To sign up to a User Testing site, check out the recommendations below. Visit the sites to sign up. Then you will be asked to submit a practice test. You will be give instructions for doing so, and will be accepted onto the panel if you pass the test. The test assignments are pretty easy – usually involving visiting a website, and talking about what your experience as you perform a couple of tasks. For example, you might have to navigate a website to find the help section and search for help on a specific problem. As you do, speak your thoughts aloud. Say what you like, and also mention anything you do not like or find difficult/annoying! Remember that these researchers want to know what issues the test product has!
Typical pay rate: £8 ($10) for a 10-15 minute test.
Intellizoom offers normal “think out louds” user testing sessions and lower-paying, but easier, card sort studies. Tests are emailed out.
| Payout: | Cash payment direct to PayPal in 21 days. |
| Earnings per survey: | $5 or $8 studies (~5-15 minutes long). |
| Number of surveys: | Lots of opportunities. |
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User Interviews is a market research site offering many types of studies (user testing, one-on-one interviews, group interviews, etc.), Sign up and get a bonus ~£8 gift card when you complete your first study.
| Payout: | Payment in vouchers (PayPal). |
| Earnings per survey: | $55/hr. |
| Number of surveys: | Lots of opportunities. |
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Userlytics is another user testing site that emails out opportunities to take part in tests. Most studies pay €10. There are higher paying tasks, but I have never been accepted for one.
| Payout: | Cash payment (to PayPal) within 7 days. |
| Earnings per survey: | €10 studies (~10-20 minutes long). |
| Number of surveys: | Lots of opportunities. |
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Testingtime is a market research site that offers occasional user tests. It does not have as many opportunities as others listed here, but they tend to have longer, higher paying tests.
| Payout: | Minimum £20 withdrawal. |
| Earnings per survey: | €1Up to £30 for a 30-minute test. |
| Number of surveys: | Lots of opportunities. |
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The Usertesting platform has the most opportunities and it pays out faster than all other usability sites. But many studies are IT focussed. Studies usually take less than 10 minutes.
| Payout: | Cash payment (PayPal) with 7 days. |
| Earnings per survey: | $5 or $10 studies (~10 minutes long). |
| Number of surveys: | Lots of opportunities. |
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It frequently has usability tests for financial apps. User tests are limited to finance topics, but there are lots of other opportunities to get paid.
| Payout: | Cash payment (PayPal). |
| Earnings per survey: | $5 |
| Number of surveys: | Lots of opportunities. |
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Almost all studies are unmoderated – there is usually no interviewer. You record yourself doing stuff on your phone/computer and narrate while you are doing it. The recordings are reviewed by a researcher afterwards. These are easy to do – just speak your thoughts as you follow the instructions!
