coming to them if they even try to step foot into this forum.

There are no authentic academic writers. There are no authentic academic writing services. There are only reliable writing companies. There are only trustworthy academic writers. These will all take time for a writer or company to achieve. Every student only has a minimum of 4 years in college and they will be using various companies and writers throughout those academic semesters. A writer or company will be lucky to have a student stick to them throughout the educational process. That is the only way reliability and trust can be build. It is difficult, but not impossible to accomplish. Good work, excellent client care, and repeat business helps both to achieve the status I indicated.

The suggested self promotion topics sound very old school. These days, it is all about social media. You want to become a successful writer? Then you need a YT channel, a Vlog where you can do veiled advertising for your work in the guise of English writing lessons. Start an Instagram page with short animated "Writing tips" that direct the viewer to your company website or gives out a mobile number and email address to contact you directly. While the old schools promotions do work, it's time to get with the times and promote yourself using the millennial way. You have to be Instagrammable to be noticed.

So, we never did find out how this tale of deceit ended for the OP. From the looks of it though, it seems things did not end well. I am sorry for the student, he was out half the cost of the paper that he never received and most likely, never got that partial payment back. This is a hard lesson to learn for most students. Remember, do not give complete trust to a writer. Any writer. Even the writers you find at this forum. Even if I keep repeating that the writers and companies are on the level, take it with a grain of salt. Do not believe anything until you have proven it for yourself.

Trust the writers and companies only as far as you can see your nose. Until the writer and company proves to be trustworthy and you have worked with him or them for at least a semester without any problems coming up (lateness, lack of communication, etc. ) you should always assume that they will fail you or scam you. Again, that should be the assumption until a proper professional relationship based on length of time can be achieved. I would say one semester of problem free collaboration with the writer should suffice.

It sounds more like the OP contacted his card company and asked to have the payment stopped. The problem is that the payment had already gone through. In which case, the only option of the student would have been to contact the company and negotiate a refund. Depending upon the company policy, the student will get a corresponding refund based on the number of days that the writer had already been working on the paper. So the order could have been cancelled, no question about that. The question, is really whether the company will want to refund the money or find a way to keep the full payment for themselves even after they applied the cancellation on the order.

How lucky you are FLW, that you never had to start at the bottom with any job that you held. You must have caught all the luck in the world or, you must have come across some pretty gullible people at these companies who were immediately impressed with you, never considering if you were merely overstating your qualifications and if you were really telling them the truth about your importance in almost all government fields in the USA. Go ahead and keep believing in your stories, it might eventually become true, in your own mind and in the mind of people you successfully bully, thinking it makes you a better writer and the better choice for people looking for a writer to do their work.

There is a ranking system in all companies. The new writers have to prove themselves first. Based on the rate of repeat clients, revisions, refunds, and positive reviews, that writer could see himself getting promoted in as little as 3 months, or as long as 2 years. The better the client reception to the writer work, the faster that writer climbs the ranks. Yes, the rank dictates the increase in CPP, types of orders available, bonuses, and other considerations meant to keep writers happy. Eventually, these writers stop writing and become team leaders, in charge of other writers at the company. Some, opt to spin off into their own company at that point.

Those who choose to stay become the backbone of the company, having proven their worth over the years. A promotion never just falls into the lap of a writer. Neither is he hired at the top of the writer ranking upon entry either. He always has to prove himself first. Nobody, unless he owns the company, starts at the very top. Oh wait, you own your writing company right? So you did start at the top. Since there were no other writers in the pool for you to compete with. I guess you don't know how to compete which is why you worked for yourself instead.

Writing promotion and the system of promoting are topics you will never understand. All because you refuse to admit that you are not as efficient a writer as you claim to be. There is no evidence of that at this forum. Nobody is singing your praises, so stop thinking you are the universe's gift to the writing industry. Don't think of yourself too highly as a writing icon, the fall might just might end your career.

