Make Money Testing Apps and Websites with Crowdville

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Today I am sharing another great sideline-earning opportunity.

Crowdville started in 2014 in Italy, where they built up a thriving online community of over 30,000 members. In the last year or two they have launched in the UK and other countries as well.

Crowdville pay members to test digital products (both existing and upcoming) and report back on what they find. Members are paid for their feedback, their opinions about the user experience, and their bug-finding skills. The YouTube video below provides a quick introduction to the platform.

Joining Crowdville

Joining Crowdville is free of charge. All you need is a smartphone and an email account. Click through any link in this post to Crowdville and you will be presented with a registration form. This should only take a minute or so to fill in. Accept the terms and conditions and click on Register. And that’s it – you’re in!

Once you have joined Crowdville, you can sign up for ‘Missions’. These range from simple surveys to more complex bug-finding challenges. Payment for successfully completing a Mission is guaranteed.

• You can also access Crowdville using a laptop, PC or tablet, and provide feedback via the website – but as most Missions involve testing mobile phone apps, you will need a smartphone in order to do this.

Crowders – as the company calls its members – are paid by bank transfer or Amazon vouchers. As long as you successfully complete a Mission – either by submitting a survey, sending screenshots or finding bugs – you are guaranteed to be paid.

Anyone is welcome to join Crowdville. However, it’s an ideal platform for technology enthusiasts, as you are able to test out a range of digital products and services before anyone else. You get an exclusive preview of upcoming app releases, put them through their paces, and then get paid for giving your feedback about them.

The work you are offered will depend on your location and other personal info, but you can always turn down Missions if for some reason they don’t appeal to you.

Community

One big attraction of Crowdville is that – as the name implies – it is community-based.

Through a private social media platform called Otium, you can meet and interact with other Crowders and Crowdville managers. This provides you with an opportunity to learn from others, and as you gain experience to offer support and advice to new Crowders yourself. This social aspect makes working as a Crowder more enjoyable and less stressful, especially when you are first starting out.

Additionally, once you’ve been accepted to a Mission, you are automatically placed in that Mission’s group. You can discuss the Mission here with others who are also doing it, and ask about any problems you may be having. As well as making the process easier and less stressful, this allows the community as a whole to learn from one another and improve.

Finally, there is even a reward for being a helpful Crowder. If you complete Missions and help other members, you can become a SuperCrowder. This allows you to earn more money and access other, higher-paying opportunities.

Summing Up

If you’re looking for a new sideline-earning opportunity – and especially if you enjoy testing and evaluating apps and websites – Crowdville is well worth a try. It’s free to join, and you can earn a steady stream of cash and vouchers. You can also make more money by introducing friends and colleagues and giving them the opportunity to earn from the platform as well. In any event, there really is nothing to lose by signing up for free and trying out Crowdville for yourself.

As always, if you have any comments or questions about this post, or Crowdville in general, please do leave them below.

Disclosure: I am a Crowdville member myself and the links in this post are referral links. If you click through and sign up, I may receive a commission for introducing you. This does not affect in any way the benefits you will enjoy as a Crowdville member.