Find survey respondents in hours, not weeks

Most surveys stall at distribution: the questionnaire is ready but nobody fills it in. Tasklify lets you find survey respondents across many countries, filter who can take part, and pay a fixed reward for each complete, attentive response you approve.

Who needs market research participants this way

• Startups testing whether a problem is real before writing code.
• Marketers comparing taglines, names, logos or price points.
• Product teams piloting a questionnaire before paying for a professional panel.
• Students and academic researchers running pilot studies within ethics approval that allows online convenience samples.

What kind of survey works well

Tasklify is strongest for short surveys of 2 to 15 minutes with clear questions: concept tests, preference tests between two designs, awareness and usage questions, pricing sensitivity, and open-ended “what would you use this for?” prompts. It is less suited to long diary studies, questions that need specialist knowledge, or anything that requires a statistically representative sample.

Honest limits of a paid survey panel

Every recruitment method has bias, and it is better to name it:

• It is a convenience sample. People opt in to paid tasks, so they skew towards being online a lot, comfortable with apps and interested in earning. Do not report results as “Americans think…”.
• Country mix follows the crowd. Without targeting, you will get more responses from countries where many workers live. Set countries explicitly when the market matters.
• Payment changes motivation. Some respondents will rush. Attention checks and screening help, and so does a fair reward for the time involved.

Used with those limits in mind, crowd respondents give you fast, cheap, directional evidence. Many teams use them to fix wording and cut weak ideas, then spend a proper research budget only on what survives.

Writing the survey task

The task itself is a thin wrapper around your survey link. What matters is a clear title, an honest time estimate and a completion code that proves the survey was finished. For example:

Screening questions

Put screeners first and keep them neutral. Instead of “Do you cook at home often?”, which invites a yes, ask “How many evenings last week did you cook a meal at home?” with numeric options. Route people who do not qualify to an early end page with their own code, and state in the brief what screened-out respondents receive.

Attention checks

Include one or two simple checks, such as “To show you are reading, select ‘Rarely’ for this question”, and an open question whose answer you can glance at. Avoid trick questions; the goal is to catch random clicking, not to catch people out. Reject only on checks you mentioned in the brief, and always with a written reason.

Targeting respondents

• Countries: all, the Tier 1 group, or specific countries such as US, GB, CA, AU, DE, FR, IN, BR, ID, PH, NG or PK.
• Device: Any is usually right; pick Desktop if your survey has large grids.
• Minimum approval rate and completed tasks to favour careful workers.
• Repeat: once, so nobody answers twice. Use once a day only for deliberate daily check-ins.
• Plus-only to reach a smaller group of highly active workers.
• Time limit of 30 minutes or 1 hour, a review window from 24 hours to 7 days, and a scheduled start if the survey should open at a set time.

How much survey responses cost

A 5-minute survey with 300 completes at the platform’s suggested reward of $0.35:

The 12% service fee applies to the reward budget; the Boost is optional. For a 15-minute questionnaire, the suggested reward rises to about $1 per person, so budget accordingly. Your first deposit gets a 10% bonus up to $5, which is $5 on a $117.60 top-up. You can start from $10. Unused slots are refunded to your balance when the task closes; see pricing for the details.

Reviewing responses

• Export your survey data and match completion codes to submissions before approving.
• Bulk-approve submissions with valid codes and passed attention checks.
• Reject missing or invalid codes with a written reason, or request changes once if someone pasted the wrong text.
• Duplicate-text flags catch the same code or answer sent from different accounts.
• Block workers who repeatedly fail checks. Workers may dispute a rejection; Tasklify reviews both sides and normally decides within 48 hours.
• Switch on auto-approve if you cannot review within the window you chose.

Data protection and what not to post

Collect the minimum. Do not ask for names, emails, phone numbers or other personal data unless you have a lawful basis and explain it on the first page of the survey. Never ask for ID documents, health records or financial account details. Surveys that are really lead generation, tasks asking respondents to post reviews or ratings, and any request to create accounts or engage with social media under false identities are prohibited by the Acceptable Use Policy.