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Choosing a Tester – the process

We’ve had a good few weeks with The Crowd.  The last few weeks have seen 4 small scale web testing projects.  Each of them with their different challenges. They did all seem to have one thing in common though – very tight deadlines and budgets.  We are learning how to adapt to these needs and [...]

How to sign up as a tester

If you are interested in participating as a tester in some projects to earn some money here is a guide. (Note: you can also apply to be on the directory, but we are still defining the process for this.  The Directory is meant for testers we have trust in.  So part of it is earning [...]

We’re not faceless

So, we crowdsource, but the term often leads the impression that it means getting a bunch of people that no one really knows together to do something. The Test Crowd is taking a different approach. We have a crowd, but it’s really more of a community.  Everyday we interact and get to know each other [...]

Why offer YATS?

YATS = Yet Another Testing Service. Well, we’re doing many good things under one roof. Supporting The Software Testing Club community Educating and mentoring testers Providing opportunities to earn money Ability to hire remote testers through us Or we can put you in touch with testers for you to keep Working together to create a [...]

Evolution…

We started out the idea of crowd sourced testing through ‘Flash Mob Testing’.  We trialled it out on a few clients.  The response was positive.  However, there was always a niggly thing there that I didn’t feel quite happy about. It felt too complicated. I struggled to come up with a simple pricing plan. The [...]