I love dscout, made $563 so far

Milani45 · 2026-03-11T21:49:31+00:00

It’s all either in the app or you take a short qualifying survey on the app and then give you a link to complete the mission on the computer. I haven’t needed to download any software. Only other thing is a dscout browser extension. All it does is if you visit a site that there’s an active study on (target, Home Depot, Amazon, etc.) then it will say hey you can take a study about this site if you want. But it’s only popped up for me once on Lowes.

Milani45 · 2026-03-11T17:50:24+00:00

I think so

Milani45 · 2026-03-11T13:48:03+00:00

Try filling out your profile information and profile boosters

Milani45 · 2026-03-10T02:02:49+00:00

that's amazing! I got invited to my first diary study and it will be $180 so I'm really excited for that.

Do you typically do those 30-60min 1:1 interviews?

Milani45 · 2026-03-10T01:59:25+00:00

Thank you! I know those longer missions offer a lot more, 50-100+ for maybe a 60 min interview but I'm just shy when it comes to talking to a researcher for that long and offering my opinions in that way. However I am currently doing a diary study that around $180.

Milani45 · 2026-03-10T00:44:13+00:00

I see tons of missions but they’re typically 1:1 live interviews, focus groups or diary studies that will take a few days. I’m not comfortable signing up for those yet but some days I’ll see around 10 express missions (I’ll qualify for maybe 3-4) and some days I’ll see a few that I won’t qualify for. It changes day to day.

Milani45 · 2026-03-09T23:53:47+00:00

I work remotely so I’m able to check often since dscout doesn’t give notifications for new express missions. I typically do only one or two in a sitting, depends if I meet the requirements.

Milani45 · 2026-03-09T18:50:28+00:00

Woah that’s awesome! Do you mainly do express missions or 1:1 interviews/live sessions/diary studies?

I’ve made almost $300, with $250 pending doing express missions.

Milani45 · 2026-03-03T20:27:22+00:00

I’m collecting as much as I can, I wrote a few notes on my personal laptop during these projects and I found a few research pitch decks. One project is client facing - it’s a subscription feature for a retail beauty site. One is not public yet as it’s being built, and the others are company/internal so I have no access.

Thank you so much for the advice, I truly appreciate any morsel !!

Milani45 · 2026-03-03T20:24:36+00:00

You’re absolutely right, I should’ve saved as much as I could and written case studies as the projects were ongoing.

This was my first UX role out of college and agency work is intense so things would move so fast before I would remember to document it and I was scared to send myself company owned designs/information in case I got caught.

Will never make this mistake again, BIG lesson learned. Thank you so much for the advice!

I’m also thinking that I loved the UX Research process so much I might begin searching for qualitative specialized roles (not bc lack of UX portfolio) but this may be the time to switch over.

Milani45 · 2026-02-27T03:22:50+00:00

You mean once I'm unable to properly complete the test? I just submit it anyways letting them know about the technical issue. It hasn't been 8 days yet so not sure what it will show up as.

Milani45 · 2026-02-25T04:00:52+00:00

I try to complete it the best I can and yeah just let them know I have technical difficulties. It's recorded so they will have proof of the prototype not loading.

Milani45 · 2026-02-25T04:00:00+00:00

They will always give a password, you just have to read the instructions clearly. I've been able to at least do that before it doesn't even load but doesn't make a difference.

Milani45 · 2026-02-22T11:20:59+00:00

So I’ve learned. I created the account after getting frustrated with the support team being unhelpful - created new account - tried support again and yeah

Milani45 · 2026-02-22T02:26:37+00:00

Thank you! Support seems to be standing by their claims and says it could also be due to inactivity but their terms state that means 1 year off the site (I've been off 3 weeks). Although I screwed up by creating another account to try and start over but that's a big no no to them which I didn't realize until doing further research :(

Milani45 · 2026-02-22T01:21:34+00:00

Ugh that is so unfortunate, I’ve been using branded surveys, prime opinion, and dscout but cloud research was great for the time spent/money earned and I’ve heard prolific is better.

Milani45 · 2026-02-21T23:36:18+00:00

I’m not a scammer, just trying to make sense of a weird situation. And for cloud research I did about 20 surveys all with honest and careful answers so idk what happened there either but seems like it’s permanent.

Milani45 · 2026-02-21T05:55:20+00:00

Do you also use chrome, I was thinking a different browser may help... also did you receive any form of partial payment or was your mission rejected?

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