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Paid online surveys

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  • ive seen all this about surveys paying out and stuff how much can you make from this and how many surveys do you have to do.
    whats the best 1es to do as i have a paypal account
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,381 Forumite
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    cash payers - Pinecone-Opinionworld-Mindmover-Ciao-Lightspeed-Mutualpoints-Globalopinionpanel-ConsumerIntelligence-PureProfile-RewardedOpinions-Yougov.

    Vouchers - IPOS-ValuedOpinions-ToLuna-Myvoice-GFK-Justtheanswer-Mylife-MysurveyTNS-Harrisinteractive

    Surveys may pay 10p for 1hour or £1 for 5 mins (yes that is the right way around), usually somewhere between the two. You will not make a fortune just a little extra.
  • thanks just lookin to get bit of extra even if its a small amount something is beta then nothing
  • sorry missed pinecone off my list. They are a great company that pay £3 a survey
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  • I've been a member of the site a few months not but have made very little money. I check nearly every day for surveys and have never seen anything for more than 10p. At my current rate of £2 a month it will take me 1 1/2 years to reach payout. May i ask why the payout limit is so high when the surveys are for such small amounts? it seems that the cashout level is not very realistic and before investing any more time i would like to know why.

    thats what i have just sent to onepoll. Wasn't sure whether my experience was the norm or not. Just thought that it's a bit silly.
    I get what i want. That isn't because i'm a brat or spoilt. It's because i'm determined, i work hard for it and i achieve my goals!
  • Mr.Mulla
    Mr.Mulla Posts: 448 Forumite
    I haven't heard about that, but I don't really trust online surveys -- they are mostly scams.
    Mr. Mulla
  • InDeepDebt
    InDeepDebt Posts: 240 Forumite
    edited 26 February 2010 at 7:53AM
    I'm ditching Valued Opinions.

    You spend ages answering questions - only to be rejected.

    Just done a mobile phone survey. Had a questionnaire at the start; can't remember how long it took but it wasn't short. Had to keep a diary for a week - which wasn't too bad. But then, had a questionnaire at the end. I spent 30 minutes on it and was only half way through - I closed the browser page. All this for a fiver (which I now won't get).

    Then there are other ones which have questions like "What is your DOB?", then, "what is your postcode?". I ticked - "prefer not to give" - rejected.

    No more for me.

    Sorry, I'm ranting. I just feel like I waste too much of my life doing them for no reward and an increase in blood pressure when I get rejected.
  • I do get paid quite well from some. I can reccoment opinion world and reward opinions. Both these pay quite well. I've done online surveys for a while. I think the problem is if you gets loads of invites you tend to be rejected for most, but the companyies that send a few a month you nearly always qualify.

    I can't say i think all are a scam although i do believe some are. Other not but so badley run that it seems so, but for the most part i make a tidy little profit come christmas.
    I get what i want. That isn't because i'm a brat or spoilt. It's because i'm determined, i work hard for it and i achieve my goals!
  • In the last couple of months I've joined quite a few surveysites, but am unimpressed with most of them, except lightspeed where I made a £5 amazon voucher in a month. I recommend light speed.

    Valued opinions started off well but now seems to have dried up. I'm up to £7.00 on Onepoll, which is pretty good for a month and a half, but now the surveys seem to be drying up on there too. As for global testmarket, panelbase and justtheanswer, I have got zero from them in two months.

    I also recently joined Survey Head. With the registration incentive I've made around £7.50 in just over two weeks. However, the sight is blighted with technical errors and I've also done surveys that I have completed but not got credited for, so I should have made more. Their customer service is awful (haven't got back to me on a single issue) plus it takes 2 - 6 weeks for credits to go from pending to earned anyway. Don't know if they'll payout. Has anyone else had experience of this company?
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,381 Forumite
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    Mr.Mulla wrote: »
    I haven't heard about that, but I don't really trust online surveys -- they are mostly scams.

    I would say, from personal experience, that they are mostly genuine.
    I know 20+ that provide actual rewards but only a couple of possible "scams" where they are just after loads of details for junk mailings etc. A quick web or MSE search shows them up.
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