What are some legitimate paid online survey jobs?

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1. Vivian says:

   March 9, 2010 at 7:24 am

   The other answerers are correct. Your not going to become wealthy doing survey’s.
   Survey’s are not what you think. They require a lot of time, and you won’t make what they claim you will. A couple of my friends did a six month test on several different survey sites like Survey Savvy, Harris Poll, Greenfield, Opinion Outpost, Survey Sport, Buzzback, NPD online, Lightspeed Panel, African American, Your2Cents, Project Payday, Inboxdollar, SnapDollars,Send Earnings, Creation, mycoke rewards, E-poll etc. Each did some the same sites and some different sites. Totaling at least 15 – 20 a piece. They’re not what people say they are. Yes they are easy to do and you can receive money and prizes, compensating you for your time and effort. So they’re not a scam. They’re very time consuming though. When you add the time together, It’s more time then you think! If you do decide to get into surveying, you better plan on spending 8 to 10 hours a day and make minimum wage. Sometimes you will hit good surveys that will pay you a lot, but what’s required to get that is amount, the calculations of the time involved, and what you got paid in these "higher" paying surveys, still only averages out to minimum wage. It’s a psychological thing because the time is spread out on these, so it doesn’t seem to be as long as it really is. But we did the documentation’s and figured the time vs money factor. We found that there was more time with little money to be made.
   Here’s how the survey’s work. You spend approximately 10 to 15 minutes per each site to register and set up a profile to qualify for surveys. (this is non paid). To make anything really work, you need to register for at least 14 different ones, and make sure non are related to each other. Then you’ll start receiving emails for surveys. Each survey you have to complete a 15 to 20 minute "pre-qualifying" survey, after you were already told you qualified based on your profile (you don’t get paid for this) Then if you do qualify for a survey (which majority of the ones you don’t qualify for. so you’ve wasted this 15 to 20 minutes and sometimes longer of non paid time.) Then if you don’t qualify for one, they offer another and you have to do the same thing, and the same thing happens.) You waste approximately 45 minutes to an hour until you finally qualify for a survey. You take a 30 to 45 minute survey and make normally $1 to $3 a survey that they claim takes 15 minutes. Or instead of money, you earn "points" which later on can be exchanged for money or prizes. You have to earn enough points to make $10. That’s not including the 15 minute pre qualifying survey, that you had to repeatedly do prior to land this survey. So you’ve now spent thirty minutes to an hour and made $3 or a few points. And the process between each of the survey sites is the same. So you can pretty much do the math. It averages out to be between $2 to $6 an hour. Sometimes you do come across a survey that will pay you $25 to $75 a survey, BUT there’s A LOT more to it then what meets the eye on that as well.
   Here’s how the larger pay out survey’s work. It could be a telephone survey or a Internet survey. You get the pre qualifying part of 10 to 20 minutes then if you qualify for it another 15 to 30 minute survey or a telephone survey about the product your about to try to see if you qualify to try it. Even though you took a 10 to 20 minute "pre qualifying survey" that said you qualify for. When you qualify for it, they send you a product out to try for 7 to 10 days and you do some daily documentation’s on it. Depending on what the product is and the documentation’s it’s usually 5 – 15 minutes each daily documentation. (you got a free product to use around the house, this is a good part of it) after trying the product out you have to complete another survey that takes between 15 to 30 minutes to do. Now you do the calculations on that. You don’t get as many of these types of survey’s. They use the hype on getting paid $25 to $75 dollars for 15 minute surveys. NOTICE THE PLURAL IN "SURVEYS" What they don’t tell you is that there is more then one survey involved in these. Now calculate from your pre-qualifying survey to the next pre-qualifying survey from the company carrying the product, to the trial and documentation’s, to the last survey on these products. Then you receive a check four weeks to six weeks later. Do the math, that’s less then minimum wage!
   Another way to earn money on survey sites, is to refer people over to the sites. Some survey sites will give you a percentage on what the people do after they’ve reached a curtain amount of points or obtained their first check (refer back to the top of what’s involved) You either get a lot of points for this, and only one time and when you reach a curtain amount of points you can exchange it for cash or prizes. (Cash amount is usually $30 before you can cash out- do the math on how many pre-qualifying surveys and the surveys you get, the time involved etc this is what it takes to earn the $30) Other survey sites you complete shorter surveys (5 to 15 minutes) and your entered into sweepstakes or lottery things for prizes or money. "Lottery"-one winner out of all the people doing survey’s. If you don’t win, you lose your points. I can go on about all the other types of survey’s available and what was involved in that if you’d like me to elaborate on it.
   I do survey’s because it does help the marketing on different products and they do use the opinions of what things look like and what not. So I do it for the principle of the matter. Don’t do it for money, because you won’t make a sufficient amount of money with this or quick money either.
   You really have to register for a lot of different sites. The paid survey sites offer the same survey’s as the non paying ones. You get the same type of prizes and some pay a little more money. Again calculation time. Calculate how much you "paid" into these sites and the time you put into it, (refer back to how the survey’s work) and it calculates back to minimum wage. If your doing this to make a living off of, you will be disappointed. But just for some extra cash, it’s a good source and like I said, the companies do document the feedback and use it to better advertise their products and in some cases come out with new products based on the input of the surveyors.
   If you need more money then what you will make from survey’s and want to then I would look into a second job, or a home job. You have a few different options. I think you know what to do on a traditional second job. There are a couple different home jobs you can do as well to make extra money. Understand that they are minimum wage earnings, so you won’t make a sufficient amount of money. After taxes, you will end up making below minimum wage.. Here’s a couple URL’s you can take a look at and apply. I can’t guarnatee that you’ll get the job, home jobs are high in demand because of the gas prices which causes food and everything else to go up, but you can apply.

