Is CloudCrowd.com A Scam?
If you've read my review regarding Amazon.com Mechanical Turk work at home program the following review will seem like deja vu.
What is CloudCrowd.com?
It's very much like a freelance site except without the bidding. An employer or company hires CloudCrowd.com to complete a project. CloudCrowd.com breaks this project down into smaller easier tasks. They post these tasks on their site and assign a fee to them. Work at home seekers can log in to their cloudcrowd account to see what projects are available and select the ones of interest to them and get started on them. Once they're completed the tasks they're paid instantly the following day. Pretty cool, huh?
What type of work is on CloudCrowd?
The projects vary. You can get paid for tagging images or videos with descriptive keywords. You can get paid for finding information online. You can get paid for writing or editing paragraphs, articles, etc. Basically whatever someone is willing to pay you for that involves online work, it will probably show up on CloudCrowd.com provided it's not illegal or gross.
What are the requirements to work with CloudCrowd.com?
1. Paypal account – It's free and used to pay you.
2. Facebook account – It's free. Cloudcrowd.com uses a facebook application to post new jobs and manage their workers.
3. Internet Access – All your work is done online, so web access is sort of important.
How much can you get paid?
This all varies on the complexity of the tasks. It can range anywhere from .01 cents and up. Yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking. I'm not doing anything for .01 cent. Like I said it varies. But at the end of the day like Mturk it all adds up when you're doing multiple projects. There are many of you that can attest to this that have tried MTurk.
And besides you'll probably get paid more than you do now for your online activities. I'm guessing if you calculate all the hours you spend online searching for jobs, goofing off on facebook or surfing porn you'll discover you've earned nothing for the trouble. So earning a few cents or dollars should be welcomed instead of looked down on.
How do you get paid?
CloudCrowd pays via paypal. You can transfer the money from your paypal account to your bank account or you can use their paypal debit card to have access to your money.
When do you get paid?
After you complete a project, you get paid the next day via PayPal.
Is this opportunity available to people outside the US?
Yes it is. As long as your country is supported by paypal then you're eligible to work with CloudCrowd.com
Is there a referral program?
Of course there is. Haven't I told you most companies have an affiliate / referral program? In any event, here's what I know about their program:
- It's obviously free to join and participate.
- "When you invite someone to join CloudCrowd and they join, they become part of your Personal Crowd, and you get a commission on all the work they do. The people they invite also become part of your Personal Crowd, at the 2nd level. The invitees of your 2nd level Personal Crowd become your 3rd level Personal Crowd. Each time any of these individuals does work that is paid for, you get a commission.
Referral rates are currently:
- Rates are subject to change on a quarterly basis.
- Best of all, Commissions are paid daily! Joy!!!
So is CloudCrowd.com A Scam?
My initial research hasn't shown a lot of evidence to suggest that CloudCrowd.com is a scam. They don't charge you a fee which is always a good look. There are reports of people getting paid. So at the time of this review, it seems safe to say that CloudCrowd.com is legitimate
Now with that said, they're still in beta so things can change drastically for better or worst either way. But for now you might as well test it out and make some money. Add this opportunity to your arsenal of non traditional work at home opportunities that can make you money now.
The Cons
Although I do recommend trying CloudCrowd.com, please keep the following negatives in mind:
1. You can't support your family with this type of opportunity. It's not a "real" work at home job. But you already know I'm all for multiple streams of income regardless of how small it may be. In this industry making some money is always better than making none. If you don't feel that way yet, it means you haven't been at this long enough and your attitude will change soon enough.
2. Some folks hate paypal with a passion. I've heard the horror stories but I've been using them for years and have never had an issue. But since CloudCrowd.com doesn't offer a check option, this may turn off some people.
3. You need to have a Facebook account. Personally I found this to be annoying. Let's assume you're an anti-social bastard like myself that doesn't want to be found or contacted. lol This requirement sort of puts you in a tough position. Hopefully in time they'll have more of a traditional account process that doesn't require Facebook.
4. There aren't a lot of projects right now. But I suspect it's one of those things where you need to check in several times a day to see if anything new popped up. Furthermore the company is in beta so I imagine as they get more publicity and are out of that phase, it will grow like Amazon MTurk program did.