Anybody who is trying to earn an honest living, regardless of his location in the world, is never a crook. You are not stealing the money that is given to you. There is actually an exchange of service for a specific amount to be paid by the client. Both you and the company, regardless of its location, are in the field of public service. The students look for only 1 thing in a writer, that is his ability to deliver what he needs based on the amount paid. You accomplished that 94 % of the time, so there is no crime being committed. All I see is work delivered for a fee. You work, you satisfy a particular purpose, the client is happy, that doesn't make you a crook, it makes you a good worker.

One of the main considerations for the companies that pretend to function from within the UK is the cost of living, based on UK requirements. Although the company may not be UK based, they can pretend to be UK based and charge prices accordingly. Looking into the flat rental, transportation, food costs, and other expenses, the company can come up with a pretty good figure of how much a typical base fee worker would be earning in the UK, and charge higher for their specialized service. Then, the consider the exchange rate between the British Pound and whatever their local currency is. If they are satisfied that the UK equivalent will be enough to help them survive in their actual country, then they decide to charge that amount for the client papers.

Fraud = deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.

I disagree, the companies and writers are not the one perpetrating a fraud. Based on the definition. It is the student who should be taken up on charges for being a fraud. The student is practicing deceit by not telling his professor that he is not the one who wrote the essay. He breached the confidence of the professor, his classmates, and the whole academic body by not completing his assigned work as expected. He definitely hopes or hoped to gain a better grade for his paper by having someone else write it. If that isn't looking to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage, then I do not know what is. Nope. The focus of this thread is all wrong. It is student who is practicing fraud, in every sense of the word.

Simply posting the student's essays in the free essay portion of this site doesn't accomplish anything. It should have been submitted to several online plagiarism checkers. Submitting it to Grammarly would have also been beneficial as those "grammar" checker services also keep copies of student essays. Loading the essays into as many free checkers are possible would have had produced a more fruitful result for this writer. Yes, if a student cons a writer, there should be some sort of retribution for the student. Making sure the paper gets flagged is one way of giving the writer a satisfied sense of getting even with the criminally minded student.

Again, if a company proves to be a failure when it comes to client service, meaning, no response to communications sent, no automated response emails, no callback when voice messages are left, the student can be sure that he is getting scammed. The payment for the essay must be stopped immediately and a new writer sourced as soon as possible. Yes, I know this is a decades old account, but who is to say that the company isn't still conning students out there? It is important to keep students informed, and reviving old threads help accomplish that task.

Students I had been dealing with prior to the lock-down were not asking me to check their papers for possible plagiarism. There are some students who have become wise to the problems posed by advance checking their papers. Submit the essay once for checking, face the possibility of plagiarism accusations once the paper is submitted. They have finally come to understand that when it comes to plagiarism checking, it is more advisable to let the professor or teacher do that. That way the paper is submitted once, when actually required, which means it won't get flagged. That results in a lesser chance of the paper getting flagged by the academic plagiarism checker.

What I know is that the writers who work for the academic writing companies are tasked to pay their taxes in their home countries. They are to fill out the tax forms when they pay their yearly taxes. The writing companies themselves have nothing to do with paying for any government collections as their writers are not covered by the tax laws of the company's home country. I agree that this may have just been a creative way of advertising the OP's skills. I think it actually backfired on him as he never followed up on the discussion, even if he was receiving relevant comments from the other users here.

Kenyan writers seem to have lowered their profile as writers at the moment. In fact, most of the third world writers seem to have been sidelined by the Covid - 19 situation. It appears that these 3rd rate writers were working out of internet kiosks or coffee shops. Since the lock-down happened, they haven't had any access to computer rentals, where they mostly do their "jobs" from. Since not everyone there can afford to properly work from home, they probably decided to take a vacation and wait out the virus. Which means they are spending whatever money they earned prior to the lock-down. So expect them to be back with a vengeance, scamming the students and blackmailing them at levels we cannot imagine because they ran out of cash over the lock-down months.

