Paid Surveys Online

Paid surveys online may be a good option if your wanting to start making money online but have no start-up capital.
The survey business has gone through an evolution since the internet has become popular. Instead of paying call center operators to interview customers, survey companies conduct a lot of their research online.
The survey business has gone through an evolution since the internet has become popular. Instead of paying call center operators to interview customers, survey companies conduct a lot of their research online.
Now, there is an incentive for the customer to participate in online surveys. Often they are provided with some sort of compensation for their time. This can be by way of cash, reward points or vouchers etc.
This opens an opportunity to make a little money towards your internet nest egg, by participating in online surveys.
Taking part is very easy. Just sign-up for the companies which are of interest. Then when they have surveys available, they will send a email to let you know.
Once the survey has been completed your account is credited and paid in the next payment cycle.
Different companies have different surveys to complete. The number of surveys they have available at any time also varies a lot.
There are a number of things you can do to ensure you get as many survey offers as possible
(a) Sign-up for as many companies as possible. Its free & the more you sign-up for the more surveys you will potentially get.(b) Respond to survey requests promptly. Its often recommended that a separate mailbox be set-up for your survey notifications and that it is checked regularly.
There is also an additional way to make money from some free survey companies. Thats from referrals. It works like this. When you recommend someone to a survey site and they make money buy completing surveys, you get paid a percentage of their earnings. This typically ranges from 10% to 30% for your referrals and 5% - 10% for your referrals referrals.
The referals side of the business have the potential pay as follows: Lets say you refer 10 people to a survey company and they each do $20/month. If your payout is 20% then you would make $40 per month. Now lets say those 10 people referred 10 people (on 5% ) then you would make an additional $100. This your total monthly income would be $140 for doing nothing.
The numbers above are purely fictional but I hope you can see that this can grow to be an ongoing income stream in it’s own right.
Finding survey companies can take a bit of time. This time can be saved by purchasing a list of survey companies from SurveyScout, SurveyPass, GreatNetMoney etc. The cost to purchase the lists runs from $20 up to $60 depending on what other services are provided as part of the package.
You can also find the companies for free using google & searching for “free paid surveys online”. This will uncover a number of sites who have published lists of online survey companies.
Below I have compiled a short list of sites which are believed to be reputable and which are reported as paying their customers.
CashCrate - International
Project Payday - US Only
Survey Spot - US, Canada & UK
Survey Savy - International
Opinion Outpost - US & Canada
A.W.Surveys - International
Clearvoice - International
Global Survey - US only
Survey Team - US Only
Please let me know of any others and I’ll add them to the list.