Paid Surveys

Jorge Chavez asked:


Paid surveys are a huge business on the Internet. There is good money to be made with legitimate paid online surveys that pay well, on time and in cash or equivalent. However, only about 20% of the total number of surveys being made are of this type. Understanding how the paid survey business works is the first key to success.

The second key to being able to get paid to fill out surveys and make money is to get a good list of legitimate paid survey panels that offer this kind of survey. You will need the first key to find the second key.

Here’s how the business works: Large companies need a constant flow of information about various aspects of consumer opinion, perceptions and preferences.

These companies commission market researchers to measure consumer sentiment and report back to them with their findings. Methodology to be used is discussed, surveys are often used.

Proposals are made, discussed, adjusted and ultimately approved and funded. There has to be adequate budget to fund all parts of a survey, including making sure that the participants get paid to fill out survey questionnaires.

Some survey makers, hired by the market researchers to handle the mechanics of individual surveys, pay participants well, on time and in cash or equivalent.

Others try to keep more of the total budget for themselves and use smoke, mirrors, promises and lotteries to pay participants considerably less.

The good-paying survey makers make up about 20% of the total. Of the rest, about half (40% of the total) does eventually/sometimes pay participants, but in lesser amounts. The other half almost never pay and also make money in other ways, like selling things to their list and selling their list to sales companies.

The 20% of survey makers that pay well have low turnover and almost never pay recruiting fees for new participants. They don’t have to. Their survey participants get paid to fill out surveys, are happy and stay with them.

The other 80% has high turnover (surprise, surprise!) and must constantly recruit new survey participants to replace those that did not get paid to fill out surveys and quit. They pay high recruiting fees to get new participants.

When you Google “paid surveys” you will find plenty of list purveyors pursuing you to take a copy of their “free list”. These people live and prosper off of recruiting fees they get for recruiting YOU! Since the good 20% of survey makers don’t pay recruiting fees, their names rarely appear on such lists.

Steer clear of those “free lists”. The list purveyors will make money, the survey makers on those lists will make money, but the survey takers, the survey participants who want to get paid to fill out surveys, won’t make money.

O.K. So now we know to, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.” (-old Trojan saying!) and avoid “free lists”.

But the question remains, how DO we get a good list?

The answer is that we must look to someone who cares whether or not we make money with their list. The best place to find such a list is at paid online survey membership sites that maintain lists of good survey makers for their members. For a small one-time fee you can join and get a copy of their list.

There are around 200 of these sites. Not all have resisted the temptation to “double dip” and put a few (or a lot!) of survey makers that pay recruiting fees on their sites’ list. So we must choose one with care. Here’s how:

1. Only consider paid survey membership sites with STRONG money-back guarantees, backed up by a financial company like PayPal or ClickBank, or a bank. If a paid survey site won’t guarantee your satisfaction, if no one will underwrite their guarantee, then steer clear of them!

There are more than 70 paid survey sites that offer this type of strong guarantee.

2. Within the group with strong guarantees, look for one with a low refund rate under their guarantee. Low refund rates mean happy clients that used their list to get paid to fill out surveys, made money and were satisfied.

High refund rates mean unhappy clients that used the site’s list to get paid to fill out surveys, did NOT make money, were dissatisfied and demanded their money back.

So pick a paid survey membership site with a low (3-6%) refund rate, avoiding any with refund rates as high as 9-10% or more.

Sign up with that low-refund-rate site, get a copy of their list and then sign up with all of the survey makers on their list. The more you sign up with the more surveys you will be offered and the more money you will make.

You will have then positioned yourself to join the happy clients of a good paid survey site with a good list. You should make enough on the first 2-3 surveys to repay your membership fee. From there on you just get paid to fill out surveys and make money.

The only way to lose is to get the list and NOT sign up with all the survey makers on it. Survey makers compete with each other; they don’t share lists of participants. You have to sign up with each one separately.

Survey makers cannot send you surveys if they don’t have your application and demographic data on file. If you don’t get survey invitations you can’t very well get paid for filling out surveys!

