He's using Mechanical Turk's API to create a "give me feedback on my site" task automatically.
That task on Mechanical Turk usually goes for $.02-.05 a task. And, if you're familiar with MechaTurk, it really only takes about 15 minutes to set that task up.
He's charging $7 because people don't want to mess with Mechanical Turk. It's brilliant, and I hope it takes off. I actually think that he should charge $20-30 and give people 40-50 user comments. It seems like a better value.
Typical tasks may go for $.02-$.05. I pay the workers much more than that. I experimented with different levels of payment prior to launch and had to offer more than I expected but my customers are receiving quality results, very quickly. To make this happen required paying up. My goal is to be a requestor the Turkers want to work for. This community outreach is a whole other side of what I'm doing that people don't see on the front end.
Have you posted to Turker Nation at all? It might be a good idea to start developing a "brand" for your questions so that you start to have people actively seek you out and prioritize your HITS. As it is, the Amazon search interface lists 1 hit available per website which is getting FeedbackArmied and it might not be obvious to the Turkers that requests for feedback on A, B, C, D, and E are linked so if you had good experience (had an enjoyable task and got paid promptly) on A and C then B, D, and E are right up your alley.
That task on Mechanical Turk usually goes for $.02-.05 a task. And, if you're familiar with MechaTurk, it really only takes about 15 minutes to set that task up.
He's charging $7 because people don't want to mess with Mechanical Turk. It's brilliant, and I hope it takes off. I actually think that he should charge $20-30 and give people 40-50 user comments. It seems like a better value.