Findings

Students are spending $2.5 Million per Month on contract cheating Three weeks of activity in less than 1% of the market formed around $25,540 worth in orders. This would make the whole market to be around $2.5 million and 16,540 orders per month. Average contract value was $157 The data collected demonstrated that the average value of each contract was $157. The range of the order value was $20-2064. Ghost writers are in demand The data demonstrated that there were 50 bidders for each contract out for cheating. To put it in perspective, this buyer/seller ratio is equal to that of programmers, but less than that of designers. Undergraduates hire contract writers the most Where work details were shred, 82% of the posts were found to be of undergraduate level. Postgrad and above was more than 7%. Weak Writing Skills is a prominent motivator Where work details were shred, 22% of the posts demonstrated basic grammar mistakes in the first 10 words of their post. Average word count of an average post was 18.