So make all your applications, take the surveys and watch the cash roll in!

To get more information and details on how to get paid to fill out surveys you can follow the links below…



KERMIT

Adam Poole asked:


Online paid surveys, we have all heard of them, or seen ads claiming you can make $75.00 dollars per survey, but is there any truth to this. All of the surveys I have listed here are completely free to join; I have personally signed up for the top four surveys, participated in the surveys, and made money on all of them. In this article I will review all four and let you know if it’s worth your time to check them out.

The first on my list is pinecone research, this is one of the most exclusive online paid survey sites, and Entry into Pinecone Research is only through invitation or by finding its ads. So you may ask, is it worth my time?

The answer is yes.

Pinecone membership is restricted to U.S, Canada and U.K, but that hasn’t prevented people from all over the world joining it to take advantage of its payment by PayPal. They are one of the few paid survey sites that pay through PayPal, to me this was a real plus. And once you’re a member you may also be contacted to take part in product testing, the compensation for which is usually quite high.

The average survey from Pinecone Research pays $5.00 dollars, which is above average.

Most paid survey sites beat your door down with offers to get you to join, but Pinecone tries to avoid members. They change there sign-up link every couple weeks, so finding the correct up to date link can be a hassle. Pinecone Research’s sign-up URL is constantly in high demand, for a good reason.

Second on the list is SurveySavvy, this survey site has over 1.5 million registered members and has paid out over 10 million dollars in cash to date. So how did it become so successful you may ask? By offering the highest paid surveys in the industry.

SurveySavvy pays far more per survey than any of its competitors. You can expect to make between $2.00 and $100.00 per survey, and you can get paid even more for discussion groups and product testing. The best thing about there pay system is that there is no minimum you have to reach before you can request a check. The only reason SurveySavvy wasn’t my number one pick is because they do not offer PayPal.

The other cons to this survey site are that

1. They are very selective for who participates in any given survey.

2. You will receive far fewer surveys than with many other survey sites.

3. They offer payment by U.S checks only.

The number three survey site is CashCrate, to date they have a membership of over half a million people, and they have paid out millions in cash.

The unique thing about this site is that they pay you to complete their ‘offers’. These offers consist of filling out forms or registering for free websites. Each ‘offer’, pays between $1.00 and $15.00.

Within the first hour of signing up for CashCrate I had over $20.00 in my account.

They offer surveys as well including two daily surveys that you can take that pay 80 cents each, that may not sound like much, but if you took just those two surveys every day for a month you would have earned $48.00.

Some of the cons for CashCrate are:

1. They do not offer PayPal; there payment is sent in U.S check only.

2. Most of there ‘offers’ are available to U.S and Canadian members only.

3. Hardly anything for international members

My fourth pick is GlobalTestMarket, owned by Global Market Insite Inc, is the world’s largest paid survey community with members from over 200 countries. The company has paid out over 7 million dollars to date.

They use the market point’s currency system. Each market point is fixed to 5 cents U.S. The average survey pays between 50 and 150 market points or ($2.50-$7.50). You can request your payment once your account reaches $50.00, and a check will be mailed to you in your local currency.

Something worth mentioning about this site is that their surveys are much easier to qualify for than many of their competitors, they have recently launched their new Survey Shuttle, with this if you are invited to a survey and do not qualify they will automatically search for more surveys that you can complete. This is something most other survey sites do not do.

Another way to make money with GlobalTestMarket is with their refer-a-friend system. This system allows you to invite friends to the site and if they join you will be rewarded with 20 market points. For website publishers, they offer an affiliate membership that pays $0.7-$1.00 per signup.

They also have a blog with a vast readership, the blog post information involving future plans and site updates.

GlobalTestMarket over all has more pros than cons, but here are some of the cons:

1. Payment is made by check only

2. Checks have a processing time of 6-8 weeks for International members.

3. You must have a minimum of $50.00 in your account before you can request a check.

I recommend that you join all of these survey sites, after all it will cost you nothing, but it will dramatically increase the amount of survey offers you receive. At the end of the day, more survey offers means more money in your pocket, and who’s going to argue with that.