Conclusion:
In any event, that pretty much sums it up. If you've tried this company, I would love to hear your feedback. I'll probably do a follow up post with a video if I've made some money with the company. You know I'm big on talking the talk and walking the walk. But I figured that I should get this out here as soon as possible to help you folks out. Lord knows my schedule can be wacky which may delay the creation of a video or post. Furthermore the referral money would be nice, so help a brother out. lol
Enjoy either way and let me know what you think.
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Hi Eddie! I never figured you to be “an anti-social b*stard”- your words, not mine!
ReplyI already have a facebook account so I will have to check out this CloudCrowd. I do MTurk when I find something on Amazon I want. Instead of spending the $ to buy it, I work MTurk and pay with my earnings. Don’t feel so guilty that way !! LOL
Thanks again for your work on checking these companies out for us. It sure saves a lot of time and if you say it’s legit, I know I can put effort into it.
Cloud Crowd it is then, “hated with passion” the Facebook obligation though :S
ReplyNo tasks available, but the idea is awesome and such a simple way to make some extra bucks!
That Facebook requirement is enough to stop me from checking this out. I’ve been hearing from a lot of people who are using it though, and they’ve all been paid punctually. It seems like a real deal.
ReplyHey Shawna,
Yes I am actually very antisocial despite what my online my persona may reflect. I’m the type of person that prefers to be at home than going out. lol I like how you use MTurk. I sort of do the same thing with mysurvey.
I use the points I earn to redeem gift certificates which I use for purchases of Amazon. In any event, let me know how cloudcrowd goes for you. By the way I can’t believe you mis-spelled my name considering you’ve been a long time
supporter. Tsk, tsk. lol
Barbara,
Let’s hope more tasks start rolling in very soon. Like I said it’s in beta which means they’re probably working out bugs and the best way to make this work for everyone. I’m sure once they’re out of beta they’ll have more tasks.
Aimee,
ReplyThanks for chiming in and sharing what you’ve heard. Hopefully some of our concerns regarding the Facebook requirement will be heard and they’ll make it an optional requirement when they get out of Beta.
@Eddy Salomon:
ReplyHi EDDY,
I think I misspelled your name subconsciously because I just read the other day how you jumped on some unfortunate soul for doing the very same thing! LOL So sorry. It must be my passive aggressiveness peeking out of my otherwise sunny nature!
In any event, I joined up and I have spent today advertising the heck out of it. So maybe you will see some $$ from my effort =D
xoxo
Shawna
Here’s another view on low-paying work that really hit home when he mentioned that he hired a woman for $3.00/hour in New Jersey to help with some of his basic SEO work.
He told her that he wouldn’t feel right paying her that much and she pointed out that she would be getting paid to learn parts of an overall skillset that she wants to develop.
ReplyGood point Paul!
ReplyYour right, I spend hours online looking for jobs and doing surveys, why not try this. I just joined, thanks.
ReplyGlad you see the logic Blanca!
At the end of the day what do we all have to lose giving opportunities like this a shot?
ReplyThose that use this site, what type of work is it that you are doing?
ReplyHow much time does it take to do each job?
I certainly would love to make a few extra bucks here and there.
Donald,
Visit their site and give it a try. You have nothing to lose and most of the questions are already answered there.
ReplyHey, don’t be so afraid of Facebook. If you get a message asking you to accept somebody as a “friend,” you can ignore it. You can upload a false profile pic. You can set your profile and search information settings to make yourself invisible to all but your friends — and if you don’t accept any friends, nobody can find you.
OTOH, making yourself visible and accepting friends and posting daily links to these pages gives you another way to direct readers to THIS site, and that is good business.
Replyhi i found out about cloudcrowd through facebook, no it isnt a scam, and so far i have been paid through paypal from them, there pays arnt that much but they do pay you.
ReplyHi Sasha,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I agree it’s definitely not a scam and I’ve been paid several times with them.
ReplyCloudCrowd hasn’t paid its workers large amounts of pending earnings for over a month now claiming “because of a glitch they have to do it one by one by hand”. Many of the workers have been banned for no reason and insulted by the CC staff. There is little communication from them at this time either.
ReplyHey Chris,
I was wondering why I haven’t received a payment in a while. I hope this company isn’t going down the tubes before it even gets started. Anyone else experiencing similar things?
ReplyI’ve tried CloudCrowd and have gotten paid. It’s not a scam. Now, I haven’t been paid tons… it’s definitely not going to replace your day job. But you can make some extra spending cash. And the jobs aren’t too difficult. From what I understand, the more experience you gain doing CloudCrowd tasks, the more higher-paying tasks you are offered.
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