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Hi everyone! I’ve been on uTest for almost 5 months now. Up until recently, I was getting around 8 direct invites a month. At the beginning of June I had several test cases and bugs approved, so I honestly thought this would be my best month so far.
But after June 8th, the direct invites just stopped. Since then I’ve only been getting surveys and Project Board/apply emails. I know uTest is pretty unpredictable, and I’ve seen even high-rated testers mention they go through slow periods. I also did a bit of searching and found some people saying it could be related to the Q2/Q3 transition and summer holidays. Do you guys think that’s actually a thing, or is it just random? Also, from your experience, which months are usually the slowest for invitations on uTest (or crowdtesting in general)?

For some extra context, I’m a Brazilian tester, and I’m still receiving surveys and Project Board/apply emails—it’s just the direct invites that disappeared.

Hello testers, I was invited for a test cycle some days back and I realized that the test cycle has been in a roll for a while . What surprised me is that, the cycle contained pending reported issues that had been submitted in the previous cycle. It is now more than 15 days since the issues were reported but still stand on pending including the issues that we submitted on that test cycle invite. This makes me question my-self, is this normal or do we need to address it by reaching out to the TTL. The same question was was raised in the chat room before, asking about the same, the TTL responded by saying that it was the normal time frame for reported issues to stay in the pending state, but since then nothing has been done and the days keep on increasing while the reports remain in the same state. Has any one ever experience such a thing and should we keep on waiting or do we need to take action. Please advice me

Hello. I am from Azerbaijan. I shared a post with the hope of getting help. Payoneer blocked my account for no reason and it is impossible to restore it, and PayPal does not work in Azerbaijan. I want to continue working in Utest, but the method of obtaining payment is limited. Accordingly, I want support, please look into my problem, if another method is possible. (I have contacted support, but I need more help)

It is suggested in the course I just did to use a separate email address for testing purposes. It is one of the first courses in the academy.

Do I use this email address as my Utest email address, or do I use my own personal one for Utest and the separate email is for if I need to create an account during a testing assignment?

In the course I just completed it is unclear to me if it is one or the other or both.

I have finished academy and the first 2 practice test cycles and mostly did it to learn about testing. However, from what I have read, is that payouts are very low for the effort, like couple of dollars for each bug and maybe something for the whole cycle. Financially, it seems to be lower than minimum salary in my country after taxes and I live in Eastern Europe where salaries aren't that high to begin with. I also don't know anyone who has a minimum salary, let alone anyone with some computer and English skills.

I wonder if it is realistic to make more than 15-20$ or more per hour after you are getting rated and learn more. I don't expect it to happen instantly. I know that it isn't pay per hour work, but how realistic is it in general?

What's the best detox if your going to get drug tested in 3-6 days

Today I began my first test practice with Utest

but seems like I can't find any bugs.

Everything looks overwhelming yet I only have 3 days to complete and submit the report. Does anyone have any tips on how I can achieve this?

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