Usability Testing sites are all the rage nowadays. People
flocked to such jobs to derive some extra online income.
Before you get too excited, let me clarify that site testing
job is a form of micro
jobs i.e. it pays little in exchange for your online assignment.
Sometimes called remote usability testing, the job requires
you to scrutinize a company’s website or mobile application, and report your
observation accordingly.
What’s Needed?
Your computer will need to be equipped with a microphone,
good Internet connection is a given. The microphone allows you to talk about
your observations while surfing the website concerned.
How Much Can You
Make?
Compensation wise, each test will pay you about $10 on
average, and it should not take you more than 30 minutes to complete your task.
And as mentioned in one of my earlier posts, you could earn around $100
a month or so.
Even if the payout is decent, be aware that such jobs do not
come with any regularity. Competition is really keen here.
So, your only chance of making this a consistent source of
income is to get registered with as many usability testing sites as possible.
By playing this right, you could potentially make an extra hundred dollars
every month, perhaps even more.
I would rank below sites as the top 6 usability testing
sites to make money with:
1. StartUpLift
The great thing here is that you can sign up and be
immediately available to do tests. This is a pleasant departure from some
competitions, which require some sort of written response before you can get
started.
All it takes here is simply a screen or voice confirmation.
The tests conducted here are most likely related to social media stuff, so your
presence in the social media world would bolster your chance.
Requirements: Computer, Internet connection.
Payment: $5 paid into your PayPal every week for each
feedback.
2. TryMYUI
Testers will be subjected to a test video and a written
feedback before they can be accepted into the program.
Requirements: Computer, Internet connection, computer
microphone.
Payment: $10 paid into PayPal, often takes no more than
3 days upon completion of your task.
3. UserFeel.com (No longer avilible)
The company will require you to sign up and agree to a small
test before they consider your application.
Your first real test will come anytime from 7 days to 2
months upon submission for acceptance.
Requirements: Computer, Internet connection, computer
microphone.
Payment: $10/test into PayPal every week.
4. Userlytics
Userlytics is different from the rest as it insists on
webcam recordings when others deem screen capture and voice recording would be
suitable enough.
It says it is important to capture you as you test the
websites.
Requirements: Mac or PC, Internet connection, webcam.
Payment: $10 or more per test, the first Friday of the
week after approval of the test.
5. User Testing
New users will be subjected to a sample test before they can
get accepted. A telephone can be used to record voice during this test, but you
will have to use a microphone once you accept new jobs.
Requirements: Mac or PC, Internet connection,
microphone; mobile tests require iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet,
Windows phone.
Payment: $10 web test & $15 mobile and paid into
PayPal.
This United Kingdom-based website testing site has an army
of international testers, so they accept people of any nation, provided they
are able to converse in fluent English.
New testers are to fill out a short questionnaire, upload a
sample video, and if they clear these criteria, they need to furnish a personal
profile before taking any test.
Requirements: PC or Mac, Internet connection,
microphone.
Payment: Up to 8£/€/US$ per test into PayPal monthly.
Bottom Line
As mentioned earlier, such tests come sparingly. So, be
ready to see only a handful of site testing jobs in a week.
My final words are that website testing will not make you rich, but it is a
neat way to get extra income for supplementary purpose.
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