Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Why Choose Independent Freelance Writers?

Who are independent freelance writers? They are the ones who transact and deal directly with online clients without any middleman or freelance writing company.
There are thousands of freelance writing companies offering academic and web content writing services to clients across the globe. Some of the well-known freelance writing workplaces are elance.com, odesk.com, academia-research.com, allwriting.net, among many others. Most of these online writing companies offer services at exorbitant prices to online clients. However, the problem is there is no assurance whether the clients get what they have paid for.
There are also thousands of independent freelance writers who directly transact and deal with online clients. In this case, both parties— the provider and the client— are free to name their prices, give suggestions and additional information, discuss the manner by which they transact or communicate with each other, and set the terms of payment. Freelance writer who would like to work under this system must have computer and internet facilities, including ecommerce or online payment methods.
Most, if not all, independent online writers or those who individually transact with potential clients online have previously worked with freelance writing workplaces. Most independent freelance writers chose to leave their former companies because of untoward cases, such as scam, delayed payments, unfair terms and conditions set by the company, manipulation of plagiarism reports, manipulation of clients’ feedback, unfriendly and unfeeling technical support, and exploitation of online writers, among many others.
For clients, it is advisable that they first conduct company background check before placing an order with a particular freelance writing company. There are online writing companies that treat clients well, but are oppressive to their own writers. There are many advantages of online writing companies.


Disadvantages of online writing companies
They offer steep prices. Most freelance writing companies like academia-research.com, writers.ph, elance.com, odesk.com, allwriting.net, etc. offer high or even unreasonable prices to online clients. The thing is, only about 15 percent to 30 percent goes to freelance writers who do all the work, while a huge chunk of the client’s money goes to the company. Online writing companies need to keep their price list because they have employees to pay and a system to maintain.
Freelance writers are not really assessed. Most freelance writing companies do not really check on the writing facilities of their writers. There are some that easily admit freelance writers without conducting qualifying examinations or essay tests. As a result, online clients suffer and are usually barred by hidden terms and conditions of the freelance writing company.
Hidden terms and conditions. Most freelance writing companies have hidden terms and conditions that are unfair to both freelance writers and clients. Both online writers and clients need to be aware of the rules and terms and conditions of a particular company before clicking the start button.
Complaints and unfair treatment. Just use the search engine and try to google freelance writers’ and clients’ complaints about unscrupulous freelance writing companies. There are now sites and forums whose goal is to expose the modus operandi of a lot of online writing companies. Some of these sites are essayscam.org, scamessays.com, ghostwritinguncovered.com, etc.
These are some of the many reasons why it is safer to outsource the services of independent freelance writers, plus the fact that most of them deliver high quality results at affordable prices.

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