They have certainly spent more money on creating the "gloss" of their website. However, the way that they are screaming "discounts galore!" and "referral bonuses!" removes the impact of the sanitized look of the site. It appears that they are trying to lure their clients through the promise of a continuing bonus / discount / referral income for every successful client that comes to them using a promo code. Definitely not a company that should be trusted. The way they run their business just reflects the true nature of the business owners. They are just out to scam the students, without caring about the final product their writers deliver.

Academia Research has actually shut down. They now have a new company name and UI, but it is still run by the same crummy Ukrainian people. They still function in the same manner, deny all the new writers any order that might actually allow them to earn, give them work that nobody else wants, and then fine them so that they worked on a paper for free. Their writing assignment criteria is still unclear to even their most seasoned writers, and the company still relies on the new writers to work on papers that can easily be fined on a company QAD basis rather than a client complaint reason. So, as a new writer to the company, know that you are nothing more than a work horse, who isn't worth the bale of hay they sometimes throw your way. You are never going to get a break from that company, regardless of what incarnation the company set up is in at the moment.

Look, professors these days are the ones who are scamming the students. They are normally not really abreast of the latest developments in the fields that they are teaching, they use outdated educational methods, don't really care that their students know more than they do because they are tenured, and they could really care less about actually teaching their students. The students even learn more from the writers they hire in certain cases.

I have yet to see a college student today who doesn't have a side hustle of their own while attending college. They go to college just to keep mom and dad happy and their financial supply regularly filled. Once their Kickstarter or Patreon campaign takes off, it's goodbye college. The teacher's know that. So who is really scamming who? Exactly. It's the teachers who are unreliable and ill prepared to teach the classes they were assigned to and the students, no longer hesitate to call them on their BS. The writers? The students rely on us for their additional education.

Google, FB, Twitter, they can all place a "ban" on the academic writing services, but it won't do them any good. These underground companies know how to get around the "sanctions". They are masters of disguise. They will always be listed one way or another. The best that these companies can do would be to work with the legitimate writers and websites. Do their job when it comes to "truth in advertising". A simple IP trace could help them take down the scam sites while leaving the legitimate sites and writers online. The problem is, they too know that the questionable companies are the ones with money to burn. Money to pay for advertising, something not all the transparent writers and companies can afford. The companies continue to advertise and Google continues to promote their "business", without considering the validity of the claims and actual user reviews of the companies that advertise with them.

I thought that question was a bit silly. I mean, any student who ends up at this forum should already know that there are available writers here. Direct hire writers are the best kind and I believe that the writers who adhere to the Gold Standard of writing can be found at this forum. The long time writer members are the ones who should be getting the most credit for creating the credibility that the truly independent writers here enjoy. Anybody who is looking for a reliable writer can definitely find one here. All they have to do, is make contact with their writer of choice.

Academic writing writers, who are not signed up with a company are now considered a legitimate part of the gig economy. If the writer is doing an honest job, delivers on the client requirements, and pays his taxes based on his income, then the company isn't a scam. He works for himself, he is honest, and he contributes to the economy of his country. That means, his work isn't a scam. However, a writing company, that can be based out of Siberia for all I know, could definitely be considered a scam. Their writers, regardless of what pool they belong to are inferior and should never be unleashed on unsuspecting students. Those are the true scam writers who attach themselves to scam companies. Yep. There are actual scam writers and companies out there so students, beware!

A complete rewrite means you have changed the presentation of the paper by 100%. That means the paper has become an original. You should not worry about plagiarism possibilities because your rewrite has negated that possibility. However, my worry would be more about how well you paraphrased the content of the paper. Some students who paraphrase the model papers end up mangling the presentation in a manner that makes the original passing grade paper a failing score presentation. Then the student comes around and blames the writer, demanding a refund. Students needs to know when to leave well enough alone. Do not rewrite an original model paper if there is no need to do so. Specially if you are not doing well in that particular class. Take the help that you paid for. It will be worth it.

