WE DO NOT RECOMMEND CustomWritings TO OUR READERS
CustomWritings is rated 2.73 by ScamFighter and is not on our TOP Writing Services
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Executive Summary
Online Reputation
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Minimal deadline
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Customer Support
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Free Revisions
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Minimal price
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Free Plagiarism Report
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Available Discount
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Years in Business
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Today, I want to introduce customwritings.com, another writing service that I have recently found within the boundlessness of the Internet. The company has average prices. On their website, you can find only positive reviews, and it seems quite suspicious because there are lots of negative comments about this service on the Internet. People complain about the quality of papers provided by non-ENL writers. Some state that their writing is on a high school level, even when you order a dissertation work. Hence, if you have a simple essay, you can choose a standard writer and you will get an average quality paper.
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Customwritings.com: Service Review
Sometimes, it seems that essay writing companies have some sort of competition for the least creative name. Really, what can be less memorable than a title like customwritings? I can easily mistake it for a dozen other companies with similar titles. Okay, maybe I am just nitpicking because the goal of this review is to evaluate the quality of service, not the creativity of their marketing team. So, let's see what this essay writing company can offer.
I started my analysis with testimonials placed on this website. It is my favorite section because here you can easily understand if the company likes to bend the truth. Being an experienced user of writing companies, I know one thing for sure, and that is, perfect services don’t exist. Everybody makes mistakes from time to time, and it is normal. Even NASA cannot always launch rockets successfully.
But what will we see reading the testimonials on customwritings com? - They have somewhat close to a hundred of comments, and they all say something like “The paper is well-written…”, “This is an amazing work which I've never seen before…”, “Outstanding work, as always..,” and so on. I spent about 20 minutes to look through more than 70 pieces of feedback and I didn’t find at least one testimonial which said “Well, I got a B for the paper I ordered here. Still not bad, I would have written worse.” However, on their main page, you can find statistics which have an average quality score of 8.5 out of 10.
So, why couldn’t I find negative or at least average reviews? I will never believe that there was not at least one pissed-off customer who wrote a wrathful comment. Hence, I come to a conclusion that the company either has only fake testimonials or they delete the negative ones and those that don’t praise the service enough.
Another thing that I usually check is samples because they are the company's image and they must be perfect to assure me that the company can write high-quality papers. I found 15 samples of different academic levels, disciplines, and topics. Looking through some of them, I noticed a dissertation chapter and decided to examine it more carefully. Well, it was not even necessary. I immediately saw the errors without having to read through the entire thing. The writer missed an indent in the first paragraph. What a shame!
I scrolled down a few pages, and again - an extra space where it shouldn’t be. It seems that somebody has forgotten to reread the paper before uploading it. I remind you, it is a sample, a paper written in advance with plenty of time for revisions. Moreover, it is a dissertation chapter, a type of work that is assigned to a writer with a Master’s or PhD degree. In other words, to the best ones.
I scrolled to the bottom of the paper and found one more similar misstep. Two extra spaces, bingo!
Some of you may say that it is not a glaring mistake. Well, maybe you are right, but let me remind you one thing. It is a writing company that provides professional academic service for money. You pay money, and they promise to do everything for you. And what do you get? Bad formatting? I just looked through the paper, didn’t even read it carefully or checked the sources. It was a sample, and they failed to check it twice before uploading. I am a bit confused and disappointed, but let’s move forward.
Strengths and Weaknesses
PROS:
- Good prices
- Unlimited free revisions within 7 days
- A cumulative discount system up to 15%
- A friendly customer support agent
CONS:
- The necessity to enter an email address to chat with a customer support agent
- Inattentiveness to some details
- Renaming of the brand. Previously the company had a different name - Brownie Freelance but changed it because of lots of negative reviews
- English native-speaking writer is only available for an additional price
Customwritings: Testimonials
If you search for customwritings reviews online, you will find mostly positive feedback about this company. As a rule, they are quite short and consist of some general phrases. However, if you visit Sitejabber, you will read many negative comments like this one.
On their website, I found information about their location and decided to check it.
On companieshouse.gov.uk I found that such a company really exists and all information about its location is true. However, I also noticed that customwritings was previously known as Brownie Freelance until 2012.
Wait, but in the About Us section, they claim to have been working since 2005 as Customwritings company, not Brownie Freelance or something.
