Franck Wang 
SUGGESTION: You would like to influence the digital? Here’s your chance!
Ever used a certain app or service on your smartphone while you were on the road, and it didn’t work? Does this sound familiar: Buying a ticket quickly before boarding the train, and the loading bar does not disappear? Or needing 10 tries to sync the Spotify playlist with a Third-party device? Another classic: You really require your smartphone now to buy some random stuff for the cute human (or whatever species you are up to) you’re going to meet next…. But – No, the payment failed.
I guess I need to stop that listing. Otherwise, it comes off as if we were in thrall to our smartphones. And if so, psychology and philosophy came into play – well, not today.
Whether you’re a digital native or not, you have an expectation of the products and services you are using: they should work the way you want to use them.
Or at least work.
Or at least be the least annoying to use.
On the other side, companies providing apps and services face a million individuals with ideas of their own on how it should work. It’s really a hard job to meet at least the critical mass of different opinions, different mobile devices and individual user habits while designing or developing a product. In addition, many usage scenarios need are to be covered as well. More and more companies have recognized these problems and therefore involved their target group in the development of products at an early stage. For this purpose, specialized providers are involved to take over the crowdsourcing and the support of the peer groups (i.e., also you!). You can register with these dedicated platforms and whenever your profile matches a product test, you will be invited to participate. And let’s face it, that’s a cooler idea than giving a bad review later or despairing of customer service.
The involvement in product tests on a crowdtesting platform like msg. passbrains, which we took a closer look on, makes you part of shaping the digital roadmap. Moreover, you are not alone: You’ll get instructions and help, become part of a community, and get paid for taking tests of products you are interested in. So that is an easy way to make your ideas on the usage of digital services count and earn some money. How does that work?
Well, you simply sign up with your basic data and create a profile. When that profile matches the respective target, you’ll be invited. We have reviewed the platform by participating in several tests – it’s secure and part of a large IT company from Germany. (Find out more and sign up at: https://www.msg.group/en/msg-passbrains/community). The projects provided are hand-picked, interesting, diverse, and you will get paid. This is not about dollar-click-working, but your chance to raise ideas to make products better. So, we’re not talking about a full-time or part-time job here, but the opportunity to explore, test and evaluate ideas and products before anyone else and thereby have a constructive influence. On average, you can earn about USD 50 per product test. You’re ready? So go ahead, make that non-working button work and use your opinion to influence products. It’s much more fun and sustainable than getting upset later.
