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CloudResearch offers users the opportunity to earn cash through projects. These projects are in the form of surveys, questionnaires, or research surveys. If you finish a project you're reciprocated with money. I recently was waitlisted (banned) after completing over 500 projects and earning over 800 dollars. I had a very good rating score. The reason? They don't give you a reason. It could be some frivolous reason relating to their ID verification, if you no longer fit the demographic, or some violation relating to IP address conflicts (fraud claims). Any reason. This means their reasoning for banning you is insufficient. But the real kicker? You can't contest your ban. I tried contacting them and was given a boilerplate response. After giving them $800 worth of business, they decided put me back on the waitlist for no apparent reason. Their customer service is lacking. And their bans are not case by case. Instead they're banning in waves. Be cautious, those who sign up and put a good amount of time into this platform. You'll find yourself making money but end up getting banned for no reason.

Well, I always read about it but didn't think it would happen to me, but it did. After 2 and a half years of flawless data, 2184 approved submissions and 0 rejections, I randomly logged in one day to find myself "waitlisted" (aka banned) with no explanation. Don't bother messaging support, you get the same canned response everyone gets, as they don't even read the message. Up until I got put on the waitlist, I made about 2K here, so that's why they get 2 stars. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend devoting so much time and effort to a company that see's you as a temporary slave worker and will remove your income source with no provocation, warning, or explanation. They have 0 customer support other than their chatbot with the same handful of responses, and they will never remove you from this permanent waitlist. Prolific is leaps and bounds far superior, even swagbucks has consistently allowed me to generate thousands of dollars without having to worry about this issue. I wouldn't waste my time here had I imagined that I'd get banned for being a diligent worker.

What a hopeless and time waisting site. Shame they exist. Your input always goes nowhere and one wonders why anyone would be bothered to waste giving their thoughtful input to such a site.

I'm giving the 2 for the ease of payments. I have been a participant for quite awhile, always give thoughtful answers and pay attention to the I'm surveys. 5 star rating. Then I log in, and it says im blocked for tos . I am absolutely positive i have not violated any tos, in fact, I hadn't been as active lately since i was working a lot. No message, no email, no contact, no answer yo email. I am highly disappointed.

I spent three months doing surveys that were low-income but helped top up the beer money. Suddenly, about 20 minutes after doing a survey, they shut down my account and put me on the waitlist. I also have $10 pending which I won't see now. I emailed customer support, and they said they can shut you down whenever they like and take your pending money, and there is nothing you can do about it! Absolute scam. Avoid!

Add my name to the list of those kicked off and moved to a permanent "Waitlist" through no fault of my own. I was removed after participating in a multi-part study that was in communication with us outside of the platform and yet it acted like I didn't complete something on time in the platform. Next thing I know, I'm Waitlisted and all that the support will tell me is a whole lot of nothing. When I pointed out others had this same experience and that I hope they'll look into it, I was pretty much told to stop contacting them. It was nice for a short time, low paying but low effort mostly, but after that experience, I would not recommend it to anyone.

I had been participating in the surveys on this app for 2 years with barely any returned surveys, great feedback from researchers, and was making a good amount participating. I did a forecasting challenge that started about 2 weeks ago and all of a sudden received a WAITLISTED message saying I could no longer participate or take part in any surveys. I messaged Cloud Research and received an email stating they can terminate users at any point and do not have to explain why. Honestly, this rubs me the wrong way, especially after seeing this is happening to so many other people who have been on the app for years. I would be very cautious if I were a researcher wanting to use Cloud Reserach to conduct my surveys. They are pretty shady and not to be trusted.

I love CloudResearch and would recommend it to researchers and participants.