Does anyone know any online surveys that actually pay and are not scams?

Question

I could really use the extra money.

Answer 1

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).

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 2

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Answer 3

I've listed some of the sites I have taken surveys through and actually been paid (or recieved other rewards like gift cards or CDS) on the following, if you are interested:

http://www.windhavenweb.com/surveys

I list how they pay you, what I like and dislike about them, whether they have an affiliate or referral program, etc.

There are others out there. Be careful though, there are also scams. Don't sign up for any survey site which asks you to pay to access the surveys. Also watch for language like "get paid for taking surveys AND SIGNING UP FOR OFFERS" if you don't want to have to sign up for stuff with other companies to get paid.

Always carefully read their terms of service and privacy policy. If in their privacy policy they say they only use aggregated info, this is GOOD SIGN they are legit. Aggregated info information that is grouped together so it can't be connected with anyones personal identification like name, e-mail, phone or address. That's what survey sites SHOULD collect. Avoid for sites that say they give, rent, or sell any personal information (info that is not agregated) to third parties (unless you really don't mind getting junk mail, telemarketing calls, and spam).

Also just recently came across a good survey ratings site that I've found very helpful:
http://www.surveypolice.com/

Answer 4

I've tried quite a few of them and have been SCAMMED most of the times . Although not all of them are scams . This one is the best paid to take Survey sites I've Found

http://tinyurl.com/lc7pa

I highly recommedn it.

Answer 5

Treasure Trooper is definately worth checking out. It's completely free and legit. You should go look around the site and browse the forum where members interact with each other and even post copies of their checks they recieve each month as proof!

http://www.treasuretrooper.com/167777

if you do decide to sign up that would be awesome if you keep the 167777 in the URL, its my referral code and if you refer people you get 20% of whatever they make each month!

Answer 6

ciao.co.uk sends out online surverys via email and yes, I have received money. It's a good deal, depending on which country you are resident of.

Answer 7

This doesn't pay usually but you can get some cool samples to try out, and do surveys on sometimes. www.surveyspot.com

Answer 8

Get Paid From Surveys : http://OnlineSurveys.uzaev.com/?feVh

Answer 9

I really don't know of any and I have looked through a lot of them.

Answer 10

no, all such sites are false; contact companies directly.