Martin Grosz
04/27/2021 6:01 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 04/27/2021 6:01 AM
Walk a few blocks, enter a store, complete a
simple mission
(such as write down prices, take a photo or ask questions) and send a
short report
from an app.
A job like this is enough to charge $ 100, $ 300, $ 800 or
up to $ 1,500
.
Other times, if homework can be done online, you don't even need to leave the house.
This is how a new system of "
mini changas
" works to which many Argentines are joining to
earn money in their spare time
in these times of pandemic and high inflation.
The modality began to expand strongly about three years ago, first in Capital and Greater Buenos Aires.
Now it works in the big cities of
all the provinces
of the country.
There are those who are using it to get a bonus that allows them to
better make ends meet
.
But others dedicate many hours a day and thus come to collect about
$ 50 thousand per month
.
Going to a service station to assess how they serve is one of the "microtasks" for which they pay today.
Photo Maxi Failla
An "Uber" of commercial surveys
What is the modality?
Some present it as the "Uber" or the "
Rappi
"
of market surveys
.
The analogy is due to the fact that, as in those well-known apps, there is a company (known as a "platform") that manages to offer a service using
independent providers
who in their free time take jobs in their area to earn money .
The difference is that in this case the tasks do not consist of carrying packages (as in Rappi) or in transferring people (as in Uber), but in
obtaining
information
that is
very valuable
and relevant to certain people
close to home
-or online.
Business.
What are those data that a company is
willing to pay for
?
For example, they seek to know in
real time
and in certain neighborhoods:
At what prices are your products selling or how are they displayed?
If the advertisements they paid for actually appeared on the street
If businesses that claim to accept a certain means of payment (such as QR codes) actually do so
If your salespeople adequately serve customers
Instead of sending their own personnel to carry out this type of
survey or verification
, the interested firms entrust the work to one of these "uberized" platforms, which in turn distributes it among the agents available to fulfill the mission in the places of interest. .
Brands pay for neighbors to report how the businesses in their neighborhood are exhibiting and selling their products.
Photo GermÁn García Adrasti
From looking at prices to checking cars
These are jobs that often require
posing as a customer
and making a purchase (whose cost is returned) to get the information, in a way known as "incognito customer" or
mystery shopper
.
But in some cases, missions that go beyond a simple commercial survey can even be accepted.
For example, going to
check vehicles
for an insurance company or going to verify that an employee with a medical license
is
really
at home
while resting.
There are also times when you get paid simply for viewing content online and completing a
survey
or asking someone else questions.
But
what are the platforms
that are currently offering in Argentina this possibility of generating income?
What does it take to
join
as a provider, how much do they pay for the most common missions and how do they pay it?
Next, case by case, the main options and all the answers.
1. How to make money with Wyder
Wyder is a platform that, through its app for mobile devices (downloadable in the Play Store and App Store), allows neighbors to earn money by carrying out
simple
market survey
actions
in their area
.
It was launched at the beginning of last year and already has a network of
500 active agents
in the AMBA (60% of them are there) and in the main cities of the country.
A network that they now seek to continue expanding.
Quilmes, Red Bull and Grupo Cepas are among the companies and brands that have already used this system to obtain information in real time "from the street."
Some of the tasks available include going to take photos of billboards.
Photo Wyder
What are the "mini changas" offered at Wyder?
The agents attached to the network, which they call "wyders", when they open the app, they see
on a map
the rented tasks that there are to perform near the place where they are.
These small missions can consist of:
Collect information in shops and on public roads
Analyze the sellers of a store and / or the shopping experience
Take opinion polls
Do audits and validations
"An action to be carried out can be to
go to a supermarket
and
take photos
of the display of a particular product or segment, audit prices, survey the 'front' of the products' shelf or answer questions about the presence, display and other variables of the product ",
Juan Cruz Falcón, founder and CEO of Wyder
, told
Clarín
.
In the Wyder app, on a map, you can see the tasks that can be carried out in the area.
Photo Capture
How much do you earn for each job?
"The reward varies according to the type of survey, the
complexity
and the duration of the action requested by the company," explained Falcón.
And he detailed that currently a "wyder" can receive
from $ 50 to $ 1,500
for each of these small missions, which in many cases can take less than
10 minutes
.
Who can serve Wyder and how do they get started?
To be a "wyder" it is necessary to be over
18 years old
and be registered in the Monotax, since for all the money that is earned, the corresponding
invoice
will have to be delivered
.
Interested persons must download the app, inquire at wyder.co/wyders and
register
to be able to start seeing the available tasks nearby and perform them.
The regime is
completely flexible
: the "wyder" can choose
which days to work
and which not, how much time to dedicate and which tasks to undertake.
"Most of the wyders are between 25 and 40 years old. Some have a permanent job and use the app to obtain an extra income. For others, on the other hand, it is today the
main source of income
, which allows them to obtain
$ 30 thousand a $ 50 thousand
a month, "said Falcón.
