Online Surveys: Can You Actually Earn Any Money?

lilgee · 10-26-2005, 06:30 PM

You've very likely seen pitches like this that you receive via
spaham (misspelled intentionally):

"Earn $140 per week! Earn $560 a week! Earn $6,270 a year!
All by just sitting home, sipping coffee, and filling out
surveys."

Is this too good to be true?

Yes. Although it does make sense that a few companies are
willing to pay for market research by using online surveys, we
believe this is not a good way to spend your time.

Here's how the scam works: Scammers use spaham and promise you
quick money for little effort. They claim that you only need
to spend a few minutes and you'll earn excellent money. Of
course, you have to pay the "low" price of $34.95 to learn how
to do this.

So their goal is to get thousands of people paying $34.95 (or
whatever amount is charged) for the info.

This would be fine if they didn't spaham -- and actually
delivered what they promised. However, the vast majority of
these online survey products are worthless.

Now, you may be thinking, "Well, I'll go online and find a site
that screens out the scammers and ranks paid survey sites, and
that way I'll find the legitimate online survey companies."

This makes sense on the surface, but unfortunately, many of
these "ranking" sites may actually be middlemen who are paid
commissions by the survey companies for referrals. Often,
whoever pays the most to the ranking site gets the highest
rating, and the online survey companies they rank well are not
necessarily reliable.

Are there legitimate online survey companies? Yes, there must
be, but unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find them.
It's like picking a needle out of a 77,300,000 haystack (type
"online surveys" into a Google search for similar results).

In fact, legitimate online surveys often are quite long, which
means they take awhile to fill out. That's one of the reasons
the hype isn't true.

(As an aside, if you do online surveys, you shouldn't scam the
online survey companies either. Don't have your kids fill out
the surveys or just make up answers. After all, legitimate
companies want legitimate answers from legitimate respondents.)

Given that the hype is wrong, how much can you realistically
expect to earn doing online surveys?

A friend of ours decided to find out. She is one of the
fastest typists we know, and she's extremely efficient and
skilled at administrative work.

Since she wanted some extra income she could earn at home in
her spare time, she spent a week or so to see how much she'd
earn filling out online surveys.

The results? She earned about $0.37 an hour!

Would that be what you'd earn? We don't know. But we believe
there are lots of better ways to earn money.

We've found that people WANT the hype about online surveys to
be true. However, in order to make money on the Internet, it
takes (gasp!) work. The promises about online surveys are at
best not realistic.

Note: Yes, you definitely can earn money on the Internet. Many
people do this very successfully. But not by doing online
surveys, stuffing envelopes, or medical transcription. ;-)

Now, we'll probably get a lot of email telling us that we're
wrong. We've followed this area for quite awhile, and we
believe that our advice about online surveys is correct for the
vast majority of our subscribers. (Please don't send us these
emails, btw.)

Nonetheless, if you're determined to go ahead with online
surveys anyway, here's some advice:

First, ignore all spaham solicitations. They are all scams.

Second, use Google or your favorite search engine to see if you
can find info on the company, including complaints. (Not
finding complaints means nothing, btw. People are often too
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/135224-online-surveys-can-you-actually-earn.html
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=135224
embarrassed to complain when they realize they've been
scammed. Or the company may have changed their name or website
ten minutes ago.)

One last point: It should be obvious that in this issue we're
not talking about free online surveys and polls that you find
on many websites. For example, we're not referring to
answering the QuickVote poll on the CNN website. ;-)

Bottom line: Save your money and your time -- avoid online
surveys.

That's it for today. Wishing you a safe, healthy and
productive week.

spy69 · 10-26-2005, 09:54 PM

I actually signed up for that a while ago. Luckly they had the 30 day money back guarntee and i got my $30 back. Yep never made any money. Most are just to get you into drawings etc.

