hi has anyone written for Academia Research?

They have paid me on time so far, two paydays for a total of $550. I hope that doesn't change. They wired me the money about 5 business days before their listed payday so that I would receive it on time. I could care less if they are based in the Ukraine or Ethiopia as long as they pay me my cash. Those two paychecks really restored my faith in this 'industry', with all the gloom and doom around I almost quit. For now, I'm glad I didn't.

For the last poster, I don't mean to be rude or anything but if the level of grammar and spelling shown in your last message is applied to your essays, I won't be surprised if there would be an adverse reaction among your clients leading the company to hold your pay.

A few casual and objective observations:


1. They made me a premium writer a couple of weeks ago, and I distinctly remember that they had a "premium writer" link (apparently removed) where they elucidated on the benefits on being one. Supposedly, a premium writer gets a higher CPP and could get any order at will. Turns out a premium writer could only get 4 at a time. Still a decent proposition though, as you could get choice subjects without having to compete with others. As for the higher CPP, didn't really notice any difference. Shucks.


2. When you get a repeat customer, you would supposedly get a 20% bonus on the order. I had three repeat customers last pay cycle and I never got any bonus. I'm still waiting word on this.



3. The number of orders have gone down dramatically over the past week. While I haven't really felt its effects as I'm busy with my day job, I am really curious as to why this is happening. I can only empathize with those who write full-time; the lack of choices make it all the more difficult.


4. I have had a pretty decent experience so far with their support staff. However, past couple of weeks they seem to be less visible than usual, and seem to be harder to reach. I wonder what is up.


So there. My Academia experience has so far been generally positive, which makes me all the more believe the "selective compensation" theory I have read in one of the earlier posts. While the intrinsic shadiness is enough to spook anyone (the phone number that is next to the impossible to get through, the empire state building address that has since been removed, etc.) for me the most important thing is that THEY PAY and that it is ON TIME. I will be the first one to post here if they didn't. They really seem bent on staying in the business, and as long as the money keeps coming they're okay in my book.

The semester is just about over for most colleges and universities in the US. Many schools are having their commencement ceremonies in the next week or two.

Yeah? Essaywriters.net owner is Mizyuk, same as Academia-research, so I thought they should have at least the same policies. i work for EW and i have gone from reserver to usual to premium in a month (which should say a lot about how i operate.ahem), and right now, i can take as much as 15 orders at a time. i wonder why its different for academia? :-?

School is out for the moment, which explains the decrease in the number of orders, but classes will resume by August, so heads up!

Good for you! I hope you continue having good experiences with them. just be honest when dealing with these guys because they give an eye for an eye. if you work good, they pay on time. otherwise, say goodbye to your chances of ever getting your pay. sucks for those who cry over getting scammed by EW or any other essaywriting companies they've worked for. maybe they just dont work honestly enough, or maybe they just dont have the persistence to fight for what is rightfully theirs. instead, they waste their energies going around forums narrating their sad stories instead of reserving it for demanding for their pay with their respective companies. *sighs*

Thanks for brightening up my morning.

About 400 of my orders were repeat customers and I never received the bonus they said they will give us. However, since I am in the process of bringing legal action against them, I am not concerned. I will bring them to their knees in more ways than one.
1) never paid the bonuses which they stipulated
2) Employer fraudulently assumes an alternate identity when speaking to writers (employers cannot do that by law)
3) failure to pay in a timely fashion
4) failure to pay for completed orders
All of the above are grounds for a lawsuit as they are in violation of fair employment laws.

However, will not kid myself and claim that a lawsuit will bring them down - shake them up but not bring them done. So, to destroy their reputation - at least for an extended period of time, I am doing the following:

have compiled a list of 108 students who have submitted work that they ordered via academia (masterpapers, customessays, grandessays, etc. ... all of the names they operate under) and the universities they attend. For each of these students, have prepared the assignment details, as ordered, and the work they received. Will send it to the Academic Integrity Committees at their universities - in other words, 108 students who have had dealings with masterpapers (and all Alex's sites) will get into a heap of trouble. So, plan is to bring them down by having students fear coming near Alex's essay-writing services and by having universities issue warnings to students about dealing with masterpapers, etc.

to those who say just work honestly with Academia and all will be ok - for 3 years I did just that and have received more positive feedback and more repeat customers than any other writer. I can assure you that no writer has anything close to the 514 reward points I accumulated just last years alone. My work is clean and top notch. I am the only writer who wrote for them in English, French, German and Spanish (as a first language, mind you). I always allowed them to talk me back into reconsidering my decision to leave whenever they would act up. However, having been scammed just one too many times by them, I left. No, the longer you stay, the worse it becomes.

