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MTurk requester workforce migration kit
Helping MTurk requesters move tasks and trusted workers to another platform before shutdown.
Why it can work
- Amazon itself recommends existing customers move to third-party solutions
- Requesters have a fixed deadline and must move work
- Workers are asking where requesters will post work next
Watch out
- Requesters may say they have no short-term plans
- Payout methods on other platforms may not replace MTurk bonuses
First moveContact existing requesters to ask where they will move work.
Concept mockup, not a real productHow it scores
Stars come from the evidence below; each row links to it. How the Itch Rank works
How much it itches 28 of 40
Will people pay 3 of 35
The job to be done
Move crowd tasks, workers, and payouts off MTurk
When MTurk closes to new requesters and winds down, a requester needs to relocate its tasks and its trusted repeat worker pool to another platform with a workable payout method, so ongoing batchwork continues without losing its workforce.
How often posters face it
- One-off3
- Every job1
Pain proof
12 complaints from 1 community
Official notice that MTurk closes effective September 30, 2026; existing requesters can publish until then, but no migration path is provided.
Workers who completed many HITs for requesters want to know where those requesters will post work after MTurk closes so they can keep earning.
Workers need payout alternatives after MTurk shuts down on Sept 30 since current payouts use MTurk bonuses.
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Requesters need to find replacement platforms after MTurk stops accepting new customers; the post is a comparison of alternatives with pay ranges.
Amazon recommends existing customers migrate to a third-party solution, creating a need to move work to another platform.
Graduate students cannot post surveys on MTurk because of a monthly credit limit error with no response from support, so they cannot run research and are stuck.
Users are uncertain what the end of new registrations means for existing workers and requesters and whether the platform is winding down.
Workers see HITs drying up, requesters disappearing, new requester registration closed, and a banner pointing requesters to third-party options with no word from Amazon…
Money already flowing
$72.0M raised
Funds raised
- Toloka$72.0M2025-05-16
Why now
2 deadlines and forced changes
If you started today
A first version, from what posters ask for
First version
Sources
Not found yet: Paid tasks, Success stories, Creator patterns, Compliance needs, Search trends, Incumbent gaps. A missing layer scores zero in the Itch Rank.