Making cash from online survey sites - new MSE guide
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Edit: I got a reply today - it said there is no way to view when I last did a survey or got points, but says my last survey was in about June 2016.
My experience is that most invites, when I respond to them even after a few minutes, direct me to a survey with a different duration and rewards. More often than not one with no compensation. Though they ask a number of questions unrelated to the survey subject beforehand!
I've seen claims that people can earn up to £300 a month just by doing online surveys and I have questions:
1) How much time would a person need to spend doing surveys a day /week / month?
2) Is spending this amount of time answering questions feasible for someone working full time, say 40 hours per week?
To achieve that amount you would need to spend an average of 5 hours every day, including weekends, so for a full time worker I would think it’s not possible.
I work full time and once earned just over £100 in a month using Qmee - it was very dull and I didn't try to repeat that the following month. It was 1-2 hours effort most days, so as an hourly rate very poor return around £2 an hour I would guess.
I think if you do surveys along a full time job you could possibly get around the £150 mark a month unless you are extremely resistant to boredom!
I will be trying other survey companies though to see if any are more lucrative.
I have been doing surveys for a few years now and am happy to get a little bit of pin money for non essentials.
But as you have experienced, many survey panels seem to have a poor view of the time and effort we provide them.
There are no panels which I would say are much better than others, though some reward a bit better. All of them will send you surveys, many of which you won't be eligible for (even by the profile details you supplied them) and others you will dropped after spending some minutes answering various questions. The Market Research Society (MRS) are the trade body behind many of them and they seem to support the tactics they employ and defend them when challenged!
I wish you luck, but encourage you to vent your experiences and opinions here as you progress.
But I wish you success.