EssayWriters.net And Content Gurus: The Inside Truth

Try READING all of the previous posts before accusing people of being racist!

Does everybody already receive his/her payments from essaywriters?

thank you esther for asking that. being essaywriter's liaison here, your last posting only means that your company has decided to pay everyone.

i only wish management has vowed to make that a matter of policy. you see, regular and prompt payment is more efficient PR and makes for sound business management.

but wait, i'm really interested in devangini. what about jaebaeli. would you know if they've been paid?

Esther, how many people have you ripped off today alone? Just curious . . . .

I want to know how someone who writes a question like that could possibly write an essay for someone to present to a professor for a grade. We all know the answer, Esther. You don't.

Hello, guys!
I was really upset the last time I was on this forum, but anger or frustration is not typical for me, besides we already got over the issue and I'm grateful for that. Seems that I missed a lot, anyway I want to share some news with you and ask for your advice and help. The thing is that I was fined by Essaywriters.net and support girl was speaking of plagiarism issue. I think I was not plagiarising, but the girl showed me the report and explained. Maybe I don't get some things, I never had that issue before. I did a lot of research online and now I'm totally lost in controversial resources. What guidelines you use to avoid plagiarism?

The support woman probably has NO idea what plagarism is. They may be scheming you out of your funds to keep for themselves. They've done that many writers who worked under their company.

I got a report analyses! This is what they call the newly implemented feature or smth. They say quality assurance dept submitted that report. I was fined for being inattentive, I've forgotten to put two of my quotes in quotation marks. Sad, cause I kinda hoped to be fully compensated for that order, but well, maybe I still can work it out with them, I mean it was only a slip. I will share information on how the things are going on with them. Anyway, I'm happy because I have great plans for the weekend. Hope you have a good one too!

LOL... i spent way too much time reading the posts here... so interesting.


First... I was looking at essaywriters.net when i was trying to find a place to write for... I am glad I found this site afterwards though, not going to work for those chumps.

A question for those of you who have worked with them, I noticed they listed in the "why you should work for us" page that they provided access to services [i]like[i] Questia (which is a decent service for looking up articles and books when you are snowed in ) I was just wondering if this was true? Do they give their authors access to such databases as Questia? I wonder this, because it seems profitable to me for a college student to write for them one small essay a month just for the free subscription to databases which run about 130 American a year...


Anyway back to the thread... I have dealt with "infiltrator" threads like this before, you see those people that are obviously from essaywriters.net are just decoys for the real infiltrators... some of the people claiming to have major problems and drug it on, and then said "oh look I got paid" are really essaywriters.net cronies too. After a reread I am sure most of you legit people can tell who they are.

Also... if you give those obvious decoys pointers on the English language... its going to make the threads less funny to read, because they might actually become more proficient in English, therefore becoming harder to distinguish. oh... who am I kidding these guys are never going to learn...

well, its 6am but i enjoyed the thread.

Hi Ska,

Glad you enjoyed it and even happier that you are smart enough to heed the advice of those of us trying to warn potential future writers for Essaywriters. I never used Questia. According to the way it was supposed to have worked while I was writing for them, you had to call and request a time frame and they would supposedly reserve that for you. They must have had a limited number of users for the site, probably one! LOL! Now that you mention it, I would also be interested in finding out if anyone ever used it or requested to use it.

Here's the url to an article I wrote about Essaywriters.

http://onedrflday.gather.com/viewSubTag.jspmemberGrpName=onedrflday&tagName =essay%20scams

Yeah, my friend i sent the link to before i read this page joined. He said that the Questia must be a position by one person who goes and downloads the book after your request it, and then posts it.

He still wants to try writing some for them. I advised him not to, but he said he found a couple he already has a solid base with and would be good writing exercise anyway if he doesn't get paid. I told him that I warned him. LOL

I could use the money, if it were real... just don't want to waste the time on one of these places that may or may not have to pay. It seems hard to find a place that actually is legit to work for! lol.

Well from what I've seen here, they seem to pay the first time you are owed money, though not on time and only if you give them a hard time about it, . After that is when I see that people are just not getting paid by them. They take advantage of the fact that you have trusted them and then they hold back the money.