Since the student can always put a hold on the payment or cancel the transaction altogether from your payment partner end, they should exercise that right. If you cannot contact a writer or the company rep within 3 days of placing the order, the best way to get their attention to to cancel the order altogether. Don't ask them to cancel it for you though. They will end up blackmailing you instead. File the cancellation through your bank or credit card company. They will definitely contact the student faster than you can say "refund!" . Then the client simply has to stand by his decision to cancel the order and contact a different company or freelancer instead. Teach the company a lesson if you have to. Trust me, your business will not be a loss to them. There are plenty more students where you came from that they can scam.

The problem, is that the company doesn't tell these writers what they did wrong. Just that the order is "under dispute" so the amount paid is going to be held until the situation is "resolved". The resolution usually being a "refund" to the client and a "fine" on the writer's part. That is scenario 1.

Scenario 2, is that the writer is about to exceed the "writer payment allowance" the company has preset for each writer, based on his company ranking. When such a situation occurs, the company makes up a "dispute" and then "fines" the writer to keep him from overshooting the budget meant for him. Depending upon how close he is to overshooting, he will either receive hundreds of dollars worth of fines, or a specific fine for "poor writing quality" without any evidence presented, or a minimal amount, reflecting the "degree of plagiarism" found in the paper. Either way, the company always gets to prevent going over-budget.

There is no way to accurately rate the remaining academic writing companies. If you ask them, they are all number 1. Their blurbs say so. Their fake reviews say so, their paid hacks say so. They are all market leaders in their own minds. The more proper question to ask would be, who are the top freelancers in the market today? Oh wait! That would stir a hornets nest ! Why not just let both the companies and writers be at peace and let each of them believe they are number one? That way, there is no competition. Everybody wins ! Everybody gets a number one medal ! Nobody is left behind ! Everybody participates !

Look, a satisfied student would be the best measurement of a leading academic company or writer. The more clients they have, and only the internal officers of the company or the individual writers would know about that, would indicate any actual placement they may have within their own field. For the sake of non-argument, let's just say everyone is good and provides well for their respective clients in terms of work accuracy and fair pricing. These are all that are required to become a market leader anyway.

It is important that the rights to the original research and essay papers stay with the writer. That is why I never submitted the papers I did for myself, while I was in college, to any reselling company. Instead, I set-up my own blog site where I highlighted parts of my papers and offered it for sale to interested buyers. I also offered to change up the paper if they would rather use an updated version of the model paper for their class. I made a hefty sum doing that. It was long before I slid into the academic writing world.

Owning the rights to your paper is just like owning the rights to your music, movies, TV shows, and other copyrighted material. As the original owner, with provable rights, you can always use your work to gain extra income based on the emerging fields, tools, software, site, etc. that relate to your content. Keep the papers for yourself. It is far too valuable to simply turn over to reselling companies who know the value of your work but refuse to pay you a fair sum for it.

These days, one can always admit to being a freelance writer. It is openly regarded as a legitimate profession now. Nobody questions what sort of writer you are. Just that you don't punch the clock. They would envy anybody who lists himself as such these days. Mostly because it usually connotes a better income than a daily 9-5 job. I know of some old school writers who are still a but shy about admitting they are freelance writers. They admit to being tutors instead. If you think about it, an academic writer could pass for a tutor since he is supposed to write model papers only. It's all a matter of personal preference. Present yourself at your next job application as you wish. Just be honest about having focused on academic writing help when asked. I don't think it will be much of an issue unless you are applying for a job at an academic institution.

Hold on ! Just because a client provides the materials for the paper does not mean that the writer doesn't need to do any research. All the OP did was provide the research material. The writer still had to read each and every page of the material that was sent, note the related portions, and choose which quotes to use in the paper (if allowed). So no, the writer still had to research the material before writing the paper. Having said that, I will not say that the client should not be complaining about receiving a bum paper. Since everything was practically spoon-fed to the writer, all that person had to do was research and do what he/she was paid to do, and do it properly. The poor client got stuck with a horrible writer and had to suffer for it.