When clients approach me directly and ask for a discount, I give the client a discount of no more than $5 per page. The amount of the CPP discount will depend on the gravity of the work, the deadline, and the history of the client with the company. New clients do not get a discount. Returning clients, get a discount only if they ask nicely and depends upon how much the assigned writer would want to offer as a write-off on his per page income. Hey, we all have bills to pay so students should not feel entitled to a discount. They should earn that privilege, it should never be seen as their right as a client.

Based on the casual writing skills of @jerng, I would not place too much faith in the writing quality and possible grade that their writers can deliver to their clients. It is nothing but a third rate writing company that employs third rate writers. It hires only ESL writers because those are the only fools who would work for the rates that the company pays out. No decent writer, no ENL writer would partner with that company. They are employing writers only to keep a pool available. They do not test, rate, nor fire their mediocre writers because mediocrity is the norm for their company.

I would probably be a multimedia content producer. That would seem like the logical next step for someone who has a degree in Multimedia Development and Design. As a college student, I was doing both academic writing and web development jobs. The web development jobs were, at the time, too taxing for me physically. So I moved towards the academic writing field more and more. My folks were glad that I graduated with an actual, usable degree but still have to wrap their heads around the fact that I am making more money as an academic writer, with a pool of employees of my own. No actual office, no physical employees, just virtual everything. I hope that they will eventually understand how the workplace is way different from what they got used to. Right now, all they need to know and understand is that essay writing pays my bills.

There has actually been a change in the tutoring landscape in the 21st century. Even college students can get online tutoring help, in any given subject. They are trained professionals who have experience in Statistics and Economics. They either do the job of a statistician or an entry level finance analyst and do the tutoring thing on the side. They have made it possible to students who struggle in these classes, regardless of the reason, to pass their classes. They help the student in a 2 fold manner. First, they serve as the out of class tutor of the student. Second, they solve the assignments and help the student prepare for tests by solving the problems alongside them. Thus helping the student get a better understanding of the lessons that they would not normally get in class or from the academic centers at the universities. Finding these tutors aren't a big deal. It only takes a simple Google search using the subject as the search keyword (e.g. Statistics tutor). The results will give the student a plethora of tutoring sites for their consideration.

All the academic writers have writing experience. They excelled at academic writing during their own time as students. From grade school all the way to the completion of their undergraduate degree, they have been training all their academic lives for the job. They have ample "writing experience" to do the job because of their academic exposure in the field. Just like any other job, experience will help the writer complete his job. It is incorrect to ask about "writing experience" because all students have some sort of writing experience. While they may not be very good at it, they normally know how to write research papers. So yes, writing experience helps and it is not a requirement, it is a given. You have to know how to write in order to make it through the educational system in any country. This is really a very silly question to be asking. There is no student around who does not have some sort of academic writing experience. What makes them stand out, is that they learned how to parlay the training into an actual paying job within the gig economy.

Resume writing is something that most academic writers find themselves doing when there is a slow season and they just want to keep the money rolling in. It is not difficult to write but, it requires a higher rate of payment. That is because it is more difficult to format the paper and it often requires revisions because the client would like to highlight different aspects of his work skills or professional talents. This could sometimes require changes to the resume format over several drafts. To make it worth the writer's time and patience, they need to be paid more. Most writing companies actually pretend to have a specialized writers pool for resume writing. There is truth to that specialized department. The writers that do the academic writing also do the resume writing.

It is actually the citation style demands of the college level papers that set the ENL writers apart from the ESL writers. ENL writers will have gone through the English academic system. The said system has a slow progression when it comes to advancing the writing styles of the students. From the basic essays written in grade school, to the simple research papers written in high school, the student is exposed to a writing style that gets complicated with each research and essay paper written. It prepares the student for the citation style demands of the college paper.

