What: Fancy Hands provides work for researchers and virtual assistants, paying by the “task,” which may take a few minutes or a few days
Expected pay: $3 to $4 per “task”
Husl $core: $
Commissions & fees: NA
Where: National
Requirements: a computer; high-speed internet connection and research skills
Review:
Fancy Hand’s concept is good. Both individuals and companies can off-load some of their daily tasks to Fancy Hand’s virtual assistants. You might have the assistant find you a better cable company, for instance. Or you could ask them research who might provide a particular product or service in your neighborhood.
The catch is that each Fancy Hands “task” is assumed to be a 20 minute job, for which the client pays only about $5. That means the worker gets less — apparently about $3 to $4 per task. And numerous workers complain that the tasks are not 20 minute jobs. They’re likely to take an hour or more. This puts their pay well below minimum wage.
The miserably low pay earns FancyHands a thumbs down from $ideHusl.
If you want to be a virtual assistant both Belay and Worldwide 101 offer better pay and get better reviews from workers. Those who want to provide research or other services, should check out Fiverr. But be sure to read our Fiverr review before you structure your offer.
What their virtual assistants say:
“You can literally work all day on a $6 task because you’re going back and forth with mentors that don’t actually read.”
“Pay is less than minimum wage. You might get three dollars for an hour or more of work. If customer asks a question AFTER YOU FINISHED A TASK, the task reopens and you don’t get paid until you respond. If customer wants more work on the task, you lose your money until you ABSOLUTELY 100% satisfy the customer. So, a 5 min. task that pays $1-$3 can actually take you HOURS to finish, or you forfeit your money!!!!!”
“After really trying everyday for 3 months, I managed to make a total of $200 because they cheat and take back half your money, force you to use their money transfer services instead of direct deposit or Paypal, and allow customers to make completely unreasonable requests that are impossible to complete. They need to review the tasks BEFORE offering it to workers. Some tasks may include asking you to do something that borderlines on illegal because the managers don’t care, don’t review the tasks before posting, and just want to get your money!”
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