When I first looked into making money online the first thing that struck my eye that I didn't have to pay for was taking surveys for cash. This varies a lot. They come in cash value, point value and gift cards/certificates. One of the big problems that I have realized over the past year of survey taking is that the good sites, namely the ones that pay cash, do not send out surveys all that often. Even if they do, they either are worth a small amount or you don't qualify for.
This brings up the complication of qualification. Unfortunately, survey sites operate on a demographic basis. In other words, where you live, age, sex, number of kids, household size. If you do not match their specified demographic for that survey, or they have already had a lot of users matching your demographic take the survey, you will be denied. That means you make no money.
When you do not qualify for a survey, you usually go through quite a few screens, taking anywhere from 3-5 minutes inputting your base information to be told you do not qualify. Other times, you will go through the entire survey and they have saved the demographic portion for the end of the survey. Then at the end, once you've put in 10-35 minutes of effort, you are slammed with a notice that you did not qualify for that survey.
Most times survey companies will give you a sweepstakes entry when you don't qualify. Though I believe there are so many people entering the sweeps that it isn't likely you'll get anything. So that time you spend is wasted.
When it comes to point systems. You usually get 10-75 points per survey. Those points are usually put toward gift cards/certificates, some instances give you the paypal or pre-paid debit card option. In that case, there is normally 1100 points needed to get 10 dollars. Also, sometimes they will be out of a certain card, so you'll have to wait.
The only survey site I have ever been able to actually cash out on has been Valued Opinions. And during the time when I was saving up my earnings for a debit card, they changed their system. Now, you can pick a Macy's, Amazon.com and other gift cards. I have to admit, I liked having 20 dollars to spend on amazon.com, but I could have probably used it for more for things like gas or bill payments. Que sera.
That being said. Survey taking can be good if you have a lot of time on your hands and like to shop on amazon.com or the like but if you are looking for a steady income that can help pay your bills. I really don't think survey taking is going to help. The time invested and the compensation is not equal. But it can be fun.
I will definitely post more on survey sites, especially ones that are nice and that actually work.
Hope this helped someone.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
~Stephanie
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