Online Surveys: Ways to make money

[colby99]

Online surveys don't pay very well due to limitations in the survey design and the verification of respondents.

The biggest survey dollars are offered to those who most value their time. I've seen some surveys offer $500 for 60-90 minutes for tech executives who fit a certain profile. At least part of the survey is done in person. These surveys often go unfilled due to lack of interest. It's simply not a good use of their time to drive to the survey site and give up that productive time. They could make more sitting at the office.

On another level, if you have specialized expertise in a growing industry, there are recruiters who will pay thousands for an hour of your time by skype to ask for your opinion and give you five-figure monthly retainers.

[ronb]

Surveys are cool, but honestly, you are better off investing your money and developing some passive income that way, plus the payoff is you don't have to work for the money, you can just collect your stock dividends and chill with Netflix.

[disneysteve]

For anyone who is new to survey sites - Prolific Academic and Populus Live are among some of the best I've come across.

The surveys are actually interesting and they tend to pay several pounds rather than several p.

Since they pay in pounds, I assume they are UK-based. Do you know if folks in the US can participate as well?

Some of the medical surveys I do are for companies based in Canada or elsewhere but they are open to US doctors (and pay us in USD).

[Lopster]

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[Veronica101]

Online surveys, a freelancer, blogging this is all a good way to earn money online without any investments. The Internet has many options that easily helps us to make money. Surveys are the best way to make some pocket money. You mom is very smart.

[Kimberly925]

You could try the QuickThoughts app. It doesn't pay money but you can earn gift cards. If you have an android phone you can get Amazon gift cards and for iOS you get iTunes gift cards. Surveys pay $1 per survey and if you don't qualify you still get 10 cents. My first week using it, I got 3 - $10 Amazon gift cards.