I first started to wonder about them when I wrote an article for someone that decided that they wanted something different from what they first asked me to write about. It was a totally different topic. I called them and they made believe they had a bad connection. When I presented to them through an email that they were also getting ripped off because this person would be getting 2 essays for the price of one, they all of a sudden backed off and I got paid for the first one. They are really not very smart people, just dishonest.

Ive noticed some of you managed to get your money back from essaywriters aka essayscumbags. Can anyone tell me how??? Ive spoken to all the fake susans and julias and richards...they just seem to lie and give me a different excuse everytime. I called about four times and all four times their accountant wasnt in the office.

I dont want to give up on it...

They probably do not have an accountant so he/she will NEVER be in the office. They read these threads so if you want to email me at my onedrflday2day@yahoo.com address, I will tell you what I think. If I do it here they will just read it and do the opposite.

I am just unhappy that they are still in business. I just saw an ad for them yesterday looking for people in Ithaca, NY. Of course, it makes no difference where they are from, but the ad was for an Ithaca, NY candidate.


I am just unhappy that they are still in business. I just saw an ad for them yesterday looking for people in Ithaca, NY. Of course, it makes no difference where they are from, but the ad was for an Ithaca, NY candidate.

Hi. I'm a newbie here. I'm looking for a good writing site. If that essaywriters scams writers, can anyone recommend one that doesn't? I read so many scams discussed here. Don't want to labor and then don't get paid. :(

write a long letter to them. Threaten them if they don't pay you, you will commit suicide. I guess, this trick might work! give it a try, it will cost you nothing.

THEY PAID MEEE...YEaaaaaaaaa...

atleast thats whats written on the website..ill check with my bank tomm and find out!

what payment mode did they use?

The best way to work with Essaywriters.net as a freelancer and get paid on time is always pick the order with few number of references. Don't cite the source more than in one sentence. And never pick the urgent orders.

Wrong. The "best" option is not to work for them AT ALL! What's wrong with you people who continue to enable the EssayWriters.net crime spree? I hope they take for you for all your worth--you deserve it!

how does the number of references relate to being paid on time? what about the choice of urgent orders? why would you know that?

i disagree. i don't think they'll ever pay on time. i'm inclined to believe onedrfl's view that they probably don't have an accountant, a full-time one at least.

I agree with Amy. We've all had bad experiences with them -- and similar too. why continue working for them?

workfromhomemom, has Essaywriters.net already paid even a portion of its $800 balance?

hi essayer. no payments received. was reading threads on other topics here. someone called our earnings as salaries. i wouldnt call it that for the amount we receive are not fixed and regular. essaywriters.net uses the term "salary" too. obviously those support reps and web content writers for that company don't understand the meaning of the word.

ask their reps to define plagiarism in their own words and they can't define it. ask them to tell the difference between a direct quote and a paraphrase but they won't give you an answer. terrible. they shouldn't be in the writing business because they don't know anything about research and writing!

Strictly in a legal sense, it should not be referred to as 'salary'-it may be called 'professional fees.' Please allow me to share with you my thoughts:

1-We have discretion to choose from the hundreds of orders at EW.net;
2-once we take an order, we are bound by the terms of the policies of EW.net--that is, at X price per page and for a total of N pages, and for the written product to be uploaded on or before the deadline specified;
3-After 1 and 2 has been complied with by us, the total amount for the project/task as appearing in the order, is reflected in our respective Earnings Report. This means that payment for that written piece has been paid by the client and processed by EW.
4.-The rest of the payment goes to the pocket of EW. We only receive a fraction of what the client pays. This is capitalism--EW has overhead expense and profit margin.
5-I am not bothered by the fact that they do get a larger portion. After all, I have the option not to take a particular writing project if I feel that the price vis-a-vis the nature of the research is underpriced.
6-What bothers me is the fact that-EW can unilaterally and arbitrarily 'pull out' a part of our earnings/fees without notice to us. Legally, the Earnings Report is a contract of fees receivable by us--it is an identified amount SEGREGATED for us to receive on the dates specified in their polcy, i.e. for work done from 1-15 of the month to be paid on 1-3 on the immediately following month; and for work done 16-31 (30) on 15-18 on the immediately following month.
Therefore, they must strictly comply with the above because we already have a RIGHT over the fees stated in the report. Taking it out without notice to us and without basis and cause (based on the written policy) is ROBBING us of our money.
7-What bothers me is--based on what I read from these threads--writer who is charged with plagiarism, will not receive his total earnings as EW will withhold his fees receivables.
I read their policies on this issue and I find it a bit vague and incomplete. For whatever it is worth, there should be a time frame and procedure to allow the writer accused of plagiarism to DISPUTE the report. Moreover, withholding the total fees is a bit unjust. There should also be gradation of offenses, for instance if one writer is accused for the first time of plagiarism for a particular project--then the fees for that project should be held by EW pending the resolution of the dispute and NOT the total fees receivable which includes other past projects. Perhaps, if the writer has already been found guilty of the offense in the past and is accused again of the same offense for the second and third time--then it SHOULD only be the time when EW can withhold the total receivables.
I feel that the company should make clear, definite and specific policies. It should consult writers too. They also have to realize that in this business they need to protect not only their interests but also of the writers and their valued clients.
They need to protect their writers from unscrupulous clients who accuse without basis, those who demand unreasonable revisions.
For instance, if the client demands revision of work based on instructions which are different from the previous work order--EW should charge a new fee for the revision and pay the writer a part of that too.
Finally. on plagiarism--there should be a clear policy on what it constitutes--for instance--References can NOT be part of the plagiarism charge--how to write entries for bibliography is based on rules and therefore--similar patterns result.
To hold otherwise would be absurd because consequently, all the authors and writers would be all guilty of plagiarism.

I just wanted to be clear about Content Gurus, they are NOT an essay writing company.. they are a keyword writing company. This means they write simple one page articles on a particular keyword. No stellar writing required, it's for the search engines.

The pay is not huge, but it is comparable to other companies just like theirs. Also, of course they use writers to get the work done, there is no secret there. How else would they get it done? They also edit, plagiarise check and produce high quality work for clients. I know this as I have beena client of theirs for months.

Before beginning to work with them, they laid it all out on the table as to what they do...which is contract freelance writers and editors to produce keyword content for website owners and others looking for articles. Their website says the same thing, and it's never been a secret.

So my question would be why they would even be compared to an essay writing company, let alone be brought up at all?

My question is "Why do you come to an ESSAY forum and degrade ESSAY writing companies"?

It's obvious that you are affiliated with them. Why not just be honest instead of masquerading as some random, unbiased person who somehow knows the company's inner workings?

eyy.. haha.. im glad i found this site.. ive been writing for them for about 4 months no.. i got paid for the last 3 months.. im waiting for the latest payments.. but im beginning to believe you guys.. loL

How have you been, Amy? i just got an email from someone that read all this and still worked for them and now wants to know what he can do. I told him in different words that if he didn't get the hint not to work for them from here then there was really nothing I could do for him and he had plenty of warning. I don't feel sorry for people that have been here and have read what we have said and still think their experience will be different. They deserve what they get, or what they don't get, as the case may be.

They use the term salaries because they are foreigners and do not know what a salary is. It's just plain and simple misuse of the word in their case.

what best evidence can you provide that these outfits are mostly composed of ukrainians?

Here is something I found awhile back. Also, from speaking to them on the phone, and having an American Russian friend, I know how they speak.

"Masterpapers.com is owned by Vitchenko Alexey, a ukrainian-national, a former ICU-Kiev Student (www.icu-kyiv.net/forum/memberlist.php?sid=b5b9b97458dc1a0d9e0af387c91f4b96 or cashed)

You can find out more about him at the Ukrainian grievances forum when he cheated not only customers but also his Ukrainian writers. (http://gb.com.ua/?id=writers) As far as I understand from reading the forum, he was the co-owner of bestessays.com and after cheating on his writers and his partner (named Yuri, Ukrainian, owner of bestessays.com), he used the trophy to open his masterpapers.com. The message board discusses everything in 13 pages of discussion.