An ESL writer will not have been exposed to the same type of training in writing styles so they would tend to struggle when it comes to using the citation styles in their papers. That said, the citation styles can be learned and, as FreelanceWriter indicated, there is no shortage of citation style tutorial sites online. It will just take some time for the ESL writer to become proficient in using the various styles. They eventually learn how to use the proper citation style for a particular writing format.

Actually, I have had students come to me with a unique request, teach them how to write the paper. What happens is I basically do the paper for them, I do the research and I develop the content. I finalize the presentation then I submit it to the client. Once submitted, the student takes the paper, reads it, then writes an understanding of the paper, in the format required of them by the professor. I then receive the said rewrite and review their work. I make suggestions on how to improve the content or, I edit it for them. The point is, not all students are lazy. There are actually ESL students who would like to learn how to write a proper English research paper or essay. However, the writing center of the university can't give them the kind of help that they need. Those students, a handful of them, are the ones who actually learn how to write by hiring someone to complete their paper for them. It is part of their educational process and I would not judge them for using that style to learn how to write college level papers in English.

You are mistaken if you think that you will actually be doing example academic writing for students. The students use the "Example" as an excuse to have a ghost writer work on their assignments and research papers, even examinations if possible. You are paid to track down and use relevant research material, collate the information from the material, and then put it into a usable essay format for the student, depending on the writing style requirement of the student. There is no "example" at all in this writing job. You are writing a new paper for the student which, he is definitely submitting for a grade. In exchange for your hard work, you can earn more than a decent income from doing this job. You can actually manage to save up for a retirement fund if you do the job properly for a realistic length of time.

From experience, I know that international students have a tendency to spread themselves too thin both in the academic and social setting of the university. For most of them, the English university experience is their first time away from the eagle eyes of their parents or minders. The students see the event as an experience in freedom rather than an experience in a new academic learning style. So, to enjoy the full benefits of their freedom and new country experience, they would rather hire a writer or several writers to do the heavy lifting for them, with their only worry being the actual tests they have to take and oh, they need to actually attend the classes too. Other than those physical requirements, they would rather not be bothered by the paperwork they need to turn in for a grade.

An academic writer's job is a lonely job. It basically forces the writer to become anti-social because of the focus and concentration required in completing a paper. The lack of outside social interaction and the stress of having to keep the client happy with constant email communication and other client centered activities do tend to take a toll on the writer. Raw nerves and stress points eventually need to be dealt with and for some writers, venting by letting their emotions out on this forum is their way of dealing with the stress of the job. It isn't something that is nice to read about, but, it is something that creates a healthy outlet for the writers. It's better that they vent in writing rather than going out and getting into trouble with the law. Venting on the forum is equivalent to no harm - no foul. Venting in public... Let's just say it's best they confine the arguments to written words at the forum at all times.

Anybody with the talent and skill to write can be an independent freelance writer. The network to create a client base should not be difficult for recently graduated students. You can still go back to the student pool of your old university and ask them to spread the word that you are now available to help them with their academic paper needs. Keep it on the down low. Don't advertise it blatantly. You still don't want to get yourself or the students into trouble. It's an open secret at the universities anyway so just find your middleman, make a deal regarding his cut of the profits, and watch the orders start to come in. If you were a frat or sorority member, it should be even simpler to get your client base into place.

The answer to that question depends on the research requirements of the paper. If the professor has specifically indicated the need to refer to the reference materials provided for the class, then the client should upload scans of the materials for the use of the writer. The writer will most likely not have access to these specific reference materials so it will be better for the client to provide it. If the research paper is more of a general research based topic, then you can ask the writer to use his own discretion with regards to usable info. Just make sure you indicate what kind of information should be used and how many. If possible, provide the number of in-text citations required for the writer's reference. It is important that the research material is properly provided to the writer for the completion of the paper so the client has to use his own discretion when it comes to providing or, not providing the materials for the writer's use.

