Monday 1 August 2016

Amazon Mechanical Turk (Mturk) - Ways of making money online in India

Hi. I would like to share some genuine ways of making money via internet in India. I know there are many frauds and scams out there. I know because I was once part of this search (still am) and became victim of one of such recent scams (Traffic Monsoon). That's why I want to share my experience here so that nobody else fall prey to such tricks and scams. All these are legit sites and have been tried and tested by me and I am receiving income from them. 

Also, although all these ways are equally available for international users, I am writing them specifically for Indian users because I am from India and so can write concretely only about ways that surely work in India. There are many money making websites which are not open for Indians, I will not write about them.


Amazon Mechanical Turk


First of all, let's talk about one of the oldest site in this industry, a part of Amazon, Inc. - Amazon Mechanical Turk, also known as Mturk. It is there since 2003, has more than 1 Million tasks always available to do, is famous and popular among Requesters (those who give work), is trustworthy because it's part of Amazon, and will probably remain there for many years to come. 

I am on this site since 2011 and see it as the most stable and trustful way of income. It is like a permanent job to me. Daily earning depends on amount of work you do and number of hours you spend searching and doing HITs (acronym for tasks here). An Indian worker can easily make 10$-20$ a day, which translates to Rs. 600 - Rs. 1300, in 4-5 hours. 

Right now it's closed for Indian workers but the good news is that Amazon is planning to open it again for Indians. But most probably it will do that in batches and in limited number. So my suggestion is that you register on Mturk now. It won't fully register you but it will send your email id in their waiting list and so the next time they allow Indian workers they will send you a mail that they have registered you for Mturk and you can start doing work. This has happened before (most recently in May 2016 when large number of applicants who had applied earlier were allowed in) and will happen again. So be ready and send your name there. 

I will create a separate post about tricks and scripts for Mturk. If anybody has any question he can comment below and I will reply as soon as possible.

Thanks!