CASEY

Jorge Chavez asked:


To start making money on the Internet, consider taking paid surveys at home. You take a free paid online survey or three and get paid money for surveys. No special skills required, you just give your personal opinion when you fill out the questionnaires. Easy money, if you do it right. Read on and learn how to avoid the pitfalls, do it right and get paid well for only a few minutes of your time each day…

You can get paid good money for surveys taking free paid surveys at home - if you understand the business, follow a few simple rules and do it right. About 20% of the thousands of surveys being made over the Internet each week are first class, legitimate paid online surveys that pay in cash, on time, and respect your privacy.

Another 40% are O.K. They pay, but not as much as the first class ones. Most of the remaining 40% are just time-wasters; forget them. You can’t make money with those. They will just fill up your in-box with offers for everything under the sun, trying to sell you stuff and make money off of you.

So when you consider a free paid online survey then, pay much more attention to the “paid” part than to the “free” part. There are many surveys that are free for the taking. But if you are serious about getting money for surveys, you will need to expend some effort to find free paid online surveys that really pay.

Typical surveys pay $10 to $25 for a survey that takes 6 to 18 minutes to take. That’s not a lot of money, but neither is is much time. The idea is to have a steady stream of survey offers coming in. If you take a $10 and a $25 survey each day, it’ll add up to over $1,000 a month. Now that’s real money for surveys!

The secret to success with paid surveys at home is to get a good list of survey makers. That’s tricky to do because the good ones don’t advertise. They don’t need to. The bad one, the lower 40%, have to advertise to replace all the survey takers like you who just quit because they were not making money for surveys taken!

These survey makers offer finders fees (per head) and/or commissions (a normal $10 survey becomes a $6-8 survey and the guy who recruited you gets the other $2-4! If you look around on the Net, you will see lots of offers for “free lists”. Actually, there is no such thing as a free list. Someone is always paying for it.

If you are not paying for your list, the “survey makers” trying to recruit new survey participants are. Your best bet is to find a good paid survey membership site that maintains lists for its members, join up and use the list of makers of free paid online surveys that they provide.

Only consider dealing with paid survey membership sites that offer strong money-back guarantees, backed up by a financial company like PayPal or ClickBank. Then, from amongst those with such guarantees, pick one with a low (3-6%) refund rate. Low refund rates mean happy, satisfied clients.

Pick your membership site, join, get their list, and sign up for the maximum number of survey makers for which you qualify. (Some only work in certain geographic areas). To make good money for surveys, you should be signed up with 100-200 good survey makers. Signups for paid surveys at home are easy and free, done online.

For more details about how to use free paid online surveys to get paid good money for surveys, how to get good lists to help you make money with paid surveys at home, just follow the links below…



EDWARDO

Peter Nisbet asked:


Worldwide, people earn money taking online surveys for cash. It is one of the more popular means of making money online, but be careful, since without paid online surveys advice you can end up very disappointed.

Getting paid for online surveys seems like an easy way to make money, and getting paid money for surveys has indeed become a popular means of making money online. However, there are one or two truths you need to know, and also some tips to help you earn money taking online surveys to maximum effect. You will be able to make money taking surveys, but keep these factors in mind:

1. WHAT TO EXPECT.

Don’t expect to make a fortune from paid online surveys. This will not be the basis of anybody’s online home business, but more of a means of making a reasonable amount of pocket money. Yoiu can earn money taking online surveys, and you will hear of people making up to $200 an hour or more, but ignore that. No doubt somebody might make that with a unique survey program that they found, but your average will be nearer $2 - $5 a survey.

You can work it out yourself from there. Each survey takes on average around 10 minutes to complete, so if you work for a morning a day, say 8 till midday, then you can complete 5 surveys and hour, earning you an average of $17.50 an hour so each morning you will earn four times that, or $70. If you do that 6 days a week, then you can earn around $1700 monthly. With a little experience, that 10 minutes can often be cut to 5.

