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UserTesting

Paid think-out-loud usability tests, mostly 15-20 minutes, with the payout shown on each test before you take it.

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Counts, not a score. 6 of 10 things we look for are published by UserTesting, 1 are not, and 3 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?UserTesting does not publish thisNot published as a fixed list: availability depends on supply and demand and the list of eligible locations changes, so the only way to check is to try the sign-up pageCan I join the UserTesting Network from my country? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.Wherever a PayPal account can be registered in your own name: earnings are sent to your connected PayPal account and no other method is offeredWhen and how will I be paid? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?18: you agree to only create an account if you are at least 18 years old, and to create only one accountContributor Code of Conduct · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?Cash, sent to your connected PayPal account per completed test; the test feed always shows the amount you will get for each testParticipant compensation · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?PayPal only, registered in your own name and verified with your own banking details; sharing an account with another participant is not allowedHow do I verify my PayPal account? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.Each test payment should appear in your PayPal account 14 days after you upload the testWhen and how will I be paid? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?There is no balance: each test is paid on its own 14 days later, and only a completed test, thinking out loud and finishing all tasks, qualifies for full payment; UserTesting reserves the right to remove an account that violates the AgreementContributor Code of Conduct · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Put UserTesting next to something else

No article here covers UserTesting alongside another platform yet, so there is nothing to suggest. Pick your own pairing and the same questions get asked of each.

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How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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