Goes to show what a foolish company it is, to lose a writer who worked for them for three years and wrote in four languages!

Thing is, if I have to be persistent in fighting for what is rightfully mine or if I need to reserve my energy to demand for my pay, then this should tell me something isn't quite right about the company with which I'm connected.

Having to 'spread the word' about one's sad experience is also a form of fighting for one's rights and a way to warn others as well. It's hardly a waste if you're able to help keep others from falling for the same ploys.

Thank you so much!!! Thank God I found this site! I was going to start working for this site. I had suspicions about this 'writing company' from the begining after one of the so called superviors emailed from Academia Research stating that she didn't get my sample writing because 'she don't got word 2007.' Another thing is when I got accepted to the site I saw a number of complaints from other writers and customers saying they wanted their money back. I guess that made me think lol !

Please do not work for this site. They cheat. They pay for some time; later slowly you realise that they thrive on cheating writers and students alike. Many people known to me had bitter experiences here.

I will notify more people of your site so they do not get caught up in this writing scam. I wanted to believe it was legit until the email.

Please, How do we know you are not part of the admin at Academia Research ?

My first time on the academia website the admin. seemed to be speaking about 'slight delays' in payment. It is not neccessary reassuring for a first timer.

shireen,

I've noticed that there are only two or three people that claimed they were paid from this company . However, I believe the majority

I am a student. But I have friends who have written for Academia. The payments are regularly delayed, they were told every time that there was some problem not with essays, but with their Billing Company, which is always too busy to pay. I was also told that if you let them know that you are leaving, you can forget the rest of your salary. They always keep an amount on hold to have a hold over you. Students, my own batchmates, have had awful experience with this company. Another company one should never go near is Project1stclass and its sister concerns.

dear writersbeware:
i am almost certain u r from essaywriters.net. in one of the blogs i found u supporting essaywriters nd now this about academia-research.. ********! academia research is a fine company which really values its writers. i am a premium writer there and had no problems with payment. moreover when it is delayed by a few days they inform us and also have all the courtesy to give a reason. not like essaywriters.net where they dont even release the meagre amount after all the unjust deductions and want to swallow all the profits. rarely u will find zero orders in available and this constant search for writers continue. academia research is far far better than most other sites out there.

ROFLMAO!

EW_Writer

please control your laughs because at the end of the day because that can prove only your ignorance or purposeful misleading.. i will not be surprised if u are writers beware with a different name. thanks

You're an idiot. That is all.


LMAO, please post the URL. I can't wait.

Academia-research.com is a well-known, PROVEN scam operation. Please don't make me post all of my evidence.

You are an idiot. That is all.

Who's this guy anyway? Just entered the scenery and suddenly he/she feels like knowing anyone's identity in this site. Pretty lame.........

Yes,I can solve your doubt clearly.Academia-Research Co.is damn fraud company,No doubt they will trap you.Because I'm a victim of their deception.But their way of decieving the writers is quite diffrent.I was working for this co. for 1 year and initially I was paid ,but irregularly.But in last moment ,while my gross income became morethan $ 400 they stopped my payments for various fabricated reasons,eventhough the customers very much happy with my works.If u keep on searching other writer's work in this particular co. U'll surely have the idea abt their functioning.I advice u not to keep trust on this co..

hi sangeetha...which state r u from?I am also from India..

presently at WB ,Are u here as a "voice of victim " of such bogus companies like academia-research?

Students do not like this company. I think it is an American company; but don't have a great reputation.

academia-research is absolutely NOT an American company. It is based in Ukraine.

Don't know. Call themselves American and charge in dollars. Pay the writers in dollars as well.

It is irrefutable. I have posted ample evidence.

I heard that an affiliated body of FBI "Internet crime complaint center" can help to trap such scam writing companies.Has anyone got more info abt its working?

I have mentioned this in another thread. Academia, I believe, pays only £2 per page now to its writers and charges many many times more to the clients.

