Show HN: WorkHub App – Make money on the go with simple tasks
workhub.comThere is very little information prior to signing up about what it is, what types of tasks they might be, and how much you might get paid.
Too much of a mystery to proceed further.
Feel free to check out the website https://www.workhub.com/ for more information about how it all works.
You can also do tasks from the web, but this Show HN is about the apps.
I strongly expect that linking to https://www.workhub.com/ from the apps landing page will greatly reduce the bounce rate you will otherwise get.
I took a leap of faith and signed up. All i see after completing the FB and Twitter tasks is "Sorry, but no projects are available for you at the moment. Please pick a different category." but there is no way to select a category. Very disappointing / frustrating UX.
Did you not see the "What language do you speak", "Which devices do you own" and "Improve your workhub profile"?
I definitely don't. Although I did go through and fill out the profile after seeing this comment. No new tasks, though.
The hoops that I went through to find out more. Please don't do that. Put links to most of the info up front, not just the investor elevator pitch. How much do people get paid? How are they paid? Does it have Skrill integration for those who can't use Paypal? Cheques? So many questions unanswered. I give up. NEXT!
I would put a paragraph describing the value proposition somewhere either on front page or linked from it for both people posting tasks and consuming them.
Edit: linking to the main site from the landing page would solve that problem.
Good point! It is a bit generic right now, maybe something like
Long bus rides in the mornings to work? Make some quick money with the WorkHub app from your bus seat!
Website lacks any insight.
ios comments aren't kind.
Nice CTA I guess.
I downloaded the app and signed up, but the only tasks I see are follow on Twitter/Facebook. Are there any actual tasks that I can start doing? Do I have to do those follows first to see the actual tasks?
Please could you expand on what the application does. Your homepage does not fully explain what it does.
1. What kind of simple tasks? 2. Who is it targeted to? 3. How much is it per task?
Sure.
1. There are data entry tasks, writing descriptions for online shops, filling out surveys etc. We are looking for partners who have smaller tasks like this that they would like to see completed by our almost 70,000 users now.
2. It's targeted to people who are often on the road, where they have spare time that they want to use to make money. Students, freelancers, travelers come to mind.
3. Tasks vary between mini tasks of <$1 that can be done very quickly and tasks for $10+, which users see later once they have had several tasks approved by our clients, so that we know that they can complete work reliably.
>data entry tasks
On a mobile ?!
> filling out surveys
Selling my privacy you mean ? I guess this will be your biggest source of revenues. People do not seem to mind to sell theirs for a few dimes. But not something I will do easily.
> writing descriptions for online shops
So this would be like 'Do you own one of these machines ?' and then I can pick one and write 'Best dishwasher ever !' to earn an easy dollar ? If so, this is getting morally offensive.
You're assuming the worst on all of these things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor
Filling out surveys = providing your opinion. Could be completely anonymous.
Writing descriptions for online shops = writing product descriptions for shops who add a lot of inventory but need human-written and unique descriptions.
Everyone is complaining about the terrible usability and lack of information. Then why the hell is this on the front page? I sense someone is trying to game the system here on HN.
So, like mobile Mechanical Turk?
Yeah, you got it! :)
Does it actually use mturk?
No it's all our own tasks.
Can't install the Android app on any of my devices in Belgium. They're recent Nexus 5 devices with KitKat and L
Sorry for that, but we aren't in Belgium yet.
So basically, y'all are taking on Mechanical Turk?
Yup.
The vague "credits = dollars/pounds" makes me think that the worker is getting under compensated here.
Make money on the go with simple tasks for who and why?
People that often have half an hour time who want to make money instead of playing Flappy Bird. :)Students, commuters, freelancers etc.
seems broken.. I signed up via the website and cant quite figure out how to search for tasks?
We don't have tasks for the web in the U.S. yet, only in the app right now.