ALT-10 Online Survey Sites that Pay
There are all kinds of websites out there that say they pay for taking surveys. But that's not necessarily true. At all. Here are the survey sites that I have found success with.
1. Survey Spot (www.surveyspot.com) This site used to be the best paying site without a doubt. It would pay $3 for almost every survey you completed. At this point, most of the survey rewards are now sweepstakes entries. However, I still end up making $20-$30 per month by getting a few survey invitations per week. They range in payments from $2 to $5 per survey. I've cashed out three times for a total of $620.
2. Global Test Market (www.globaltestmarket.com) This site doesn't reward you with cash for the surveys you complete. Instead, they give you points per survey completed. Of course, it's important that you fill out your profiles so you get the most invites possible. Surveys usually pay about 50 points per survey. Each point is worth 5 cents, so most surveys are worth around $2.50. You can't cash out until you have 1,000 points ($50). I just requested my second check, and have now made $115 through the site.
3. Zoom panel (www.zoompanel.com) After the first two sites, things really get tight. I haven't had much luck getting paid from many others. Zoom panel will offer points for their surveys, but cash isn't an option. You can choose from different prizes on different point levels.
4. Greenfield Online (greenfieldonline.com) This is another site that pays a variety of prizes. I tried this site for a while with a bit of luck...just not as much luck as others.
5. Panda Research (pandaresearch.com) This is a different type of survey site. You don't take the typical surveys. Instead, you sign up for offers with your debit/credit card and get paid for signing up for trial offers. The bad thing about this is that if you forget to cancel your trial subscription, your card will be charged. However, if these types of surveys are for you, this is the best of those sites I've found. This (along with most of these types of survey sites) require a minimum of $100 cash-out.
Those are the variety I've used. At this point my online work is almost exclusively with Survey Spot and Global Test Market for the surveys along with Helium for writing.
