There are plenty of sites online worth reviewing that offer “micro jobs” for people
wanting to earn a quick few extra dollars here and there. These are essentially simple online tasks commissioned by various companies but hosted on specific sites.
Many of these tasks require little or no form of expertise and can vary from anything from providing a “like”
on Facebook pages, checking search engine results for a topic, or gauging the
quality of a voice recording. There are dozens upon dozens of variations on
this theme.
One site I’ve dabbled a fair bit with is Clickworker. It's based out of Europe but accepts people from direct geographies (though not all geographies). On the
site there are plenty of really low-paying $0.01 per click type of gigs. I'm sure they are fine to do. But if you are willing to take a few tests you can qualify for some
of the higher-paying options.
So what are the good bits and the challenges?
Good bits:
Not overly taxing.
You don’t need to have particular qualifications to do most of the tasks. Simply read the instructions
and make sure that you apply yourself. Sometimes you need good judgement, sometimes you need good hearing. If your quality falls, Clickworker might
stop you doing the task. So you have to be consistent.
If there’s plenty of
work you might make a bit of money. The best I made in any given day was
$60. Ok, it’s not as if you can put your feet up and retire on this money but
it’s something you can earn sitting in front of the television.
There’s a good
affiliate program. As I’ve mentioned
in a previous post, I want to be transparent when I direct people to an individual site
where there’s an affiliate program in place. When you recommend Clickworker to
a friend or acquaintance, for each newly registered clickworker who earns €10.00, you earn €5.00. So if you do
decide to join this site, I would be very appreciative if you do so via the
link here: Join
Clickworker
Challenges:
Some of the tasks
are, well, dull. Because it’s not overly intellectually taxing it can be dull,
dull, dull. I don’t want to pretend that it’s all rainbows and unicorns. Sometimes
I have a low boredom threshold. Strangely enough the $60 task I mentioned was actually
fairly interesting, qualifying some data on a number of websites. So it’s about
picking on choosing those tasks.
Sometimes there aren’t
tasks available. I would say that if I’m lucky there will be at least a
couple of dollars for me to make two out of every three times I check. To be
fair, I would be able to do task virtually every day if I tried to qualify
myself for all the tasks available. But I don’t really want to be dragged into
the really lower-end tasks.
Some of the tasks are,
errr, obscure. So, a lot of the time you are asked to critique the essence
of a website. It could be asking whether the site is aimed at adults or
children. Or men or women. But be warned: for those of a sensitive nature, some
of the sites can contain adult content. Clickworker does warn you about this in
advance, but not all tasks are created equally
How have I done?
I’ve made a bit of money out of it. The copy-paste below is from the last few months, though I've been earning through this site since the beginning of the year.
Give it a go (Join Clickworker). It pays through PayPal every 30 days. It quotes a lot of stuff in dollars but it generally pays in euros. So there's currency conversion for you to consider. Unfortunately, they don't accept workers from all geographies.
My Report
Summary
Judge ID: Judge alias: Report date: from 2015-06-01 to 2015-08-08 Judging rate: 222.2 hits/hour Total time: 19.58 hour (Refreshed every 20 minutes) Show/Hide Details |
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Start Date: End
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Current time:
2015-08-08 02:15:29 AM PDT
Report generated: 2015-08-08 01:55:16 AM PDT |
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Hitapp
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Judgments done
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Valid judgments
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Judging hours
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Judgments/hr
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Potential earnings
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Incentive Earnings
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Raffle Tickets
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Total
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38
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31
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0.15
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257.8
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$1.24
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$0.00
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0
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$1.24
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26
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22
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0.20
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132.3
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$0.88
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$0.00
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0
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$0.88
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57
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46
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0.54
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105.5
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$1.84
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$0.00
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0
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$1.84
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5
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5
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0.07
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69.2
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$0.20
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$0.00
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0
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$0.20
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3604
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3489
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12.97
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277.9
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$139.56
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$0.00
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0
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$139.56
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37
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37
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0.89
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41.7
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$7.03
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$0.00
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0
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$7.03
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29
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29
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0.72
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40.2
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$5.51
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$0.00
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0
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$5.51
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2
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0
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0.05
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40.7
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$0.00
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$0.00
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0
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$0.00
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47
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23
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0.75
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62.3
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$3.45
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$0.00
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0
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$3.45
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1
|
1
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0.05
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20.0
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$0.50
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$0.00
|
0
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$0.50
|
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128
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124
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0.60
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213.9
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$8.68
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$0.00
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0
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$8.68
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1
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1
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0.01
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78.7
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$0.04
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$0.00
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0
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$0.04
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31
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18
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0.10
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311.2
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$0.90
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$0.00
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0
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$0.90
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345
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340
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2.49
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138.7
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$34.00
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$0.00
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0
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$34.00
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