the mechanical turk outside

I will show you a quick workaround on how you can use the Mechanical Turk outside of the US as a buyer/employer and still get an account.

This workaround  does not work for workers, for example from India(if you are a worker from outside of the USA and want learn an alternative, click here).

The Mechanical Turk is a useful micro task service which is cheap and has many advantages. Unfortunately their terms and conditions make it difficult for users who live outside of the US to use their services.

This workaround is only for employers who want to crowd-source their work to Mechanical Turk

The workaround is based on a very simple trick

Their terms of service insist on you having a valid address in the USA to participate in their program, but you don’t have to actually live there.

How to Get a Valid US Address for Registration

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• On the other hand, there are services out there which can give you a free and valid US address.
• If you have that virtual US address, from a parcel forwarding service for example, you can then simply login into amazon’s website using an existing amazon account.

Step by Step workaround to use the Mechanical Turk as a buyer outside of the USA

1. If you are not yet shopping on amazon, get one account for free.
2. When they ask for your address, use this US address you just received from a virtual parcel forwarding service.
3. When they ask for your credit card information, use your real credit card information and real address where you actually live.

It will work out without any problem.

The billing address for payments of Mechanical Turk services needs to work of course, but it is only related to your credit card information.

Your residence address where you put the virtual US address you just obtained is the base of the trick to get a working account to use the Mechanical Turk outside of the US.

Getting a free Virtual Adress from IPSparcel – Step by Step

Here is a method I have used successfully. It doesn’t cost a penny.

I asked my Virtual Assistant to lay out each step in detail, making sure this workaround really works.

• Sign up with Ipsparcel.

This service really works. You just need to fill out a short registration form by using your personal details:

• You will have to fill in your own information here, of course.

After submitting your personal details you will get an email with a confirmation link:

• After clicking the confirmation link, you will be lead to their confirmation page where you will find your shipping address in the United States.

• Go back to Mechanical Turk and complete the registration form with the US address you just received from ipsparcel.com

After this you are able to login as an employer to Mechanical Turk even if you live outside the US.

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