Can You Really Make Money with Online Surveys?
I am sure you have seen the "Paid Survey" sites that claim to
pay you for your opinion. Question is: Will they really pay you
for just taking simple surveys online?
Well, I did a little experiment. Actually, it was a pretty big
experiment. I researched several hundred of these companies.
What did I find? You guessed it:
Most were scams.
They want your email address so they can spam you. Or they
require you to accumulate 10 million zillion points before they
pay you. Or they say they pay but don't.
But, as I was weeding out all the scams I would occasionally
come across a legitimate company. It didn't happen very often,
but out of the hundreds of companies I researched, I found 68
good ones.
Now, let me tell you -- you are not going to get rich doing
surveys online. And, if anybody tells you that you can earn
"thousands" a month -- they are lying to you. (My best month so
far I earned $104.00)
But, on the other hand it's not very hard work either. Most
surveys are short. I did one this morning that took less than 5
minutes. It only paid $4.00 but for 5 minutes work I am not
going to complain. Yesterday I did one that paid $10.00. Two
weeks ago I did a $25.00 one. And a couple of months ago I had
one that paid $50. It varies. And sometimes there are very short
screener surveys that don't pay anything -- you have to take the
screeners to see if you qualify for the paid surveys.
All in all, it's not a bad way to earn a few extra bucks a
month.