WorkStation is a place where you can access CrowdSource work and keep track of your CrowdSource profile. It will replace the existing CrowdSource profile page at work.crowdsource.com/profile.


Payments are still handled within Mechanical Turk and Amazon Payments. 


Invitation emails will be sent to all existing CrowdSource mTurk workers starting 2/18 and continue throughout the following 2 weeks. You will log in with your existing Mturk credentials.


Here are three ways you can gain access to and begin using WorkStation:


- If you do not have a CrowdSource profile account and you have not been invited yet to WorkStation - (This "account" is referring to the CrowdSource profile account that you may or may not have created in the past. Creating this account has always been optional so there may be a chance that you never created one, which is fine. If that is the case then move forward and complete this instruction word-for-word.) You will need to complete a CrowdSource task (accept and submit) on Mechanical Turk to receive an invite. The invite is sent automatically. Please wait a few minutes, then check your inbox and spam/junk mail folders for the invite.


- If you have been invited, but you have not redeemed the invitation, you can:

  • Click the link in the invitation email you were sent, which will allow you to activate your WorkStation account

OR

  • Accept a CrowdSource task on Mechanical Turk and click the “Invite Me” link to receive another invitation email.

- If you already have a CrowdSource account, a WorkStation link will show up in the worker toolbar once you accept a CrowdSource task on Mechanical Turk. 


*PLEASE NOTE: Once you have activated your WorkStation account for the first time via the link in your invitation, you can access the site directly by going to work.crowdsource.com. (The link in your invitation should not be used as a regular way to access WorkStation, it is only meant to help you initially activate your WorkStation account.)


After following all of these steps and instructions please let us know if you are still experiencing issues by emailing us at workforce@crowdsource.com. It always helps if you can tell us a little bit about where you are in the process so we can help you faster. Thank you!


(Our work will still appear on Mechanical Turk. We have no plans to leave Mechanical Turk; WorkStation just makes it possible in the future for us to open up work to additional platforms (ex. PayPal.))