Students need to remember that they pay for the time of the writer. This time is measured by the hour that it takes to complete complicated papers such as a thesis, a dissertation, or a professional presentation. That means, they should be prepared to pay in the thousands of dollars for their work, not in the hundreds. It's just like hiring a lawyer, a cheap lawyer will represent you in court, but not necessarily get a non guilty verdict. An expensive lawyer, will represent you in court and guarantee a not guilty verdict. The same thing goes for writers. A cheap writer will give a student something to submit for a grade. There is no assurance of what that grade might be. An expensive writer, will give the student a paper that guarantees a top-notch grade. So yea, if you are a student tightwad, expect to get what you pay for.

I prefer to collect from my writing companies on a bi-monthly basis. It just results in a healthier financial status for myself. However, my writers prefer to be paid on a weekly basis. So I require them to earn at least $50 in a week if they want to get paid every Monday. That signifies a full 7 days worth of work. They seem to prefer that schedule. It appears that they allot their salaries based on whatever due date is coming up for their various bills. It helps them to meet at least the minimum payment on their credit cards and allows them to get other financial responsibilities paid earlier than required. Whatever works for them is fine with me, provided they always meet the clients requirements and always bring in repeat clients to the company.

What I do know is that the company claims to be located somewhere in Wichita, Kansas. A complete and thorough investigation of the office address places it in the middle of a deserted street though. Such a confirmation of a bogus US address indicates that you should not trust the service, nor its writers. Everything about the company is fake. From the office address to the names of the writers. Hire them at your own risk.

If the student hired a writing company instead of directly hiring a writer, then he should be worried about any personal information that was submitted. While it is not a common occurrence, there are some companies that use the information for their own benefit. Based on my experience, students tend to include this information when they ask the writer to create a title page for the paper. I never create a title page for my clients as I do not wish to have any of their school related information on file. I also tell the students who hire my writers that they will not be creating a title page for them because my company respects data privacy laws. Students should be able to hire a writer or a writing company without worrying about how their personal information is used. It is up to the writer or company to protect that information by not requiring any non-payment related and non order instruction / information in the first place.

The student has the freedom to choose an ESL or ENL writer to complete his papers. It all depends upon what his target grade it, what his budget for the completion of the paper is, and how well or not well he is doing in that particular class. Some students are more comfortable hiring an ESL writer because they fear that if the essay comes across as too efficient, then the teacher of professor will realize he did not write the paper. The students do not know or understand that the writers, whether ESL or ENL, are capable of writing in any style that they dictate. It can be perfect, it can be idiotic, it can be just down the middle. It all depends upon their instructions. The writers will do as told. Hence, the requirement for an ESL student to hire an ESL writer is negated.

Normally, a college graduate will find that he is is more than capable of working as an academic writer. His academic experience would be more than enough of a professional experience for a writer to be able to complete the writing requirements of a regular student. The regular income comes from the undergraduate and high school papers anyway. The masters and higher level writing papers are not as common. Normally because the students at that level often opt to write the paper themselves since the topic is normally related to their actual work requirements. So, I don't believe that a masters degree should be a standard requirement for an academic writer. If an academic writer happens to have a masters degree then that would be fantastic for his job requirement. If not, then it isn't a big deal.

Every year, I give myself 2 targets, a financial target and a physical target. The financial target is the money I aim to earn every year and the physical target, represents the item I have told myself I have to own that year. The physical target gives me a separate financial target for my personal whims and caprices, while the financial target goes into my 401(k). These two targets are all the motivation that i need to push myself to work harder. Nothing beats the ambition to live the good life when you need a motivation to earn well.

Depending upon the workload of a particular writer, the company may or may not be receptive to a student requesting for an assignment to be specifically given to a particular writer. When that writer happens to be in demand, the company will contact the writer and ask if he can still accommodate a work request. The writer then has the prerogative to say no. The student will be told this and then given the opportunity to seek the services of another writer at the company. There are time though when the student opts to wait for the availability of the writer instead. Those are the students willing to go on a wait list since the paper is still far from due and, are willing to pay premium prices to get the writer that they want for their assignment.

