Starting essay writing site to get orders and write them myself - worth the effort?

I am thinking of starting my own essay writing site with humanities focus. Purpose: get orders and write them myself without any intermediaries.
Is this enterprise worth of effort? Can someone advise me on where to find good web designers (elance? guru?) May be somebody had similar projects or experiences.

Thanks.

Having your own essay service website may be worth the effort. You are unlikely to be found in search engines under competitive keywords, but your current and prospective clients will have more confidence in your business in the long term. If you plan to work with your clients only, a simple business card-like website may be enough. Elance/Guru/Odesk are good places to find an essay website developer.

Indeed, it is certainly great idea. Go ahead, launch your own website and offer students with a free sample on their order topic before any payment is processed, provide your phone number, gain their trust and be the market leader :p

try godaddy

I am also *thinking* of making a spaceflight to the sun.


Businesses succeed because of specialization. You cannot effectively market a site whilst doing the actual writing. Unless you're planning to rip off students big time- the way some of your compatriots do.


it is not worth the effort.
First, you're from Ukraine, a country that is well known across the web for producing some of the worst scammers in the industry.
Second, the industry is already saturated. You'll be lucky if you will ever get 2 orders per year.
Third, with your confessed lack of web design skills, it will be hard to get a dedicated designer willing to work out an effective SEO strategy.

I'd advise you to venture into making necklaces for Kiev tourists.
BTW, is it a must that you make money?

So what? Strong in deductive reasoning?


It's kinda an Ethiopian joke, ah? Sorry, don't have needed cultural background to appreciate it.

Nope. The problem with your plans is that, in the past, Ukranian fraudsters have really made clients to be wary of any essay website originating from Ukraine. I am not sure you are any different from these frauds.


It is not an Ethiopian joke. I was damn serious. Try other ventures such becoming a street comedian, operating a cheap brothel, selling fish in the market, selling second hand pancakes, pimping......anything OTHER THAN academic writing.

The moment you put up your website, its reputation will be shred into pieces even before the first client(in case you are lucky to get a dumb student) can dish out his CC and pay $65 for a 3,000 word piece of trash.

Sorry to bust your bubble, but you aren't going to make $$$ to fund your envisioned lifestyle. The market dynamics are against your idea.

So, it that a list of your stormy employment experience? Impressive. Anyway, thanks for your market analysis.

I hear there are a lot of great advertising opportunities here at essayscam.org.

Google is offering a free year of hosting and domain name registration.

Based on the logistics involved and money required to start your own academic writing business, I would not advice totally investing in a website for this purpose. You can gain the same effect, of removing the middle man and earning more for yourself by joining freelance companies like UpWork. Even though you have to go through a bidding process to get the job done, if you satisfy enough clients, you will begin to build your base and they shall begin to contact you directly for projects, without having to set up a formal website for it. I never believed that a website can help to give an independent writer enough of a high profile to help grow his business because the writer will have to pay every step of the way for advertising and SEO optimization. Something that is eliminated by bidding on jobs instead. It is far easier to win bids when you already have a notable ranking in these websites and, like I said earlier, getting repeat business is also easier to achieve. However, if you really want to go the formal route in starting your business, there is nothing wrong with that. Provided you have the money to burn for promotional purposes.

If a writer has the ambition to break out on his own to make a decent earning for himself, who are we to say "don't do it" ? Go-getters like the OP and others here to have managed to stay afloat and keep a decent savings account to tide them over the slow days should be admired and encouraged. Working for other people may assure a person of a regular income, but not in our line of work. If a writer is attached to a company, there may be instances when the salary will be delayed. Even with the legitimate companies, there are instances when there is a slight delay in salary payouts for reasons "beyond their control".

If the independent writer is in a financial position to try and create his own business, where he is only answerable to the client, then he should be encouraged to do so. If one wishes to get the lion's share of a student's payment, then dealing directly with the client is only way to go. The independent writer only has to pay for work related expenses then, after clearing that, all the money is his. So yes, working for oneself, or at least trying it out is well worth the effort. After all, if one has the ambition but does not try to achieve it, then he has already lost.

There's really no reason that any aspiring writer needs to make a choice between one and the other. Most of us who have successfully made the transition to independence did so only after working for essay companies (for many years) while simultaneously building up our private clientele, albeit slowly. Just work for essay companies and try your best to find your own private clients at the same time.

Earlier posts convey most of what I would say, but I want to add that limiting the subject area will limit the amount of work one will receive. The OP said , "I am thinking of starting my own essay writing site with humanities focus." Initially, it would typically be better to expand one's focus to build a strong client base. Later, when you're established and have cultivated your reputation, you could then scale back to specialize in a specific area. When starting out, you're already in a position where no one knows you as a go-to source, so you need to reach a wider audience. ;)

Even creating and launching a website itself is quite a technical task. I would not recommend not unless an individual is willing to put himself through such consequential situations. I also agree with the others with the suggestion that a person should focus more on working for essay companies and only moving away once he has an established following. Trying to get people to visit your site is one thing - trying to make people have faith in you for them to place orders is another.

Starting your own writing career via business website, where you have to be the client representative, writer, and QAD isn't as easy at it would seem. In theory it should be easy to do. In reality, it requires logistics, enough savings in the bank to tide you over till your earning are in the gray, and a series of steady student and professional clients to keep the financial wheels going. Thinking about it, it was not easy for me to recruit clients for my company at the start either. However, I stuck with it and, eventually, the company took off. Was it worth it? Not at first. Right now though, I live a comfortable enough life to say that going into business for myself was well worth the effort. Most specially when I found myself in a position to begin writers for my company during my 2nd year in business. I keep a small, happy, and satisfied staff of employees now. So yeah, I guess it is worth the effort. If you can stick to it until it takes off.