Posts by CypherFromASoul

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

I'm aware the mistake i made. Though it was intentional and it flunked. I wanted you to make a mistake while replying to my mistake. I can surely bet you rushed for the reply. I would have loved that.

P.S. The other hypothesis that this forum is taking deep dives partly thanks to a big lot of pointless arguments also stands true. Did you even check the first post? I simply asked for a good method to allocate projects and no one said a word about it.

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

Your sentence:
That is "beyond your means."

Correct One:
That is "beyond your means".

The law simply relies on human tendency of pointing out mistakes of others. Once you know it, its actually really hard to miss it.

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

That is "beyond your means."

Muphry's law - "If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

Not even close...

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

@writers2beware
I'm positive that the IT guy knows. I don't suppose it meant free bandwidth from internet service provider. We are developing a portal with a really well designed control panel for customers and writers. We really don't want to use the free email service providers. All communications and file uploads occur within the website.

@Writers2beware
yeah i've been reading a lot of posts on this forum for about a full week now. Its hard to find a single post without your comment on it. Thanks to you and some others i know that most of these websites are owned by Ukrainian writers with multiple front websites for same company. Keep up the good work.

P.S. its really sad that they have done such a good work on SEO that its hard to find genuine academic writing websites.

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

@graphophobius
Thanks for your insight. It seems i was very much wrong about the percentage part in every post. However, i didn't say i'm looking forward to pay any less than $10 per page and even then it'd be for the least bit complex assignment for probably a high school level assignment. This should clear this a bit. Our aim is to retain quality writers.

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

@major
Yes they don't owe me any money. I actually received my payments with almost no issues though it was a year ago. I'm not calling them a fraud based on my own experience, i'm just going by some other posts here on this forum as i have no first hand experience of their working methods now. I have no intention to call my competitors 'fraud'.

Thanks for the free file upload suggestion.

If the first draft provided by writers is not rejected on grounds of plagiarism or bad quality, the writers still get paid (possible exception of thesis outline maybe). The amount remains in proportion to the declared price for the project (example- if $100 for the full report then $10 for the draft that had genuine efforts but was rejected). This part of money goes from our own pockets and we are willing to let it slide. I know this might not work effectively in long term but in the initial period this is important for trust building.

We are also going to implement the policy in revision requests. If any revision request exceeds the original brief requirement then writers get paid extra for the added work (this time the extra money comes from student).

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

@graphophobius
By the first draft i only meant like 10% work of your complete assignment. If the student likes the quality and other aspects of the first draft he/she can make the full payment and we will continue with the remaining work.

Also
I was under the impression that most of the fraudulent companies offer only dimes for quality work. A quick search told me that most websites charge studets about $20-$30 per page (standard 24 hour deadline), but pay the writers only $5-$10 per page. This is exactly why i needed an opinion. Though i believe anything above 50% would be quite difficult to pay as there are other taxes, expenses involved. Some of it needs to go to the proofreader as well.

CypherFromASoul

Nov 12, 2014

Writing Careers / How do you feel about 35% cut for the writers? [35]

This thread is more of a suggestions-box for a new academic writing service website. I did work for one of the websites most of you are familiar with. The website is more or less of a fraud now. I left as i simply didn't like the way they do business. I'm setting up a new start-up and i already have the loyal bunch of customers outside the network of my previous employer to keep the project afloat financially. I'm posting this thread to invite suggestions from experienced writers and students. The way this is going to work for me is as simple as the points listed below:

- Fewer clients, less money, more personal attention. - Jerry Maguire

- Absolute transparency on every front.

Writers Cut

- The same old integrated control panel to receive mails, submit files, and review comments.

- No up-front payments from students. Place your order, check the first draft, and if satisfied make the payment.

- The universal features- Unlimited revisions (10-day period after submission), free title page, free executive summary, and free references.

- Writers get paid twice a month. No hidden fines of any kind. If any revision is pending you still get paid for other projects.

- No ESL writers. Only native writers with valid university degrees and identity verification.

- Payment rates start at 30% and depending on reviews and experience can reach as high as 50%.

- Auto-invoicing and writers get to verify the invoice.

- If we decide to terminate a writer's account for any reason, the writer still gets the payment for every successful assignment minus the fines (predefined, 10% or 20%).

The one issue we are currently facing is deciding a method of assigning projects. We have four potential ways:

1. Having a bidding system. We are not particular in favor of this as its a simple invitation to price war and we want our writers to get paid exactly what they deserve.

2. Designing an 'available orders' panel. So far this seems like an ideal choice for project assignment. Most issues associated with this system can be ignored by simply implementing an upper limit on maximum number of assignments one writer can work on at a time.

3. Manual Allocation. If done perfectly there is no visible fault in this method. However, its very time consuming and there is always slight probability that some writers are not getting enough work.

4. Allow the students to select the writer based on previous samples and ratings. Issue with this one is quite obvious- New writers become the less popular choice and the elite writers get more than they can handle.

Suggestions please? Thanks for your attention.

P.S. I am not going to write or proofread ergo please keep your hurtful comments to yourself. This is not YouTube.