@sangeetha as an internet lawyer I would certainly endorse your advice.But the thing is that anyone can check the IP addresses of these companies on their own and steer clear of them.A few months ago WB did some excellent investigation about these Ukaraine frauds and exposed them.The thing is that having a UK/US bank account and registration is a good sign that the the company can be sued in a reliable legal jurisdiction but even then there are companies out there which defraud writers.This mandates more of a need to organise the writers or have a regulatory body to keep things fair in the industry.

@dreamer yes indeed Academia Research is less evil of all the evil Ukaraine frauds and they do pay peanuts.If you must make a good amount of living try joining some nice UK companies or established American companies like Essaytown.Otherwise you are setting yourself up for peanuts.A UK writer can make an average of 2000-3000 pounds a month if they provide good quality work.Same goes for Essaytown.I have seen my friends receive generous payments from them.But whatever you do not waste your talent and your words on peanuts.I have seen so many employers in my career as a freelancer.I remember once in my early days as a freelancer i became very ill and had to cancel work I was doing for coursework4you.They were so nice to me and didn't fine me at all.I explained my situation to them and they understood my predicament.Infact when I recovered they sent me work again and trusted me.If you are an honest writer you will find good employers.
Another very polite and caring employer is Essaytown.When corresponding with them,I was particularly impressed by the good manners of their admin and they have very good reviews as employers over all in the industry.Same goes for manuscriptservices and essayacademy.They have good people sitting there who understand you as a normal human being.
On the other extreme you have the very snobbish Academic Knowledge and Deveroux and Deloitte...probably the biggest vampires known to the industry.They are worse than Academia Research and the other Ukaranian frauds...or even that guy at Project First Class....They give you 600 pounds worth of work and then slap a 300 pound fine...You never receive your arrears while quitting their company and their letters of subtle legal threats roughly resemble the ones Peter Richardson of Project1stclass writes.Should you be an hour late for your work or have a personal problem AK and D and D will fine you and be very rude to you....

It's not about the money all the time....its about politeness and valuing you as a writer.And when it comes to these two things the top rank goes to essaytown and coursework4you and then the other companies.These are flexible companies and wont threaten to sue you everytime you are 5-10 minutes late for your submission.They have ethics and they have been there for a longtime.
So dont be put off with people trying to exploit your talent.There are good caring people in the industry as well.I know this because there came a time when I was so ill I could not even move to take care of myself.But these companies never took me off their books and even asked me how I was doing in my recovery.

The rule is if you are an honest and ethical writer you will find honest and ethical writing companies easily.It will take time and some disappointments.But in the long run it will pay off definitely.

Thank you for ur info.,I'm also lawyer,I'm planning to forward an online complaint against this company(Academia-Research) in ic3.

Yes but watch out...you must do your investigation/homework before you sue them or complains....begin by having a look at their terms of agreement.
See if it has a legal jurisdiction clause,the applicable law,whether anyone else has sued this company before(how when where successfully or not) and try and join your claim with similar claimants/aggrieved parties....it is a long list but some homework pays off....WB and Hkhalek on this forum can really help you out....

This company is one of the biggest all-time cheats. You will lose the will to live if you write for them.

U r right Serene.I considered this company(AR) as my permanant employer and rendered a sincere service to them.They also admitted this fact by giving a number of rewards to me.But they are just money minded people ,not keen abt the hardworking writers.Anyhow let's see how far they can go?

Ah yes, but MAK is a disgruntled writer, and I've posted a very good explanation elsewhere in the forum of what we can, and cannot, legally do under our contract. We're subject to UK law like any other company based in the UK and so the idea that we can just slap on a huge fine for a piece of work that is an hour late will be very amusing to anyone who knows even a little about contracts and penalty clauses.

MAK also refuses to identify himself/herself because to do so would allow me to properly comment on the accusations they are making. Fair, don't you think?



Is this still on the forum somewhere?

Maybe its the veiled threats written into the contract that persuades Mak to remain anonymous like me.

I sent the evidence to WB who I trust since she has no beneficial interest in any of the sites and she can verify the email I sent with the exorbitant fine, That's proof enough for me.

I did receive and verify exwriter's email.

You two work very closely though - you could be from the same organisation. All three of you (WB, EW, Mak) make similar posts - all three of you seem to be pro the same companies and against the same companies - I don't even know that you're different people, and neither does anyone else. You could have three accounts. It's not really very good evidence, is it.

I have absolutely no connection with Mak or WB but I have plenty of connections with the law society and the bar council.

WB is in america and I am in UK- ask the bar council :)