For those who aren't aware of Clickworker, its a micro-job site where one can complete mini-tasks for small amounts of money. There are thousands of such tasks that you can do and earn a decent amount of money (that's what the site claims). Although, I'm really not sure if its a scam or a legitimate site. However, the next few lines will definitely unfold the truth.
To write an honest review, I should have a first hand experience of using their service. So, I went straight to Clickworker.com, registered by entering all the details. A confirmation mail was sent to me to verify my email id. Not to my surprise, the verification link didn't work. But that could be due to an error, I continued by going back to their homepage and logged in. Surprisingly, this time I could log in, although my email wasn't verified.
CW had a set of placement tests right onto my dashboard, that I had to complete and pass in order to qualify for doing tasks. Since the site stated they had over 175,000 jobs currently, I thought completing the tests would allow me to do as many jobs as possible and make money.
The first test I took had 74 questions, which CW claimed was to test a users English skills. While I started answering, CW server went down and few of my answers weren't considered. This was expected, since the website takes a hell lot of time to load (courtesy - Ruby on Rails). With all the bumps, I eventually managed to finish the test. The final score 94/100 - pass. Yippee!!
Now comes the best part. After spending over 40 minutes completing all the tests, when I go back to accept tasks, I see a message on my dashboard stating "We are sorry but there are currently no matching jobs available". Well, does that mean all the 175,000 jobs were completed by others by the time I finished my tests?
New Update: Clickworker is not a scam site. It claims to be a Crowdsourcing site, which after a long process I was able to figure out it is. However, don't be under the impression that you'll get rich working on CW, you won't. Some users don't even see a single job on offer, even after submitting relevant certificates (yes, you need to submit them).
Old Update: Having received some positive feedback's in the form of comments, I would request people to sign up on CW if they wish to. Since this review is completely based on my own experience which could be unfortunate, and I really do not wish to malign anyone's reputation. Comments on my blog are moderated and I could have easily removed the one's that support Clickworker, however, that's not my goal. At the end of the day, if people make real money without wasting time then its good for all of us. I would request other CW users to post their experience in the comments section (not anonymously).
There may be some technical glitches with the site which require users to use Internet Explorer for some tasks, but that doesn't mean its a scam.
Here's a payment proof sent to me by a CW user - Mrs. Coley(Thank you!). I conclude by saying that Clickworker is a genuine site. Register here
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Old Update: Having received some positive feedback's in the form of comments, I would request people to sign up on CW if they wish to. Since this review is completely based on my own experience which could be unfortunate, and I really do not wish to malign anyone's reputation. Comments on my blog are moderated and I could have easily removed the one's that support Clickworker, however, that's not my goal. At the end of the day, if people make real money without wasting time then its good for all of us. I would request other CW users to post their experience in the comments section (not anonymously).
There may be some technical glitches with the site which require users to use Internet Explorer for some tasks, but that doesn't mean its a scam.
Here's a payment proof sent to me by a CW user - Mrs. Coley(Thank you!). I conclude by saying that Clickworker is a genuine site. Register here
Anonymous comments will not be published for this post anymore.