Amazon Mechanical Turk

Good Night fellow reader,
This post is going to tell you all about Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

If you are looking for some spare change (literally) I would recommend Amazon's Mechanical Turk or Mturk for short. Amazon's Mturk is associated with the popular Amazon shopping site so I am sure it's trustworthy and do pay.

You earn money from doing simple tasks that a computer cannot perform. Such as telling the differences between items or take surveys, visit websites and provide feedback, take pictures, write audio transcriptions, etc. The thing is, it is up to you to decide whether or not it's worth the money they are paying.

For me, I usually like to do certain tasks if I am not in the mood to do any typing and can handle a little clicking, then I look for a task I just have to find differences in items or sentences and state whether they are alike or not. The fees paid out aren't very high but I think of it as, "If I can work on a Paid to Click site, then why not do simple tasks on this one?" I have watched the money slowly but surely add up for the month of May and have already reached $11.17 today (May 16th '08). May not seem like much, but it's spare change, don't expect to make a living off Amazon's Mturk. Some offers are very generous and sometimes I am lucky to find them. I don't go to the website everyday either, but hey you can!

Here's the more important part that I bet you guys are interested in...
Anyone from around the world can join. But there is "a catch" if you want to put it like that.
*You have to have a U.S. bank account if you want to "cashout" and get the money to spend as you like. You would have to enter your bank details and the money is sent to your account.
*If you are a worker in India, you can sign up for a service that allows you to receive a check for your earnings in Indian Rupees. Check their FAQ under the "Getting Paid" tab for more info.
*Now I am not from the USA, so the other option is to get your cash redeemed to your Amazon.com gift certificate account where you can purchase stuff from their website. I like this option personally cause I really don't shop much online and I think it's a good way to get some stuff I've been wanting.
I have to admit, I wish they'd introduce paying by check at least (if to prevent fraud) for international members. But you can give it a try if you want.
Click HERE to be taken to the website

Remember it takes cents to make dollars.

Roxanne