A popular way to earn some extra money is by doing Figure Eight tasks that are now officially called Appen tasks (previously known as CrowdFlower tasks) as an extra way to make money.
It can be a great way to make some extra money, but you need to do it with the right expectations.
I have tested MANY survey and Get-Paid-To sites, and in this article, I will share some important info about the best sites to do Figure Eight/CrowdFlower tasks, as I get a lot of questions about this.
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Appen Tasks important update!
Appen / Figure Eight task used to be offered through different platforms.
However, Appen have decided to no longer make their tasks available through several different platforms. You can now only do the tasks through the Appen platform itself.
This significantly reduces the earning opportunity for these tasks, but that is just how it is.
The sites on the list below still have good earning opportunities as they offer other tasks, but you can no longer take Appen tasks through them.
I still have left the list there, as I often get questions about this and are asked about alternatives to Appen Tasks.
What are Appen/Figure Eight/CrowdFlower tasks?
Let's start with going into the basics of what they are about, in case you do not already know it.
If you are already an experienced Appen/Figure Eight/CrowdFlower user, you can just scroll to the list of the best sites below:-)
Let us first start with clarifying the name as this can be a bit confusing. The official name is now Appen tasks. The platform, however, started with the name CrowdFlower, and many people still call these tasks for CrowdFlower tasks.
But then it changed its name to Figure Eight, and slowly, it started being known by this name. And then it once again changed its name and branding – this time to Appen.
But whether you hear about Appen tasks, Figure Eight tasks or CrowdFlower, it is the same platform, but the official name is now Appen.
The company was founded in 2007 under the name CrowdFlower. In 2018 it changed its name to Figure Eight and then in 2020 it changed the name once again to Appen. It is a company that offers you to do simple online tasks that you can do whenever it fits into your schedule.
Examples of tasks that I have done are to record google auto-suggest terms, categorize product names, and find company information. Before doing any tasks, there will be a description so you will know exactly what to do.
As mentioned above, you used to have to be a member of a portal that was connected to Figure Eight to be able to do the tasks. However, now the tasks are only available through the Appen platform itself.
It was through survey sites I first heard about Figure Eight (at that time I, however, heard of it as CrowdFlower), and I used to use it regularly as a way to increase my earnings. However, after the tasks stopped being available on other platforms than Appen, I have not used them much, to be honest. I prefer doing tasks on the platforms on the list below instead.
Who can get paid for Appen/Figure Eight tasks?
One of the really great things about Appen is that it is not restricted to certain parts of the world.
Everyone can take these tasks. Many of the tasks will be available to all, no matter the location, but there can also be tasks that are only available in certain countries.
Just remember that you are not allowed to use a VPN for these tasks or any other software that tries to hide the location of your computer. You can get banned for doing this, and many survey sites will also detect if you use a service like this and either give you a warning or ban you without warning.
You can read more about the tasks in my full Appen review and tutorial here.
How much money can you make?
It is really difficult to say exactly how much you can make on Appen/Figure Eight tasks. It really depends on your effort. In general, you should, however, not expect to be able to make a living from it.
To get the best chances to earn the most money there are a few things that are important to know. First of all, it can make a difference what platform you take the tasks through as some of them offer really nice bonuses, but I will get more into this below.
Secondly, be sure to do the tasks properly and be patient in the beginning. When you do tasks properly, and as you do more, you will start building trust, and your level will increase. This can have a big impact on your earning possibilities.
In the beginning, you will most likely only get a few and very low paying jobs. But if you do these properly, your rank will quickly start moving up, and you will get more jobs and higher-paying jobs.
In time, you can become what is called a skilled contributor. This will give you a lot more tasks, more complicated tasks, more responsibility, and more money.
So if you want to make money on Figure Eight tasks, be patient in the beginning and do what needs to be done to get a higher rank, and then your possibilities will increase. And find a good portal to take the tasks through as well to get the most benefits.
