There are hundreds of paid survey websites
available to join on the Internet, most of which are legit and will actually
pay you to answer surveys online. There are of course a few scammer sites,
which will ask you for some kind of payment up front to join their paid survey
website, or will charge you just for giving you the information about the
genuine, free to join paid survey companies.
Some paid survey websites will be a lot better
than others; some will pay little amounts of money after you spend an hour
completing one of the most boring surveys ever. On the other hand other survey
sites will pay you good money just for spending 15 minutes answering some
interesting questions about one of your favorite subjects.
Paid
Survey Company CiaoCiao has to be one of the most popular paid survey websites on the Internet. It has a member base of millions of people from all around the world (predominantly Europe) and is a very well known, reputable and secure survey company. My favorite thing about Ciao is that you can also get paid to write product reviews on their website, which is another great and interesting way to make money online.
Ciao pays around £3.50 per 20 minute survey
completed, which isn't a bad amount at all. Usually you can expect to receive
around 4 surveys a week, which is again a nice amount of surveys to answer. I
find that most of the surveys are interesting and inline with my own personal
interests which is nice.
I find that Ciao pays out whenever I request a
payment, and they have never missed any of my cash-in requests or paid me
incorrectly. At the moment Ciao pays money by BACS (bank transfer) but their
website is completely secure and your details are safely looked after.
Paid
Survey Company Global Test MarketGlobal Test Market, or GTM, is another very well known and reputable paid survey companies. Though the website is mainly American-based, you can apply from all around the world and they will still accept you. I found it very simple to join GTM and activate the paid surveys (by logging on and completing your basic interests profile on their website). After this I received around 6 surveys a day, which is really good going. Sometimes I don't complete all the surveys that they send me because I don't have enough time, but GTM are fine with this and will always supply me with enough surveys. I would much rather have too many surveys to complete then not enough surveys, otherwise you will be limited with the amount of money you can earn. I find that Global Test Market pays me around £4 per 20 minute survey completed, which is a really nice amount - nearly £12 an hour! I also find the surveys they send me to be interesting and entertaining.
At the moment Global Test Market pays out by
sending out cheques to its members, this is quite frustrating because it takes
quite a long time to arrive from America, but this is something that you have
to put up with - and thankfully I'm not normally desperate for the money as I
see this as an extra income in my spare time.
Lightspeed
Opinions PanelLightspeed are yet again one of the more popular paid survey companies, with millions of members currently subscribed to answer their surveys. Though I haven't been a member of Lightspeed for too long, I still find that they are sending me a nice amount of surveys to complete, and so far the rate of money for completing these surveys has been good; around £3 per 20 minute survey completed - though this is the lowest payment figure of the above survey companies.
What I like most about Lightspeed is that they
are always sending me interesting and entertaining surveys to complete, and so
I actually enjoy getting paid to answer their surveys! They will sometimes
survey me on the latest Hollywood movies, or
on music and sports. Sometimes I find that answering surveys can be boring, but
with Lightspeed I actually quite look forward to it.
Paid Online Survey Secrets - How to REALLY Make Money With Paid Online Surveys
Paid online surveys are a big business on the
Internet involving many millions of dollars. Every week there are thousands of
surveys being made? Every month there are tens of thousands of survey takers
receiving checks in the mail or deposits in their PayPal accounts.
Knowing the paid online survey secrets is the key
to really making money. Knowing these paid online survey secrets is the
difference between good income and little or no income. Knowing or not knowing
is the dividing line between success and prosperity, on the one hand, and
failure and poverty, on the other.
Here are the secrets of paid online surveys,
revealed:
1. All surveys are not created equal. About 20%
of surveys are legitimate paid online surveys made by legitimate paid survey
makers. These pay a reasonable compensation, paid on time and your privacy is
protected. Take these paid online surveys and you will make money.
The other 80% are low-pay/no pay surveys made by
survey makers who promise but do not fulfill. These survey makers try to keep
most of their survey fees for themselves. The survey takers end up with little
or nothing. Take these paid online surveys and you will just waste your time.
2. Your list of survey makers is your key.
Perhaps the biggest paid survey secret of all is that making money with online
paid surveys depends almost entirely on the quality of your list.
3. Consider the motivation of the source. There
are many lists offered. There are two ways the purveyors of lists get paid: A.
From fees they charge the users (you) or B. Recruiting fees paid to them by the
survey makers they recommend and put on their lists.
