Rip-Off Rating: 3 “snake oils” out of 5
What We Recommend Instead:
Unfortunately, Clickworker is notorious for deleting accounts to make sure you don’t get paid (see our review below).
There are so many “micro-work” websites to do things like write articles, perform data entry, or fill out surveys, and Take Surveys for Cash is a pretty good program that breaks down some of the best methods available.
Why Clickworker is a scam. *Updated: 2016 review*
At ScamBust, we don’t like to say services that actually pay you money online are scams. In fact, Clickworker really does pay you money for completing tasks such as writing jobs, data entry, and more. It’s similar to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
The reason why we unfortunately have to call it out for being a scam is because of a serious and rampant problem that is affecting Clickworker accounts.
Unfortunately, when you use Clickworker, you will start to earn credits to be paid, and then before you’re paid out, they will delete your account.
Here’s an all-to-common experience with Clickworker:
But then it happened… one day I tried to log in to Clickworker and my account got deleted. After 6 days of fighting with tech support over facebook I finally got a reply back via email stating that my account was marked as a spamming account. So I got 0 dollars from them. All my jobs got canceled because I was apparently spamming on purpose (I really wasn’t).
Clickworker earns the right to terminate your account at any time. They say this is to block spammers, so that they can keep the integrity of their service.
Unfortunately, we believe this is also being used to terminate legitimate accounts that are earning money too quickly.
The only way to earn money on Clickworker is to do it so slowly that you won’t trip their sensors and you can stay on their platform. I believe in order to keep their business profitable, they ban a large number of users instead of paying them out.
When your account is terminated on Clickworker, that’s it. Say goodbye. You won’t get paid, even if you’re “owed” the money. It’s simply gone.
Can you get your money if they terminate your account? Answer: No.
If Clickworker decides that you’re a spammer, there is literally no way to save your account. There is no appeal process and no explanation. Just consider the money lost.
The problem with this is that you’ve done actual hard work to provide a service, you expected to be paid, and with the click of a mouse Clickworker simply says “No. We’re keeping this money.”
Of course, spammers and other people who abuse the service should be banned. After reading many, many reports, we have come to the conclusion this is happening far too often, with far too many legitimate accounts.
Yes, some people have been earning money on Clickworker. If you’re desperate for cash, you can give it a try. Just be warned: you could be wasting your time.
It’s hard to find legitimate services that pay you for small tasks online.
We don’t want you wasting your time. Mechanical Turk, from Amazon, is a much better option. You get the Amazon name associated with the service, so you know they have to be legitimate in their practices.
We also recommend the Take Surveys For Cash program, which breaks down many of the best services and teaches you things like how to get paid on time, every time, and how to most efficiently earn money using online surveys.
Whatever you do, unfortunately, we recommend avoiding Clickworker until they are more transparent or less strict with their account termination process. Yes, you can earn money from Clickworker. But because they can delete your account at any time, and they are very active in doing so, there are better options.