It’s not a fortune, but that’s for only 4 hours a day, six days a week. If you work 8 hours, that comes to $3400. That is an average figure, but many earn more than that by being selective and registering with several online paid survey programs. If you take it really seriously, and seek out the best paying surveys, it is possible to make a lot more than that, and the $200 an hour advertised could possibly become a reality ($288,000 monthly), but that’s for the experienced!

However, it shows what can be done by some and with the right programs. I have yet to do it, but I have read about it online. Don’t get your head turned because you will not earn that - not until you have spent a while learning the basics, and that will take a year or two.

2. HOW TO START

To start to earn money taking online surveys for cash, you have to find a good paid survey directory. These will offer a variety of paid online surveys, and while some will pay cash for surveys, others will offer you free goods for surveys. Don’t be upset if you are offered free goods, because these can be sold on eBay at a good profit, and often earn you mire than if yoru were paid for a cash survey.

Therfore, you should register with a respected survey directory first: that could cost you anything up to $50, but if you pay then you are being taken to the cleaners! There are sites that offer you surveys without you having to pay. You can then choose the surveys you want to take from these. They are not over-advertised because those promoting them have little to gain. However, free paid online survey directories are available if you know where to look for them, and don’t expect an online search engine search to find them for you, because ‘free’ isn’t always free!

3. PAID ONLINE SURVEYS ADVICE

a) Never use your regular email address for your surveys. Open up a new address with Yahoo, Techemail or Gmail. You could receive a lot of emails when you get really deeply into this, and you want to keep your personal email address for personal emails. You can even set up a new email address for each survey group with which you register. It is free to open up these email addresses for your cash surveys. When you start to make money taking surveys, you will get a lot of emails (hopefully telling you how much you are making from your paid surveys).

b) Some will be cash surveys, and some for prize draws. Make sure that you register for a directory that offers mainly paid surveys, and the occasional prize draw, because you could get lucky. However, you still need the cash survey for a regular income. Nevertheless, it’s fun to enter a draw survey now and again, so go for a mix.

c) You will come across the message “You do not Qualify for this Survey” now and again. It happens to everybody. Make a note of that survey site and never use it again. It is due either to your post code, country, age, *** or some other information you provided at the start of the survey, so don’t take it personally.

d)Never lie in any porfile you are required to provide because you might then be given a paid survey that is irrelevant to you.

e) You will need some form of password maintenance, since you could be registering for 50+ online cash survey sites eventually. If you want to earn money taking online paid surveys seriously, than a few dollars for password and login protection, security and maintenance is well worth the $20 or less it will cost.

FINALLY

A lot of people earn money taking online surveys, but be careful about free online paid surveys; because if they are free surveys then your payment will be either small or it will involve a draw for a gift. It can be very profitable to be paid for online surveys once you have learned how to go about it correctly, although you should go for the cash surveys and use the free draws as a side amusement just for fun to find out your luck.

Draws for gifts are OK as a sideline, but your main focus, if you want to earn money taking online surveys, must be on paid surveys, or cash surveys. These are what will be earning you the bulk of your income, and if you are getting paid for online surveys then you want it to be in cash and not in the chance of winning draw for a vacation. Good luck!



TIMOTHY

Mei Lynn asked:


This article is a simple and clear guide for paid survey beginners to get a quick and good start. If you are new to the paid survey world, please follow my step by step instructions:

1. Remember do NOT pay anyone to do paid online surveys whatsoever. It is always FREE to do paid surveys and get paid. Legitimate paid survey and market research companies do NOT charge you - they pay YOU for YOUR opinion.

2. Set up a dedicated email account. You will get lot of emails and you need a separated email address for survey invitation emails. Note: you’ll need to turn OFF your spam filter or set the spam filter option to “do not delete emails in spam folder immediately” — otherwise you might miss survey emails.

3. You might want to open a free Paypal account. Many of survey sites offer their payment via Paypal. It’s free to send money, and free to accept payment if you have a basic account (a low transaction fee apply for Premier and Business Accounts to receive money), and it is usually faster than check payment.

