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I started doing paid surveys about 6 months ago when I needed to earn a few extra bucks to help pay the bills. I’ve learned a lot in that time and thought I would give a quick update on what I’ve learned and how much I’ve earned from the various companies.
What I’ve learned
- NEVER EVER PAY TO JOIN A SURVEY COMPANY – I can not stress this enough. Legitimate survey companies will never charge you to join. If a company wants to charge you, they are likely only going to sell you a list of paid survey companies (which you can find here for free), or they are just trying to scam you.
- Not all survey companies are created equal – Some will send more surveys, some will pay more, some aren’t worth your time. To help guide you to which ones are better than others, here is what I have earned from each company during the last 6 months, this is only survey money and not referral money.
Opinion Outpost – $124.50 (By far the best survey company)
Greenfield Online – $66.50
Survey Spot – $66.00
Global Test Markets – $58.25
MySurvey - $33.75
Your2Cents – $27
LightSpeed Panels – $25 (15 Amazon GC, $10 Paypal)
ClearVoice – $20 Amazon GC
Ipsos – $20 ($10 Amazon GC, $10 Paypal)
Valued Opinions - $20 Amazon GC
American Consumer Opinion – $18
Survey Savvy - $15.50
HarrisPoll - $15
Buzzback – $13
Viewpoint – $10 (no signup link, email me if you want a referral)
Global Opinion Panels – $8.50
ePolls – $5 Amazon GC
Surveys.com – $5
and just for fun… my favorite paid search site -
Swagbucks – $70 personally and $210 through referrals – $280 total
- Don’t try to do every survey you get – You will get burned out. Surveys are tedious and time consuming and some are quite honestly not worth your time. I will always do a $5/10 minute survey but I will usually pass up the $1/45 minute survey.
- Don’t try to make this a second income – It is tempting to try to make a lot of money doing surveys, but unless you have an inhuman amount of patience you will get bored. Do 1-2 surveys a day. I shoot for around $5 a day unless I see a really good paying survey come in. $5 a day times 30 days is an extra $150 bucks a month!
Thanks for reading and I hope you can all earn a few extra bucks this month!
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Thanks so much for sharing your info and tips about survey taking.
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This is another source for extra money. So, we join the program and fill the poll form, isn’t it? Quite easy and temptuous to join.
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wow.. great job.
unfortunatelly, i can’t join due my country not support.
This is a great post. I agree, i get bored with the surveys too. I’m a bit burned out right now.
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hi,
most of the site you mentioned was only for U.S citizens.
Can you tell of some site for all nationalities
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I tried surveys a few times, and was able to make a very small amount. Your tips are good, and I just might try out Opinion Outpost.
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Vivek,
Check out the paid surveys review page at the top of the page. I’ve don’t my best to list the survey sites that accept members from different countries. There definitely are survey companies that look for international members.
Thanks for the advice and sharing all the loops and pros in paid surveys. I’m on GTM only, might want to look for other ops as well.
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can I get more information that useable for all over the world
Thanks
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Great to know that you are earning from these survey site. However they aren’t for me since I”m not an American.
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It’s getting close to a month since you’ve updated… hope everything is ok!
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Everything’s fine Kimberly, thanks for asking. I went on vacation and then have just been kinda lazy and busy with school (I’m doing an online MBA program). I’ll have new posts soon.
Paul check the paid surveys page just under the header. I have listed every legitimate survey site that I’ve come across as well as which sites work internationally. Chances are there are a few that work in your country.
Could not agree with you more especially on the 5-10min. surveys…any longer (45mins.) is really a waste of time . Good post.
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That is a solid point about that fact that a service such as one of those surveys should probably not be asking for cash upfront, or it may be looking to use the joiner in a way that he did not know about.
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That’s a great idea. I never thought of doing paid surveys. And great list of sites for us to use. I’ll check each of them.
Jonathan Muller
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