Survey Site Review
This article is dedicated to all of those survey sites out there that pay you for
your opinion. I have only reviewed here the ones that I have found to be
worthwhile. The major problem with a lot of these sites is that they have so
many low paying and hard to qualify for surveys that you don’t often get to take
a good one. Also if you look at the amount of time spent doing most of these
surveys; you would most likely be better off flipping burgers or pumping gas on
a dollar per hour comparison. That said they can give you some nice pocket
change for any spare time you have on your computer. You also can do as little
or as many as you feel which is also a redeeming quality. All of that said,
these are still some of the best sites I have found to make money online.
Overview:
Survey Savvy is great and will only email me when I have a
survey that I can actually take. You put in all of your info like age, gender,
and other selection criteria in when you sign up, so it only send you emails for
surveys that you meet the requirements for. Pretty much they only email you
surveys that you can take. The surveys range from like 2-5 bucks normally, but
will sometimes be different. You can also refer your friends to the site and get
a percentage of their revenue and get a smaller percentage from your friends
referrals’ also.
Example Email:
The email for
Survey Savvy is very simple and always comes from the same
email(invite@surveysavvy.com). The estimated survey times are very accurate and
it is very clear how much they pay.
There is also another type of email that you can receive from them. Here is an
example email of that type.
After filling out your personal information they may send you
additional surveys based upon any of that personal information. I am not sure
how often these will happen or what they will pay for them as I assume they are
all different.
Completed Survey Page:
Payment:
The payment page for
Survey Savvy is very basic and simple to read. It is nice
that it is so clear cut, but it does not give you a way to track which surveys
you have completed which is a bit of a negative. If you click the “Request a
Payment” button they will send you a check for the amount that you request on
the next page.
Overview:
Toluna and Greenfield Online have just merged at the beginning
of 2010. They used to be separate sites but now are combined together into a
community on Toluna.com. This site is not only a survey site, but rather a whole
online community. You can create Polls and Topics for other members to answer
and everyday there are generally 3-6 sponsored short 3 question polls you can
answer for points. There are many ways to earn points to subsidize your survey
points.
Example Email:
Their email has changed a bit since last year and now only comes from
(SurveySupport@toluna.com). The point value and survey length is clearly stated
in the email which is very nice too.
Here is an example of a sponsored mini survey which I think was only 4
questions long. They have many of these a day which is nice because it takes so
little time to do.
Completed Survey Page:
Payment:
The payment page is separate from the points page which is very in
depth. It is nice that they separate them because it makes the payments page
basic. You can be paid by check or PayPal in increments of $20 which is 60,000
points. The payments are actually pretty fast too which is awesome.
Overview:
MySurvey has few surveys but generally gives high point amounts
for them which is nice. It makes it so that you don’t need to sit on it a lot
and just need to login and take a survey when you get an email notification.
Every time they email you they already prescreen you as you can see in the
example email, so you don’t get stuck trying to take a survey that you won’t
qualify for. This is an awesome part of the site.
Example Email:
The emails from
MySurvey are always from (carol@mysurvey.com) and let you
know what kind of survey there is available. You need to log into the site to
take the survey and to find out how many points it is worth.
Completed Survey Page:
Payment:
The payment page is separate from the points page. Every 1000 points
that you earn gets you $10 which is not a bad deal since you get some big point
value surveys and tons of little 5 point surveys as you can see here.
Overview:
Joining
u.talk.back is FREE and by invitation only. I got mine from best
buy I think by signing up for their rewardszone points program. They only send
you surveys that have something to do with you which is great(I guess it is
based on your age/gender) and they are easy to complete. They offer gift cards
to very popular stores and have some popular magazine subscriptions. Normally I
prefer cash, but they have good stores that most people shop at so it does not
matter to me much.
Example Email:
Their emails are always from (u.talk.back@utalkback.net) and specify
the amount of points and time needed for the survey. They only send surveys that
you can easily qualify for which is great. Also if you for some reason don’t fit
into the survey group they will give you partial points for taking the time to
take the screener in the first place. I have never seen a survey site that gives
you points even if you don’t take the entire survey!!
Completed Survey Page:
Payment:
There are a bunch of different gift cards that you can choose from
(American Eagle, Express, GameStop, iTunes, Macy's, Starbucks, Target,
Ticketmaster) and generally it is 300 points for a $25 gift card and 450 points
for a $50 gift card. You can also get subscriptions to magazines (Maxim,
Automobile, Latina, Interview, Motor Trend, Lucky, Seventeen, Golf Digest,
Outside Magazine, Entrepreneur, PC World, Paste Magazine, and Golf week) for the
year, for 100-350 points.
Overview:
Treasure
Trooper is not the same as regular survey sites as it is more of
an offer site. You can still do three daily surveys a day(which are worth $.75
for each Daily Survey #1, $1.00 for each Daily Survey #2, and $.75 for each
Daily Survey #3) which is great. You can also do tons of free offers on their
site which will rack up generally 50 cents each one. You can also participate in
other paid offers which can get you much more pay. Also on their site you can go
shopping and receive cash back for purchases. One other new feature on the site
is Cash Clicks which you get 5 cents for each of the links that you click. You
may click each of the links once every 24 hours.
Treasure trooper is great because it is one portal and paycheck
with so many different ways to earn. You can do a mixture of them all or any
combination you want and still make a lot of money.
Example Email:
There is no survey email from
Treasure trooper but there is a bimonthly email newsletter with
some newsletter bonus offers, a comic strip, and other cool stuff.
Payment:
Treasure trooper is the site that I have made by far the
most money with. It is a really good site and combines a bunch of different
online ways to make money into one web portal. There is also a fun treasure
hunting theme and some ways to make money there too.
Hopefully you will have just as much luck and sucess as I have had with these
sites. Also please leave a comment on any experiences you have had yourself.
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