The Crowtado community.

Yes. Crowtado pays people around the world to record voice, video, and photos on their phones, and we use that to train AI. We've paid out $14,200 in the last week alone, across 42 countries, on eleven payment methods. We never charge contributors a fee to sign up, to submit, or to get paid. If anyone asks you to pay to start on Crowtado, that's a scam and it isn't us.

Yes. Approved tasks move to your balance within hours, and your payment method (Venmo, Stripe, PayPal, M-Pesa, UPI, or one of seven local banks) settles after approval. Request a payout once your balance reaches $10. Late payouts are rare; when they happen, write to support and someone will fix it that day.

Yes. The tasks are short, the pay is hourly, and reviewers actually read what you submit. Contributors have used Crowtado to cover rent, save for school, fund a wedding, and pay off debt, all without quitting their day jobs.

Anyone with a phone, a quiet room, and an honest afternoon. There's no résumé, no interview, no degree, and no test to take. Premium rates exist for rare languages and dialects, but the door is open to everyone. You build your rating by having your submissions approved.

Voice tasks pay $20–40/hr (premium for rare dialects). Video tasks pay $15–22/hr. Photo tasks pay $0.40–4 per photo, priced by complexity. The average contributor who works 10 hours a week earns around $220/week. The top 25% earn double that. We show the rate on every task before you start, so there are no surprises.

After every approved task, automatically. No invoicing. No chasing. Pick your payment method when you sign up. We support eleven, including local banks in West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Request a payout once your balance reaches $10.

No. Crowtado does not charge contributors anything. Not to sign up, not to submit, not to get paid. Your payment method may charge its own fee on the receiving end (M-Pesa and PayPal sometimes do); we show the net amount before you confirm.

You're an independent contractor. We issue a year-end summary in your dashboard that you can hand to your accountant or use to file yourself. In countries where we're required to withhold or report taxes, we do. See /privacy for the country-by-country list.

No. No minimum, no maximum, no schedule. Tasks are available 24/7, so you can work two hours on a Sunday or two hours on a Wednesday at 3 a.m. It's all up to you.

Completely. Pick tasks that fit your room and your time. Skip the ones that don't. Pause for a week, come back. Your rating carries over, and premium tasks unlock at a 90% approval rate regardless of how much you've done.

Some people do; most don't. Our top 25% work around 28 hours a week. It's a real income for people who treat it that way, not a salary.

Three kinds: voice (read scripts, two-person conversations, dialect recordings, songs), video (POV cooking, repair walkthroughs, public ambient clips, screen recordings), and photos (receipts, storefronts, unusual scenes, handwritten notes). New tasks post daily. You can subscribe to a type or just browse what's open right now.

Reviewers leave a one-line note explaining why. You can re-record once for free. Rejection doesn't lower your rating; only sloppy or fake work does. Most first-week rejections are about lighting, audio levels, or framing, and the app coaches you in real time the next time around.

Every submission is reviewed by an experienced contributor, promoted from the active community, not outsourced. Median review time is six hours. Your work is approved, sent back for revisions, or (rarely) flagged. The full rubric is in the contributor handbook.

Identity verification helps keep the platform fair: one account per person, no impersonation, no fraud. We use Persona (the same service Airbnb, Instacart, and OpenAI use) and it takes a few minutes on your phone. We never charge for verification.

Not at sign-up. You can start submitting tasks right away. Verification kicks in the first time you request a payout over $50, or when your total earnings pass $200 (whichever comes first). You'll get a prompt in the dashboard.

A government-issued photo ID: driver's license, passport, or national ID card. The full list of accepted documents per country is in your dashboard. We don't need utility bills, bank statements, or anything else.

In the dashboard, under Tasks. Filter by type (voice, video, photo), language, pay rate, or estimated time. Open tasks appear at the top, and curated picks from the reviewers are highlighted.

Yes. Reserve a task and you have 48 hours to submit it before it goes back to the queue. You can reserve multiple at once if you're planning a focused session.

A modern smartphone with a working microphone and camera. Most contributors work entirely from their phones; some use a laptop for the dashboard and the phone for recording. A few premium tasks call out specific gear (a windscreen, a tripod, decent lighting), and those are listed up front before you reserve.

Decline it, then flag it via the report button on the task. Reviewers check every flag, and contributors are never penalized for declining on safety grounds. The Code of Conduct above governs every task on the platform.