Well, plagiarism checker programs have become a global educational "tool" for professors and teachers alike. So I guess the laziness of the professors can be considered a pandemic at this point. They all rely on the plagiarism checkers to read the paper and give them the highlights of the writing in one form of another, along with the possibly plagiarized parts. So the international student base need not worry about plagiarism checking. The professors will eventually just keep passing them because they can't be bothered to actually read the papers anymore and the software systems will eventually start making its own mistakes in terms of referencing plagiarized parts. When the database becomes too big, the system will start to fail. That is always what happens. That is guaranteed. Then professors will have to actually go back to the old ways and do their jobs. They will then have to start teaching and grading their students again. This time based on a proper rubic and proof of learning that comes from the research papers and essays.

How old is your computer? I mean, if you are using the latest version of Windows 10, there is no need for you be installing anti-malware programs. Windows Defender / Windows Security does a pretty good job of preventing those breaches in your system. I used to subscribe to anti-malware programs. Then I realized that the same program could be posing a threat to my system. When I asked around, I was told that these software programs were just an unnecessary expense. That Windows Security can actually do the job quite well, at no additional cost to me. Well, I went and uninstalled the software and I cancelled my subscription upon hearing the lengthy explanation as to why I was throwing good money after bad. What do you know, Windows Security actually does what I was told it would do. Protect my system without the added expense of an anti-virus, anti-spam, and ant-malware programs.

The best thing to do is simply not submit your essays for plagiarism checking on your own . Just leave the plagiarism checking to the professor or teacher. That is, if he or she will even really bother to do so. If you are lucky, a professor will accept your paper and grade it without question. Students tend to use the same sources over and over again so there are some professors who give students the benefit of the doubt. That is, unless there are whole chunks of the paper that seem to be taken from another source that the professor can seem to recall. That is when he or she will most likely run your paper through the checker. That is why I do not believe students should submit their paper for a review, even if it is a student version. I do not do any plagiarism checks either and I do not do that with my writers either. Not unless the student specifically requests that it be done. I always try to avoid getting the paper stored in any database as a precaution.

@Write Review I agree with you. Just because the original posting date of the thread goes way back, there are still lessons to be learned from the misfortune of others. That is why I am doing my best to help revive the old threads in this forum. Some of the important discussions, such as this one, tend to fall to the back and its useful information, becomes lost. In this case, it is important to learn from the mistakes of other unsuspecting writers. It is nice to know that the website no longer exists though. Either it changed its name or, the owners ran out of money and more than likely abandoned the writers, who were never able to collect on their fees owed.

If a student purchases a an original model paper, then he has not plagiarized since he did not write the paper. Now, assuming that the student chose to not use the model paper, meaning he did not submit if for a grade, and he instead, chose to write a new paper based on the purchased text. Is that plagiarism? I do not think so. I believe it is not plagiarism when you only take bits and pieces from a paper that was never submitted, thus it never became part of any plagiarism checking database. The paper remains an original regardless of how the student uses the model paper. The only question here is if the student did a plagiarism check on his own, which puts the essay into a database, and results in parts of the student written paper appearing as plagiarized parts. Otherwise, no, having your paper written for you, an original paper, will never be considered plagiarism.

The OP was stretching the truth. Nobody can keep a non-income generating company running for 2 years. He would be considering folding shop after 6 months in the red. If he never turned it into a gray income over that time frame, he never would have. He was going for the "pity me" factor in his post and it backfired. He most likely did not know that if he hard really hired an expert SEO writer, his company would have shown up in the search engines at the very top. In fact, he did not need an SEO writer. Also, even if Google has cracked down on academic writing companies, there are still other search engines that accept paid advertising from academic writing companies. Setting up a paid social media profile in FB, Twitter, and Instagram also helps his with his SEO ratings. Some writing companies use paid blog services to further promote their services. There is absolutely no reason for a writer to have an optimized website and turn a profit in 2 years. Not unless, he is going about his promotion in the wrong manner.

The only possible disadvantage that I can see about being an academic writer is that there are slow and peak seasons. When I was starting out in this job, I was cramming as much work as I could into the peak seasons. I knew that when the slow season came, I would have to tighten my belt money-wise if I were to make it to the next hot season. That meant careful budgeting on my part and ensuring that the work I was delivering was of constantly high quality so I would receive repeat business. Now, my biggest problem is that Covid - 19 changed the academic writing game.

