Not too long ago, people took surveys at malls or over the phone. They were given products to try or asked questions about their TV viewing habits or some other such stuff, and were given cash or products in return. The trick was that you had to be there to take the survey and they were cumbersome and complicated.
Now, you can take surveys for money and products online in the comfort of your own home and actually make some real cash or get some neat products out of the deal. There are sites all over the internet, some of which aren’t legitimate so you have to be careful which ones you take and which you quit after a survey or two. Any site, unless it is a mega-site that offers hundreds of surveys, should not charge you money to take their survey, and if they do, don’t fall for it.
There are, however, mega-sites that charge you a one-time fee to join their survey program but they provide you with hundreds of surveys in which you can participate. Some of the best sites like this include Survey Scout (http://www.surveyscout.com), Surveys4Checks (http://www.surveys4checks.com), which has contacts with many major companies that allow you to do surveys for cash and Maximum Paid Surveys (http://www.maximumpaidsurveys.com), which offers opportunities for data entry at home with certain companies and mystery shopping opportunities.
How much money can you make? The truth depends on how many surveys you take and which surveys you choose. Many surveys pay just five dollars or so but there are focus groups that can pay up to $75 just to give your opinion. The surveys take a while to fill out so you don’t make much per hour but if you have the extra time to kill, why not take a survey while watching television so that you can make some money on the side? The money can come to you as cash or can be provided to you via your Paypal account. Every little bit adds up so you can make hundreds of dollars a week just by giving someone else your opinion.
Not all survey sites are reputable. Some of the worst sites don’t give you the return on the dollars you pay in so that you can’t recoup the money you put in to belong to the mega-site.
There are hundreds of individual survey sites, many of which are reputable. They offer survey sites for teens and survey sites for people with special interests who can provide their opinion on specialized items or advertisements. There are a lot of surveys based upon movie trailers and movies that both adults and teens can participate in. Movie makers want to know what you’re interested in seeing and what you think of their trailers—perhaps the greatest advertisements that movies have. Giving your opinion for $5-$10 is easy and will help these companies know how to proceed.
