Gigwalk

In some cities of the United States a curious application has been launched. It's called Gigwalk It informs its users of spontaneous jobs that are near them. In other words, the user is walking down the street and suddenly a warning sounds for Gigwalk The application can notify that there is a company that offers 3 euros (at the moment dollars) to users who photograph a certain bicycle. Or, for example, answer questions about customer service at a certain restaurant.

The remuneration of these tasks varies between 3 dollars and up to 90 As we have said, It is only available in some cities in the United States and only for iPhone. But this app is not only about doing jobs and earning money. Those users who have completed the most tasks are awarded points, called “ streetcred ”. Users with the most points will be candidates for higher paying jobs

Gigwalk works in the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, South Florida , New York, Boston and Philadelphia According to its founder, Ariel Seidman, in New York already there are more than 10,000 users. Gigwalk is free for users, only companies are charged for using the service either.Payments to users are made through PayPal Therefore it is it is necessary to have an account if you want to get some benefit. From each charge, discounts the percentage that PayPal takes for making the transfer.

The user or Gigwalker can only perform one job at a time and will have 8 hours to complete it. Only when you finish it will you be able to start a new one. Companies like Tom Tom have already used the beta version of this application In this case used to send street junctions and correct some street names on maps. Thanks to Gigwalk he got enough resources to improve his GPS