Spy

lilgee · 10-26-2005, 09:57 PM

I not sayin dat they all are a scam. Alot of em is.

gamex · 10-31-2005, 07:48 PM

I completed a 15 question sports/video game survey in 10 minutes and got $50. You just gotta find the right ones. A lot of those surveys simply enter you in a drawing for a chance to win some $$$.

harmony · 10-31-2005, 08:16 PM

not all of it, I do a lot of online surveys, like surveyclub, I qualify for a $20 survey and got what I got! A lot of it take a long time, like you need 1000pts to get $10 and the minumin payout is $10 and the surveys are like 20 pts each, so some are good, some are not.. I usually check from survey reviews sites or somethign related to that.

monRa · 11-01-2005, 01:34 PM

Quote:

I completed a 15 question sports/video game survey in 10 minutes and got $50. You just gotta find the right ones.

where is this?

Stephen · 11-01-2005, 03:58 PM

There are a few out there that I take surveys for pretty often, and actually get paid for the surveys.

I don't think it's possible to get rich if you spent twenty four hours a day doing surveys as these places, as I have expirenced that I only get a survey that I qualify for periodically.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=135224

As for a few that I do use, and that do deliver what they promise:

http://www.epoll.com
http://www.surveyspot.com
http://www.globaltestmarket.com
http://www.surveydirect.com

Stephen

domainprince · 11-07-2005, 04:25 AM

Never join any surveys. I think most of them are scam.

zachary0611 · 11-07-2005, 11:02 AM

I have been filling out surveys for 3 years and have made a about 5 dollars.lol

ryan2829 · 11-13-2005, 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by Steveh

There are a few out there that I take surveys for pretty often, and actually get paid for the surveys.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=135224

I don't think it's possible to get rich if you spent twenty four hours a day doing surveys as these places, as I have expirenced that I only get a survey that I qualify for periodically.

As for a few that I do use, and that do deliver what they promise:

http://www.epoll.com
http://www.surveyspot.com
http://www.globaltestmarket.com
http://www.surveydirect.com

Stephen

Thanks for them

slaughterbeck · 11-20-2005, 06:49 AM

I list over two hundred paid suvey and product testing sites for free at Keysheet.com. I hope this helps.

-MGS- · 11-20-2005, 12:37 PM

Yea right the grass it red, i never go 4 them! they all just lies!

10-26-2005, 06:30 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
lilgee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NC Posts: 2,323	Online Surveys: Can You Actually Earn Any Money? You've very likely seen pitches like this that you receive via spaham (misspelled intentionally): "Earn $140 per week! Earn $560 a week! Earn $6,270 a year! All by just sitting home, sipping coffee, and filling out surveys." Is this too good to be true? Yes. Although it does make sense that a few companies are willing to pay for market research by using online surveys, we believe this is not a good way to spend your time. Here's how the scam works: Scammers use spaham and promise you quick money for little effort. They claim that you only need to spend a few minutes and you'll earn excellent money. Of course, you have to pay the "low" price of $34.95 to learn how to do this. So their goal is to get thousands of people paying $34.95 (or whatever amount is charged) for the info. This would be fine if they didn't spaham -- and actually delivered what they promised. However, the vast majority of these online survey products are worthless. Now, you may be thinking, "Well, I'll go online and find a site that screens out the scammers and ranks paid survey sites, and that way I'll find the legitimate online survey companies." This makes sense on the surface, but unfortunately, many of these "ranking" sites may actually be middlemen who are paid commissions by the survey companies for referrals. Often, whoever pays the most to the ranking site gets the highest rating, and the online survey companies they rank well are not necessarily reliable. Are there legitimate online survey companies? Yes, there must be, but unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find them. It's like picking a needle out of a 77,300,000 haystack (type "online surveys" into a Google search for similar results). In fact, legitimate online surveys often are quite long, which means they take awhile to fill out. That's one of the reasons the hype isn't true. (As an aside, if you do online surveys, you shouldn't scam the online survey companies either. Don't have your kids fill out the surveys or just make up answers. After all, legitimate companies want legitimate answers from legitimate respondents.) Given that the hype is wrong, how much can you realistically expect to earn doing online surveys? A friend of ours decided to find out. She is one of the fastest typists we know, and she's extremely efficient and skilled at administrative work. Since she wanted some extra income she could earn at home in her spare time, she spent a week or so to see how much she'd earn filling out online surveys. The results? She earned about $0.37 an hour! Would that be what you'd earn? We don't know. But we believe there are lots of better ways to earn money. We've found that people WANT the hype about online surveys to be true. However, in order to make money on the Internet, it takes (gasp!) work. The promises about online surveys are at best not realistic. Note: Yes, you definitely can earn money on the Internet. Many people do this very successfully. But not by doing online surveys, stuffing envelopes, or medical transcription. ;-) Now, we'll probably get a lot of email telling us that we're wrong. We've followed this area for quite awhile, and we believe that our advice about online surveys is correct for the vast majority of our subscribers. (Please don't send us these emails, btw.) Nonetheless, if you're determined to go ahead with online surveys anyway, here's some advice: First, ignore all spaham solicitations. They are all scams. Second, use Google or your favorite search engine to see if you can find info on the company, including complaints. (Not finding complaints means nothing, btw. People are often too ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/135224-online-surveys-can-you-actually-earn.html ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=135224 embarrassed to complain when they realize they've been scammed. Or the company may have changed their name or website ten minutes ago.) One last point: It should be obvious that in this issue we're not talking about free online surveys and polls that you find on many websites. For example, we're not referring to answering the QuickVote poll on the CNN website. ;-) Bottom line: Save your money and your time -- avoid online surveys. That's it for today. Wishing you a safe, healthy and productive week. __________________ Sharing 50% profit for helping to sell on ebay. PM me for more info.

