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photomom04
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#21 · Posted: 8 May 2007 13:15
Quoting: ru4sail2 Ok, Every survey site I have joined, says they will pay you to take surveys so I go through all the dumb questions all the way to the bottom and come to find out that before you get payed for the survey, you have to sample their product. And until you sample it and the product owner gives an ok on it, you dont get nothing
You didn't join a true survey company if this happened. You joined an "offer" site. There is a difference. Unfortunately a lot of the offer sites try to pass themselves off as survey companies. The sites listed on my website are NOT offer companies.. just true survey sites.
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alaunweg
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#22 · Posted: 20 May 2007 10:01
my experience is that it is indeed very difficult and tiresome to get good results doing surveys.
I started a year ago, I registered with lots of companies and I got plenty of questionnaires to fill in - BUT to get past the screeners and complete an entire questionnaire is a matter of demographics and out of your control. So I found that at the end of the day it takes up too much time to achieve a reasonable result - basically it is a waste of time.
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Veld
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#23 · Posted: 27 May 2007 15:45
Just popped in to ask if arc Survey is legit (I'm new to this) and if I will receive the surveys automatically in my mailbox. Also, is there one or two companies worth looking at (for a 17 year old European)?
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robertlaf
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#24 · Posted: 27 May 2007 20:54
I just started on them. I joined about 20 of them and made about $20, but that is spread out over 15 sites and half that was sign up bonus money. The best 2 so far I found are
www.inboxdollars.com and www.surveyspot.com Survey spot usually has a survey, paid me $5 for a long one and entry into sweepstakes for the other short ones. Many I don't qualify for.
If you want to try this at least go to inbox dollars first, they will pay you buck/buck and a half to join some of the others and $5 to join them and they seem legit.
Greenfield surveys I have seen good reviews for, they were horrible to me. One survey was 30-35 minutes long, I was actually on Wal Mart site, made to look for products, then they wanted me to register and said "don't use credit card unless you want to because this site is real and it will be charged". I got NOTHING for it except entry into a sweepstakes for 30 minutes of my time. It was a commercail for Wal Mart not a survey.
There is one site you pay for that gets you into 500 surveys, pick the ones you want. I forget the name, it is consistently rated no. 1 unless the rating sites are just doing cross marketing. It's $39.95 , but leave the site and they offer it to you for $29.95 lol. If you are serious it's probably a good idea to use them.
One person I know on internet makes about $400 a month. You would want to join focus groups and read emails, which is a scam for person paying emails to be read, to add income.
I got better things to do but when I get requests in email I take them. I will post more if any good happens.
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Veld
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#25 · Posted: 28 May 2007 07:40
I just joined SurvySavvy. Hope it works for me.
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robertlaf
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#26 · Posted: 28 May 2007 23:17 · Edited by: robertlaf
I also would say you need a company that allows you to track your earnings, has a page for that. I noticed a few don't, won't be taking their surveys anymore.
www.inboxdollars.com has emails I click and get .05 everyday lol. They also have an earnings page on it. Survet spot doesn't, I earned $5 but they say it takes 6 weeks or longer to show up anywhere.
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happygal
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#27 · Posted: 29 May 2007 11:47
Let's see...yes, ARC survey is legit...don't send a whole lot of surveys, but they do pay for what they do send.
Second, to Robertlaf's point...I would never recommend paying for a list of sites. There are so many of us out there who are willing to share our experience for free. Even if it's "discounted" or anything like that, just don't bother...you don't need to pay a penny. You will not find any information there you won't find elsewhere for free.
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makemoneyonline
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#28 · Posted: 29 May 2007 11:58
Don't forget Survey Temple
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happygal
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#29 · Posted: 30 May 2007 15:49
Quoting: makemoneyonline Don't forget Survey Temple
For $49.95???!!! You have got to be kidding me.
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robertlaf
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#30 · Posted: 30 May 2007 20:43
I wouldn't recommend paying for a survey list either at first. I would join all the best ones and see if it works for you. But if I was making money and this list keeps coming up as being great, , I would look into it. It has 500 surveys and might have something overlooked here.
I do loss mitigation and I buy courses from ebay even though I have a great company/course. I keep learning and I got a great tip from one of them.
I wouldn't pay for it at first either though.
I have also found the best surveys are for upper mangement people, if you are there why would you be doing surveys?
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makemoneyonline
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#31 · Posted: 30 May 2007 22:03
Sorry I was being sarcastic because I know a lot of them are scams.
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happygal
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#32 · Posted: 1 Jun 2007 13:33
Ah, I see. Good to know 
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William H
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#33 · Posted: 28 Jun 2007 18:13 · Edited by: William H
This is the deal with paid online surveys:
Everyone, bar no-one (not even my Gran), wants to make money for nothing. It's human nature. So the idea of being paid for your opinion is very appealing, because one can simply sit on their arris, give their unappreciated, inner ego an outing without anyone judging, and get real money for very little effort. I'm 4 months in to my survey experiment and yes, you do get real cash. Not a lot, and that's the point. Just enough to keep you interested. That's called supply and demand. There are enough consumers out there doing these things that the market research companies don't need to pay fiddy bucks an hour. It's more like 5-10 bucks an hour for 1-2 hours per day. So unless you're living in a tent and eat grass, or you're really bad at math, that's not enough for you to live on. Like my dear Mum always said, there are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't. I say there are 10: those who know binary, and those who don't, but I'm getting off topic.
For those of you who have not succeeded with the survey thing, you have either
a) signed up to the wrong sites (as well as the right ones), which bombard you with junk mail and garbage and are simply trying to sell their clients wares, or
b) the demographic in which you are in is not appealing to the vendors of the goods. It's rare that a vendor won't want to sell something to someone, so I can't imagine what demographic that would be. Maybe one that has everything. If that's the case, send me some of what you've got, and I'll stop doing surveys too.
