Like most of us, you may have commented on how confusing some websites are and how good others are. You don’t want to complain to your spouse or friends. How do you want to comment to the website owner and get paid from critics?I do it, so can you. In fact, you can earn per hour to $ 30 as a website tester .
I have been a search engine evaluator for a similar job for several months and it is great in some ways (you like to work from home, $12 to $15 an hour). But I have to judge search results based on strict criteria set by the company that hired me. As a website tester (also called a website evaluator or usability tester), I can criticize the website according to my own standards. My honest opinion as a consumer or user of a website is usually what the client wants. This makes work easier.
As you can see, the company wants to understand how real people interact with their website to reduce their confusion, easier to navigate and more attractive. To this end, they turned to businesses that maintain tester teams-people like you and me. When you register with a website evaluation company, you will download some software, and when tasks are available, you can view website actions on the mouse, and the number of clicks, keystrokes and verbal comments are all recorded as videos. There may be several questions to answer afterwards, but the whole process usually takes 15 minutes or less.
What assignments did you get as a website evaluator?
This morning I received from UserTesting.com e-mail, which said testing is available. I logged in to my account, put on headphones, and a minute later I was viewing a sports website for my children and their parents. For the next five minutes, my job is to view all the content, click on the navigation links, and then talk about what I have been seeing.
Then I clicked the "Finish" button, and went to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, while uploading a "video" (my audio and screenshots) (it took a few minutes). For this "usability study", I will be paid $10. Not bad, right?
Sometimes short-term tasks only cost $3, and not all tests are the same. Many involve describing your experience when viewing a website, but the second one I did today is completely different. It requires me to group navigation links together and name the boxes I put in. Informational posts are placed in a box named "Articles", and links such as "Contact Us", "Our Mission" and "Team Members" go into a box named "About Us". The owner of the site obviously wants to help organize the site based on how the average user might want to see it. I put 40 links into six boxes. It took ten minutes and I will get a task of $10.
The good and bad of working as a website tester
I wish I could complete this work more frequently, but the tests I did today are the first time I can use them, and I only did it six or seven times in the last month. This is the biggest disadvantage of this type of work. As explained by user testing, “because this is a high-paying opportunity, the number of user testers in our database exceeds our job opportunities.” On the other hand, if you are hired by these website evaluation companies, you may be in Get enough work between them to get a pleasant part-time income.
When your demographics match the target audience of the site you are testing, you can get homework, so you may get more revenue than mine. I have rejected quite a few tests or been disqualified because I don’t play this or that video game, or I don’t plan to buy a major device next year, etc.
With this in mind, here is a tip: Please be sure to fill in your personal information completely so that you don’t waste too much time answering questions, just to find out that you are not eligible to take the exam.
In some cases, I did not respond quickly enough to notification emails, so when I logged in, the available tests were offered to others. After logging in to my account, I saw the test come and go in a few seconds-fast enough without sending email notifications-so it might be helpful to visit your dashboard several times a day, just to see if it's available s things.
How to qualify and be hired to test a website
Companies that do this have their own needs, but here are some common qualifications they almost all need:
- You must be at least 18 years old
- You need to have a computer and microphone
- You need a broadband internet connection
- You will fill out a form with demographic information (your age, gender, computer experience, etc.)
- You (probably) must do a sample test
One testing company may need more testers of a certain age or income level, while another may be looking for self-employed or retired testers. In other words, if you are not employed by one person, please apply for the next one on the list.
To continue as a website evaluator, you must do a good job. Customers served by your employer will rate you, and getting additional tasks depends on whether you get a good score. Usually, customers want you to keep talking to the microphone while using their website and be clear about what you are doing and what you think.