Survey makers who offer legitimate paid online
surveys (the 20%) almost never pay recruiting fees; they don't need to.
Low-pay/no pay survey makers lose participants
and must recruit heavily to replace them. They pay recruiting fees to anyone
who can bring them recruits. Those survey makers who pay their participants the
least generally have to pay the most for new recruits, and so they appear on
the freest lists.
4. "Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts"
--Old Trojan proverb. "Free lists" are never free. They are being
paid for by the low-pay/no pay survey makers, to recruit the gullible.
When you hire a guide to steer you through
strange (to you) territory, it is always best for YOU to pay your guide. That
way the guide is more likely to take you to where YOU need to go.
5. It's a numbers game. There are three numbers
that are important: A. The strength of the money-back guarantee from the paid
survey membership site you choose. B. That site's refund rate. C. The number of
preferred survey makers that you sign up with from the list that you receive.
A. There are over 200 paid survey membership
sites. Find those that have a STRONG 60-90 day money-back guarantee, backed up
by a bank or financial company such as PayPal or ClickBank. If they have such a
guarantee, give them a "1" if not, a "0". There are at
least 70 that qualify. Deal with "1's". NOT "0's".
B. Current members give each paid survey site a
mark of approval or not, expressed in their refund rates. Low refund rates mean
happy clients, who used their list and made money. High refund rates mean many
unhappy clients who did not make money and are demanding their money back.
Pick your paid survey guide site from the group
of "1's", with a low (3-6%) refund rate. Avoid any with refund rates
that are either unknown (means high) or that are as high as 9-10%. That way you
position yourself to be amongst the happy clients of a site with a good list!
C. Once you have picked your paid survey site
guide and gotten a copy of their list, sign up with all of the preferred survey
companies on that list. The more you sign up with, the more money you make. One
survey maker might only send you 2 or 3 surveys a year. Sign up with 200+ of
them; get 4-600+ surveys/yr.
Understand and pay attention to these paid online
survey secrets, as above, and you will make money with paid online surveys.
Paid Online Survey Information You Need If You Want To Make Money
Making money by taking paid online surveys is a
relatively simple, easy business. You can take paid online surveys from home or
anywhere you can set up an Internet connection. You're your own boss, make your
own hours.
However, if you want to make money at it, there
is some paid online survey information you will need. It can be boiled down to
five (5) info packets. Read them, understand them, follow them and you will
make money with paid online surveys.
Follow them for your profit and prosperity;
ignore them at your peril!
Paid Online Survey Information Packet # 1.: Some surveys are better than others.
All surveys are not created equal. Only about
20-25% of all online surveys could be classified as legitimate paid online
surveys that pay well and on time. The rest are just time-wasters and hassle.
The challenge will be to find the legitimate ones and avoid the rest, the
illegitimate ones!
Paid Online Survey Information Packet #2.: Some survey makers offer legitimate paid online surveys.
Others do not. To find the good surveys (good
from the point of view of the survey taker looking to make money), you need to
find the good survey makers, the ones that offer legitimate paid online
surveys. These will send you good surveys, respect your privacy and will NOT
sell or share your demographic data with anyone.
Paid Online Survey Information Packet # 3.: The key to making money is in the list.
To make any money you will need to sign up with
many survey makers. You will need a good list of good survey makers. There are
many potential sources, basically the paid survey sites and the "free
list" survey sites.
You need to understand that there are two ways
that suppliers of these lists get paid. They can get paid by membership fees
from their members that use their lists, or they can get paid recruiting fees
from the survey makers on their lists.
The only source of money for those that offer
free lists is the recruiting fees and participations they collect.
The 20% of survey makers that offer legitimate
paid online surveys, rarely if ever pay recruiting fees. When they do what they
pay is not substantial amounts. They have low turnover amongst their survey
participants and do not need to recruit.
The 80% of survey makers that are low-pay/no pay
operators are constantly losing participants, as one might imagine would be the
case. They have to recruit to replace the dropouts (escapees?) and they pay
recruiting fees.
Generally speaking, the lower the amounts paid to
survey participants the higher the turnover and the higher recruiting fees
these low-pay/no pay survey makers must pay to remain in operation.
The list purveyors are not stupid. Turnover is
not their problem, recruiting is. It is better to recruit for someone who pays
$10 a head than for someone who only pays $5. And $2 plus a percentage of
future paid survey fees is a good deal. So a $10 survey becomes $8 to the
participant while $2 goes to the recruiter.
