Advice about Paid Survey Directories
There are many paid survey directories on the Internet. Some of
them offer good opportunities for people to be rewarded for
giving their opinions, while others are a marketing strategy
designed to improve the contact lists of telemarketers and
direct mailers. Some paid survey directories are free while
others require users to pay a subscription fee.
Paid survey directories are like middlemen between the companies
offering the paid surveys and the people who take them. It is
important to consider what the incentive is for the survey
directory. Some of them require users to pay a fee to access the
database. Sometimes the companies producing the surveys pay for
theirs to be listed in the database. Other paid survey
directories sell the information that people provide to
marketers. Usually, the paid survey directories that make their
money from the companies posting the surveys are the most
reliable since they have no need to take personal information
from those taking the surveys.
Paid survey directories are often just convenient lists of paid
survey opportunities that are also advertised elsewhere. It is
much easier to find paid surveys if they are all compiled on a
single list. Many people do not think it is worth paying for
this convenience and find the surveys on their own. Paid survey
directories that require users to pay a fee will often include
listings that are available in other places for free. Also,
there is no guarantee that the surveys listed actually pay cash.
Many merely have sweepstakes drawings where one survey
participant wins a cash prize. Other surveys may give away
samples of products or gift certificates to participants.
Paid survey directories are an easy way to find surveys offering
rewards for completion. They are not foolproof, but people who
read the fine print and use common sense can reap the benefits
of completing these surveys.