For a mission you can charge between $ 50 and $ 1,500, depending on the time it takes and its complexity.
Photo Wyder
How are payments received?
For each task performed, the "wyders" earn a
credit
in the application.
And
every 15 days
, the company credits the accumulated amount in the bank account or Mercado Pago of the person, against delivery of the invoice.
2. How to make money with Rocketpin
Rocketpin is a platform of Chilean origin that began operations in Argentina in
2018
at the AMBA and that today already offers
small rented tasks
in the
23 provinces
of the country.
It currently has about
700 agents
who carry out at least one mission a month, but they say that in the
short term they will
need
at least 1,500
to respond to growing demand.
The platform has already provided this "uberized" service to companies such as Unilever, Telefónica,
Mercado Pago
, OLX, CCU, Beat and Seguros Rivadavia.
The missions sometimes only consist of entering a room and taking a picture of certain gondolas.
Photo Rocketpin
What are the "mini changas" offered on Rocketpin?
The agents of this platform can earn money by doing near their home:
Audits and surveys in businesses
.
For example, going to a supermarket, a pharmacy or a service station.
Today 90% of jobs are of this type.
Inspections
.
On the status of vehicles, machinery, works in progress or real estate, for example for insurers and companies that buy used cars.
Home visits
.
To verify that an employee on leave is at home, to have commercial or notarial documents signed, or to collect collections.
Verifications of addresses
.
It is something that banks and financial institutions ask for.
Some tasks consist of going to a nearby address to ask a neighbor for a digital signature.
Photo Rocketpin
How much do you earn for each "mini job"?
"On average today, agents receive a reward of
$ 120 per task
, but it depends a lot on how complex it is and the time it takes. It is not the same to go to a kiosk to ask
how much cigarettes are at
than to do a survey of 20 questions. "
Darío Novara, Rocketpin's country manager
, assured
Clarín
.
Thus, he specified that for the simplest procedures you earn no less than
$ 100.
While for the most complex it is possible to receive
up to $ 800
.
Novara offered some estimates of what can be earned for certain tasks:
For being an "incognito customer" of a fast food outlet or pharmacy:
$ 250
(of which $ 100 must be used to make a purchase).
For being an "incognito customer" of a service station:
$ 300
(of which at least $ 100 must be used to load fuel).
For going to a home to verify that an employee with medical leave is complying with rest (a digital signature is requested and the ID is photographed):
$ 200
.
For bringing a contract to an address to be signed:
$ 200 to $ 300
For going to inspect a vehicle:
$ 300 to $ 500
How much can you earn per day or per month?
As explained in Rocketpin, those who dedicate themselves only "part time" to providing services for this platform can, in
4 or 5 hours
, perform about
20 tasks
, which allows them to earn around
$ 2,400 in a day
.
In turn, if he works in this way five days a week, in a
month
the person can collect about
$ 48 thousand
, according to an estimate.
They pay to go to take photos of something that is on the public highway or to check a car nearby, among other tasks.
Photo Rocketpin
Who can serve on Rocketpin and how can they get started?
To be able to join the network, you must be over
18 years
of
age
and have a
monotax
.
In addition, you must be available to dedicate "part time" to this task.
The reason is that agents, although they can accommodate their schedules, must perform at least
100 weekly tasks
, which can take about 4 hours a day.
For their part, those who perform more than 125 weekly tasks charge for the tasks with an extra
30%
.
For those who are interested in becoming agents Rocketpin, the first step is
recorded
in the rocketpin.com.ar/agentes web.
After doing so, they will be interviewed by Zoom, receive
training,
and can start doing the tasks and earn money for them.
How are payments received?
The money that is obtained by the "mini trades" accumulates and is paid by the platform every week,
every Friday
.
The company carries out the payment with a
transfer
to a Mercado Pago account, upon delivery of the invoice.
3. How to make "mini changas" on the Internet for the exterior and charge in dollars
Without leaving home, you can also find small rented tasks to do online.
Little jobs that sometimes do not require
any special knowledge
, beyond handling the PC well.
The interesting thing is that many of these "trades" are even paid
in dollars
, since they are requested by foreign companies.
Toloka, one of the foreign companies that offers to earn money by performing simple tasks.
Photo capture
What does it consist on?
They can be from watching videos and
answering surveys
to sending voice messages reading text, testing web pages, creating profiles on social networks, comparing images, leaving comments on websites or doing Internet searches and evaluating the relevance of the results.
Where can they be found?
Through specialized international platforms such as Swagbucks, People per Hour, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Toloka or Fiverr.
How is it charged?
They can be received from payments in
dollars
to gift cards from online stores (which can then be sold).
Many use cryptocurrencies to bring the money earned to Argentina at a
blue value
and without discounts, as explained in this note.
MG
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