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What’s this about? Willing to give your view on the Labour Party, answer questions about your sex life, or test out the latest moisturiser? If so, it’s possible to earn £100s a year, without any special skill or talent. It’s all about stashing cash from filling in online surveys or taking part in focus groups.
The first point of call is read the full Survey Stashing guide. Then having found the best survey sites, this discussion is specifically to talk about feedback and tips for the survey site
YouGov
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I have been stuck at £48 for months - I do recall other people saying they found the number of surveys they received slowed down as they approached £50 as well!
Yeah, whatever. I'm a grown up, I can take it...
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yes - it took 2 years - they paid promptly. Two years on and I'm on £26. They had to cut 30 staff earlier in the year, I read, because of the economic downturn, so not sure if there's going to be a bombardment of surveys any time soon...
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Nectar points = 4,298 (Sainsburys and TNS) OnePoll = £4.95 + £40 YouGov = £19.75 + £50 Toluna points = 52995 + £5 Amazon voucher Lightspeed points = 600 + £15 Amazon voucher Ipsos points=500 + £10 Leisure voucher and more that I don't have room for!
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I've done Yougov for nearly 4 years. I've had one £50 cheque and I'm at the £40 mark now (must have been about one survey a week). They paid promptly.
I prefer them to others I've tried because I've never started a survey, only to be disqualified - they seem to use your profile before sending e-mails and pay you even if you don't have to answer many questions.
The trick with all these surveys is to remember that they're all ridiculous and exist only to make profits for the surveying companies and headlines for the media! They don't use random sampling so their results are completely meaningless - don't waste time thinking at length about your answers!
I've done Yougov for nearly 4 years. I've had one £50 cheque and I'm at the £40 mark now (must have been about one survey a week). They paid promptly.
I prefer them to others I've tried because I've never started a survey, only to be disqualified - they seem to use your profile before sending e-mails and pay you even if you don't have to answer many questions.
The trick with all these surveys is to remember that they're all ridiculous and exist only to make profits for the surveying companies and headlines for the media! They don't use random sampling so their results are completely meaningless - don't waste time thinking at length about your answers!
I'm with you there. I like the fact that when you get an email from YouGov, you know that you're going to get paid. I don't mind surveys that use a selection process beforehand as long as it's short and sweet.
It took me a long time to realise that YouGov don't always email you when there's a survey for you to take - definitely try logging in every few days to check if there are any there.
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I've just reached £50, but haven't got the money yet, and its been a week or so. They *are* erratic in sending surveys your way - but I've never been rejected, its true.
The other thing is, they stopped for weeks at a time - but they really got a push on when I filled in a few prize surveys, i.e. no payment but entry into a draw for £25. It really made a difference.
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I've had a £50 cheque from them. I couldn't honestly say when that was but I'm now back up to £37. All I know is it's been a long time. Do they still do their referal scheme? As I know that helped when I used it last. I think they matched your referals' earnings for their first 6 months as a yougov panalist, but I could be wrong
I wonder if anyone else has had this problem with YouGov? I have done all the surveys sent to me and reached £49.50 - i.e., just 50p to go to get my £50.
I did this last survey (a 50p one) about two months ago and clicked 'submit' only to get an error message saying that this would be sorted by YouGov shortly.
After attemopts to finalise this again a few times I emailed YouGov to ask why they had not got their end sorted as indicated. No reply to this or any other query although I have received a further survey with a cash prize draw.
It is extremely annoying to have put in all that time on surveys only to (apparantly) be prevented from reachuing the £50. cheque payment level - should I be suspicious???!!!poddy
It is annoying when a site crashes before a survey is completed. However, YouGov is a reputable company, I've received two payouts from them and my balance stands at around £26. There's no need to feel suspicious.
I would persevere with emailing. When I emailed them a while ago it did take a while to receive a reply, but the problem was eventually resolved.
Well, I was stuck at £48 for ages (as posted above) and was suspicious, but in the last 24 hours I'v managed to reach £49.50. Fingers crossed for that last 50p....
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Survey Stashing: YouGov hints & tips
Excellenct surveys are quick and fun and your £50 payout is vey acheivable.
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