# kaal:claim:4734750-039

**Claim.** Intermediary payment fees on centralized micro task platforms are economically viable only for high volume workers who can eventually avoid them, so those fees function as a barrier to entry for new micro task workers.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> The fees in centralized mechanical turk platforms are only economically viable for higher volume workers who can at some point avoid the Paypal fees but create barriers to entry for new micro task workers.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Code Review DAO* (2024), Optimizing Payment Systems in Micro Task Work, page 31

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Code Review DAO (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4734750

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**Failure mode.** Payment fee entry barrier  (family: adoption-and-usability-barrier)

**Topics.** risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** payment-fees, barriers-to-entry, intermediaries, micro-tasks

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