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Be a User Tester and Earn $10 per Website

How it works

  1. Website owners will pay to watch a real person use their site so they can discover where their site is confusing. UserTesting.com has a panel of "user testers" to do this. If you become one of our user testers, then whenever your demographic profile is requested, you'll have an opportunity to earn money using a website.
  2. You use our software to record a video of what's happening on your screen - mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes - and your spoken comments while you use the website you're testing. (Videos are typically 15 minutes long.)
    Watch a sample video
  3. You answer four questions about your experience. See a sample summary
  4. You'll earn $10 (paid with PayPal).

How to become a user tester

  1. Be at least 18 years old
  2. Have a computer running Windows XP or higher and a broadband Internet connection. You can record your voice with a microphone or by telephone.
  3. Fill out a one-page form with your demographic information (gender, computer experience, etc.).
  4. Download and run our software to record your screen and verbal comments as you browse a sample website.

 Frequent Asked Questions by Testers

What people are saying

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"UserTesting.com is a really nice little side job. I'm a grad student, and extremely busy, so I like that I can just do a batch of two or three user tests each week. This translates to roughly $50 every other week for sitting with my laptop and telling people why their websites are good, bad, or ugly :-) I suspect you could earn more if you were really on top of claiming jobs, but I'm busy enough that I really only grab them when I have time."
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"You earn $10 per site tested"
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 Frequent Asked Questions by Testers




Earn $10 for 20 minutes? What's the catch?

This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Most people shouldn't plan on earning a steady income from UserTesting.com.

Why? You might not receive many (or any) work opportunities. There are three reasons for this:

1.   Your demographics. You'll only receive work opportunities if your demographic profile matches the target audience of the websites being tested.

2.   An oversupply of user testers. Because this is such a high-paying opportunity, we have more user testers in our database than we have work opportunities.

3.   Your ability to provide useful feedback. To be a helpful user tester, you should be good at thinking out loud, taking the point of view of the customer, and finding things that are confusing.

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