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Why should students use Pogojo?
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How much is my work worth?
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How much do I pay for work?
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How do I pay?
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How much do I get paid?
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How & When do I get paid?
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Do I pay Tax on the money I earn at Pogojo?
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Who gets paid for a group assignment?
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How much does it cost to Upload my work for sale?
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Is my work automatically approved?
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How do I reference work using Pogojo's document?
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What is Pogojo's refund policy?
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Can I receive my document by fax or post?
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Is Pogojo’s service confidential?
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How do I get informed of new work?
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What type of documents can I Upload?
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Can I submit hand written assignments?
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Is it legal to buy and sell academic content?
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What is the Pogojo Ambassador program?
1. Why should students use Pogojo?
The basic idea behind Pogojo is based on providing learning material to students created by other students, aimed at improving their education, whilst also rewarding them for their hard work and time spent in creating that work. We, at Pogojo, love the idea of students making money from past lecture notes and assignments that they are proud of; work that would otherwise be sitting in a drawer somewhere or even in a rubbish bin.
Ultimately, Pogojo is driven by the single goal of "improving student life" through a service that allows students to "Upload & Earn" , "Download & Learn" !
Study smart and succeed – go Pogojo!
2. How much is my work worth?
It is up to you to decide how much your work is worth!
We have provided a table with some examples of prices that may help you decide the price you want to list your work for, however, it is ultimately up to you!
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One class or Part of a Semester
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Worth 30% or less of your final grade
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Worth 30% or more of your final grade
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Article (more than 10 pages) from your studies
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Article (less than 10 pages) from your studies
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3. How much do I pay for work?
You pay the price that the student who uploaded the work has listed it for sale at - the sale price is inclusive of GST.
4. How do I pay?
We give you two payment options in a secure online environment. You can pay by:
5. How much do I get paid?
You get paid 47.5% of the total sale price, which is inclusive of GST. Pogojo gets 47.5% too. The other 5%? The Australian government keeps this to build roads, hospitals and universities, and for offshore junkets and fancy dinner parties. For example:
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Remember that you get paid each and every time your work is downloaded. For example, if an assignment you have uploaded for sale at $20 has been downloaded 10 times; then you will receive $95 (e.g. 10 x $9.50).
6. How & When do I get paid?
We provide you with three ways in which to receive your cash.
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PayPal Account (recommended): Direct debit into your Paypal account (you will have to provide us your Paypal Email details)
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Cheque that we send to your home address (you will have to provide us with the recipient name, current mailing address and mobile phone number)
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Direct Deposit to your bank account (you will have to provide us with your account owner name, BSB, account number and Bank name.)
Payments by Pogojo are done on the end of each month. If one of your documents got sold or you accumulated several sales in the same month, the money will be transfered to you through your chosen payment method at the end of the same month.
7. Do I pay tax on the money I earn at Pogojo?
Firstly, Pogojo is not a professional tax adviser (if we were, we would have the biggest house in the street in the best suburb in Australia!) - we recommend that you get your own advice but in general terms, you will need to declare the money you make from the sale of your work for income tax purposes.
In simple terms, you can earn up to $15,000 per annum from all sources (including the sale of your university work through Pogojo) without paying tax because the Low Income Offset rebate reduces your $1,350 tax liability to zero! If you earn more than $15,000 p.a., you may have deductions such as books, course fees etc that can bring your income down below $15,000 p.a.
If you happen to have the world best university work and start selling significant amounts of work that earns you more than $15,000 p.a. after your deductions are included, you may like to register for an ABN. This can be done free at Australian Business Register website. You will not need to register for GST unless your turnover exceeds $75,000.
8. Who gets paid for a group assignment?
If you are uploading a group assignment, it is important that you get your fellow students permission before doing so. It will then be up to you in terms of how you share the money you may make if the work is downloaded.
9. How much does it cost to Upload my work for sale?
Nothing. You only pay when you download the work of other students.
10. Is my work automatically approved?
To ensure that you have uploaded your work correctly and for quality assurance purposes, we do a very quick check of the work before putting it on the site to make sure that it is listed appropriately. This process takes no more than 72 hours to complete and you will receive an 'approved' email once done.
11. How do I reference work using Pogojo's document?
If you download a paper from Pogojo and use some of its contents in your work, you are required to reference the author as you would with any other resource used in your submission. Typically, Australian universities use the author-date, or Harvard, style of referencing which is widely accepted in academic publications but please check your university’s referencing guide to ensure that you comply.
Because Pogojo does not require your real name when uploading documents, we suggest you include the appropriate references used by the students whose work you downloaded and also provide a hyperlink in your paper to show where you sourced it from.
12. What is Pogojo's refund policy?
Pogojo takes great care to ensure that all documents that are approved for uploading are accurately reflected in terms of the paper’s description, the type of content, the title, and that the title matches the content, the word count (give or take 15% for tables, bibliographies and footnotes etc) and the category. If you feel that you have downloaded a paper that is not accurately described, and if we feel you have a strong case, we will refund you 100% of the purchase price for that work. It is important to note that Pogojo does not guarantee the quality of any work and will not refund any money if the work has been accurately described but is not up to your standard in terms of quality – we do not guarantee the quality of any work. In this situation, you can use the pogo stick rating system to reflect your views of quality.
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13. Can I receive my document by fax or post?
No. Our standard delivery method is email, as it is free, quick and convenient for all users of the site.
14. Is Pogojo’s service confidential?
We take your privacy very seriously. In short, we will not disclose your information to any third party unless you have given us permission to do so when you Join Pogojo at the sign up stage.
Please read our Privacy Policy.
15. How do I get informed of new work?
Pogojo lets you know when new work has been uploaded or downloaded that matches your study preferences. The alert system ensures that you do not have to continually log onto the site unless something relevant has been uploaded. You can choose to receive alerts either daily or weekly.
Click here to join Pogojo or here to modify your preferences.
16. What type of documents can I Upload?
You can Upload any document format you like, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF etc. If the work that you want to upload has a number of attachments you need to put them together in one document, under one title and make sure you add a description to what the document includes in the description box once you upload a document.
17. Can I submit hand written assignments?
No. We only accept typed assignments.
18. Is it legal to buy and sell academic content?
There are some exceptions, but yes it is generally legal to buy and sell academic content for the vast majority of university students.
Subject to your university’s intellectual property policies, if you have created any academic content, and as long as you are not a university employee, you are generally considered to be the owner of the copyright in that work. Accordingly, unless you transfer copyright in writing to another party (e.g. your university), you own and will be entitled to submit your university work for sale - so go for it!
It is also permissible to download and buy academic content from other students; the key is how you use it. We suggest you use whatever you purchase as a resource tool to help you complete your course, as you would any other resource - the key is to respect the rights of other authors, including their copyright, and to comply with your university's plagiarism policy.
19. What is the Pogojo Ambassador program?Pogojo Ambassadors are Pogojo members who would like help spreading the word among their friends about the Pogojo service and in return, Pogojo Ambassadors get rewarded for their efforts. Each Ambassador has his own unique Ambassador ID which he needs to give his friends so once they register and upload documents the Pogojo Team can track these new names and uploads and list them under the Ambassador's name so he can be rewarded adaquatly.
If you would like to help us help you improve your student life, simply go to the
contact us page, choose the
Pogojo Ambassador option and send us an email expressing your wish to be an Ambassador. The Pogojo Team will then contact you and send you back an Ambassador ID so you can give to your friends and ask them to fill it in once they register.
The reward system might change from time to time to meet the needs of the website and the Ambassadors, so it is best to follow these changes through the updates in the website or email us about it.