It's better to pay your own guide, and get your
list from someone who has a stake in its quality and a downside if it proves to
be no good.
Paid Online Survey Information Packet # 4.: Some paid survey sites double dip to your detriment.
Not all paid survey sites resist the temptation
to "double dip" and get paid recruiting fees as well as membership
fees!
Paid Online Survey Information Packet # 5.: By their
refund rates ye shall know them!
You can tell which paid survey sites are doing a
good job for their clients, give them a good list so they make money, by
looking at their refund rates.
First, ONLY deal with paid survey sites that
offer a STRONG 60-90 day money-back guarantee backed up by a bank or financial
company like PayPal or ClickBank.
If the paid survey site does not have such a
guarantee, won't stand fully behind the service they offer, just say
"NO" and keep looking. There are plenty that qualify.
Second, pick one with a low (3-6%) refund rate.
Avoid any with refund rates that are either unknown (means "High") or
are as high as 9-10%. A low refund rate means happy clients who are making
money and were satisfied with the value received. High refund rates mean
unhappy clients demanding their money back!
By choosing a paid survey site with a low refund
rate, you position yourself to get a good list and be amongst their happy,
satisfied clients. And, you don't risk a dime! You have a strong money-back
guarantee! Unlimited upside and no downside; best of both worlds.
Now that you know, you can use the above
information on paid online surveys to go out and make yourself some money!
Paid Survey Sites - The Key to Making Money With Them
There is good money to be made in taking
legitimate paid online surveys. Paid survey sites offer lists of survey makers
to their membership and it's easy to sign up and get started.
Paid online surveys are a big business on the
Internet with thousands of surveys being made every week. Tens of thousands of
survey participants are receiving checks in the mail or deposits into their
PayPal accounts every month for surveys they have taken. There is money to be
made here!
But not all survey makers offer legitimate paid
online surveys and not all survey participants make money. Why is this?
Large companies negotiate with survey makers to
make the surveys and get the market research information needed for their
future planning. The survey makers are then responsible for finding a
representative number of survey participants to take their surveys and provide
the answers needed.
Some of these survey makers (about 20-25% of the
total) pay their participants well, on time and as agreed. They respect their
privacy and treat them in a responsible, professional manner. Consequently they
have low turnover amongst their participants and have no problems with finding
enough.
Others (the remaining 75-80%) underpay and
mistreat their participants so they can keep more of the total survey fee being
paid by the sponsor. They use "smoke and mirrors" pay plans with
drawings and promises for the future instead of cash. As a result their survey
participants get little or nothing.
Sometimes they even sell participants' data to
sales companies that bombard them with offers for unwanted merchandise.
As a result, these survey makers have high
turnover, are constantly losing survey participants. They must hire recruiters
and pay them high fees to recruit replacements.
To participate in paid online surveys, you will
need to get your hands on a list of good survey makers to sign up with. The
paid survey sites can provide these, but also you will find "free
list" sites out there on the Net, loudly telling you not to pay for
something that they will give you for free.
Anyone with a list to offer, whether a paid survey
site or a "free" site, has only two ways to get paid. They get paid
by membership fees or they get paid by recruitment fees. The "free"
sites ONLY get paid by recruiting fees. The paid survey sites get paid by
membership fees, but some also collect recruiting fees.
It is clear that, as a potential survey
participant, you want to avoid the free lists of low-pay/no pay survey makers.
But how can you find a paid survey site that is 100% on your side and will give
you a good list of survey makers that only offer legitimate paid online surveys
that really pay?
The key to sorting out the paid survey sites is
to listen to the opinions of their present and past clients. You can see these
opinions clearly expressed in the refund rates of these paid survey sites.
You should only deal with paid survey sites that
have STRONG money-back guarantees backed up by a bank or financial company such
as PayPal or ClickBank. Within this group, for which clients have the option of
getting a refund if the paid survey site does not perform to their
satisfaction, look at the refund rates.
Low refund rates mean happy clients that tried
the list they got, made money and were satisfied with the value received for
their membership fee. High refund rates mean many unhappy clients who did mot
make money and are demanding their money back!
So pick a paid survey site with a low (3-6%)
refund rate. Avoid any with refund rates that are either unknown (means high)
or are as high as 9-10%.
When you pick your paid survey site, join up and
get your copy of their list of preferred survey makers. Then make sure you sign
up with all of the survey makers on the list. That way you will be assured you
will make the maximum amount of money and will join the other happy, satisfied
clients of that paid survey site.
