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Earn money finding bugs in software
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I just wanted to share this site I found, I've been using it for a short while and I think it's fairly easy for anyone to make money.
http://www.utest.com/
The site allows companies to submit their software products or websites to be tested and allows people ('testers') to use the software and report bugs. In exchange for finding a bug that the developer can then fix you will be paid. Typically, $10 will be paid for a technical bug found (e.g. something that results in an error), $5 for a functional bug (e.g. a button doesn't perform the intended action) and $2 for GUI bugs. It is a US company but they do pay by PayPal.
Some people make careers out of software testing so the field can be quite advanced. But it's still possible for people with no experience to have a play around with some software or a website and find bugs and get paid for reporting them. I don't have previous experience and I've managed to find three bugs in a short space of time, two of which were approved and one was rejected as it was already reported. So that was $10 which I thought was very easy and quick to earn.
Before you start testing a release:
http://www.utest.com/
The site allows companies to submit their software products or websites to be tested and allows people ('testers') to use the software and report bugs. In exchange for finding a bug that the developer can then fix you will be paid. Typically, $10 will be paid for a technical bug found (e.g. something that results in an error), $5 for a functional bug (e.g. a button doesn't perform the intended action) and $2 for GUI bugs. It is a US company but they do pay by PayPal.
Some people make careers out of software testing so the field can be quite advanced. But it's still possible for people with no experience to have a play around with some software or a website and find bugs and get paid for reporting them. I don't have previous experience and I've managed to find three bugs in a short space of time, two of which were approved and one was rejected as it was already reported. So that was $10 which I thought was very easy and quick to earn.
Before you start testing a release:
- Have a good read of the site so you know what you're doing before you start, especially http://www.utest.com/testers-faq
- Learn a bit about software testing in general - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing
- Read the notes included with the release. This may include a list of bugs already known, which you won't get paid for finding. They may have special instructions, e.g. that they're not interested in functional bugs, for which you won't get paid for finding.
- Have a look at existing releases to see what type of bugs are reported so you can get an idea of what to report.
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This has been posted many times before so people will have experiences to share.0
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Was it for other testing websites? I can't see any other threads for this company. If there's other's similar it would be good to have a list0
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