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According to the Darwinessy.net website, the company has been around for many years. We are not sure how long that is exactly, but we will take them at their word. We have found comments and feedback on the web dating back 5 years, so we will go with that. We have also used that feedback as a part of our review process. Other factors include a full look at all of the website content, pricing, benefits, on-site testimonials, information about writers, policies, and our own experiences with customer support. We have also taken into account what users of our site have to say about the company, from their own experiences. The following is a summary of what we have found out about Darwin Essay.
Services And Features Available
Darwinessay.com has a catchy business name – referring to a scientist, researcher, and writer. It bills itself as an academic writing service for college and graduate-level students and offers all of the standard products and services – essays, term and research papers, lab reports, case studies, reviews, critiques, admissions and scholarship essays, personal statements, and major grad level projects, especially theses and dissertations. Other services include editing and proofreading, plagiarism checks, abstracts, etc., but most of these are fee-based and ordered during the checkout process. Here is a short summation that the company itself publishes on its site.
Pricing System And Discounts
There is a link to “prices” on the home page. Unfortunatel9y, the table of pricing is currently broken, so customers are not able to see exactly what their orders will cost. The only way to find this out is by actually placing an order and letting the cost be automatically calculated. We did contact customer support about this issue and were told that it will be fixed. We also learned that a basic essay with a 14-day deadline, at the undergraduate level, will run $9 a page with no add-ons during checkout. This is really cheap in comparison to other writing services. It seems that the most expensive products are admissions and scholarship essays, and they can run as high as $98 a page if the deadline is urgent.
The pricing page also includes a number of add-ons that customers can order for an additional cost. These include a table of contents, choosing a “preferred” writer, VIP service, a plagiarism check, among other things.
Darwin Essay states that its discount program is between 5 – 10%, depending on the order and the frequency of orders from a customer. All new customers currently receive a 7% discount on their first orders, plus a type of bonus program with amounts that can be applied to their next orders. Really loyal customers will get 10% discounts.
Security Level And How to Proceed With Payment
Here’s a bright spot. Darwinessay.net uses a third-party SSL-certified payment processor. So, customers can feel safe that their financial information is secure and protected. The company itself does not have access to customer financial information – only the payment processor has this.
Payment methods include all major credit cards and PayPal = standard for the industry.
Writers Expertise And Delivery
Here is where the issues begin to appear. We are always focused on the level of product quality a writing service delivers to its customers. We have serious concerns about quality here, as we looked at the following:
- Users of our site provided feedback that was pretty negative. They were certain that when they chose not to pay for the better writers, that they got ESL writers. Their products reflected lots of grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and vocabulary errors.
- When we reviewed all of the site content – its explanatory pages, its footer pages on the types of products, and even its blog posts, there are serious grammatical issues. All of this content has obviously been produced by ESL writers. If this is typical of the products delivered to customers, quality is very poor.
- Other feedback we found on the web reflected many of our concerns. Those who paid extra for top writers fared better. If you are going to use this service, be prepared to select the option for better writers and pay the price for that.
- Obviously, the claim that they use only native English-speaking writers is an exaggeration.
In terms of delivery, all customers stated that they did receive their orders on time. In this respect, then, Darwinessay.net can be considered reliable.
Additional Benefits
Free benefits include 3 revisions within a week after delivery, title and bibliography pages, and the specified format. Beyond that, everything must be paid for – a table of contents costs $10; VIP service, $15; preferred writer $25; plagiarism check $10 minimum; editing of the final draft, another added fee. If a student were to take advantage of all of these options, the cost would be far greater than most other writing services.
The blog has some articles that could be useful and interesting. Unfortunately, poor writing gets in the way.
Conclusion
DarwinEssay.net is a legal company that takes orders and delivers products to its customers. Beyond that, though we have serious issues with the quality and the additional fees charged for what other services provide for free. If their writers are so wonderful, for example, why would a customer have to pay for an editor to review a product before delivery? And a plagiarism check should be standard practice. Overall, we are giving Darwin Essay a rating of 2 on a scale of 1-5.
