# Anyone using Gigwalk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652 "2011-09-17T19:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/21 "2011-09-19T20:47:46Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Those specify to download and use the free Photosynth app (made by MS). It’s pretty easy to use, but test it first to get an idea of what it’s like and how fast it can take pics. Also make sure you have location services turned on for the app, or you’ll have to figure out how to attach a location on the Photosynth website after the fact (a lesson I just learned). I felt weird taking a pano pic in the business I just “Gigged” but nobody bothered me and probably just thought I was a creeper, which is fine I guess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/22 "2011-09-19T20:51:33Z")
Looks like it requires an iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/23 "2011-09-20T05:28:14Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Just signed up and started my first gig. Fun! > > Question for you, **MikeG** … Have you run into any trouble w/ businesses letting you take panoramic pictures inside? That part makes me nervous as I feel like a lot of establishments might frown on that sort of thing. Have you had anyone ask you what you were doing, and if so how did you handle it? You develop a feel for which stores you need to ask and which you need to do on the sly. A busy place, I can get in, do the pano and two detail shots while it looks like Im talking on the phone or texting. I have been concentrating on mom and pop restaurants lately, I find they are much more willing to allow. Ethnic places, I just say " I’m doing business verification for Microsoft Bing and I’m gonna take a couple pics so when people search for your place, they get a good picture instead of just the name" I’ve done about 120 gigs in the last week and had 4 places say no. At that point, you just say thanks and move on, there’s 5500 gigs in Chicago right now, no need to worry about the one chinese place on Lawrence that doesn’t want a picture online. Look up GigwalkPro on youtube for a bunch of good videos by Marc on how to do the gigs with or without permission. He likes malls, I prefer crowded urban areas, same idea but I get better places to eat lunch:) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/24 "2012-02-17T22:26:26Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Looks like it requires an iPhone. The Android app is now available, which seems worthy of a bump. I don’t know when that happened but it wasn’t there when I got the phone in September. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/25 "2012-02-18T00:38:57Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > The Android app is now available, which seems worthy of a bump. I don’t know when that happened but it wasn’t there when I got the phone in September. the link on the gigwalk website still talks you to a “sign up for the beta” google doc, but the app is available in the android marketplace and seems to be functional. edit: no gigs in my area; damn you, flyover state! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/26 "2012-02-18T00:50:56Z")
There were a ton of unpaid/beta gigs in my area for the first few days after the Android launch, but now, nothing. Running around town and working for free wasn’t at the top of my list, so I still haven’t done any. Had I known they all were gonna disappear, I would have tried one just to see how it works. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/27 "2012-02-18T01:15:42Z")
Just downloaded it, and although I live in a fairly populous area, there aren’t any paying gigs anywhere near me. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/28 "2012-02-18T01:39:30Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > the link on the gigwalk website still talks you to a “sign up for the beta” google doc, but the app is available in the android marketplace and seems to be functional. > > edit: no gigs in my area; damn you, flyover state! I’m only seeing two or three near me in my coastal megacity. I don’t think the maps show us new Gigwalkers everything there is to see; IIRC we have to do a couple of freebies before we qualify for paid Gigs, so I had assumed that the latter don’t show up on my map yet. I might well be wrong about that, though, and need to refresh my memory with another look at the instructions and other info. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/29 "2012-02-18T01:40:54Z")
Maybe the “beta” part of the Android app is that _only_ free gigs are shown. ---
**Author:** ![georgemickeyhappy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/76d3ee/32.png) [@georgemickeyhappy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/georgemickeyhappy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/30 "2012-08-02T16:38:47Z")
I like [Gigwalk](http://www.gigwalk.com) when I get easy opportunities! Being in between jobs has not been easy and I really enjoy doing the missions for some of the other guys. My favorite newbie is [iPoll](http://www.ipoll.com/go1.html) . I have it on my iPhone and my wife on her android. Just yesterday, I got to do some really cool things for the Olympics at a local restaurant! Last week I went on a secret mission into a Target store and snapped a picture of a yoplait yogurt. The company is pretty good about catching cheaters so be careful! All in all I have made $480 on [IPoll](http://www.ipoll.com/go1.html) and $64 on [Gigwalk](http://www.gigwalk.com). A couple others that I downloaded and am starting to use lately; check rewards and shop kick! No missions, just discounts, no real cash rewards either ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/31 "2012-08-03T00:19:25Z")
The Gigwalk people took the Android app down when they went to v2.0. This happened four months ago. And Android users are still waiting. I expect we won’t even recognize the business model when and if we ever get to use it again. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/32 "2012-08-05T06:07:58Z")
Ive pretty much given up on GW. Since they upgraded their software and the Bing contract expired, the gigs were far and few between. Field Agent has worked out much better for me. Your location/ experience may vary of course. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/34 "2013-12-30T09:27:37Z")
Likely spam (from today) reported. Zombie thread. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-gigwalk/596652/36 "2014-06-05T21:47:52Z")
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