How do you make money doing online surveys?

[Eagle]

How do you make money doing online surveys?

(based on a post I saw by DisneySteve)

[rennigade]

I used to use globaltestmarket. Years ago I would make around $50/month. That was before they started throwing in questions like: For this answer select the option of watermelon. If you select the wrong answer the survey ends and you get no money. I used to not read them and buzz through them as fast as possible. Im sure they now have other methods to weed out those who arent filling out the survey properly.

[disneysteve]

There are several survey sites that are legit but you need to do a ton of surveys to make any real money. I do Pinecone which used to pay $5/survey but then lowered it to $3. I still do them as they don't take long and occasionally they send you products to sample and you get extra money for that.

[kork13]

I participate with Pinecone, Harris, and e-Rewards. With Pinecone, I've earned about $70 in 6 months (haven't cashed it in yet). In about the same period, I've also earned about 4,000 Southwest miles (~$75 worth, if considering an average $220/12k mile 1-way cheapo ticket), which is my preferred redemption method with them . I'm new to Harris, but in a few weeks, I've earned enough points for a $5 Amazon gift card, plus a bit extra.

So I'm not making bank by any means, but for the cost of a few minutes each day, I'm happy enough with it. It's also interesting for me to take some of these polls and identify what companies are most likely behind the polls, and to get a look at the marketing they use ahead of actually seeing it ON the market. But I'm kind of a nerd like that.....

[SandraGenJobs]

How do you make money doing online surveys?

I've never tried online surveys but my friend has and according to him it's a waste of time. He earned a really pathetic amount of money and all the time he invested in doing surveys could have been used in better ways.

[Eagle]

There are several survey sites that are legit but you need to do a ton of surveys to make any real money. I do Pinecone which used to pay $5/survey but then lowered it to $3. I still do them as they don't take long and occasionally they send you products to sample and you get extra money for that.

Cool thanks for the info. How long does a survey take? Do you have to provide personal information? How do you cash out the money earned?

[disneysteve]

Cool thanks for the info. How long does a survey take? Do you have to provide personal information? How do you cash out the money earned?

Pinecone surveys take about 5 minutes. They give you reward points that are redeemable through an online rewards catalog. One of the rewards (the only one I ever pick) is cash paid to my PayPal account.

[kaufc]

Cool thanks for the info. How long does a survey take? Do you have to provide personal information? How do you cash out the money earned?

Have you heard about Swagbucks? I'm not trying to advertise, but if you are thinking about getting paid for answering online surveys, you may want to try Swagbucks.

Swagbucks enables users to earn a virtual currency called Swag Bucks by performing a variety of online activities such as taking surveys, playing games, shopping online, participating in polls. Earned Swag Bucks currency can then be exchanged to Pay Pal cash, gift cards, and other rewards.

[richard johnson]

You can not really, honestly make living just by doing surveys online. You can, however, definitely get some extra cash and win some prizes.

[summerdsea]

Most I've tried seem like a waste of time. I will check out pinecones!

[Jsteinkruger]

I tried this one summer when I was unemployed waiting to start my new job, in about 2 months, I made $100 and received a gillete razor set to try and write feedback on. It is not something that will give you a lot of extra income unless you have a heck of a lot of time to spare. Good luck but not really worth it, IMO.

[Emmanwose]

Earn Money via Paid Surveys

Actually I make money via Paid Surveys by referring a lot of users as well as completing every surveys that comes my way. You must join a lot of paid survey sites if you really want to earn big.

[msomnipotent]

I used to get really high paying surveys, like $75-$150, for medical conditions. Some were really involved and you had an hour or more survey plus phone interview. Those seem to have dried up. I'm lucky to get $1 now, and the survey sites seemed to have lost all their honor. I have had such a problem getting the points and payments promised from so many of them that I have quit all but two (Ipsos and e-rewards). I'm leaning towards quitting them, too.

[disneysteve]

I used to get really high paying surveys, like $75-$150, for medical conditions. Some were really involved and you had an hour or more survey plus phone interview. Those seem to have dried up.

Do you mean surveys aimed at patients with certain medical conditions? Those have definitely not dried up. Typically, the companies contact physicians in their panel requesting patient referrals. I'd suggest telling all of your doctors that you are interested in doing those surveys if the opportunity arises. I get those invites regularly but just ignore them because I'm not going to take the time to try and find interested patients even though I get a referral fee for each one I send them.

[rennigade]

I used to get really high paying surveys, like $75-$150, for medical conditions. Some were really involved and you had an hour or more survey plus phone interview. Those seem to have dried up. I'm lucky to get $1 now, and the survey sites seemed to have lost all their honor. I have had such a problem getting the points and payments promised from so many of them that I have quit all but two (Ipsos and e-rewards). I'm leaning towards quitting them, too.

Those medical surveys are a huge problem imo. Pharma should not be allowed to persuade anyone to use their product. There should be no outside influence other than what is best for the patient. It has little to do with education and more to do with pushing/selling drugs. Its messed up.