   http://www.homecareerinfo.com/0235/mt
   http://apply.westathome.com/

   If you need more then a minimum wage job, then I suggest you take a look at a home based business opportunity. There are plenty of options out there through many different industries. If you’d like some ideas on home based businesses, a friend of mine created a blog on her yahoo 360 page on this topic. Over half a dozen different industries to take a look at. I’ve had friends of mine who are in different industries and have their own business inside a business and do very well. A lot of information on her blog on scams, reports, bbb and a lot of other things you should read and learn about. The URL to that is: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-eqfAfFMlcqA8fDHDwdpcueRYyTm4

   If you have any questions on this topic, you should email my friend Tiffany at kaiden4@aol.com She has a lot of experience in building businesses and helping people with financial problems.
   Good Luck!
2. RoseRed says:

   March 9, 2010 at 7:24 am

   Taking surveys isn’t a job, it’s just a way to earn extra money. Surveys really don’t make much, though. When I first started earning money online, I started with surveys. I have a list of sites that worked for me, if you’d like it. I can be contacted through my profile.

   I started a free home business in November and the income possibilities are much higher than you’ll get with surveys. I have a link to a presentation about it in my profile if you’d be interested.

   I hope you find what you’re looking for! Also, I hope that your family troubles resolve soon. If you have any other questions or if you need help with anything else, please let me know.
3. 8162008 says:

   March 9, 2010 at 7:24 am

   There are several survey sites that are legit, your not going to get rich doing them though. Do not give anyone your SSN there are lots of sites out there that are legit and they do not need this info from you. Nor do you have to pay to join. I am a member of several. I have done survey savy which has a great referral program if you know people who will join you get money for surveys they complete also. I have also tried American Consumer Opinion. They pay by check in mail for all surveys, but I have not been able to complete many of their surveys. Pinecone is also great. You have to have an invitation to join though. They send one or two surveys a month. They are great though cause you will have a few days or a week to answer the survey if you don’t check your email religiously. Then they send a check in the mail pronto. Surveyspot has tons of really short surveys most of which you only get an entry into a drawing. However they do have many paid surveys also. You can just go to their site everyday and answer surveys you don’t have to wait for them to be emailed to you. They do some previewing of tv commercials and tv shows. I have done a couple tv shows which involved watching an hour long program (45 minutes without commercials) and answering some questions about it – with payment of $20 so that was nice.

   Most pay a few dollars per survey completed so it is best to use several. You also need to be a regular email checker because if you don’t respond to the survey fast enough they have met their quota.

   If you would like to give me a referral credit use the link in my profile for survey savvy and the other sites I use are listed there as well. Good Luck!
4. hcmom says:

   March 9, 2010 at 7:24 am

   Paid online surveys is just a way to make extra money, not a job. I do surveys just for extra $$. A friend told me about this site http://www.mysurvey123.com which I find very helpful. They have free directory of online survey sites, and reviews and advice.