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mTurk as a way to earn extra money, as well as a way to out source some small tasks I don’t have time to do myself. And I always wondered if there are any other alternatives to Mechanical Turk out there since crowdsourcing seems to be
on the rise. So, I did some looking around and found a bunch of them.
The list below is what I consider to be a list of some of the best Amazon Mechanical Turk alternatives that can be used both for making extra money, or if you are a business owner, as a way to crowdsource tasks.
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RapidWorkersA service of UnikScripts Inc., RapidWorkers is a fast growing website. It is similar to Microworkers since most of the task in RapidWorkers are marketing related jobs that are aimed at helping the sites of employers grow.
If you are familiar with Microworkers, then you will know that Rapidworkers.com’s interface was actually copied from Microworkers.
You can expect to be paid immediately by PayPal once you reach the minimum payout of $4.
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SamasourceIt is a nonprofit organization that is being run by Leila Janah. Samasource is actually an innovative social business which connects women and youth who are impoverished, allowing them to find work through the internet.
Samasource has in-country partners to help them identify, as well as recruit poor women and youth who are making less than $3 per day on an average. These partners are responsible for helping these under privileged youth and women become Samasource workers , giving them the chance to make a decent living wage.
Workers are given two to four weeks of computer based training to help them prepare for microwork project, which aids them to become successful in the workplace.
These Samasource employees are given microwork that come from clients. This enable them to make a living wage as well as gain the needed job skills required to increase their lifetime earnings.
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MicroWorkersMicroworkers is considered one of the best websites that is comparable to mTurk. Thousands of tasks are available on a daily basis.
Take note, that a lot of the tasks on this website are mostly about website promotions.
Do not worry as the tasks are usually not complicated, and only require little knowledge. If you are already able to generate income from Mturk, then you should not worry as you will find the tasks at Microworkers easy.
Below are some examples of the tasks on MicroWorkers-microworkers:
- Following someone on twitter
- Rating YouTube videos
- Creating a Gmail account
- Testing a website’s sign up process.
- Uploading videos on specific video sites.
- and so on…
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ClickWorkerAnother decent firm to work for. Here, you will be known as ClickWorker. After joining, you will need to pass assessments for most job types available.
Assessments come in two types. First is the basic assessment that will help evaluate skills such as spelling, grammar and foreign-language knowledge. The other one, is project assessment. The project assessment will teach you specific requirements that you need to meet when working.
Clickworkers have a huge number of micro jobs in their system, and there are an estimated 200,000 workers at this site.
Make sure to take the assessments seriously as you will only be allowed to browse and work on the jobs after passing the assessments. What you need to do is login to your account, and click the link ‘Start your first basic assessment now’ or click on ‘have a look at our list of current project assessments!’
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ShortTaskThis definitely is one of the advantageous crowdsourcing site that will allow you to earn some cash. Each website has its own names to refer to their employees . In ShortTask , you will be known as “solver”
Here are the 4 broad categories in ShortTask:
- Research – Tasks like finding a competitor site, researching the airfares & giving the cheapest, researching website related to some topics etc.
- Data Entry- You will need to enter some info, copy & paste jobs, extract text from images etc.
- Writing – Write a review, comment, short article, proofreading etc.
- Design – Logo design, banner design, header design etc.
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JobboyThis crowdsourcing website employs more than 60,000 workers around the globe. It is definitely worth your time to join and earn cash via Jobboy.com.
There are lesser tasks that can be found here as compared to other website mentioned in this article. However, if you are fast enough to pick the jobs in this site, well then Jobboy is definitely for you.
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CloudCrowd“Work where you want, when you want.” is the slogan of CloudCrowd. This website is actually considered as one of the best site to earn cash during your free time wherein majority of the tasks are related to
writing. You can choose to do general writing, marketing writing or editing type of work.
Companies that give any project to CloudCrowd, break down the projects into smaller set of task which you can complete using their Facebook work application.
The company pays its workers their commission on the same business day via PayPal.
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CrowdFlowerIn CrowdFlower, you will be known as a contributor. The site has more than 30 million contributors around the world since it is one of the largest crowdsourcing website.
Just take note that CrowdFlower does not have a direct sign-up facility. If you want to be a contributor for them, then you will need to sign up with one of their contributor channel partners which include ClixSense, mTurk, SuperPay etc.
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CrowdtapAnother wonderful site for crowd sourcing work. Many big brands are associated with Crowdtap wherein you can work with any brand you choose.
Use your Facebook account to log on directly to Crowdtap which eliminates the need for you to make a separate sign up.
However, take note that Crowdtap is not available for workers outside the United States. But the company aims to expand their operations internationally soon.
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MiniJobzSign-up, comment,like—these are the tasks in Mini Jobz. Once you have $5 in your account, then you will be paid through Payza or MoneyBookers. Plus you get $1 as a sign-up bonus too.
Last Word
These days, crowdsourcing sites are being created left and right, so I am sure I have missed some. But for now, these are the biggest and best alternative crowdsourcing sites to Mechanical Turk.