Can You Earn Money From Online Surveys?
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I write this article by speaking from experience, over the past several years I have participated in many online survey web sites that start by giving you a certain amount of money for signing up and then pay you for each completed survey. The problem with many of these sites is that you have to take a small survey to see if you even qualify to take the real survey, and this can waste about 5 minutes of your time just to see if you can take the actual survey.
By the time you actually are allowed to take the real survey you can find the real survey’s take between 30 and 45 minutes for some of them and at best pay you between one and three dollars for each survey you take. Many pay 50 cents on average for a fifteen minute survey.
If you consider this then you can actually make money taking online surveys, but you will average about one to two dollars per hour at best and you will qualify for less and less surveys the more you take as many of them require that you haven’t taken previous surveys in the same category for three months or more.
This makes it highly unlikely you will make enough money to pay anything but the lowest bill that costs around thirty dollars per month or less from taking surveys online. There are much better ways to make money online that can earn you around three dollars an hour that are much more rewarding than taking surveys.
That said, there are a few rare sites that offer really good surveys and give better rewards, some give you credits and you can exchange these for free gifts. I have received some free used BlockBuster DVD’s for taking surveys, so instead of cash I might have gotten fifteen dollars worth of free movies in one month.
But these online survey sites are rare and hard to find and sign up for at best, most of the survey sites are scams that require survey only to lead you to try and purchase a product in the end. My advice is to save your time and invest in another online pursuit, there are other ways to make money with the Internet at home that have a better payout ratio for your time spent.
Some sites that pay you for reading and clicking on email links also pay so little that it takes months to merely earn a few dollars, from my own experience trying to find a way to make money online, blogging is still the best way to earn a small side income online and you can do it with less hours and a better payout than surveys or clicking on emails online.
-Justin Germino
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I disagree with you. I have been taking surveys for 7 years and over the years I eventually started taking surveys full time. I treat survey taking like a job, but, I only work four hours a day. Don’t get me wrong, my income is supplemental, but I make much more then $30 a month. My Amazon GC balance alone, is :$191 for the year so far. That doesn’t include Paypal payment, mailed checks and products.
Also, I am not talking about those “WIN A FREE IPOD” or “Sign up for Blockbuster and we pay you $20!” type deals, those are all crap. I have never given my credit card info to any of these companies nor do I promote any companies that operate like that.
Once you learn the methods, you will get rewards over $150 for ONE web study — not every day, usually around 4-6 times a year. But it adds up. I have won 3 -$50 payments this year, on top of being compensated for the surveys.
I also belong to over 40 survey companies, plus, web panels, product testing companies and more. I usually average 15-20 surveys per day most between $2 -$5 (I leave the dollar ones sitting unless it’s very slow that day…) You can do that math on that.
It’s not something you can just jump right into and expect to quit your job next week, it’s a progression. It takes times, dedication, patience and the ability to learn very quick. Also, being able to type fast, read quickly and be organized, is key.
In the beginning, I was burned my a lot myself by a good amount of companies and MANY of the survey companies out there are scams, but there are good ones, great ones even.
Will it work for everyone? No. But it will work.
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Congrats, I have tried 19 different sites that pay for surveys including InboxDollars, PineCone Research, Surveys.com, HomeScan, and over a dozen more. In every case the average survey paid $1.50 – $3.00 at most and most surveys were 20-35 minutes to complete.
Are you willing to share which companies specifically you are successful with? As well as how many hours per does it take to do 15-20 surveys per day?
I have just found that online surveys require more hours and less payout than other online systems from my experience, but I haven’t tried all online surveys.
I did the online surveys with many different websites, and everything you said is true…There is always a reason why I am not qualified after answering the first few questions..I gave up on those surveys!
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You are definitely right, i tried many surveys thinking to be able to get a few dollars.. atleast a few.. even $30-50 would have made me happy… but till now .. nothing at aaaaalll !!
can we link exchange ??
Even with adsense.. you need to get $100 to catch .. and that’s gona take an eternity to get $100 !! that’s for sure !
Have u find out a nice way of earning ? People don’t click a lot on my adsense !!
btw i like ur blog loads.. it’s really nice
P.S: amy lynn is getting soo much , you think she will tell how ?? ofcourse not, this is all scrap ! ..
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Read my dragonblogger.com blog and look at the blogging category, I am posting a new article on Friday discussing how much I earned from blogging which was $190 in March. I earn money from five or six different sites, and AdSense averages about 18 – 20 per month for me, I collected my first $100 from adsense 5 months after I started my blogs.
Read my blogging category in DragonBlogger.com, if you follow what I do, you can guarantee at least 50 – 100 per month, it isn’t that hard if you have an established blog.