Getting started is simple! You just head to stores, snap some photos, and answer a couple of questions. Every now and then, you’ll also speak to a store associate. That’s it! Gigs pay between 3 and 25 dollars, and you’ll usually get paid within 72 hours. This side hustle is a great way to earn money for dinner dates, movie nights, and other special occasions!
FAST FACTS
Observa has paid out more than $500,000 to Observers.
Gigs take 15-30 minutes on average.
You’ll be notified when there are new opportunities near you.
There are more than 400,000 Observers.
Opportunities are available in the United States and Canada.
You’ll usually get paid within 72 hours. Please note: this process may take longer over weekends and holidays.
Gigs pay $3-25.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Is this a legit way to make PayPal money?
Yes! Observa has been in business since 2016. Today, we work with leading brands like KIND and Beyond Meat. Observers complete opportunities at well-known retailers like Safeway, 7-Eleven, and Walmart.
Do you have opportunities outside of the United States and Canada?
Right now, the vast majority of our opportunities are currently in the United States and Canada. Observa is always working to get additional clients, in order to provide more opportunities for you to earn money.
If you turn your notifications on, you'll be notified when there are new opportunities near you. In the meantime, check out our paid photo challenges, which run every few weeks and can be completed from anywhere.
If Observa rejects an observation, is the data still sent to the customer?
Never. At Observa, we only want to pass along high-quality data to our customers, so we discard data from rejected observations. We only reject an observation if the Observer didn’t follow the instructions correctly. Right now, more than 90% of observations are accepted.
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I do love this app and I’ve had it for awhile and it has saved me many times when I was in need of pull-ups or milk , but it’s work and it’s a decent amount of work for not a lot of money. I recall one job I went to do and I was about 45 minutes into it photographing the entire laundry aisle and house cleaning products close ups mind you top to bottom side to side, when suddenly my phone died. I stood up and thought what the he— am I doing?! The job PAID SIX BUCKS. and I wasn’t even halfway through . So sometimes it’s worth it other times I say the heck with it but you guys really need to step it up with the pay. I work for companies that pay me more to make a phone call so it’s time to level the playing field don’t you think? Just my opinion but when you have to drive and use gas to get to the locations and then spend a decent amount of time inside doing the physical work using your cellular data then using more gas to get back home when it’s all said and done I’m actually losing money doing the job. I’ve stayed on hoping prices would go up but so far I haven’t seen that happen
Rip off nice way after almost 50 Observas completed to simply ignore every email I’ve sent
kaaaaaast
I have been using this app for months and used to love it until recently. I’ve been emailing for help for days and although they are updating the assignments no one is getting back to me. I submitted atleast five jobs that just disappeared, literally vanished after I submitted them. Never rejected never paid on. The assignments used to say recommended time window 7a-7p not stating it would be rejected outside of that window . For months I’d refer to the store hours they listed below since it was never stated anywhere about being rejected outside of the 7-7. Then one day they rejected one for the time and my other submissions vanished and now no one will respond to me nor explain where my vanished assignments went. This cost me out of pocket to complete and is very frustrating as I am a single mom and as I mentioned used to love this app. Now everything I submit disappears. I need help!!We’ll they kept there word and paid me on every vanished submission- took them a week they did correct the mistake- Sarah whom I emailed with was not very pleasant nor was she taking the time to actually read my emails and was assuming my issue was something different when it was all said and done they actually did pay out. So other then lack of customer eloquent I’ll keep using the app as long as they keep paying upon completion. I do recommend some courses on customer service. As they say cheers!
Great way to make money but...
n.c.j. money
I love the app and the opportunity. However being from a very small town and knowing the stores that are being observed causes issues. I was told very rudely I might add, that I needed to take a picture of the specified cooler. Not the cooler in the picture and to provide 1 to 4 pictures if it’s not available. What the very rude reviewer didn’t understand is that the store is extremely small (which I included in the notes) and was unable to use the coolers and displays because it created a fire hazard. I included more than the minimum requested pictures which actually was the entire store. The store is only large enough to squeeze two cashiers in and a few coolers. You actually have to see it to believe it or see the pictures. Instead of the reviewer reading the entire observation notes ( would have known the store was small and the displays were banned) he advised that my entire observation was not going to be paid because I didn’t submit pictures of the requested coolers!!!!!!!! Again if something is not available you show 1-4 pictures of what’s there!!!!!! I provided what was available and never received money for it. Other than a reviewer that probably should seek anything that would make him happy the job is pretty cool. Note to the reviewer if you use google map you can actually see how small the store is!
A frustrating exercise in the impossible
77HonestReviewer77
It’s frustrating when an app with so much potential completely fumbles on execution. I came into this with high hopes, especially since I’ve had great experiences with similar auditing apps. But this one? It feels light-years behind.The biggest issue is that the tasks they assign are impossible. For example, they asked me to take a maximum of 10 photos to capture an entire aisle of a specific brand’s products. The problem? The store layouts make this physically unworkable. Aisles are narrow, products are widely spaced apart, and no amount of zoom or angling can compensate for that. Unless I start knocking over displays while attempting to step back far enough to capture a head-on shot or somehow get management to rearrange shelving just for my photos, there is simply no way to meet their strict requirements.This kind of unrealistic expectation makes me seriously question the legitimacy of the app. It’s almost as if it’s designed to be uncompletable…like a weird money laundering scheme or some convoluted way to generate data without ever actually paying users. Unless they drastically rethink their guidelines, increase the photo limit, or, I don’t know, give us the authority to physically move an aisle, this app is a complete waste of time. I’m praying for this companies’ downfall and have already built an extensive papertrail for the eventual class action lawsuit.
Developer Response
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We have added better control over the quality and resolution of captured photos to increase chances of successful observations.
Version 5.3.17
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