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mikep22

Tinman wrote: »

Think i'm lucky if i get one search a week

Do Boohoo in google every morning. I wind up with winning maybe 2/3 times a week working out at about 18p. Not much, but add it up every week and its £9.36! Enough for many packets of super noodles!!

MissPop

mikep22 wrote: »

Do Boohoo in google every morning. I wind up with winning maybe 2/3 times a week working out at about 18p. Not much, but add it up every week and its £9.36! Enough for many packets of super noodles!!

I always do boohoo when I think of it and I probably get 5p + 4p for it at least once or twice a day. Surveys on Qmee are utter pish for me though, I don't really bother any more They pay so badly and often screen me out/get stuck.

mikep22

MissPop wrote: »

I always do boohoo when I think of it and I probably get 5p + 4p for it at least once or twice a day. Surveys on Qmee are utter pish for me though, I don't really bother any more They pay so badly and often screen me out/get stuck.

Really? Curious. I find them to be 2nd best out there, only to Prolific.

I dont do all of them, like, 20 mins for 15p....but my general guideline is 3p/min.

MissPop

mikep22 wrote: »

Really? Curious. I find them to be 2nd best out there, only to Prolific.

I dont do all of them, like, 20 mins for 15p....but my general guideline is 3p/min.

I've just tried 4 different surveys, all supposedly under 10 minutes offering ~30p a pop... All immediately redirected to 30+ minute surveys. I'm not doing surveys that may well kick me out half way through for ~60p an hour

Populus offers £12 an hour, Prolific at least £5, even Swagbucks can pull one out the bag from time to time and give at least a quid or two per hour.

ndf9876

MissPop wrote: »

I've just tried 4 different surveys, all supposedly under 10 minutes offering ~30p a pop... All immediately redirected to 30+ minute surveys. I'm not doing surveys that may well kick me out half way through for ~60p an hour

Populus offers £12 an hour, Prolific at least £5, even Swagbucks can pull one out the bag from time to time and give at least a quid or two per hour.

True, but £12 per hour is no good if there's no work (or as in this case, no surveys!). It's not just about the hourly rate - it's about quantity and volume with Qmee (pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap!).

If you are getting £50 per month out of Populus then brilliant - you must have a very good profile match for their surveys

mikep22

MissPop wrote: »

I've just tried 4 different surveys, all supposedly under 10 minutes offering ~30p a pop... All immediately redirected to 30+ minute surveys. I'm not doing surveys that may well kick me out half way through for ~60p an hour

Populus offers £12 an hour, Prolific at least £5, even Swagbucks can pull one out the bag from time to time and give at least a quid or two per hour.

I tend to stick to relatively short ones eg 10 mins for 30p+ and most of them dont take that long. Sometimes you get lucky and get one which pays much better.

Populous might offer £12 an hour, but I am lucky to get 2 or 3 surveys a month. Prolific are good but you might get 1 or 2 surveys a day if you are lucky. So that leaves lots of extra time for other potential earning...
I think ultimately its using a combination of sites to maximise what you are earning, in a way which suits you.

Ivana_B_Rich

mikep22 wrote: »

I think ultimately its using a combination of sites to maximise what you are earning, in a way which suits you.

I agree with this. Populus, Prolific Yougov and Pinecone are great but the volume is low. Qmee helps with volume, and the few pence here and there add up nicely over the month

MissPop

ndf9876 wrote: »

True, but £12 per hour is no good if there's no work (or as in this case, no surveys!). It's not just about the hourly rate - it's about quantity and volume with Qmee (pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap!).

If you are getting £50 per month out of Populus then brilliant - you must have a very good profile match for their surveys

Oh absolutely, I'm lucky in that, bar a couple of slumps, I usually get at least 1 or 2 a week from them. I've had £100 from Populus this year, which I'm chuffed about.

mikep22 wrote: »

I tend to stick to relatively short ones eg 10 mins for 30p+ and most of them dont take that long. Sometimes you get lucky and get one which pays much better.

Populous might offer £12 an hour, but I am lucky to get 2 or 3 surveys a month. Prolific are good but you might get 1 or 2 surveys a day if you are lucky. So that leaves lots of extra time for other potential earning...
I think ultimately its using a combination of sites to maximise what you are earning, in a way which suits you.

100%. It just does my swede in doing a mind-numbingly tedious 20 minute survey for pennies. And all the survey providers that say a survey is 5 minutes that turns into 35 minutes... Get in the sea.

ndf9876

MissPop wrote: »

100%. It just does my swede in doing a mind-numbingly tedious 20 minute survey for pennies. And all the survey providers that say a survey is 5 minutes that turns into 35 minutes... Get in the sea.

Amen to that. At least Prolific and Populus are in the main actually quite interesting surveys of a reasonable length.

Ivana_B_Rich

MissPop wrote: »

Oh absolutely, I'm lucky in that, bar a couple of slumps, I usually get at least 1 or 2 a week from them. I've had £100 from Populus this year, which I'm chuffed about.


100%. It just does my swede in doing a mind-numbingly tedious 20 minute survey for pennies. And all the survey providers that say a survey is 5 minutes that turns into 35 minutes... Get in the sea.

You must be a very attractive demographic. I get very few from Populus but I do like the £50 when I get it.

I agree, I close down and report any survey that more than doubles the expected time. I also don't touch anything less than 2p per minute and only do the longer surveys if they pay significantly more. I screen shot towards the end so I've got evidence if I have to raise a ticket. Maybe I could earn more if I was less fussy but I accept lower earning as a consequence and my frustration levels are slightly lower, only slightly though :rotfl:

ndf9876 wrote: »

Amen to that. At least Prolific and Populus are in the main actually quite interesting surveys of a reasonable length.

Agreed. I really appreciate that the Prolific time estimates are fairly accurate.