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How It Works When You’re Hiring Writers Online

Effortlessly find quality matches

On Best Writers, there’s a whole variety of writers to choose from.

  • Begin by posting a job position. Briefly tell us what your project is all about and the specific skills needed for it to get worked on.
  • Best Writers examines your needs. With the application data science, our team is able to determine the best writers, and in which industries they fit, based on their skills, making it easier to find talent that’s a perfect match for you.
  • You receive a shortlist of potential candidates. You can browse through our site to find specialized writers and professional agencies that can view your job, you can also submit your proposals.

Does Best Writers analyze the proposals that I receive?

Best Writers has a number of measures put in place to make sure that it’s a trustworthy and reliable market place. There are many means through which we verify writers and agencies in order to confirm that the information they disclose is legitimate. We also display information that helps you determine a writer’s level of qualification, which may include: :

  • Verification of email addresses
  • Validation of identity through ID and video verification
  • Exhibiting Job Success scores and client feedback on previous projects for each writer and agency
  • Display of results of online skills tests

It’s your fundamental responsibility to screen potential writers and agencies to make sure their listed skills and experience match the needs of your project. You can also design custom questions and include them in your job post, or still, you can Best Writers Messages to chat and carry out video conferences as a means of interviewing your selected applicants.

Hire only the best

After screening your candidates, invite them to submit bids, then review and hire your preferred ones.

  • Search writer profiles. Screening finalists’ Best Writers profiles allow you to see previous client ratings, profiles, Job Success scores, among many others.
  • Evaluate proposals. Make sure to assess bids, while considering their qualifications, thought process, timeline, and total cost. 
  •  Schedule a chat. Ask particular questions, in order to get the best person fit for your industry.

What do I look for when hiring on Best Writers?

You can assess writers and agencies by simply analyzing their Best Writers profile. User Profiles are created for every writer and agency in our marketplace. The profile includes the writers’ work and samples, client feedback, skills they have, test scores, and a lot more. You can also take a look at our writers and agencies in our Top Rated and Rising Talent programs. Then, schedule an interview with your top potential writers to answer questions related to your project, and you can then make a decision.

How do I hire on Best Writers?

After signing up on our site, you can post your job post, then assess matches, decide on how you’ll interview them: either via chat or video and then you can interview your preferred candidate.

Work productively, successfully

Every project includes an online workspace where your team and writer or agency work together, allowing you to :

  • Easily exchange documents. Providing digital assets in a safe environment.
  • Share live reviews. Best Writers Messages enable you to communicate via text, chat, or video. .
  • Use our mobile application. Different features can be accessed on your mobile as you work.

How can I know that I’m being billed correctly for my project?

The different methods of confirming work are built into the Best Writers platform. For those operating on hourly contracts, you can use Work Diary to review their work. With it, you are able to track billable time and access a history of completed work. As the writer or agency bills you, Best Writers takes count of keystrokes plus screenshots of their screen (done six times per hour), in order to confirm billable hours. For the fixed-price jobs, It’s up to you and your contractor to agree on a landmark for every project. When they reach a landmark, then you assess the work and release payments when the work is approved.

Best Writers Messages are also included so you can chat and exchange documents.

Make Payments easily, and with peace of mind

Bill by the hour, or a fixed price if you may like for the whole project. On fixed-price writing jobs, use our local and international payment methods to release funds as planned milestones are met.

  • Flexible payments worldwide. Payments are made to writers and agencies in more than 170 countries.
  • Best Writers Payment Protection.  You only pay for work you permit.
  • Charging and reporting. Access your invoices and transaction history all on Best Writers.

How do I make payment and how much does it cost?

On Best Writers, paying writers is simple, reliable and safe. There’s a variety to choose from, say using MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, or PayPal. All of the above payments are subject to a 3 percent processing fee.

Is it possible to get an official invoice?

Very possible, all payments come with invoices that can be downloaded or printed out.

Will I file tax forms?

It’s not your role to submit tax forms for your writer or agency.

The advantage of paying through Best Writers is that, overall, if your talent is correctly categorized as an independent contractor you should not be responsible for reporting payments on the tax form. The reason is that our escrow service is a “third-party payment network.”If you make payments through our third-party payment network, the tax form for reporting becomes our job, not yours. Particularly, we are required to report payments to independent contractors on the tax form when required, meaning that you aren’t required to report on the MISC tax form. Therefore, Best Writers no longer sends MISC tax forms on behalf of its clients, and all writers and agencies classified as Ugandan’s must submit their information to us on the Best Writers site, so moving forward, we assume that you have correctly classified your talent as an independent contractor to you, rather than an employee.
Just to remind you, you’re in charge of determining the correct classification of all of your writers as either independent contractors or employees. For U.S.-based writers, you should refer to the IRS guidelines and other federal, state, and local regulations that are applicable to you. In case your writer has to be classified as an employee, then you should use the Best Writers Payroll service. Because when using this service, our staffing provider will hire the worker, make sure to handle all of the withholding and payment of taxes, then provide the worker with a form that our team can properly report on MISC TAX-FORM.

As regards tax matters, we are not really experts in that area, however, for your specific business, it’s important that you contact your consult a tax professional in case you have questions or concerning this or any other tax-related issues. If you’re not based in the US or have other questions, make sure to consult your local tax representative in order to get more information on filing tax forms in your specific country.

How It Works when you’re Finding Online Writing Jobs

An outline of how work happens on Best Writers.

