Paid on-line surveys

Dollface_3 · 2 August 2007 at 2:52PM

Has anyone any advice on whether or not to become involved in on-line surveys, where you can earn cash (so I'm told) and vouchers

William_H · 2 August 2007 at 9:07PM

Hi,

I recently tried the survey taking malarkey, wrote a blog, had some fun, did too many surveys, got bored, deleted my blog, stopped doing the surveys and got a life.

However, I was making around £50-100 a month (you can make more if you get referrals from a website). Some people who have good websites which cover legit survey sites are:

www.surveycritic.com
www.surveystar.blogsource.com
www.katieshugs.com

All American, but genuine in their intentions to give good information. They list UK sites as well as others. The ones I joined are listed below. Sorry for the long list. I have marked with an asterisk the ones that I found to be the best i.e. sent surveys/paid cash or vouchers/paid up on time. Of course, what works for one person may well not work for another. If you want consumer reviews of sites, then go to www.surveypolice.com. Number one is Pinecone, however they are hard to get into and you cannot just go to their website. You have to find a banner somewhere on the web. Sorry I can't help you more on that one.

My survey tips for starters pretty much hold true to this day:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=4688787#post4688787

Don't know if I said get a PayPal account and a separate email address, but they're probably the top two tips. You can also check out some of my other posts e.g.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=5600657#post5600657

One note: people generally get a bit too hung up on not getting their money or getting disqualified from surveys after answering a lot of questions. Be prepared that this might happen, but also realize that it's not the end of the world and get on with it. Surveys pay around £4-5 an hour for 1-2 hours a day, maybe a little more if you're lucky, but not enough to live on. They can also get quite repetitive - having said that, they can also be a lot of fun and extremely interesting.

Right, the long list:

www.qsample.com
www.pureprofile.com
www.iocs.org
www.acop.com
http://www.betapanel.com/Panel/BRC/
www.brandinstitute.com
www.researching.com (brooks adams)
www.ciao.co.uk * (Sometimes forget to pay, but OK)
www.clearvoicesurveys.com
www.cosmeticresearchonline.co.uk (better for girls I think)
www.esearch.com * (Infrequent surveys, but pay into PayPal)
www.globaltestmarket.com * (Don't qualify for many, but get points even so)
www.harrispollonline.com *
www.homeofresearch.com *
www.ipoints.com * (community cashback website with surveys)
www.imrs.co.uk * (mostly sweepstake entries, not cash)
www.intellisurvey.com
www.iap-interactive.com *
www.itsyourview.com
www.juicybrainspanel.com * (£1 a time, Amazon vouchers)
www.justtheanswer.co.uk
https://webeffective.keynote.com
http://gb.lightspeedpanel.com/index.html * * (Awesome for me - £5/month into PayPal)
www.mindfieldonline.com
www.mytns.com * (converts pretty much straight away into Nectar points - worth about 0.5p a point)
www.myvoice.co.uk
www.npdor.com
www.onepoll.com
www.opinionate.co.uk
www.opinionbar.com *
www.opinionnow.co.uk
www.opinionworld.co.uk * (LOADS of interesting surveys, like 1 a day, but mostly for charity. Very few pay).
www.planet-pulse.com
www.responsepanel.com
www.sarosresearch.com
www.spidermetrix.com
www.surveylion.com
www.surveys.com * (frequent surveys, pay in ipoints, which are redeemable for stuff)
www.surveysavvy.com
www.surveyspot.com * (mostly sweepstake entires)
www.testandvote.co.uk * (points for stuff)
www.thats-what-i-think.co.uk
www.valuedopinions.co.uk *
www.trendscan.de
www.yougov.com * (the great YouGov, small payer, but steady)
www.zoompanel.com *
www.opinion-people.com
www.globalopinionpanels.com

Anyway, good luck. Stick at it and it might just pay off. I got about 10 a day and qualified for about half having signed up for all of them. Hardly any spam whatsoever which was amazing. The initial form filling takes a long time though, but make sure you keep your profiles up to date so you get as many surveys as possible. Also answer the surveys asap, as the best ones do get filled quickly.

So much to tell you, and so little patience!!!

Ciao.

Will.

Dollface_3 · 3 August 2007 at 9:39AM

Thank you Will for taking the time to reply to my enquiry. I will investigate further, following your advice and using the wealth of information you have provided.

Thanks again Will,
Dollface.

Browntoa · 3 August 2007 at 9:46AM

there are links to most of these over on the referrals section

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=42

if you wish to sign up

William_H · 3 August 2007 at 7:36PM

Indeed there are links in the referrals section...I was simply trying to be helpful by putting all the sites in one place. However, for those who feel oppressed by my going over their heads, here are "links to most of" the market research site referral threads. Or should I say eight of them, out of the 48 listed. If there are a few others, they are PM links, which I believe is not allowed. The reason why there aren't more referral links is because most of the best sites limit referral bonuses which means you have to physically send an email to your friend rather than post a referral link. Otherwise it's open to abuse and spamming. Here's the MSE survey referral hall of fame (Poppycat polices these like a hawk - just try starting a new one...):

(EDITED OUT LINKS ACCORDING TO FORUM RULES)

Qsample
Pure Profile
Ciao
ipoints
itsyourview
surveysavvy
that's what I think
YouGov

(You can search for them in the referrer's section if you wish to use someone's referral link.)

Go nuts.

Browntoa · 3 August 2007 at 8:01PM

from the rules

REFERRAL POSTS

Posts from which site users gain are permitted only on the Referrers Board. This includes links to rpoints etc threads. Any posted elsewhere will be moved to the Referrers Board. Links to the referrals board from the main forums are not allowed.

This also includes members saying "Please PM me for code" or "check my post on referrers". The overriding rule is that no advertising is allowed on the main forums

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=103391

post 22

hence my general mention of the referral section rather than specific threads

William_H · 3 August 2007 at 8:06PM

None of these are my referral posts - I don't care about them. I'll delete them if you like. I was just pointing out that there are not that many referral links.

No skin off my nose.

Browntoa · 3 August 2007 at 8:12PM

you have started 2 threads at least around the forum on this same subject, the other one I have found I have just reported for multiple referral id's by other people and your direct linking to posts/threads on referrals

I have also asked abuse to look at this one

William_H · 3 August 2007 at 8:13PM

Anyway, off topic - 10000 posts in 2.5 years? That's 10/11 posts a day. Are you in IT?

Browntoa · 3 August 2007 at 8:17PM

it's called FREE HELP to other people, thats why my post count is so high, rather than trying to make a quick buck out of the forum

William_H · 3 August 2007 at 8:19PM

Trust me, there's nowt for personal gain. I'm just trying to be helpful.

My apologies. The other two links are because I have had decent discussions on those threads and since I had taken the time to finally create the big list of surveys, I thought I'd spread the word. I don't think you're being particularly fair.

Oh well. Do what you like.

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