August 03, 2010

websitetester.biz scam or legit?

The www.Websitetester.biz is a project by Alpha Market Research. From its Twitter account:
AMR is specialized in internet market research. We help our customers getting their website functional and tie all of this together with marketing knowledge.
They have 12,979 followers as of this date. Websitetester.biz, according to the website, is about a market research company from the USA searching for internet users all over the world, who get paid for testing websites and giving a short opinion. The website aims you can earn up to 1,000 US$ per month working 1 to 10 hours weekly.




The company's contact details are:
3651 Lindell Road
Suite D317
Las Vegas, NV
89103

Tel. +1 (702) 347 6767
Email service@alphamarketresearch.com

FLAWS: Upon seeing the website, one wouldn't have an impression that they do legitimate business. For one, why not use a .com instead of a .biz? The landing page is merely for data collecting and no other resource links are in it (i.e. the detailed explanation about the payment scheme). Most importantly, the form collects ONLY your account details (email) and none about how you are going to get paid.

Some people have signed up using their secondary emails (like how I did for testing) - so I really wouldn't mind if they spam that email all throughout. But think. There are already bigger research companies who are dealing with projects about Website Testing
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