It would be a great idea if someone who speaks Russian could translate the forum into English for American students to find out more about the company that markets itself too actively.

From that Ukrainian-Russian forum one learns that Alexey Vitchenko operates his website with his girlfriend Ksyusha (full name Aksenia in Russian), a person who introduces herself as "Ashley Taylor", I suppose. Still, if one speaks about emails, he can pretend to be Ashley Taylor, can't he?"

One note - just to be objective and not to put down someone because of their nationality. The fact that the owner's name sounds "Russian" shouldn't imply the guy is good or bad. Google, Inc was established by "Sergei Brin" [Сергей Брин]- someone who was born in Moscow, Russia.

I just said, my friend is Russian. Who is implying that we are putting down anyone because of their nationality? Just is a fact that that is who this particular group is. Doesn't have anything to do with anything to do with any kind of prejudice. I think it is fairly safe to assume that they are, indeed, Russian if everything is written in that language, however.

I feel compelled to point out a couple problems Army.

You need to remove the comma between "product" and "either".
The first sentence of the second block is parochial. A professional writer would rephrase the sentence to avoid having "for" twice within three words; oh, and "that" after "The bottom line is..." is completely out of place and the hallmark of a novice.

Perhaps you should revise as follows: The bottom line is anyone who writes with poor grammar and sentence structure* has no business writing professionally*** for American customers.

In yet another punctuation gaff you used the apostrophe wrong in "writer's". In your use "feelings" are possessed by the writers. You would punctuate as if you are referring to one writer because you made the topic singular by using the word "any" before "writer".

Sorry if that hurts writers' feelings... is arguably** correct.
Sorry if that hurts any writers' feelings... is incorrect.

I noticed in another post that you placed semi-colons after each of your numbered points. I don't know who told you that is how you do it but they do need to be slapped repetitively and without mercy. All the semi-colons do is distract the reader due to the rareness of a semi-colon; again, another example of something a pro would know that a novice wouldn't. For the love of our language use periods or nothing at all. I'm aware you're trying to show us that all your points have commonality but we already know that as you have numbered them! Can you say "redundant"?

Lastly, while technically correct your last sentence is another example of a series of words no professional writer would use together. "Native language" is another parochial choice of words. "Native tongue" would punch it up considerably. I'm sure with a little effort you could find an entirely different way that both says the same thing and makes you look professional.

I am aware I'm using the asterisks wrong. I placed them after the word in question in an effort to remove any ambiguity.

*Using "sentence structure" in lieu of "word choice" is how a pro does it.
**You could get away without the apostrophe at all in that particular example.
***Since grade school we understand that a professional is someone who gets paid to do something.

You want to start a grammatical war with me, buddy?

My posts here are not "manuscript." Would you like me to tear apart your post in the other thread? You're nowhere near my equal with a keyboard, and you're surely not worth my time. I don't even put forth any effort in my posts, yet my posts are far superior to yours. Obviously, you went over your post in this thread with a fine-tooth comb, and it's still riddled with mistakes and embarrassing falsehoods in an attempt to "correct" me. LOL. Where did you earn your PhD in English Language?



LOL. WRONG. Get back in class, Jethro. I won't even bother making you look the fool in any other regard--it's too easy.

First of all, are you in love with me? I feel as though I should seek an online restraining order.

Secondly, Jethro, a semicolon is used to communicate a "pause" that is slightly longer than a comma. From what deep, dark crevice did you pull the following nonsense?



Yes, you're the "pro." Wink, wink.

By the way, one does not "say" anything while communicating online (barring the use of a microphone). One "types."

I haven't laughed so much in a long time.

CORRECTION: For a while today I've been referring to Amy as Army. I've cleaned my glasses and can see better now. Sorry about the mistake Amy... even perfect people like us make them once in a while ;)

Your posts aren't manuscripts? Really? Let me see if I understand you; I don't want to get this wrong. Because your posts aren't manuscripts it is ok to have errors in them but it isn't ok for others to have errors in theirs? Or are you saying as long as our opinion is the same as yours you'll overlook errors but if our opinion differs from yours and you have no intelligent rebuttal you'll tear our posts to shreds?

