Writers Community: A start-up that ensures freelancers don’t get scammed

The pandemic impacted people’s lives and damaged employment at a mass scale, but India is known for its extraordinary fightback in adverse situations. Indian youngsters used the epidemic as an opportunity and introduced many creative ideas for the development and welfare of society. During this challenging period, two youths from Bihar initiated a step for supporting freelancers and creating a virtual support system for institutions working in the online mode. Within one and a half years, they got unexpected success in their initiative and established the idea as the “Writers Community: An Indian Freelance Marketplace”. Recently they were SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER of the 6th Annual 2021 Business Excellence Awards for Company Work-fromhome Implementation of the Year 2021, organised by cheated. I contacted Shanya Das; unfortunately she had experienced the same while freelancing. So, we discussed and decided to create a platform for freelancers with the aim of zero scam in freelancing.

Q. Shanya, how do people work with The Writers Community, and how can they join? Shanya: We are working as a marketplace for freelancers, so we tie up with e-learning platforms for academic writing and other institutions for non-academic works, also we contact brands and individuals for other freelance works like web development, social media optimisation, and other digital support. After getting projects, we post requirements in our official Whatsapp and Facebook groups. Interested candidates have to clear a small sample task, and after that, they get projects. New freelancers can quickly join us after registration on our website as an employee, or they can join through our