Some students have found themselves without an allowance since they study from home and their parents provide everything, from shelter to meals, thus negating the need for a weekly allowance. That also resulted in far lesser academic orders being brought to academic writers. My projected income for the year has been gravely affected by this unexpected change in the academic field and i have yet to fully adjust and spin-off my company to another writing field to effectively bringing my income up to a decent amount for the rest of the year.

The only reason that independent writers would not succeed in this line of work is simple. He isn't capable of writing the sort of paper that the client needs. He is constantly reaching for the big bucks when his writing abilities are actually only worth small cents. He doesn't pursue any skills improvement training that could help him become a better writer. He does not try to learn new writing skills that can help him branch out into other writing avenues. I guess you know what I am implying, only a lazy person who doesn't enjoy working in this line will fail to find writing jobs. It's all about taking pride in your work and doing things to be worthy of the trust and money paid out to the writer. Fail to do those things and you will definitely fail in this so-called job.

For a contract as large as the OP mentioned, I always ask for 75% upfront payment. That is usually a large enough amount to send any dishonest client running to another company or writer. I ask for that large an amount upfront because of the value of the contract and number of pages involved. If I or my writers were to get conned, let it be for the least amount. Luckily, I have had contracts worth upwards of $15,000.00 and have not been cheated by the client yet. They normally ask for a 50/50 split but I insist on the 75% upfront payment and assure them instead that they will get $75 percent of the completed paper for that amount. Additionally, I do not accept large orders from unknown or non-referred clients. For me to trust a new client that wants to place such and order, he needs to have a co-signatory on the e-contract. Hey, someone has to pay the balance. I refuse to take a hit on that for anybody.

Well, I believe that in this case, the writer was at fault. No writer in his right mind would have turned over a completed paper without the payment being completed first. Additionally, I cannot believe that the writer started working on the paper without a downpayment at the very least. Depending on the size of the order, I would have asked the client to pay on installments, just to be sure that he would be able to pay for the paper. I would not have started writing without an upfront payment of sorts. The writer should have known better. A writer cannot run his business based solely on trust. The client may have given his word, but the bill collectors won't accept that as payment.

I was also getting the same vibe from the discussion flow. I guess the company was simply trying to protect itself from being scammed by the student since it was a large order. There have been several cases where the writing company was out thousands of dollars when the student failed to pay in full for the paper or, if they decided to refund the paper later on. So I can understand why the company would want to have the complete paper paid upfront and not discuss any refund policies. CP is known for perfection when it comes to their writer's work. They do not have present refund reasons because the students they deal with always find extreme satisfaction in the papers presented to them. They know the ability of their writers so they were weary of dealing with this client. Perhaps if the client had taken a more friendly approach to the discussion, he would have not come across as "pushy" to the client care rep.

At least he tried to ask for help right? Then again, there are some ESL writers, and I speak from the experience of having hired some of them, who are beyond help. I have had a few ESL writers whom I hired to help out my ESL clients. The problem? The ESL clients eventually improved their English skills but the writer seemed to be stuck in a rut. I always encourage my writers to hone their skills so I did my best to get these writers enrolled into English grammar classes and I made sure to get them writing tutorials to help them out. I did these things for them because I knew they needed the job. However, they were just beyond help sometimes. Even if I laid down the law and told them that they had to improve or get fired, it did not help. They simply could not improve. I wonder if the OP ever improved his skills or, did he end up being fired from his job too. I mean, if a writer cannot get promoted, he will soon find himself out of a job.

A Kenyan outwitting a Ukrainian company? I suppose that is possible. One can outwit the other in terms of scamming the students, not because one does better business than the other. Kenyans are smarter when it comes to the cash con game. Ukrainians prefer to use the "non-refundable" game. Mostly because they prefer to try and appear to be "professional" about their con. The Kenyans, they will sell their mother to the devil if it meant they would be able to get some cash out of it. They are the biggest student blackmailers and number one data privacy violators.