4. Sign up with as many legitimate paid survey companies as possible. Remember legitimate paid survey companies are FREE to join and have strict privacy policies (You will not get spammed).

Please note: It’s important you take time to sign up with ALL the legitimate survey sites you can find. The reason is very simple - the more survey sites you sign up with, the more surveys you get.

5. Tips on avoiding scams:

* If you come cross a survey site, be sure to check their privacy policy. If you are not happy with the privacy policy or they don’t have a privacy policy, stay away from them;

* Be aware the difference between paid surveys sites and get paid sign up offer sites. The later sometimes say they are survey sites, in fact their “main business” is paid offers. They are the sites you get paid for signing up offers, and sometimes you need to pay or provide credit card information while sign up non free offers.

* Stay away from the websites (paid or free) promoting known scam or spam - usually those sites claim they have a list of 300+, 400+ or even 500+ paid survey sites, (the reality is there are NOT 300 survey sites that pay!) They are just promoting anything they can find for commissions, no matter its scam or spam and can’t be trusted.

6. Tips on doing surveys:

* Be honest with your personal profile information when sign up with survey companies;

* Response survey invitations quickly. Most surveys have quota and some fill fast, especially high paying/easy to qualify surveys.

7. Tips on getting paid:

* Make sure keep the invitation emails for the surveys that you qualify and completed, especially those online interactive surveys/focus group. You want to have prove for your participation when there is a problem.

8. Finally you have to be patient. This is very important for survey beginners. It takes a while to get paid since most survey sites have minimum payout requirement and it takes time for them to process payment. Also it takes a while to receive more surveys. For me, I didn’t received any cash or other reward during the first month, I had some points or others but not enough to cash out, and the money didn’t start coming in until the end of second month. It is also after two months, I started to receive and qualify for more surveys, including those “high-end” surveys such as interactive online surveys and focus groups.

Doing paid surveys is not going to make you rich, but certainly it’s an easy and fun way to make extra cash. For more information about paid surveys, please feel free to visit my site, you will find the best FREE lists of legitimate paid survey companies, more paid survey tips, as well as honest paid survey reviews.

Copyright 2008 Mei Lynn.



NED

Mei Lynn asked:


Paid online surveys are good work at home opportunities because it is an easy and free way to make extra money online. But with so many scam and spam sites popping up everywhere these days, oftentimes it is difficult to determine what is real, especially for beginners. To give a real picture of paid online surveys, I have outlined some of most basic facts about paid surveys in a questions and answers manner.

1. Are paid surveys for real?

Yes, paid online surveys are for real! A good number of legitimate survey companies will pay you just for your time and opinion. They pay you for your feedback on products and services of manufactures and businesses.

2. Do I have to pay to take surveys and get paid?

Absolutely NOT! Legitimate surveys companies NEVER ask you to pay to take surveys and get paid. They are always FREE to join, and it cost absolutely NOTHING whatsoever! Please be aware the difference between paid survey sites and paid to sign up offer sites, the later pay you for signing up offers, and sometimes you might need to pay upfront a small amount (therefore provide credit card information) to try non-free offers.

3. How do paid surveys work?

You sign up with (join) a market research/paid survey company’s research panel, provide your contact information (such as email and home address) and basic (and sometimes a little more detailed) demographic information such as your name, gender, age etc… When the survey company has a market research survey that fits your profile, they will send you an email inviting you to participate. They will indicate what the reward will be for completing the survey. You take the survey, if you qualify and complete the survey, you will get paid by the survey company. Often if you don’t qualify for the survey, you will still earn a entry to enter in a sweepstakes drawing.

4. Why so many people think paid surveys are scams?

There are four main reasons:

1). There ARE tons of scam sites - they claim to be paid survey sites and in-fact they just want your personal information and turn around and sell it, and you will get tons of spam emails and even telemarketing calls, but no real surveys.

2). There are many websites promoting those scam/spam sites. If you see any websites (paid or free) that list hundreds (300+, 400+ or even 500+) of paid surveys sites, please be aware! Lot of those websites just promote anything they can for commission, no matter it is scam or spam. Remember, more is not always better!

