Two free apps — EasyShift and Gigwalk — enable users to earn money by doing small jobs for companies. Users submit the work via the apps and then collect the payments through their PayPal accounts.
“EasyShift, made by Quri Corp., launched nationwide in May 2011 as an iPhone app that’s focused on stock-checking tasks in grocery, convenience, drug and discount stores,” explains the Wall Street Journal. “Gigwalk launched nationwide in May 2011 and works on the iPhone and Android phones. It matches businesses or people with workers, so its gigs, like taking menu photos for $4 or testing a mobile app for $20, vary more than EasyShift’s jobs.”
WSJ reporter Katie Boehret took both apps for a test drive: “The tasks I completed were easy and some were even fun, like answering a few questions and taking photos of energy drinks at CVS for $2. I found myself scouring the apps’ built-in maps for nearby jobs as I drove around Washington, D.C., where I live. In cases when the job felt more like work than fun, I got paid enough that I didn’t mind ($8 for taking seven simple photos).”
“I was startled by how much pride I took in doing the task correctly — all for a few bucks and a good reputation within the app’s community, which can lead to higher-paying jobs,” she adds.
Some of the more active workers make $200 to $800 a month. Boehret notes a couple who made $1,000 to pay for their honeymoon.
“With EasyShift, most people who do work during the day get paid that night,” she writes. “Gigwalkers get paid within a day or two of submitting work and no later than five days after finishing a job. Both apps offer simple ways to make quick cash — and no one is overqualified to say no to that.”
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