Making money from online surveys, does it work?

jo32143

Hi all,

I spend alot of time at my pc and wondered if anyone actually earns anything from filling in online surveys? If so what links do I need to follow?

Thanks

Fenella

The survey sites are all listed here:

http://www.paidsurveys.com/login_uk.htm

Some of them take a long time (20 minutes or more) for very little reward - but if you have the time it all adds up.;)

jo32143

Thanks for that Fenella.

full-time-mum

I have made some pocket money with freefivers although the profitable clicks have just been removed but it only takes a minute everyday so is really money for nothing.

http://www.freefivers.co.uk

They pay cash once you get to £25. The first £25 is fairly easy as you get £5 for joining plus their are lots of one off cashbacks (eg: apply for whiskers cat food) I recommend you set up a separate email address for this sort of thing. If you shop on-line, you may be able to get additional cashback too - there are other sites but, although this isn't necessarily the best, I find it fairly easy.

If you're feeling generous, I can pm you a referal, then I get £5 too!!! - or look on the referers board for others.

I've also just reached the payout level for globaltestmarket ($50 = £25ish). I never seem to qualify for surveys (obviously I'm too common!!) but at least they give you 5 points each time you get rejected and they don't ask too many questions before throwing you out. Again, I can refer you or look on the board for lots of others clamouring for your custom.

I avoid any that only enter you into prize draws as that is like spending 20 minutes to enter a raffle.

Sugar_Coated_Owl

I definately recommend YouGov. It days take quite a while to reach the payout but worth it. They pay about 50p a survey.

rosh12

I joined YouGov about 2 years ago andhave done virtually every survey they've sent me... I'm still only up to about £31 and they don't pay till you have £50! I joined another one (forgotten it's name!) recommended on here last week, and have heard nothing since registration. Maybe I don't fit into the right categories for their research?

Becles

You won't get rich doing surveys.

You can make a bit of pin money or shopping vouchers which come in handy, but don't rely on it.

Astaroth

The hourly rate would be terrible if you actually worked it out but I guess it depends on if you have anything better to be doing with your time in terms of either just general free time or looking for a better return on investment.

jo32143

thanks everyone, have signed up for a couple, have also just registered with pigsback, just gotta work out how to use it now !!

alex£

Hi, as people have said, you wont get rich! I have found that a few surveys ask some questions then dump you out (could be my unusual profile!), youGov is consistant, but, yep, you do need to get up to £50 before a pay out. Possibly the best way to gain a few points is to refer friends to the surveys.

I have found that pigsback, although not a survey site, earns you a few £'s just for clicking on adverts and aswering quizzes (answers provided on pigsback forum!)

david13

full-time-mum wrote: »

... I recommend you set up a separate email address for this sort of thing.

YES! You'll end up with loads of spam - a lot of it from useless US companies, in my experience.