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UserTesting

PlatformOpen to beginners usertesting.com

US user-research platform paying people to complete recorded usability tests, surveys and interviews for companies' UX teams - narrating your screen and thoughts while using a website or app. You are not hired; you take individual tests as they become available for your profile.

Can a South African join?

Bottom line: Yes — South Africans can join UserTesting.

UserTesting's own participant-facing help article is deliberately vague - "We welcome participants from various countries, but availability depends on supply and demand... we don't share a fixed list" - but their separate client-facing help page, "Supported Countries for Participant Recruitment", names South Africa directly in its EMEA list: "Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom." That is the platform's own record of which countries it can actually draw study participants from.

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What it pays

Bottom line: There is no fixed rate. Each test shows exactly what it pays before you accept it.

Not published as a figure. Their own support article: "reward amounts for each test can vary... your dashboard will always let you know exactly how much you'll earn for each test" before you accept it.

How the money reaches you

PayPal only (own site: "Is PayPal the only way to get paid? Yes."), paid ~14 days after a test is uploaded.

How hard is it to get in?

No experience needed to get started.

Open roles

None listed with us

Nothing open here right now — and that is normal. UserTesting is a platform you join, not a queue you wait in. Roles come and go faster than we re-check them, so an empty list here does not mean an empty board there.

Sign up directly and you will be considered as roles come in.