10-26-2005, 09:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
spy69 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: ~USA~ Posts: 1,590	I actually signed up for that a while ago. Luckly they had the 30 day money back guarntee and i got my $30 back. Yep never made any money. Most are just to get you into drawings etc. Spy __________________ Retired.

10-26-2005, 09:57 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
lilgee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NC Posts: 2,323	I not sayin dat they all are a scam. Alot of em is. __________________ Sharing 50% profit for helping to sell on ebay. PM me for more info.

10-31-2005, 07:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
gamex NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Student @ UConn Posts: 411	I completed a 15 question sports/video game survey in 10 minutes and got $50. You just gotta find the right ones. A lot of those surveys simply enter you in a drawing for a chance to win some $$$. __________________ Joe Last edited by gamex; 10-31-2005 at 09:03 PM.

10-31-2005, 08:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
harmony NamePros Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: California Posts: 137	not all of it, I do a lot of online surveys, like surveyclub, I qualify for a $20 survey and got what I got! A lot of it take a long time, like you need 1000pts to get $10 and the minumin payout is $10 and the surveys are like 20 pts each, so some are good, some are not.. I usually check from survey reviews sites or somethign related to that. __________________ PR 4 Web Directory Free Myspace Layouts, Games and Tweaks Adversal - $6 CPM

11-01-2005, 03:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Stephen Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 3,245	There are a few out there that I take surveys for pretty often, and actually get paid for the surveys. I don't think it's possible to get rich if you spent twenty four hours a day doing surveys as these places, as I have expirenced that I only get a survey that I qualify for periodically. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=135224 As for a few that I do use, and that do deliver what they promise: http://www.epoll.com http://www.surveyspot.com http://www.globaltestmarket.com http://www.surveydirect.com Stephen

11-07-2005, 04:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
domainprince NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 851	Never join any surveys. I think most of them are scam. __________________ Paid Posting Reviews. Submit A Review. Submit A Service. :lala: Www.MySmartScripts.com Smart Scripts ! Smart Prices ! Find everything you want to know in our mobile phone forums.From Nokia to Samsung, we have it all! Premium Web Directory

11-07-2005, 11:02 AM	#9 (permalink)
zachary0611 NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 879	surveys I have been filling out surveys for 3 years and have made a about 5 dollars.lol

11-20-2005, 06:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
slaughterbeck Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lansing MI Posts: 2,553	I list over two hundred paid suvey and product testing sites for free at Keysheet.com. I hope this helps. __________________ Feed the Children I love my country, I love my soldiers, I hate my war.

11-20-2005, 12:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
-MGS- Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,000 Follow @CrazyFruitHead	Yea right the grass it red, i never go 4 them! they all just lies! __________________ Have a Break On The Web - BreakOnTheWeb.Com Ultimate Free Gaming. Ninja Madness - Free Ninja Gaming - TechBer The Technology Blog ActionMadness.Com Online Gaming for you

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