Although I’m not a native English speaker, I have never had an issue with any of my clients. However, getting new clients is extremely difficult. There are enough Asians who have proved that non-natives cannot write well, creating hell for those who can. They have not only made client acquisition difficult but also ruined the market when it comes to rates. Most of my clients are US and UK based, and I provide them content for a mere $0.02 per word, simply because a huge bunch of Indians have ruined the market rates by supplying rubbish for $0.005.

It’s only now, after a year of building my profile that I’m able to get clients for 5 cents to 10 cents a word. Even today, I spend half my time convincing people that there are non-natives who can write, and I’m one of them.

If a person only works on a web site that they actually enjoy, writing their own content and getting somebody to edit it for them, if necessary, shouldn’t be too hard. Buying content is kind of retarded.