Yes. Australian students, and their ESL counterparts are heavy essay writing service users. Prior to the Covid-19 lockdown, Australia was actually becoming one of the major revenue streams for both my personal business and the companies that I am affiliated with. It was getting to the point where I was requiring my writers to familiarize themselves with Australian writing styles, lingo, and writing eccentricities, just so they would not get caught by the students hiring them. After the lock-down, that revenue stream began to dwindle. I am hoping to see it pick-up again once this pesky virus is eradicated.

If the plagiarism software is installed on your computer and does not ask the user to upload the file to an online website or server for comparison purposes then no, the software will not keep a copy of the essay in its database. If you are asked to upload the file online, or, if you use an online plagiarism detector, then you can bet your last dollar that the essay will be stored forever on an unknown server. In case you are wondering, yes, the paper might get flagged for plagiarism once you submit it and the professor double checks the content online. It will be hell to prove you did not plagiarize yourself. The best way around this situation is to simply not check for plagiarism. There is no sense in it. If you wrote the paper yourself, you know you did not plagiarize. So, no worries there. If you paid a writer to do it and you have a sinking feeling the paper was plagiarized, you are out of luck.

My policy is to make contact with the client at least 3 times, depending upon the due date of the order. The 3 contact rule is to allow the student time to correct any instructional errors or make revisions to the draft before I have to submit the final copy. I hold my writers to the same 3 contact rule. The only exception is for quick turn-around orders for 48 hours or less. I won't waste my time or my writer's time trying to contact the client about instructions with a time crunch situation. If the client waited for such a deadly hour to order the paper, they know that the work will be rushed and as close to perfect as possible. The writer will not make contact because the focus will be on completing the paper based on submitted instructions and reading materials. I work on direct client orders in the same manner. I will never ask my writers to do something that I am not doing myself.

The most common lie told is "We can write any paper that you need." That is hyperbole. They have their client assistants say the same thing, backed up by generic YouTube testimonies (yep, those have evolved too in the digital media age), enumerating the praises of the writing company. Why YouTube hasn't cracked down on those companies yet when their parent company, Google, has already done so is beyond me. Of course students, raised in the era of "if it's on the internet it must be true", take the testimonies as sacred truth. They learn that it's a con the hard way. Being on YT is not the same as word of mouth promotion. Unfortunately, the current crop of students don't really understand that there is a difference so they believe the lies and sign up for the service, without knowing what they are actually in store for in the end.

I must be in a unique situation here. While I do run my own academic outsourcing business on the side, I also work for 2 other writing companies at the same time. Basically, I work on "writer request" basis at those companies so that I am not really working for them full time. In total, I work for 3 companies. I work for myself directly (while also employing other writers at the same time), and I work for 2 other companies. When I find that I have spread myself a bit too thin, I outsource the excess orders to my own writers, who never know that they are getting only a percentage of the actual cost of the paper. I get the lion's share, having found the work, they get the spoils, for having done the work. So far, the 3 company set up has worked fine for me, and the writers attached to my side business.

An ESL writer will only be comparable to a "native writer" if the ESL writer actually works on improving his writing skills, takes the time to properly research a paper, and learns to ask probing questions of the client during the writing process. These steps will help the ESL writer become good at his job. An ESL writer, who strives to perfect his English speaking and writing skills will eventually become fluent enough to write coherently in English. However, it is not just language prowess that is important in this case. The ESL writer must also show that he is capable of writing research papers in the required format, without any possibility of revision requests. Once an ESL writer begins to write sans any revisions, then he will have achieved the comparable status that I previously mentioned.

