Key takeaways

  • Every included country has its own bid, starting from $0.01.
  • Higher bids surface your task earlier, so completions arrive faster.
  • Use caps to control pace, not only the total budget.

How bids work

A bid is what you pay for one approved completion from a user in that country. Countries are excluded until you add them, and each one you add gets its own bid. Bids range from $0.01 to $100 per approved completion.

A higher bid does not change your requirements. It makes your task more attractive to users, which usually means faster completions.

Quick add groups

The quick add buttons include a whole region at once: Tier 1 (Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. New countries get the value in Bid for newly added countries, and the Add 10% and Deduct 10% buttons adjust every bid in one click.

Choosing a starting price

  • Estimate how long the task takes. A one-minute follow and a twenty-minute sign-up should not have the same bid.
  • Price what the result is worth to your business, not what it costs elsewhere.
  • Start slightly higher in your most valuable countries, then lower bids where completions come in faster than you need.

Audience filters

You can narrow a campaign by device type, operating system, browser, and age range. Every filter you set reduces the number of eligible users, so only use the ones your task really needs. A mobile app install, for example, should target Android or iOS, while a website sign-up can usually stay open to everyone.

User inclusion and exclusion let you build on earlier campaigns: show a follow-up task only to people you already approved, or hide a task from people who did a similar one.

Caps and frequency

  • Total budget ends the campaign when spend reaches it.
  • Hourly and daily spend caps keep a popular task from using the whole budget at once.
  • Hourly and daily completion caps limit volume when you can only review so many.
  • Frequency cap decides whether a user can repeat the task, from once ever to every few minutes.

Completion caps pair well with your approval window. Read Review completions and approval windows to plan your reviewing time.

Frequently asked questions

What is the lowest and highest bid?

Task campaigns take bids from $0.01 to $100 per approved completion. Click campaigns start at $0.002 per credited visit.

Does a higher bid change my requirements?

No. The requirements stay the same. A higher bid makes your task more attractive to users, which usually means faster completions.

How do I change every bid at once?

Use the Add 10% and Deduct 10% buttons, which adjust every bid in one click. New countries start with the value in Bid for newly added countries.