3). Many paid offers sites advertise themselves (or claim on their own websites) as paid survey sites. The truth of the matter is, even some of them do have paid surveys (usually low paying ones), their main “business” is actually paid offers. This could make people confused and often give false impression that paid surveys are NOT FREE, and unfortunately give paid surveys a bad name.

4). Lot of survey starters do not realize that it takes time to get paid. A couple of weeks after signing up and taking some surveys, you don’t see the money coming in and you start questioning this whole paid surveys thing is just another online scam. Many people just give up this way. Please be aware: If you sign up with legitimate survey companies and complete surveys, you will get paid. But it doesn’t mean you will get paid right away. Some survey companies have minimum payout requirements to cash out rewards, of course it takes time to reach that requirement. Also, it takes average 4 weeks for survey companies to process payments and rewards.

5. How much can I make for taking paid surveys?

How much can you make really depends on several factors:

1). How many legitimate paid survey sites you sign up with - the more you sign up with the more survey invites you get;

2). Your demographic profile which determines the number and type of surveys you get and qualify - for example, you probably will not get a women apparel product test survey if you are a man.

3). Amount of time you spend taking surveys, focus groups, etc.

4). How lucky you are when it comes to drawings, rattles and sweepstakes - people do win!

I would say if you sign up with a number of good survey sites and take the majority of the surveys you are invited, you could make $1000 to $2000 a year in cash, gift certificates and prize combined. I personally make average $200 a month and spend about an hour and half a day taking online surveys, it takes me about 1 year to reach this level.

Can you really make $100 an hour? - It is possible to make $100 for an one hour focus group discussion, but you won’t have this kind of opportunity to fill a full day’s work. The truth is you are not going to get rich or make a full time salary by doing paid surveys. However you certainly CAN make pretty good extra cash.

6. Should I pay a database/directory/list for paid survey sites?

No. With some effort, you should be able to find all yourself. The problem with those database/directories is they usually promote everything they can find for commissions, no matter it is scam or spam, and they can NOT be trusted.

7. Is paid survey worth my time?

Yes. I personally feel that with the little effort I put in and the rewards I earn, it’s worth my time. It’s easy work and very flexible, I can do it anytime I want. I enjoy testing new products before they come out of the market and giving opinion on existing products and services to make them better, and the better part is I get paid for doing so.

Doing paid surveys is not going to make you rich, but it’s certainly an easy and fun way to make some extra cash. For more information about paid surveys, please feel free to visit my site, you will find free paid survey lists (that only list real legitimate paid survey companies), paid survey guides and tips, as well as my personal first hand reviews on individual paid survey sites.

Copyright 2007 Mei Lynn.



FRANCIS

Stephen Meyer asked:


as difficult as it may sound to earn money taking online surveys. Keep reading because I will be giving you some tips on how to make the maximum paid survey amount. I will also discuss some things you should not do.

There is no catch to a paid survey it is exactly what it sounds like. It is an online questionnaire that is asking for your opinion and habits. In return for your information you will be paid.

Online surveys are not limited to just a few companies. In fact there are many companies who will pay you for taking their surveys. Not just surveys, they will also pay you to participate in focus groups and online discussions. The majority of companies use people who are in English speaking countries but some use those in other countries as well. You can make earn money taking online surveys either part time or full time. The choice is yours.

The number one concern, are online paid surveys a scam?

I have read many stories from people who claim online paid surveys are a scam. Most complaints come from those who were unable to see success with online surveys. Either they did not have the time to devote or they did not follow directions. Below I am going to point out some tips on getting the most from maximum paid surveys online.

Tips For Maximizing Your Online Survey Success

1.Your sign up questionnaire is the most important part of making money with surveys.If you do not give enough information or the correct information you can easily limit the number of surveys you will be offered and money you can make. The information you enter in your profile is compared to different survey requirements and then matched to the survey. If you do not have enough information very few matches will be made to your profile.

2.Create a new email account for Online Surveys and keep it separate from other emails.

