how much to charge for tasks? / myLot

March 14, 2012 8:45am CST

I was thinking of using the my-Lot tasks but I'm unsure what to charge. I was hoping to get people to error check, say find 3 errors on the site or something, I seem to have quite a few... or perhaps providing me with relevant back-links, which would take some work as it's a specific resource site. anyone with experience, I'd love to hear your views. Do low payouts put people off or is the starting rate of $0.10 not too bad for a job that should take less than 5 minutes? Thanks in advance

2 responses

Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43915)

• Cambridge, England

14 Mar 12

Try to estimate how long the task is likely to take someone and how complex it is. This should be the basic guide to the price you should set. The other end of the stick, of course, is how much the job is worth to you (in total). Finding errors on a site might require a good command of English. Make sure that you specify that in the instructions. It depends a great deal on the country/cost of living/expectations of the individual whether a particular price will be acceptable or not. 10 cents would not be unreasonable for five minutes work and some might consider it well worth doing. Probably your best guide is to make comparisons with other tasks (both here and on other sites such as Amazon Turk and Microworkers).

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gfeef01

@gfeef01 (537)

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14 Mar 12

thanks that's a really helpful suggestion i'll go have a look at those now. i speak english but live in a country where prices are really low, our local pizza takeaway bill, for 2, is $3.50 so i find pricing for the rest of the english world a bit tough!

Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43915)

• Cambridge, England

14 Mar 12

What country is that? It would be worth my while PAYING for delivery by air!

gfeef01

@gfeef01 (537)

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14 Mar 12

:) well that's made me smile for the day. I live in Serbia.