I'm not your equal huh? I agree. I've had six-figure sales for screenplays I've written. I've had five-figure options on others. Books I've written have been on the list, how many have you put there? I have an agent, I'm sure you don't. How am I sure? Because you wouldn't be on this site exposing yourself to potential legal action over a couple hundred bucks! I'm not your equal, I'm your superior. You can be Queen of the Words here on these boards and draft better posts than me. I'll stick to being Lord of my fat bank account created by the words I've used.



Am I in love with you? Perhaps. I suppose that's for me to know and you to find out. I've always liked the sound of "Amy" rolling off my lips in the morning. I'll have to ponder that a bit and get back to you;)

I'm glad to see you paid attention to your grammar book Amy. However, had you taken the time to learn more about punctuation you would've learned that semicolons are a dying thing. Had you any feel for writing in "common language" you'd know to refrain from using them except when you really want to draw attention to that part of your work.

Here's the part where I spill some knowledge onto the page so grab your pencil, crayons or whatever you're allowed to write with and take notes.

Writing isn't what your professors demanded from you in class. It is about communicating with people on a level, in a way they will understand. You are trying to get whatever idea that is trapped inside your mind into theirs. Getting that exact picture across takes skill and patience. You have neither at this point. Sure you may be able to pull straight A's for your work but that's all you know at this point.

I say that without knowing anything about you other than what you've posted. If I had to venture a guess, I would say you suffer from some sort of inferiority complex. Did you spend your adolescence being thought of as stupid? Do you feel the uncontrollable need to display your intelligence? I'm sure you do. The way you talk down to people on these boards supports my theory. Because of that need is why your work came back as plagiarized. Confused? That doesn't surprise me. I'll clear it up for you provided you promise to understand that this is only a partial picture based on what info my research has churned up to this point.

When a student buys an essay or whatever and turns it in he/she runs the risk of getting busted. The crime? Plagiarism. When a professor discovers work he/she knows the student didn't do, he/she marks that work as plagiarized material. Watch closely, here comes the part that makes me look really, really smart. In definition the work IS plagiarized. The student tried to pass the work of another person off as his/her own. Classic textbook plagiarism. In an academic atmosphere it doesn't matter if the student paid for it and owns it. In the end it still is work done by another presented as the work of the student.

What happens next is where the headache begins for the author of the work. The student complains to the site they purchased the work from. Still watching closely? Need me to define any of the big words before going on? The site in question, like many others, is set up to keep you from getting paid. They sell the work "as is, no refund" and create a tricky list of requirements and disqualifiers that the writer has to navigate to ensure payment. Shady? Yes. Uncommon in the writing industry? No.

In short, they will pay you as the time table states. The trick is for you to work within the requirements and avoid the disqualifiers. If you do that and the student doesn't get busted, you will get your money as promised. Even if the student gets busted you can get your money. The trick is navigating the convoluted appeal process when a plagiarism complaint is leveled against you. Frankly, if your student gets busted it is just as mush your fault as it is theirs. Like hell you say?

You're a professional. Because of that fact you have your ego in check. You've agreed to write something anonymously. You should've taken the time to make sure your final product isn't above your customer's pay grade. You didn't do that, did you? No, I think not. You wanted to show the student and his professor how smart you are. You used a million dollar vocabulary and every format and punctuation rule you could pull from a Quick Access book to show that student how lucky he was to have you; the Queen of the Words, working for them. The result was your student got nailed for plagiarism and you didn't get your money.
Instead of taking the time to follow the appeal process as you agreed to do when you checked the box accepting the terms, you argued with them and ran around blasting them. How sad.

Go ahead and run around these boards picking on writers you feel are not your equal. Go forth almighty Queen of the Words and spread forth all the textbook grammatically correct work you can. Ignore the advice of those who know, those who've been there and done that. Keep putting those words down just as your English teachers taught you, you'll do them proud. You won't be alone. You're not the only one out there that knows it all. Go. Have your fun. The rest of us? The rest of us will be right here collecting our money.