Anyone have experience with MTurk?

From what you say I would assume not all countries can participate then.

@lovebuglena yeah it is unavailable for some countries.

Really? When was that? I quit because only Indians and Americans can convert earnings to cash.

I hope I get approved so I can try it out. And then I will see if it is worth the time. If I have to spend hours a day doing stuff only to make pennies not sure it's worth it.

@thislittlepennyearns In a way the two are similar but there is a difference. At least here you interact with others and have fun. There you do tasks you don't necessarily want to do. And you can make more here than there in a short time. And it seems it takes many days before the HITs are reviewed and you are credited... I still need to figure the site out.

@lovebuglena How is that any different from here? We spend hours here sometimes for just a few pennies a day.

@lovebuglena yup.a couple of other states got kicked too but i can't remember which.

Really? Wow, that is crazy!

@scarlet_woman That's not fair!

@lovebuglena I can relate. I was also so careful in doing those tasks, and so afraid I'll commit mistakes. I was able to earn $4 and transferred $3 to my Amazon account. I'm a Filipino. I don't think there's an option to convert my earnings to cash. Right after I decided to quit, one employer emailed me asking me to help him finish his tasks. I was really so happy. That's the first time someone contacted me to help him with his tasks. I feel elated, but what can I do? I can't use my earnings. I politely declined, and told him I already emailed Amazon admin and requested to please also let other nationalities to have the right to cash out the earnings. I also told him to help me convince admin. I can't recall if he replied.

I still have an account there but I am not active. I got tired of doing the transcribe receipts tasks or entering stuff into text boxes that I see on the screen, where sometimes it was hard to tell what the handwriting was saying. Those pay pennies and I always worried I might make a mistake. I could not find other things to do, at least not those I qualified for. I made in total I think $1.48 or so. Good thing I was actually able to transfer that money to my Amazon Payments account and then cash out from there. On Amazon Payments the minimum to cash out is $1.

@wittynet Wow! So this is only for people from USA?

So you are saying that some tasks are timed? If so, what happens when you run out of time but haven't finished completing the task?

@lovebuglena No payment, as I remember.

@pgntwo Ah, that would suck.

@lovebuglena Hmm. I honestly don't have time for such things.

@TheHorse I decided to try it out. Nothing to lose. I have time on my hands for that. Just have to be up to doing the tasks they offer.

I didn't know about this until someone here at mylot wrote about MTurk. Turns out it has been around for a long time.

I already got approved and did 13 HITs. It was the transcribing receipts ones. Some receipts were very long and tricky to do.

Will see how this pans out. It may be as you say.

Thank you! I hope this works out for me. Just have to be active there often and do the tasks I can accept.

I got approved today. Did some hits that had to do with transcribing receipts. Found some a bit tricky so hopefully I did them right. Last one I got a message that my item count seems off. Couldn't find why. Seemed I didn't miss anything. Submitted as is. Hopefully, I will get credited for it. Would suck not to get credited because it was a lot of items to do.

You do tasks there (they are called HITs) and after you complete them if they get approved you earn something for doing it. So far all I have done was transcribe receipts as that's what I was allowed to accept. Will see if there is anything else I can accept without needing to qualify for it.

@lovebuglena thanks for the information.

@lovebuglena Thank you, I think you are right, and I am not a requester, I am a worker but I will check the site anyways