You should organize your email so you seperate accounts for various online activities and folders within each account to stay organized and for quick reference. Creating a new account with Gmail is easy to do and will allow you to customize your account so you will get all your emails. Having a separate account for surveys will help you stay organized and will help keep you from becoming overwhelmed. 3. Be completely honest when filling out survey questionnaires.

3. There are many companies looking for different types of people. These companies are looking for a wide range of backgrounds and experience. Your honesty will open up many more survey opportunities because companies can apply your skill and knowledge level to many different surveys. Honesty will also keep you in business. If the survey companies notice a discrepancy in your screening process it could cause them to discard you as a candidate for any further surveys. Failure to properly fill out the survey questionnaires is the number one reason people fail at taking surveys.

4. Fill out as many online survey screening questionnaires as you can.

This will give you a much greater chance of qualifying for many different surveys. Many people make the mistake of just filling out a few. This will limit the surveys you are offered. So fill out as many as you can for the greatest chance to make money from home.

5. Should you pay to join online survey web sites or use free services only.

Before deciding to join online surveys you need to decide if it is something you want to do full time or part time from home and if you want to earn a lot of money or if you just want to do it to win a few prizes and some cash. If all you want to do is win a few prizes and maybe a little cash then there is no need to join and paid survey sites. Simple search Google for free online surveys and you will have some choices.

If you are serious about making money from home in the range of $500. a month or more then choosing the paid survey sites is your best option. It will take around 5 surveys a day to generate $500. a month so it will require you have access to a large database of survey companies and available surveys to do so. Of course you can make much more than $500. a month by joining focus groups and online discussions. This is only available through paid survey sites.

By following the advice in this article it is possible to earn money taking online surveys.



GRADY

Mark Bellinger asked:


Can You Really Make Money for Taking Online Surveys or Are They Just Elaborate Scams?

Online Surveys have had a lot of bad press recently as there are so many “survey companies” making absurd promises about the amount of money that can be made from taking online surveys “from the comfort of your armchair at home”.

Is There Really a Market for Paid Surveys?

Well, the things is getting market research from consumers is a totally legitimate process which companies, both big and small, are driving all the time.

In other words this market research information which they often get in the form of online surveys is so vital to their existence or competitiveness in their market that they are more than willing to pay for it.

Some of them pay cash for each survey completed, others pay their survey respondents in the form of rewards but the point is this - you and I can really get paid for giving our opinion to do with products and services that we have experienced in the form of an online survey.

Where Can We Find Online Survey Work?

Well we can approach companies in our individual capacity and hope to get some survey work or you can sign up with a legitimate “online survey company” that will provide you with a constant flow of online surveys for which you will get paid.

Identifying Online Survey Scams

The “online survey scams” originate from the many so called survey companies, that have sprung up from this lucrative and legitimate opportunity, that promise a certain earning potential to their paying members but unfortunately only fill their email boxes with scam, spam and junk.

Quite simply the legitimate paid survey companies have stood the test of time and the scams have probably been named and shamed.

But just to make sure, do a Google search on the survey company’s name and disgruntled members’ comments will probably be reflected in the search results to do with that particular paid survey company.

Benefits of Joining a Legitimate Survey Company

Generally just taking Online Surveys isn’t all that is offered if you are a member of an Online Survey company.

You will more than likely also be offered the chance to make more money by participating in the following…



You can get paid to participate in focus groups

You can get paid to take phone surveys

You can get paid to try new products and keep them in most cases

You can get paid to preview new movies

You can get paid ot do data entry



Other Benefits of Taking Online Surveys

Apart from the main benefit of taking online surveys which is to get paid for your research, other benefits include the following;



Work from home or at the office

Work in your spare time or make it your full time job

Do only the surveys you want

Participate in the additional paid marketing research activities that you choose



Paid Online Surveys - Conclusion

Joining a legitimate paid survey company is certainly a real way to make money online fairly easily, however whilst it could provide a steady income, I doubt whether you or I could get rich by just taking online surveys.

So in a nutshell, all you need is a computer and an internet connection and you can start getting paid for taking online surveys from home or even at work in your spare time for some extra cash.

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