My advice is to new ESL writers is, recognize the importance of direct communication with the client and act accordingly. The private messaging system is there for a purpose. Stay in touch with the client. Update your client once a day regarding the progress of the paper. Don't wait for the client to ask for an update. Clients appreciate writers who take the initiative to advise them of the progress of the papers. It also helps to clarify any possible revision situation with the client. By informing the client of the progress of the paper, the client can correct any instructional errors or misunderstanding that might exist. Communication is the key to repeat client business. Show the clients that you value their business by giving importance to them, regardless of how many papers you have in the pipeline. An important client will always turn into a repeat client for the writer.

Based on my experience, my American and ESL writers tend to have a healthy sense of competition. What most people view as American repelling the ESL writers are mostly related to jealousy and bragging rights. The ENL writers think so highly of themselves that they frown at having to mingle with the ESL writers. The ENL writers believe they are the best at the game, being native English speakers. However, my ESL writers are competitive enough when it comes to writing. There are times when the clients cannot tell the difference between my ESL and ENL writers. They only know which is which because they have to specify what type of writer they wish to have complete their paper. The Americans and Brits tend to go with the ENL writers while the ESL students prefer ESL writers. If you ask me, it is more of an educational discrimination that is ongoing, not really a repelling of ESL writers by ENL writers.

When I am personally asked to work on a paper for the client, I go above and beyond to ensure that the client will be gleeful upon receiving the paper. I usually do supervisory work these days, while doing some special request jobs on the side. These are the clients who have been with me for at least a decade or so, and who have helped me build my business. So I am never truly fully retired from writing. Since I am the person by whom the company is judged by, I make sure that I perform higher than expected for my clients. I never deliver anything to the client that would be less than I would demand of my writers. In fact, I am harder on myself than on my writers because of the responsibility I have to enhance the company's image at all times and through all means possible.

The internet has allowed people to take on any nationality, race, or gender that they so desire. The anonymity of the work done in the academic writing field, the lack of social media exposure of the writers, and the ability to be a chameleon in the industry all fuel the drive of people in the business to use fake English names. There are some people who perform better when they can pretend to be someone else. They excel when they imagine themselves to be something they are not. The name change is something that doesn't mean anything. It isn't a big deal. As long as it inspires the writers and other members of the writing company to do a better job, then I don't have a problem with a guy calling himself "Jenny from the Block" if he wants to. As long as the job gets done. After all, what's in a name?

All writers need a vacation, regardless of the writing season. The stress of the job is such that any writer will burn out if he is not given a break sometime in the middle of the current academic year. I rotate my writer's vacation time. I offer them the opportunity to file for vacation time at the office. All they have to do is inform that they will not be accepting any work at the moment and they are considered on leave. The no work, no pay policy applies of course. I do not mind the writers going on leave because they come back fresh, rested, and ready to work.

Avoiding writer burn out is a high priority for my HR team so when they see that a writer hasn't take any leave time yet during the year, they force the writer to take 1 week off. If the writer doesn't want the leave, we force it by simply not assigning papers to him. He gets a vacation, whether he likes it or not. The veiled vacation time usually works and they never know they were forced to take a rest from their jobs. The result? A writing team in peak health, ready to take on any paper thrown their way.

It may be too soon to tell when it comes to the freelance academic writing work at this point. I have seen an uptick in the orders coming in based on various fields of study. However, I am not sure if this influx will be norm at least for the rest of the semester. It is quite possible that the teachers and professors are just assigning the written work now, in place of the actual lessons. Once the students submit all the homework and tests, the work may slow down. The parents won't have the time to home school their kids and the college students won't want to lose out on the gig economy, so there should be a windfall of income at the start. I am not so confident about the work arena after the first wave passes. Money will be tight all around and students may not be receiving an allowance since they are supposed to be studying from home, not leaving the house, and basically, not having any social life to speak of. So paying for work that they might figure out they can do themselves, since they have nothing else better to do, may not be a priority for them in the future.