ALT-6 Getting Paid to take Surveys
So you've decided that you want to start in on the wonderful world of surveys? Congratulations! But get ready for frustration and pray for patience, because you simply won't get rich completing surveys online. And you'll have to filter through the websites that are nothing butscams. But you've come to the right spot! I will give a few pieces of advice that will help maximize your time and energy.
As you get started, it's important for you to have a good database of survey websites available. If you decide that the three survey sites I've listed below aren't enough and you'd like to look into more survey sites, visit the websitewww.surveyscout.com. This website lists the hundreds of websites available that offer the user incentives to take surveys. It sorts the websites by popularity, giving you the opportunity to review the most successful sites first.
I would also recommend that you set up a free email account and use that when you register with these websites. Unfortunately, you will receive a lot of junk mail, so you might as well keep it away from your personal email address. When I started, I signed up for about 50 different websites and most of them were bad sites. They only sent junk mail to the email address I had set up, so I was thankful to have read the advice to set something else up. I have honed in on three sites that I use primarily, and I've begun to use my normal email address for these sites because they don't send junk. Only survey invitations. But if you plan on signing up with as many sites as possible, use the survey-dedicated email address!
Of those 50 sites, I have found three that have become my favorites and the only ones I have deemed worthy of my time.
Opinion Outpostis my favorite (www.opinionoutpost.com). Opinion Outpost offers points for every one of their surveys, with one point being equivalent to $0.10. Each survey invitation is mailed to the email address you've registered with the website. The email will tell you how long the survey will take you to complete and how much you'll be rewarded for it. The average incentive is anywhere from 15 points to 40 points ($1.50-$4.00). You only need to hit a threshold of 50 points ($5.00) before you can cash out.
Global Test Marketis another of my favorites (www.globaltestmarket.com). They offer two types of incentives: points and sweepstakes entries. I usually don't respond to survey invitations that only offer sweepstakes entries because I'd rather be guaranteed a pay-out for my time. I almost always respond to surveys that offer points as rewards (one point is equivalent to $0.05), and the average survey will earn 35-40 points ($1.75-$2.00). You need to hit a threshold of 1,000 points ($50.00) before you can cash out.
Survey Spotis the third site I frequent for my main source of survey income (www.surveyspot.com). Like Global Test Market, Survey Spot offers two types of incentives: points and sweepstakes. The average incentive for the surveys that are rewarded with points is anywhere from 50-450 points ($0.50-$4.50). Survey Spot's website is the big downfall here. When you agree to take a survey, you are not told ahead of time the incentive or the time needed to complete the survey. The email invitations they send DO give this information. To ensure that you don't waste your time, only respond to the email invitations.
Surveys can be a valuable source of income as long as you don't have your hopes too high. You won't get rich doing it, but with a few minutes per day, you'll be able to cover all of your Christmas shopping at the end of the year. Good luck in your pursuits!
