i hear about people getting paid to take surveys online...is this really true or just another scam?

Answer 1

scam

Answer 2

Maybe a scam, but here's a great alternative.

In every major city, there is going to be a marketing firm that does live focus groups, which pay money.

Just look them up in the phone book, and ask them if you could be considered for surveys when you qualify for them. They will have you fill out a basic form, and if a study comes up where you match some basic criteria, they will call you and ask some follow-up questions, and if you still "pass", you get invited to the focus group.

Surprisingly, it will be relatively easy to get on their "call list", because they prefer to call pre-screened people that they are more likely to get a "hit" from than just scattered calling out of the phone book.

The most I ever got for one was $100, and I got into about 3 a year. The longest group lasted about 2 hours. The best part is, sometimes you show up and they announce that they called too many people, and 4 of you leave and get paid anyway! I was lucky enough to get that one time.

Answer 3

It's true, sort of. You can make up to $400 per month on average by being diligent about it. You usually have to pay like a $20 fee to a survey clearing house company for them to give you the names of the surveys that pay. But that's by taking hundreds of surveys at about $2.50 each or something, building up a little account and then redeeming it when it gets big enough. Some survey companies only offer merchadise for "points" when you take surveys. Like Harrispoll gives you 30-100 points per survey and then you can accumulate like 5000 points to get a box CD set or something. They're decent merchadise, sort of, but you have to make a serious effort.

I should add that there are some real scams out there, which is why the survey clearinghouse companies do some good business.

Answer 4

The rule, as always, is to stay away from those that ask you to pay before you can get these surveys.

Legitimate market survey companies such as Pinecone Research recruit members based on demographic characteristics -- e.g. mothers of babies 0-12 years old -- and will send surveys of products and services targeting this demographic group. Pinecone Research, however, pays only $5 per survey -- you're definitely not going to be rich with that. They can give you anywhere from 1-5 at most surveys in a month.

Other companies simply ask you to answer as many research as possible, and you don't earn anything just the chance to win at a raffle (which I find lame).

The article "Earning Money from Surveys" provide a short list of legitimate market research firms and contains explanations of what to look for when joining surveys (and weeding out the fraudulent ones)
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/onlinesurvey.htm

Pinecone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com
GreenField Online http://www.greenfieldonline.com
Harris Poll Online http://www.harrispollonline.com
BuzzBack http://www.buzzback.com
SurveySite http://www.surveysite.com
SurveySavvy http://www.surveysavvy.com
Survey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com/
http://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/

Answer 5

its a scam i have been on a survey thing for a year now at 10 points a survey. it takes 100,000 points to get $10. its so cheep.

Answer 6

Pinecone Research pays $5 for each survey and they even send you samples sometimes to test. They pay you $5 for that, too.

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Good Luck

Answer 7

Yes, there are quite a few legitimate ones. Mypoints.com has surveys and daily e-mails where you get points just for clicking on them. The points can be redeemed for merchandise and gift certificates.

Greenfieldonline is one that offers points or a drawing entry.

Answer 8

SCAM!!! I know, I was stupid enough to fall for it! Then I had to delete about 100 emails in one day!!!


Much Love!!

Answer 9

2-3% are the real ones but all others are fake.

Answer 10

http://mysurvey.com
sends me money for surveys I do once I earn enough points. :)

Good luck!