I do not think reselling one's work would be a lucrative deal for graduated student. What with Turnitin and other plagiarism software out there, the student would be taking too much of a risk. However, any student who has a collection of his previously written research papers and essays can use them to get himself clients. At least he has sample work to send to students should they ask for it. I think this posting is still relevant. There will always be students who have graduated and would want to work on a part time basis while searching for regular employment. This post could point new graduates in the right direction. My advice to people like the OP is different though. It would be better for him to float himself as an independent writer via social media. That is where the client base is at the moment. That is the best place to start. Or, he could simply sign up at this forum as a Featured Writer or advertise via EssayBrand. I know through the grapevine that students are always looking for writers to hire directly within those 2 platforms. It takes a little financial investment to get started in the independent business. It would be a fine way to try and set yourself up financially at the start. Who knows, it might turn into a permanent career for the student.

Actually, I haven't heard of a company that has used SWREG in years. While the company is still in existence, it has lost its relevance due to the rise of alternative payment channels such as bitcoin, fintech corporations, and other similar, non-bank transfer facilities. These alternative transfer methods charge less than SWREG and get the job done faster, with little information required for the transfer to push through. Even backs prefer to use a less intricate SWIFT transfer method for their international clients. I believe that the company hasn't been able to compete because the service is too complicated and could not really evolve with the times. It needs some major updating if it is to remain relevant in today's cashless society.

Unless you are willing to hire a private investigator to look into the electronic data of a company, then trace it to an actual location, I really don't see the point of finding out this information. The IP address of a company always "pings" all over the globe so trying to ascertain a location for no reason doesn't really do anything for a student. You just have to take the company's word for it when it comes to their location. It doesn't make a difference anyway, their location does not reflect the quality of their work. If the writer you are assigned to is excellent, then where the company is located doesn't matter, does it? Exactly. It's all about the quality of the work, not the location of the IP address.

It sounds to me like the OP just had a string of bad luck with the company. Their writers are always on-time and would work through a hurricane just to get the paper on time to the client. This exchange does not sound like a typical exchange with CustomPapers. I can't be sure but the OP could have just been a troll trying to defame CP because they are, in my opinion, the best in the business. I wish my company were as popular as theirs and my client base, as vast as theirs. If the OP was telling the truth then he just had a string of unexpected bad luck. It does not reflect the true work quality and client care capacity of the service. They are not a Ukrainian company after all.

The student should have looked into the refund policy first, then considered hiring the company second. In my case, whenever a student seems inclined to hire my services or the services of my writers, I make them read the electronic contract first. I make sure to highlight the refund policy on a separate page and, I ask them to electronically agree to the refund terms. That way, the student has the opportunity to ask additional questions regarding any payment concerns they may have. Students need to learn to investigate first, hire last. That is the only way they can protect themselves from these scams. Not all writers and company owners are like me, who will lead them to the information they need to know about before closing a deal with them. For me, it isn't just about the money. It's about creating a long term working relationship with the student.

I am guessing that the students who place these types of orders are more than likely the ones who rarely attend classes. They simply ask their classmates what the homework is, what the requirements are, and then, paying half attention to what the paper is really about, they place their order with the company. Hence the unrealistic page requirement when compared to the source material requirement. I caught a few students in that situation a few times. I simply called them on it and told them to pay attention the next time the assignment is given. That was when they admitted to not even being present in the class when the instructions were given. Jeez! What are they doing during class hours? Binging Netflix?

These paid for reviews are useless anyway. The students now prefer to get the reviews of the sites from the Likes and retweets that the company's social media account gets. So the focus of the companies have switched from fooling students using fake testimonies to fooling the students using the newest weapon in their arsenal, the social media accounts. The more popular their social media account, the more likely a student is to sign up with them. Think of it like, the more Instagrammable a restaurant is, the more clients it is likely to get among the millennial crowd. So fake reviews have been replaced by fake ratings, and the students are still none the wiser.