I have recently made the mistake of buying a membership fee at one of those paid survey site like surveyscout.com and paidsurveysonline.com

And incase anyone is considering taking paid surveys for money please listen up and I'll tell you how they work.

These paid survey sites make it appear that they will send you all the paying surveys you can handle when in reality all they do is provide you with a list of other companies that send you surveys. The companies they list are the legitimate research companies that will conduct the surveys and offer you compensation for your time. So once you pay your membership fee you then have to browse through their list and sign up with all the survey sites that interest you. And then you sit back and wait for invitations to be emailed to you. As I understand it, some people will receive more survey invitations than others. It depends on the demographics the specific company is looking for in survey participants. So a middle aged mother might get more invitations and higher paid surveys than say a 18 year old single man. But it seems that each market research company is looking for something alittle bit different in participants. So if you sign up with a bunch of companies you increase your odds of getting matched up with a company that is really looking for your opinion and who is willing to pay for it.

Getting paid to take surveys is real and it does work. You just shouldn't go into it expecting to get rich from it. You should look at it as an easy way to make some extra spending money. And you should never pay any site to take surveys. All you will get for your money is information which can be found for free all over the internet. One of my favourite free resource for paid surveys is the website yellowsurveys.com. This free website gives details to over 500 legitimate survey companies. All of the information is freely displayed and catagorized by which country you live in.

I hope I have been of some help in explain how paid surveys work. Please don't make the same mistake I made and pay a membership fee to take surveys, when you can get the same information for free.

ab-solute

Here are the ones that have helped me click here

fredg

HI,
I would like to add one simple comment. If you are looking for an online job, in regards to anything; DON'T PAY FOR IT.

Any company, online, who wants pay for getting a job is NOT what you want. Companies pay you to work for them, not the other way around!

qwertyman

Same exact thoughts here!

Zero

I would never recommend anyone to pay for joining a survey site as all the information they charge you for is already available free elsewhere on the net.

I have been completing surveys for around a year now (all of which were free to join) and have received some money/vouchers back although it must be admitted nowhere near the amount I had originally expected. However, most of the surveys I have received have been interesting and well rewarded there have been some looking for me to complete a survey lasting 1/2 an hour with a reward of only 50pence.

The best ones in my opinion have been Ciao, GoZing, American Consumer Opinion and by far the best is Pinecone Research.

I found free links to these and other surveys at http://www.123money.co.uk/html/surveys.html and http://www.afkf.com/fun/surveys.htm

fredg

Hi, Zero,
Thank you for the links and all the information.
I am sure it will be most helpful to those looking to make a little extra money. Have a great day.

bizygurl

These are some really good information, I had been thinking of doing the surveys but weren'y sure which one were legite or not. Thanks for the info everyone.

jollychick

If you enjoy making money doing surveys, then perhaps you'll like to make money reading paid emails. Check out my referral website for all the programs that I belong to. All of them are free to join. You'll be happy to see how fast your earnings can add up. Just click on each individual link and sign up for as many as you like.

http://www.freewebs.com/cathy_lee123/

NeedKarma

Your website is all about you getting referrals so I'll skip that and ask you directly: how does one get paid to read emails?

jollychick

You get paid when you click on the advertisers' link. For example, in the 5 cents to $5 link, PaidEmail.com will automatically send you paid emails to your email address and all you have to do is click on the advertiser's link at the beginning of the email and you get credited for it. You don't have to sign up for offers if you don't want to and still get credited. All your earnings is detailed at the bottom of each paid email that they send you. It's really simple and easy to make money this way. Why don't you sign up and try it out.