6 best alternatives to Appen/Figure Eight tasks
As mentioned, you used to be able to do these tasks through many different platforms. Now you can only take them through Appen.
Personally, I now prefer mainly using other ways to earn on other platforms, as I find them more user friendly.
The 6 platforms below are, in my opinion, the best alternatives.
Thank you so much for this review. I have been looking for other ways to make a little bit of extra money on the side. I have done a few surveys in the past. But they always had this unreachable minimum amount of surveys that you had to do or minimum amount of money that you had to accumulate before they would cut you a check. Which I believe totally defeats the purpose if you’re online doing surveys and you’re really pressed for money. So none of those of work for me but this when kind of sounds a bit promising. I don’t know if I’ll have time to put into it like I need to as I am a new affiliate marketer so most of my time goes into building my business online but thank you so much for this information. I will be a return reader. And I will be looking forward to reading more from you in the future.
Thanks for your comment and feedback Michelle.
There are some survey sites that has a high payout threshold and where it will take a looong time to reach it. But there are also many where it is not the case. Many of the sites on my top 10 list have a low payout threshold that can be reached very easily because they also have many daily opportunities to earn. So you just need to find the right sites and then it will not be a problem to reach the payment threshold. But there are definitely also survey sites where it is not worth the time or where there are not very many opportunities, and it sounds like these are the sites you have tried in the past.
All the best,
Mikael
This is a very insightful and enjoyable read. I personally did not know about crowdflower until I read this article.
The tasks seem pretty simple and I’m sure I can take advantage of this to make some extra cash on the side. I will also share this article with friends of mine. Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback Johel. Glad to hear you enjoyed the info.
All the best,
Mikael
Hi
As a previous user of clixsense, I agree with you about this site as it was the site I have got paid from. Honestly I did not try the other sites you mentioned. lI like your site as you simplify this topic. I found some problems on returning to my homeland in Egypt, as they offer less projects and surveys here.
Thanks for your comment and for sharing your experiences Yousef.
There are definitely some countries where it is more difficult to get a good amount of paid surveys, and in general it seems like it is not to easy in African countries. But many of these countries will still have good chances of doing CrowdFlower tasks, so that can be an option, if you do not have access to many surveys.
All the best,
Mikael
this is good, what about neobux? there are crowdflower too, and they have good bonuses…. sorry about my english… it is not my main language…
Thanks for the comment Hugo.
I am mainly focusing on survey sites, and have also therefore in this article focused on sites that offer paid surveys as well as CrowdFlower tasks. I have tested Neobux at some point, but must admit I did not like it too much. I am in general not too crazy about sites that mainly offer paid-to-click ads as a way to earn. But But thank you very much for the suggestion and I might look into Neobux again at some point.
All the best,
Mikael
Hi, I am using neobux from quite some time now for doing crowdflower tasks and for crowdflower tasks they are giving a bonus of 0.18 cents for each 1 dollar earned from doing tasks which I think is quite good. What do you say???
Hi Karan,
Thanks for sharing you experiences. I agree that Neobux has some pretty good bonuses for CrowdFlower tasks. There are however many other things I do not like about the site. For example that it is not very user-friendly, and that it takes quite a bit of investment to earn any real money. That is why Neobux is not on this list, as it is not a site I in general think gives as good opportunities as many other sites.
If you want to know more in details what I find good and not good about Neobux, you can check out my full Neobux review.
Hope this helps, and let me know if you have any other questions.
All the best,
Mikael
What is your opinion of QuickRewards? I did not see it on your top 10 list. Do know they have Crowdflower though a 3rd party called Personaly.
Hi Debbie,
Thanks for your suggestion. It looks like I cannot enter QuickRewards from where I live, as it seems to be only available in a few countries. So I can unfortunately not test it to see for myself how the options are on this site. If you have any experiences with the site yourself, feel free to share them here.
All the best,
Mikael