Making a quick investigation, it became clear why they are no longer using their old name. I found out that this Brownie Freelance company was also known under other names like BuyEssay.org, WriteMyEssayOnline.com, and SmartWritingService.com. All these companies had some kind of bad reputation. They had many complaints about poor services and writers who are not native English speakers. The registration address of some companies is the same, and the rest of them just do not mention it. So, is customwritings legit? - I cannot say for sure.
Customwritings.com Review: Assurances
As always, on their website, you can find revision and refund policies. The revision policy allows getting an unlimited number of revisions during first 7 days. The money-back guarantee seems to be honest, and they explain in detail the cases in which you can request a refund. They even promise to give a discount code for another order if you are unsatisfied with your paper. As for me, it is a good advantage because the majority of services I visited before had on average 3 free revisions and a very tricky money-back guarantee policy.
I checked the site about three times trying to find at least one phrase about on-time delivery but found nothing. Well, maybe it explains why almost 5% of customers according to their statistics do not receive papers on time.
So, you can be one of twenty unlucky clients who will get an order with a delay. And you probably cannot start a dispute about this issue because there was no single promise about on-time delivery. Quality paper? - Yes. Free revisions? - Here you are. On-time delivery? - Never promised that.
Scope of Services
They provide a large variety of paper types:
- essay
- research paper
- coursework
- case study
- article review
- speech
- term paper
I could continue this list with about twenty more types, but I could hardly name any types that you will not find anywhere else. In fact, they offer quite ordinary services which can satisfy the most common requests.
Custom Writing Review: Purchase Procedure
The ordering process is standard. As always, you need to select an academic level, type of paper, discipline, topic, and so on. Among the unordinary features, I can outline a writer’s category and progressive delivery.
A writer’s category allows selecting a writer based on their professional level. Before reaching this section, I couldn’t even imagine that I would have to pay 30% more for a native English writer. Wait, does it mean that if I chose the standard price, then a non-native professional will do my work? I contacted a customer support agent and my concerns proved to be true. Indeed, you will get a native English writer only if you pay extra.
Progressive delivery means that you will receive a paper step by step so that you can check the writer’s progress. This feature will cost you 10% more. Sounds like a useful and inexpensive method to control the quality of a writer’s work. However, when I decided to select this feature, I found out that it is available only for papers that cost at least 200 dollars and have a deadline of 5 days. So, that adds at least 20 more dollars to the price of your order in case you meet these requirements.
Cost Structure
At first, the prices seemed to be below average for an essay writing service. You need to pay only 10 dollars. However, it means that your paper will be done by a non-native English speaking writer. The cost of a paper completed by an English expert is 13 dollars for a high school academic paper.
I tried to find a customwritings coupon discount for the first order, but they don’t have any. However, they have a lifetime discount system. Here is how it works.
You need to order papers worth at least 500 dollars to get a 5% discount for all future orders. For a 10% discount, the general sum of all orders should be 1000 dollars, and for a 15% discount, you need to spend at least 2000 dollars. I find it a great system that allows you to get significant discounts every time you place an order on their website.
Customwritings Review: Quality of Work
To check the quality of their service, I ordered a 3-page essay. I decided not to select an ENL writer in order to see how an average writer will cope with my work. The total cost for the order was 45 dollars with a 5-day deadline.
Fortunately, I got the paper on time. I checked it with a couple of plagiarism-detecting tools and was almost satisfied with the received report. The first checker showed 99% originality, while the second one had 97.5%. In general, I can say that customwritings plagiarism level is acceptable.
What I didn’t like about the paper I received was the level of English and formatting. As I expected, the non-ENL writer made grammar and spelling mistakes. Some sentences were awkward and required rephrasing. However, that was not the biggest disappointment. The paper’s formating was really bad. Some citations were wrong, and the reference list also contained formatting errors. I deem it a significant mistake because it doesn’t require any special efforts for a good writer to learn APA (the most common style) and use it properly.
Custom Writings: Client Assistance
Customer support was helpful and answered all my questions immediately. That is probably the only thing that made me feel satisfied when I was using this website. However, when I asked a bit complex question, the problems appeared. The agent answered too slowly and couldn’t explain everything in his own words. So it became clear to me that he didn’t know an answer to my question and was searching it during our dialogue.
Promotions and Additional Services
At the end of this customwritings review, I want to talk about the additional services I can outline such as writers’ samples and a copy of sources. A writer’s sample means that you will get 3 samples of work performed by an assigned writer. This service will cost you 5 dollars.
Copy of sources means that you will get digital copies of all sources that a writer used to write your order. Actually, I see no solid reason why I should pay 15 dollars for such a useless service, especially when the list of all references is included at the end of the paper.
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