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I think this is one of those examples where nobody's rushing in because no matter how you slice it, the product is just not that useful. I've used it a few tim
by aresant 16y ago
I think this is one of those examples where nobody's rushing in because no matter how you slice it, the product is just not that useful.
I've used it a few times and because the eco system is truly about hiring dirt, dirt cheap labor you kind of get what you pay for.
Beyond that the revenue model sucks - the concept of running millions of micro-transactions and having a little piece of all the action is compelling, but again because the product use is so limited it's difficult to make signifigant revenue.
- iwwr 16y agoLast I checked, MTurk still accepted only US credit cards. This puts a dent in the potential size of the ecosystem. If the purpose is dirt-cheap labor, they should open up the door to markets where $cents matter.
- thetable 16y agoI'm pretty sure I recently used a non-US credit card to pay for MTurk. They require you live in the US, but they don't seem to verify that.
- iwwr 16y agoThey verify for valid zip codes and they prune false addresses from time to time. You have to lie to Amazon, or know someone in the US.
- eru 16y agoYou can work from everywhere. You just have to have a US credit card to pay somebody.