7 Proofreading Service Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Proofreading Service

Here are some real life success stories of starting a proofreading service:

1. Prooftheword ($14.4K/year)

In this case study article, Sara Davies, founder of Prooftheword, shares how her excellent editing skills and frustration with the poor English she encountered everywhere inspired her to start her editing and proofreading business. With regular monthly earnings of around £1,200 and a client base that includes magazines and book writers, Sara's business has steadily grown over the years.

How much they make: $14.4K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1K
Current team size: 1

How I Started A $1.2K/Month Editing And Proofreading Service

A sole trader launched Prooftheword, an editing and proofreading site, offering services to a wide range of clients, with consistent monthly earnings of around £1,200 through her skills and great work.

About

Sara started Prooftheword almost 9 years ago

Revenue

Sara grew the business to $1.2K/month

Costs

It cost Sara $1000 to start the business

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4. Springer Nature

We are a global publisher dedicated to providing the best possible service to the whole research community. We help authors to share their discoveries; enable researchers to find, access and understand the work of others and support librarians and institutions with innovations in technology and data.

Website traffic: 2.05M/month

5. High Quality Custom Essay Writing Service

Website traffic: 330K/month

So... can you actually make money with a proofreading service?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

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7. Enago

Academic English Editing and Proofreading Services by subject-matter experts. English Editing Company trusted for over 600 international journal submissions. Recommended by Academic Professionals for more than 1,112 Subject areas.

Where they're located: Bangluo, Gansu, China
Website traffic: 670K/month