Back to the point. It really is money for nothing. But not, as Dire Straits lead singer Mark Knopfler would concur, your "chicks for free". You would make more money installing microwave ovens and custom kitchens. However, however, however. People do make better money than others from these things if they create websites which promote the survey sites such as HappyGal, or PhotoMomm, or the SurveyCritic. These are all webmasters. They work hard to maintain their sites and so are deserving of a little extra cash and our gratitude for sifting through all the crap that's out there for us. I signed up through several of these sites and they were all the real deal. They have referral links which make them a little extra in the pocket, but not much. I also have a blog which is following some of this crazy adventure (trust me, I don't get out much, it's crazy to me), but it's mostly applicable to the UK, and mostly because I like to write and not because I want to make money. I try to keep it a little light hearted. It was an honest experiment into the validity of online surveys.
So you have to work hard to make money eh? Now you're scared. Well, if you're not too scared, then you should try researching affiliate marketing. That's where the real hard work/high returns come in. That's the real key to giving up your day job. Just like Katies Hugs, an affiliate website is a business. They have useful, informative content which interests the surfer. They are not scams. They presell a product (that could be anything, from a survey site to a charter boat in the Caribbean) and then direct the reader to the affiliate site where a purchase is made. Then a percentage of the purchase (5-40%) is paid to the referring website, i.e. you. If it's done well and you market your website effectively through forum advertising and correct use of critical keywords (i.e. search terms that people use to find stuff), that can be a good amount. Find what they call a "niche", which is a popular topic that is not covered in too many places on the web, and you're laughing all the way to the bank. Create multiple websites on different niches, and you might just be writing that resignation letter. Just don't be rude, you don't know when you'll have to come crawling back to your former boss.
The topic of the website has to be interesting to you though, otherwise your interest will wane, and the project will die. And don't choose making money on the web - it has literally been done to death. There is a lot of great info here:
http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/188/1/Affiliate-Program-Tutorial
Like I said, I've never done it, but I'd love to give it a go. But it sure seems like hard work.
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William H
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#34 · Posted: 28 Jun 2007 18:38 · Edited by: William H
And for those who are going to take surveys after all of that, there is also www.surveypolice.com, telling you which sites are scams, and which sites users rate the highest. The number one site, PineCone Research are what I think a survey site should be all about, but they are darn hard to get into (normally only through an invitation). They are an example of a site where if you actually work hard to give your opinion, i.e. construct well written descriptions and form objective view points, they will reward well with cash and product tests. They are what I had hoped every site would be like, but alas, dear reader, alas. To paraphrase John Cleese (and no doubt a hundred others): "It's not the despair. I can handle the despair. It's the hope I can't stand."
My survey tips from when I started are here.
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robertlaf
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#35 · Posted: 28 Jun 2007 20:46
Here are 97 pages in a forum of work at home moms on paid surveys, emails etc.
If anyone knows this business it shoud be work at home moms.
http://www.wahm.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28282
www.surveyclub.com looked good
www.inboxdollars.com is good
www.cashcrate.com they say has a .80 survey everyday, that's $24 a month.
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bestgirl66
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#36 · Posted: 5 Jul 2007 04:31
I have just received my first �50 cheque from filling surveys for YouGov.
I only filled in 6 surveys, but I received my first cheque for �50 a month later because people had signed up following my referrals. Anybody can do referrals anytime and get paid for them as well as getting paid for the surveys they fill in.
Obviously it's just extra pocket money, but when you get your cheque in the post it comes in pretty useful.
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William H
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#37 · Posted: 6 Jul 2007 16:14
That's awesome - you must have gotten a ton of referrals. I'd like to be at one of your parties.
Still on around 12 quid with YouGov. Maybe you could give me some of your friends. 
Will.
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Starbright48
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#38 · Posted: 15 Jul 2007 17:54
One of the best survey companies based on my experience, is Pinecone Research. I have done surveys for them since Aug 06. They pay $5 for each survey and so far I have earned $100 from them. They send out about 2 surveys a month. Another one I have made money from is NFO My Survey. They do surveys in points however, so when you get to 1,000 points,you could cash out. I have gotten $20 from them so far. They don't send out surveys that often. I have also done LiveWire Surveys a couple of times. They paid $3. for each survey. They don't send out surveys too often either. ACOP(American Consumer Opinion) paid just $4 to me once for a survey I completed for them. With them however, you have to be able to qualify for the surveys which I found out is pretty difficult. As I have heard others say, it really depends on the demographics of each person in the survey companies database and the market needs of the companies that the surveys are being conducted for. Another factor is the payout policy of each survey company. I have signed up at more than 100 survey companies already, and four companies, the ones I have already mentioned are the only ones who have sent surveys I qualified for and paid me so far. With A.W.Surveys, I signed up with them last month, but I thought I read that $25 cashout fee was for PayPal members?
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aabliss552
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#39 · Posted: 18 Jul 2007 15:12
Global Test Market is a great survey site and so is Greenfield. Pinecone is excellent if you can find one of their links.
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barefootmentor
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#40 · Posted: 20 Jul 2007 10:29
A couple of pointers on filling out survey's. If you have a roboform.com loaded on your computer it will go a lot faster for you. This way it will automatically fill out the form for you. The free version works fine for this.
Another tip if you don't want your inbox flooded with email. I can give you an email address to put in those forms that will keep yours clean. This does help me out also because the system I use will automatically reverse market those people sending messages.
A good site that pays is gangstergreed too.
If you need an email address to put in forms let me know.
Contact me via my site in the signature line ... or just do a google search on "Cindy McAsey" and you will find me
Cindy McAsey
Barefoot in the Garden
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