Are survey's still worth doing?

mylifemyrules

Hi,
I'm a unpaid carer for my disabled child, I get carers allowance but I'm hoping to make a bit extra a month for pocket money. Is this still achievable? Thank you 

mjm3346

Mostly only if you value your time at almost nothing and are happy for a few extra pence per hour

dave2319

I don't really agree with that. Yes, there are some places that pay small amounts which probably add up to less than a pound an hour, but it's perfectly possible to make a bit extra each month for pocket money.

Everyone's experience will be different because of demographics, but I think YLive is worth joining. They send fairly few surveys a month by email but pay well at a minimum of £1 each.

Also, I have a good experience with Prime Opinion. The pay there is much lower (maybe only £1 or a bit more per hour) but there are loads of surveys available on their website, although I tend to just pick the better-paying ones, and their customer service is very good. Handy if you just want to pick your own time for doing some, and also good if you're consistent there and pick up bonuses for streaks.

Seemingly the best-paying site is Prolific, which I'm not yet at, but you'll probably need to join a waiting list. Anyway, the answer to your question is yes, if you'd be happy picking up £30+ per month then it should be perfectly achievable.

mjm3346

dave2319 said:

I don't really agree with that. Yes, there are some places that pay small amounts which probably add up to less than a pound an hour, but it's perfectly possible to make a bit extra each month for pocket money.

Everyone's experience will be different because of demographics, but I think YLive is worth joining. They send fairly few surveys a month by email but pay well at a minimum of £1 each.

Also, I have a good experience with Prime Opinion. The pay there is much lower (maybe only £1 or a bit more per hour) but there are loads of surveys available on their website, although I tend to just pick the better-paying ones, and their customer service is very good. Handy if you just want to pick your own time for doing some, and also good if you're consistent there and pick up bonuses for streaks.

Seemingly the best-paying site is Prolific, which I'm not yet at, but you'll probably need to join a waiting list. Anyway, the answer to your question is yes, if you'd be happy picking up £30+ per month then it should be perfectly achievable.

Y-live at £1 for 5 mins is one of 3 sites I still use compared to 30+ I have used at one time or another - Swagbucks can pay less than 10p an hour for some surveys and passive earnings have gone (previously you could get £60 to £80 or more a month just by letting their mobile apps run), Prime Opinion was advertised on SB as higher paying but it can also pay appalling rates (I joined and got enough for the bonus before leaving them).

While the going was good I had over £10k from survey type sites and over £20k from free to enter competitions, the chances of anything like that now are very slim.

Adjusting for inflation £60 to £80 in 2018 would be £77 to £103 now (many sites have reduced what they actually pay or kept it the same instead of increasing it to at least make the payments worth the same amount. Even y-live haven't changed payments since at least 2010 so just to offer the same value should be over £1.50 per 5 mins now

House_owner

I manage to get about £100 a month from surveys - the best paying is Prolific - normally I am getting £60 - £80 a month from them. Would recommend also doing Opinium, and Onepoll. I normally get a payout 4 times a year on both of these, but recently cashed out 2 months in a row with Onepoll. On valued opinions I normally get £10 shopping voucher a month, but get very frustrated often spending 10 - 15 minutes doing a survey only to be told that I am screened out. Opinion outpost - also getting more frustrating. I used to easily get £20 a month from them, but now down to £10 - £15 a month.

Vectis

mjm3346 said:

Mostly only if you value your time at almost nothing and are happy for a few extra pence per hour

Well, Prolific surveys, or studies as they call them, usually pay around £6 per hour, sometimes more.

I literally do enough for coffee money each week, and turn down most of them, just doing a few minutes here and there. Most stipulate a desktop or laptop, but some can be down on a mobile.

It's certainly worth signing up for and then pick and choose which you want to do (although the amount you get offered will obviously depend on demographics).

Just leave the page open on your PC and any new surveys will turn up there, no need to keep refreshing etc.

It's very well managed. You'll need a Paypal account and can cashout once you've earned £6.

GardenBirdWatcher

mjm3346 said:

Mostly only if you value your time at almost nothing and are happy for a few extra pence per hour

The way I've always looked at surveys is "would I rather spend my 15 minute bus ride to work earning a little bit of money doing a survey or two or mindlessly doom scrolling on Instagram".

I usually earn a total of £7 or £8 a month from YouGov and Swagbucks. I used to do a few others, such as OnePoll and ySensem but found that I was screened out more often than not, so gave up on them. It's never going to make me rich, but it pays for the odd coffee 

mjm3346

GardenBirdWatcher said:

mjm3346 said:

Mostly only if you value your time at almost nothing and are happy for a few extra pence per hour

The way I've always looked at surveys is "would I rather spend my 15 minute bus ride to work earning a little bit of money doing a survey or two or mindlessly doom scrolling on Instagram".

I usually earn a total of £7 or £8 a month from YouGov and Swagbucks. I used to do a few others, such as OnePoll and ySensem but found that I was screened out more often than not, so gave up on them. It's never going to make me rich, but it pays for the odd coffee 

When I used to commute 15+ years ago, I used the daily 180 minutes to read/listen to music etc. so no "dead" time to fill. Since my time is now all my own I require at least £10/hour to drop something I want to do and replace it with a survey.