Couple of months ago 2 friends told me about how they were making some walking around cash by answering surveys in their spare time. Hmmm, I have some spare time so I asked them to forward me the information. They sent me the links, I joined and one of my friends made some change because I joined under her. Some survey companies don’t have affiliate programs. Affiliate programs are another way to make some money, simply by referring people to the company’s site and having them join. I will write on this topic another time.
Weeks later, I receive surveys weekly. They take anywhere from 5-20 minutes each. Often you will need to answer basic questions about yourself to generate surveys. Questions asked vary: where do you live, age, gender, ethnicity, work, education, income, rent or own, etc… The more you answer about yourself or household the more surveys you will generate. The frustrating part is that you may not qualify for some of these surveys but you don’t find out until you are half way in to them. Also, most of these companies only allow one member per household, it really helps if you are the decision maker of the house or else you may not qualify for the bulk of the surveys.
Payment, some of these companies pay you in sweepstake entries, market points and some monthly via check or Paypal. Sweepstakes entry is just that, for every successfully completed survey you receive an entry into their sweepstakes. Market points are points allocated to the given survey, for example, survey A can have 35-60 market points, Survey B 50-75 the amount depends on how well you fit the survey’s target demographic. 1 market point maybe equivalent to 5 cents and the cash out point is $25.00 or you can use the points to buy items on the survey’s market. The monthly check is aways best, although some survey companies will have a minimum cash out amount, you can ask for a check or transfer into your Paypal account.
Survey Companies:
PineCone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com they may or may not be taking new participants. They pay $3 a survey via Paypal or check. They also have Sweepstakes. No affiliate/referrals yet.
Global Test Market http://www.globaltestmarket.com/ they are always taking new participants, market points & sweepstakes, no affiliate/referrals yet.
MySurvey.com https://www.mysurvey.com/index.cfm?action=Main.join&r=6815607 they are always taking new participants, market points & sweepstakes, yes affiliate & referrals. 1,000 MySurvey.com Reward Points have a cash value of $10.00. Member accounts below 1,000 Points have no cash value.
Focus Point Global Survey http://www.focusgroup.com they are always taking new participants, they pay via check after a $20 has accrued or after 3 months of membership. No affiliate/referral yet. If you qualify for their surveys they call you to be a part of a focus group and pay up around $100 a session. The focus groups I’ve been invited too are in Santa Monica.
These are just some of the Survey Companies I’ve tried recently and made some walking around cash, let me know if you’ve tried any others, I will give them a try as well and review them.
Next, I will review Pay Per Click sites. Stay tuned…
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