Academia Research Payment Rates and Issues

no payment for freelance writer working for academia-research?

Sucks that you have to work for the only people that will hire you, doesn't it?

You are the only idiot in the world who keeps believing that he is sane..

What an exclusive position I hold!

Do you believe you deserve better?

I suggest all the writers working for Academia Research to stop taking the orders till payments are released.

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Academia Research, Research Writers Net - and low CPP rates for writers

Academia Research pays writers peanuts! How can a professional writer work for $ 2 per page? I wonder what clients can expect from a writer who works for less than $ 5 per page. I have an account with them, but will never apply for an order. This is slave labor!

Correct.

A few years ago (3 to be precise) when I joined this industrsy $10 was the average with those paying $8 per page coming across as being mean. I also remember EW being ridiculed for paying writers a range of between $4 and $5 during the low season. Well, I thought it couldn't get worse but I was wrong because it now appears that $5 is a decent pay for the high season and $2 for the low season. This industry will never shock me and in fact I am waiting to see them paying in the order of cents. Meanwhile, the poor client continues to pay the same high rates as they did when the cpp rates were high.

FR, it's only the crappy offshore companies that pay such low rates to writers. Avoid them and you won't have any problems. It's not rocket science.

Exactly who would be willing do the job at such rate and at what quality ?

they are cheats

Who works for researchwriters.net ($3 per page)

who else Who work for researchwriters.net , they pay $3 +/ page , i think its a good offer compared to the so called big sites like essaywriters and Academia-research.

Was that a joke?

New.academia-research payment delays

Academia-research has been delaying payments since they upgraded to the new site.I wonder what could be the problem.

I have not experienced any payment delays with Academic Research, even under the new website interface. However, I have noticed that they have had an increased number of reasons to penalize the writers regardless of whether the problem was created by the client or not. The company does not delay my salary but, they do try to find ways to penalize my work within a few days of the payment schedule through a QAD required check of my submitted work. I believe that is their way of, not delaying the payment, but rather, withholding payment from the writers who have been with the company for a number of years.

I am guessing that the payment delay is something they implement for the new writers whose payment is "withheld" for 2 weeks just in case of refunds. There were times, when I was new with the company, that they did delay my salary from a few days to a whole month. I found that the practice reduced as I climbed the writers ranks though.

These days, I get paid on time, although with QAD required checks on my paper and some "fines" in place for reasons that would make one laugh. The client isn't the one complaining about the paper, it is QAD. So QAD pre-deducts the "penalty", in case the student files a complaint. If the student doesn't file a complaint, I still don't get the deduction back. I know it sounds weird. It's a true story though.

The low CPP rates are for the newbies at the company. These rates increase over time based upon the number of orders taken, quality of papers delivered based on client surveys, orders completed, and a host of other considerations. The company tracks the writers progress through an automated system and, upon reaching all of the required metrics, the writer is automatically promoted by the system. Once promoted, the writer should see an immediate increase in his CPP in the Available orders list. The CPP increases some more for "requested" writers and those who are dealing with repeat clients. A bonus is sometimes given by the company depending upon the reliable and high quality performance of the writer. I did notice that the CPP goes down during the slow months. That is understandable since there are not enough orders to go around but still the same number of writers available. The company has to make money somehow. The good news is, the fines and other deduction considerations seem to also slow down during the slow months for most writers. So yes, the company may pay a low CPP during certain months.

However, if you are relying only on one company for your income in this industry, you will definitely not be able to make the kind of money that one hopes to make as a work from home person. The key to a great income as a freelance writer who is attached to academic writing companies lies in the way you work for the company and how many companies you are attached to. If you do your own direct to client work on the side, then you should be making a pretty decent income overall.

Academia Research does not withhold the salary of their higher ranking writers. It is lower rung to bottom rung writers who suffer that fate. They are well known in the industry for being unable to pay their junior writers on time. They do not mind paying the senior writers in full whenever they can because those are the writers who bring in the big money. The juniors, they will have to wait their turn. They suffer the most in penalties, the most in negative ratings, and the most in delayed payment releases.

How do you know such intimate details about AR's inner workings, Cite? Cite? Are you there, Cite?

AR is struggling to pay their writer's these days. In fact, they have not only frozen their hiring but, they are actively looking for ways to release their writers from their non binding company contracts. The writers try to stay on as long as they can because the company has been known to pay their writers fairly. However, the lack of orders have proven to be the main difficulty of the company at the moment, which affects their regular writer roster. They have not promoted a junior writer in over a year from what I have heard.