survey newbie - advice please

BurnsieUK

Hi.

I am a survey newbie.

I have read the guide on the MSE site, but am still a little confused by it all.

Firstly, I have time (workload has dropped off significantly recently and trying to up it again requires speaking to managers who are always too busy!).

So, do I need to sign up to most of the “top 23” from the main article (the ones that I am eligible for).

For those that are experienced, and yes, I know it depends on how many surveys you can answer etc, but for those experienced, what would you say your monthly earnings are? £5, £10-20? Etc

Help, guidance and advice welcomed.

Thanks.

Willing2Learn

I earn between £100-£200 per month, depending on how diligent I am on any given month. Some of the 23 have really tedious surveys to do, whereas other sites are more interesting. My favourites are Branded surveys, PopulusLive and Prolific Academic.

sebloak

Yes you have to sign up to them, fill in some general info about yourself and other questions they say makes you eligible for surveys appropriate to your demographic. And set up a paypal account for payments. I average about £50 a month from doing them in evenings as i dont use a computer at work.

EleanorR

Prolific is my favourite too, followed by Populus Live but you have to wait until you've got £50 before you get paid (by cheque) on Populus. Prolific is once you've accrued £5.

yksi

Don't sign up to them all What will happen is that you do one survey on each site, then you haven't got the time for the other 234973843 surveys, and it takes you ten years to reach payout anywhere Join a couple, see how you go, and if you are still interested and enthused and you still have spare time on your hands, add another couple at a time.

I would also agree Prolific is the best one, I earn about £40-50 a month from them alone, but my daughter only earns about 10 or so, it really does depend on who they are looking for. The others I can recommend are YouGov, Crowdology and e-Rewards. I have a few others I'm a member of so I might average another 20 or so per month from other sites if I've not been lazy.

A good rule of thumb is to assume you can earn about £3-4 an hour, and anything more is a bonus. If you join a site and you notice that over and over again you're answering 5 questions then being told sorry and screened out... keep a note of which site that is, because they're wasting your time and it means you have to do 2 or 3 of the 50p surveys to actually get your 50p. There are places where you never screen out which are more worthwhile (prolific and yougov virtually never screen you out - if you can start the survey, it's because you are already the right fit - making them the best payers imo).

Topcatk

Willing2Learn wrote: »

I earn between £100-£200 per month, depending on how diligent I am on any given month. Some of the 23 have really tedious surveys to do, whereas other sites are more interesting. My favourites are Branded surveys, PopulusLive and Prolific Academic.

Hi, Would you mind telling me how much time a week/month you spend to earn this amount?

Thank you in advance.

Willing2Learn

Topcatk wrote: »

Hi, Would you mind telling me how much time a week/month you spend to earn this amount?

The £200 month is when I get invited to a Market Research venue for a couple of hours (approx £60 for the session).

The more typical £100 month are when I am logged on while working from home. I have never bothered timing it. Less than minimum wage I guess.

mjm3346

PopulusLive pay £1 per 5 mins (£12 per hour) and I have earned £100 from them in about 3 months (helped greatly by the general election), Pinecone pay somewhere similar for each survey, I don't bother with the many sites where you might get as little as 50p (or less) for 10 mins.

mikep22

Willing2Learn wrote: »

The £200 month is when I get invited to a Market Research venue for a couple of hours (approx £60 for the session).

The more typical £100 month are when I am logged on while working from home. I have never bothered timing it. Less than minimum wage I guess.

I think anything north of £100 for surveys is extremely good going to be honest.

I dont think anyone can really say the best way to do these things as its entirely based on you.

You should also ignore what others suggest is a good figure or what they percieve as a "poor use of time" - if you think its worth it, then its worth it.

A number of sites have already been mentioned - and heres the crux....the best paying sites tend to (by some distance) have the worst number of surveys. Populous, as mentioned, is £1 per 5 mins or so - but you are lucky to get 2 surveys a week. Prolific, £5/h, you would probably average 1 a day.
However, less well paid sites, such as Qmee or Lifepoints will have a plethora of surveys paying around £3/h if you are lucky. But hey, if you need to buy food then it is better then £0/h.

Use a mix, whatever works best for you....

mrsyardbroom

Yes, I'd agree with this as well. I used to like Prolific but lately they've been paying just a few pence for surveys and they want you to do a lot of reading before you even start. Populuslive on the other hand pays £12 an hour. YouGov used to be great but they don't send many surveys and they've been paying 50p per survey for years. I've sent comments that that haven't increased this but while people keep doing the surveys they'll keep paying the minimum. You have to get to £50 to be paid. I was paid last year in 2018 and I'm still trying to work my way up to another £50. I do Qmee as they pay out immediately whenever you want the cash. I earn a few pounds a month from them.

mrsyardbroom

Just another thing I've thought of that you could sign up for and that's paid focus groups. I've done a couple of interviews and they were excellent. I did one on grey hair which was a webcam chat and I was paid £60. I did another one which was a telephone interview on sports clubs. I'm the treasurer of a sports club and it was right up my street. I was paid £30 for that one. If you live near a big city you might be able to join focus groups at some of the locations. It's the most money I've ever earned for an hour.