Find satisfying projects

Best Writers is a great place for those looking to find more clients, to run and build your own business.

  • Freedom to work on preferred projects. On Best Writers, you’re your own boss and you run your business how you desire. You also pick out your own clients and projects. Simply complete your profile and we’ll list out the right jobs. In turn, you can search for projects, and respond to client invitations.
  • Wide spectrum and high pay. Customers are now posting jobs in hundreds of skill groups, paying top price for excellent work.
  • Endless success. The more successful you are on projects, the higher the chances are to get hired by clients that use Best Writers.

What projects can I find on Best Writers?

Customers seek a number of available projects across a number of categories.

Get hired fast

Best Writers makes it easier to collaborate with customers so that you can begin working together.

  • Well organized hiring process. Best Writers’s algorithm highlights projects that you’re a great fit for.
  • Highly Rated and Rising Talent programs. With the added visibility, you can enjoy our prestigious programs.
  • Do considerable work with top clients. Best Writers’s pricing calls for renewal relationships with clients.

How do I get hired by clients?

It all begins with creating a great profile, followed by submitting a convincing job proposal. Getting work online is similar to traditional searching — you first submit applications on projects, then convince potential clients before they can offer you the project.

  • Creating an amazing profile that will showcase your business. It’s simply as a means of introducing yourself, more like your resume, and marketing brochure all in one place, shedding light on your: professional skills, experience, and profile; education plus other accomplishments; results of your online skills test. In order to get hired, ensure to always complete your profile, it should clearly-written, mistake-free, and then complete it with a professional, friendly-looking picture.
  • Sending a convincing proposal to the client. This will greatly increase your chances of landing yourself an interview, so consider that your proposal stands out on a professional level, clearly-written, and mistake-free; customized for the work you’re seeking; and an exact representation of your strengths and skills.

Can I build my business through Best Writers?

The answer here is yes, you can grow your business online, which is personally and exceedingly rewarding. When you deliver outstanding work to your clients, that’s the beginning of your success story. The most successful are:

  • Good at responding to client needs
  • Amazing communicators
  • Straightforward with their abilities and meeting deadlines
  • Able to deliver quality work on time, always

Work on an effectual, effective basis

With Best Writers, you have absolute control over when, where, and how you do your work. Every project includes an online space  where you can get your work done, and have it shared between you and your client, and also giving you access to:

  • Exchange files. Easily send digital assets in a safe environment.
  • Feedback shared live. Exchange messages via text, chat, or video.
  • Ease of communication with our mobile app. access a number of our features on your mobile phone at any time.

How does Best Writers’s platform assist me in managing my work?

Best Writers provides an easy to use platform that you can use to chat and share files, as you keep track of your time, and until the payment stage.

For hourly projects:

  • Simply download the Best Writers desktop app. It comes with Work Diary, which helps to make sure that you are paid for the work you do. How it works: By taking your work-in-progress screenshots after every 10 minutes during the billable time, it then avails proof to your clients that you actually worked on their project. Or even you can also agree with your client and manually track hours in the app.
  • Your client will be charged to pay automatically according to the time you track via the desktop app.

For fixed-price projects:

  • Set milestones and deadlines with your client for every part of the project.
  • Submit work for each set goal achieved. Your client will then release funds upon acceptance.

Get paid on right on schedule

Every project comes with the Best Writers Payment Protection guarantee — working to ensure that you get paid for all work you do successfully, and completed through Best Writers.

  • Every invoice and payment is made through Best Writers. You can count on a simple and smooth process.
  • Hourly and fixed-price charges on projects. There are timesheets that you can submit through Best Writers for the hourly work projects. For fixed-price projects, set milestones and payments will be released via Best Writers local payment methods and international features.
  • Different payment options. Choose a preferred payment method that works best for you, for example, it can be from the direct deposit or PayPal to wire transfer among other means.

How will my clients pay for my work?

Every payment is made safely through licensed payment methods. Receive funds via your preferred payment method:

  • Direct Deposit / ACH
  • PayPal
  • Wire Transfer
  • Local Funds Transfer (LFT)
  • Payoneer

When you decide to work on hourly projects, you qualify for the Best Writers Payment Protection which ensures that for every hour worked for, you get paid. For the fixed-price contracts, pre-arranged milestone payments from your clients are made securely with Best Writers Fixed-Price Protection.

What fees does Best Writers charge?

Best Writers charges a service fee, that is taken as a percentage of your total earnings. It is a sliding-fee that is charged basing  on your lifetime billings with every client (for all hourly and fixed-price contracts):

  • A 20% fee is charged on the first $500  for every client on all contracts with them
  • 10% for all charges with your client between $500.01 and $10,000
  • 5% for all total charges with your client that goes beyond $10,000

For instance, when you agree to a $1,000 price to write for a new client, you will be charged 20% on the first $500 and 10% on the $500 that is remaining.

Service fees

Best Writers places a fee it charges on writers and agencies as a sliding fee based entirely on the lifetime billings with each client. In simple terms, the more content you create for a client, the more you earn.

Ideally, Best Writers charges a fee of:

  • 20% for the first $500 charges with the client
  • 5% goes to  lifetime charges with any client that goes beyond $10,000
  • 10% for lifetime charges with the client for amounts between $500.01 and $10,000

When you charge $500 or $10,000 to a client, you’ll systematically pay a lesser fee on each related project with that client. And you’ll notice an increase in your take-home income.