70,000 words proofreading = $35 what do you think?

[alice252293]

I search on fiverr and I saw a gig which offers 70,000 words proofread with just $35
She's from the UK. Should I trust her?

 

[BlogPro]

No. At the very least, she'll skim through your project or run it through an automated grammar program such as grammarly and hand it back as it is.

Proofreading requires a thorough analysis of the copy and the detection/removal of errors, displaced paragraphs, misplaced sentences or words and any other correction, the copy entails.

At the very least, you're looking at spending mid-three figures for that word count. And if you're serious, professional proofreading charges can go way up.

 

[AquaticGamer]

Nope.

 

[FUTUR TIM]

I won't even take $35 to write a 2000 word article. I don't think the work quality will be any good.

 

[alice252293]

Yep Fiverr is a mess.

 

[Flacko]

Hell no

 

[Elin Dotsya]

Even if it's just proofreading, multiply the cost by 10 and it would still be too low. What the heck are these people living in 1st world countries thinking?
That is almost insulting. I charge 30 bucks for a 1k word article and I live in a relatively poor country. Never lower your standards. Your grammar will improve in time, but shit pay is still shit pay.

 

[Aiza77]

I do a lot of writing and copywriting and quite frankly there's just NO way $35 is a legit offer for any kind of quality service Quality American writers will want to charge $10-$15 just to PROOF 1k words. You can do the math. However, if you post an ad online in Australia for a University student pursuing English or Literature (provided you don't mind British English) you can offer $500-$600 AUD which would be $350-$440. This is what I do for my clients' money sites when I need to generate massive content.

 

[SiddharthW]

Too good to be true

 

[alice252293]

Does Fiverr check the quality of Gigs?

 

[dxm]

Lol that would be a good method to make some side $ ig just use gramarly or something

Time to make an eBOok:

 

[Stitches and Burns]

At my job that would pay me $2,000.

 

[shadow5]

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is...

 

[ExperimentalSEO]

"It is not easy to give an average number of words per hour that can be used to estimate how long proofreading will take. However, a basic rule of thumb for a straightforward, mostly text, publication is to allow for a proofreading rate of about 10 pages per hour with about 300 words per page."

https://www.sfep.org.uk/about/faqs/using-copy-editors-and-proofreaders/


70,000 words would take around 23 hours of time to properly proof read. Even if the person was just 18, they would make £135 working minimum wage for the same amount of time at a job.

 

[HowToBeHappy]

If she is displayed as white and female, she is almost certainly Black and Male from Nigeria with IP. Fiverr is riddled with those fake guys (girls) from West Africa pretending to be "HaleyLongwood" or something similar. Especially writing services.

NOBODY in the UK works for that price, not even a road sweeper.

Women rarely use their names as usernames on Fiverr, just the guys pretending to be women.

 

[HowToBeHappy]

Get a grammarly premium account from Fiverr (yes even from a fake woman in this case) then add 5000 words at a time.

Will be better than the gig you mentioned.

 

[super11]

What does her feedback score say? There is no way for us to tell you if she will do a worthy job or not. Some people can get the job done super-fast. May be, it might be few hours worth of job for her. Also, some people start low to earn reputation.

 

[alice252293]

What does her feedback score say? There is no way for us to tell you if she will do a worthy job or not. Some people can get the job done super-fast. May be, it might be few hours worth of job for her. Also, some people start low to earn reputation.

 

[HowToBeHappy]

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Those reviews are all fakes from either their own multiple accounts or from forums hence they have no profile pic.

Not that I am against that. Good luck to them. But you will not get what you are expecting.

EDIT. It says $70 not $35

 

[Th3 Canadian 3h]

check this out someone will write your words for 1$ per 100

someone should edit your words .50 per 100

smells fishy, probably will run it through Grammarly and call it a day