For people with limited skills and scattered time, online micro task part-time work is a very suitable way. As long as you have a mobile phone or computer, you can easily earn some extra money by taking on tasks, doing surveys, testing applications or data entry at home.
1、 What is’ micro task ‘?
Micro tasks refer to small tasks that can be completed in a short period of time, such as:
Conduct market research questionnaire
Register the app and complete simple operations
Label the voice
image annotation
Simple text input or proofreading
Software functional testing
These tasks typically do not require specialized skills or long-term investment, making them a typical ‘fragmented time economy’.
2、 Recommended common micro task platforms
Domestic platforms:
Help everyone
Idle earning customers
Taojin Pavilion
Alibaba Crowdsourcing
Foreign platforms (supporting Chinese users):
Amazon Mechanical Turk（MTurk）
Clickworker
Remotasks
Microworkers
Note: Most foreign platforms require basic English proficiency and PayPal accounts for receiving payments.
3、 What is the income level?
The unit price of micro tasks is usually low, ranging from a few cents to several yuan per order;
It is possible to earn tens of yuan a day by doing tasks quickly and selecting tasks to complete;
After becoming proficient, you can earn hundreds to thousands of yuan per month by combining multiple platforms.
Although the income is not very high, the advantage is that the threshold is low, it can be done anytime and anywhere, and the operation is simple, which is the starting point for many students, mothers or off-duty workers to work part-time.
4、 How to improve efficiency and income?
At the beginning, try different platforms and find one with a large workload and fast settlement;
Learn to screen high priced tasks and improve time utilization;
Avoid illegal tasks such as brushing orders and choose legitimate platforms;
Learning simple data annotation and AI training tasks will result in a much higher unit price.
Micro tasks are not suitable for the main business, but they are very suitable as a way to subsidize income and are an entry-level part-time job that everyone can try