Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

ldee2111

I’m new to Prolific. Really enjoying the studies and I set myself a goal to earn £1 a day. Then I came across this thread and my £1 a day seems a little embarrassing  😂

squirrelchops2

allison445 said:

olliebean said:

Give it a couple of years, and we'll be more concerned about not being able to vote than not being able to use Prolific.

I will worry about this when there is actually a political party I trust rather than the lesser or all evils 
If I lose prolific I lose part of my monthly earnings ☹

May I ask how much you tend to earn per month Allison? I was going great guns but things have really slowed down - I am not sure if that is due to less surveys, that I am too slow clicking on them or just that I am missing them as I am working more.

allison445

squirrelchops2 said:

allison445 said:

olliebean said:

Give it a couple of years, and we'll be more concerned about not being able to vote than not being able to use Prolific.

I will worry about this when there is actually a political party I trust rather than the lesser or all evils 
If I lose prolific I lose part of my monthly earnings ☹

May I ask how much you tend to earn per month Allison? I was going great guns but things have really slowed down - I am not sure if that is due to less surveys, that I am too slow clicking on them or just that I am missing them as I am working more.

I usually earn anywere between £25-£70 a month with prolific it isn't my best earning survey site but apart from one other it pays the most per survey. It just depends on demographics there is another survey site I do really well on but it gets really bad reviews.
I work from home so I can usually catch  a few a week but for every one I managed to get there are usually 3 or 4 with no places left by the time I click on them

elsien

I miss the better paying longer ones because there's no way I can take half an hour to an hour out of the working day to complete them. I'm now also back out and about for work so only work from home one or two days a week which limits things as well.
This year, a bad month is £40, a good month is £90. Most months hover around the £40 - £50 pound mark. Having said that, I've only got £10 in July so far, 

olliebean

My earnings from Prolific have improved over time, although I don't know if that's because I'm getting better studies due to my experience, or if it's improved for everyone - perhaps coronavirus has limited in-person studies, so more of them are going online now - anyway, I joined towards the end of 2018 and for my first year I was averaging under £30, now I'm averaging a little over £50/month. I also have to pass on a lot of the longer studies because they pop up at inconvenient times.

olliebean

yoyobigfoot said:

elsien said:

Any particular reason you don’t want to post publicly? 

No particular reason, here if you find this useful youtube.com/watch?v=cQWpi-CkKCA

Today I discovered a major drawback to this version of the Prolific Assistant (the one that automatically reserves you a place on studies). If you are doing a multi-part study and a subsequent part of it pops up on Prolific when you are away from your computer, the add-on will auto-reserve you a place, and if you don't see it within 10 minutes it will be returned and you've missed your chance, and possibly lost your payment for previous parts if it was dependent on completing all the parts.

I've messaged the researcher saying I accidentally returned it, and am hoping they'll be able to re-invite me so I can continue the multi-part study and get paid - and I've uninstalled this version of the Assistant. Posting this here as a heads-up to anyone else who is using it.

allison445

Just a quick rant is anyone else fed up with the surveys were you are paired with other participants only to be told to return it as you were unmatched. most off them are good paying as well

MollyR

I've not had one of those, but I've had quite a few where they said I was paired with other participants, but I didn't believe a word of it - as one is always put in the dominant position.  Psychological trickery.

elsien

allison445 said:

Just a quick rant is anyone else fed up with the surveys were you are paired with other participants only to be told to return it as you were unmatched. most off them are good paying as well

Just the one where it needed 3 of us and only 2 were matched. I was surprised given how quickly surveys do get filled. 

mikep22

ldee2111 said:

I’m new to Prolific. Really enjoying the studies and I set myself a goal to earn £1 a day. Then I came across this thread and my £1 a day seems a little embarrassing  😂

Ive been using Prolific for 5 years, I think £1 a day is a fair goal. Its basically 1 survey a day. I have managed to earn £2.6k through the site during that time, alongside my full time job.