Posts Tagged ‘Paid Online Surveys’

Making Money Online From Paid Surveys Vs. Paid Offers

Most paid online survey sites, and GPT (get paid to) sites, provide listings for available incentive offers. The pay-out for such tasks is anywhere between $1 to $50, or greater, depending on the complexity of the offer. Filling out offers is a little different than doing surveys for money, but usually pays more than most surveys. Most people opt for paid surveys though because they’re less complicated, however, you shouldn’t always ignore offers, because you can make a lot of money online from them if you do it right.

Filling out offers does not always require use of your credit card like some people think, but the ones that do require a credit card always pay more. Before you choose any offer to fill out, it’s important to understand exactly what the offer involves. It is safe to make money this way if you choose the right offer to fill out. One of the reasons that paid offers get a bad reputation is because there are some really shady sites that disguise offers as paid surveys. People think they’re filling out a paid online survey then minutes later they’re being asked to sign up for products or services they don’t want.

Here are some of the different types of offers that can be completed for money:

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9 More Tips to Help You Make Money Faster From Paid Online Surveys

Filling out paid surveys online can definitely be very boring and tedious at times, but it can also be a good way for beginners to make money online fast without having to start a website or spend money on expensive work at home programs. If you are trying to see how much money you can make in a month from paid surveys, here are a few tips to help you along the way…

1. No distractions. Noise from kids or the television set are probably two of the biggest motivation killers. The TV makes it hard to focus on what you’re doing. If you want to fill out paid surveys faster and make more money, sit in a quiet room with your laptop, away from distraction and get started. It’s commons sense and can really make a big difference in work production.

2. Internet speed. If your computer’s running slower than molasses, it’s going to be harder to make money fast from surveys. If your computer is running slow due to a virus or whatever, you’ll want to fix the problem and upgrade to a faster Internet speed or forget taking surveys.

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Take Surveys and Get Paid: A Part Time Work At Home Opportunity for Moms

One of the easiest part time work at home opportunities for moms is making money from paid online surveys. Many people start off with surveys before moving on to affiliate marketing, freelance writing or something else. Here are a few reasons why surveys can be a good way to make money from home, at least temporarily:

No Investment

Other than your monthly Internet bill, there are no start-up costs and signing up to take surveys is free. Avoid sites that charge fees to sign up.

No Big Risks

If you are creating a product to sell, or putting together a new website to make money online, it costs money and there’s no guarantee your website will be successful. If you choose a legitimate paid online survey site that actually pays people, there isn’t any risk involved, other than occasionally being disqualified from a survey.

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MySurvey Scam? Read This Review

MySurvey is an older survey company that was first established way back in the 1940s under the name National Family Opinion, but began providing paid surveys online in 2001. Members of MySurvey.com earn points completing surveys, not cash. That is the main drawback for people who want to make fast cash straight away from surveys. Still though, the survey points are redeemable for cash, but lately, some members report that the site is now mostly entering people into sweepstakes for each completed survey, instead of rewarding points like they did in the past. If that’s true, I would say that taking surveys there would be a waste of time.

One full survey on MySurvey.com earns 1,000 points, which is equivalent to $10. There are also some pre-screener surveys that are worth less than 1,000 points. You will usually earn anywhere between 5 to 200 points for most of their paid online surveys. You also earn 150 points for every referral you get that completes their first survey. You can cash out your points and receive your earnings by check after you have earned at least $10. They also provide an option to donate your money to charity if you want. Many people choose to redeem their points for products and gift cards available through the MySurvey.com program.

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Surveys4Checks Scam? Buyer Beware

Surveys4checks is a company based out of Washington and reportedly owned by Sarah Garringer. Similar to most of the fee-based survey sites of its kind, the company advertises the potential to make big money from paid online surveys supplied by major corporations, such as Nike and McDonald’s.

The site claims you can earn $10 to $40 per survey and a whopping $50 to $150 per hour participating in paid focus groups. It also advertises money-making opportunities for mystery shopping and online incentive offers. So what’s the catch? Surveys4Checks charges a pricey fee of $50 to access their database of surveys and money-making schemes.

The $50 fee is what obviously makes the average person suspect right away that Surveys 4 Checks is some sort of scam and judging from the looks of it, I would have to say that this site is more than likely a big scam and a waste of money. First of all, paid focus groups do not pay $50 to $150 per hour. That is so exaggerated that it’s ridiculous. You can certainly get paid $25 to $75 per paid focus group meeting, but not that much per hour, that’s crazy. If that were the case, everybody would be doing it for a living.

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Big Spot Scam? Free Online Paid Surveys?

You have probably seen their TV ads at one time or another, but you might want to think twice before joining. Many people want to know if a Big Spot scam is real or not. First of all, Big Spot is not even a survey site. They don’t provide their own paid online surveys that you can fill out on their site. After you sign up, you will have to sign up separately for each of the survey companies they provide. Big Spot is a free directory that profits from referral fees when you sign up and use the sites it recommends.

The problem with third party directories like Big Spot and the companies it advertises, is that they collect your personal information when you sign up, which opens the door to all sorts of potential problems, including junk mail and spam in your email inbox. In today’s world of identity theft and Internet scams, signing up for unknown survey sites in this manner is probably not a good idea, not to mention having to sign up with multiple sites is an inconvenience for the survey taker.

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Maximum Paid Surveys Scam? Read My Review

Is Maximum Paid Surveys a scam and is it worth the money? I’m not deeming it a scam, but I do recommend you stay away from it. The company is supposedly based out of San Diego. There is also a very similar site called Paid Surveys At Home, which is also based out of San Diego. Both sites even charge the same fee of $39.95. I  wouldn’t be surprised if the same people are behind both sites. Maximum Paid Surveys acts as a directory, which provides access to other survey sites that allegedly pay very well. According to their site, you can make up to $50 taking paid online surveys at home, $250 for focus groups, $150 for mystery shopping and up to $25 trying new products.

The problem is that there are several sites like this and the majority of them are either scams or a ripoff. People sign up in a hurry and pay money, hoping to rake in hundreds or thousands of dollars per month from paid surveys, only to end up earning very little money, or nothing at all.

Maximum Paid Surveys tries hard to push the whole trust and convenience factor in their marketing to lure you in. What I mean is that in their sales copy, they talk about the frustration and risk associated with having to search the Web and sign up with individual survey sites that could be scams or pay little money. They claim that their site is safe and convenient because you have access to high paying surveys all in one place. The problem is that you don’t know anything about the survey companies inside their database until after you pay them and that, in my opinion, is a risk. For all you know, the survey companies could be scams, or not even free.

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