Are any paid survey sites worth the effort?

9 years ago

Why don't you start with Affiliate Marketing? It's way more profitable then those survey sites.

Best regards,

CPA Beyond

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

AM at CPA Beyond - #1 Private Network - Daily Payments (No Fees)

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9979669].message }}

Mikej413 9 years ago

Originally Posted by CPABeyondNetwork

Why don't you start with Affiliate Marketing? It's way more profitable then those survey sites.

Best regards,

CPA Beyond

Actually I am currently looking into that as well. That seems more like a work in progress and seems to have a much bigger learning curve(building a website/blog, building a list, autoresponder etc). I'm looking for something a bit easier to start out with so I can earn some money(capital)that I can use for the big boy stuff(affiliate marketing etc). I am also in the process of studying SEO(which some might say is a waste of time but I'm doing it anyway since most people still search online with google and not facebook).
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9979752].message }}

SlfMastery

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Mikej413

I am a member of inbox dollars but it is taking me a long time to get anywhere with it. I am not on any other survey sites. What I would like to know is are any of them worth the time and effort and which ones pay the best. Thanks.

IFFFFF any would be, you would at a minimum have auto form fillers like Robo Form. Then, you could outsource the work at places like mturk, keeping the difference as your profit. But, you will have to have a LOT of surveys filled to make any decent income.

I tried Cash Crate and did it myself, made some money of course, but the cost (of time) - Benefit was not worth it to me.

Hope this helps your decision.

Charlie

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

**Blueprint To Your First $50 - FREE Now!
**Amazon Assoc. Reveals How To Make $1500 Fast

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9979690].message }}

encynova 9 years ago

There are some paid surveys sites out there are pretty good, some of which are even rated A+ with the BBB. The key to making money with paid survey sites is to join multiple survey sites that pay. This way you will have more surveys sent your way everyday which in return will equal more money. Here you can find a list of the best survey sites - https://365moneyonline.com/Paid_Surveys.html
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10024513].message }}

Jeff Lenney

9 years ago

If you want to spend HOURS to maybe earn $20 a month or so - then by all means they're worth it!

Thanks

Signature

Too lazy to write something clever here, so check out my marketing blog and learn from a REAL Super Affiliate at JeffLenney.com

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9979695].message }}

ChrisBa

9 years ago

Imo no, you'd likely see better results with affiliate marketing assuming you are ready to put in the time and effort

Thanks

Signature

$ POPS GUIDE - YOUR FIRST CONVERSION GUARANTEED! $

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9979881].message }}

sunoy14

9 years ago

I don't think you will find any genuine paid surverys without paying some membership fee. I searched a lot for free paid survery sites some years back but never found one. Then one day I joined a paid survery site for a membership fee per month. It paid out genuinely. I forgot the site's name though.

Be careful with paid survery sites. They vanish after sometime (even the membership ones). The site I joined vainished too.

And I too will agree that affiliate marketing is better than paid survery sites. Though there is a learning curve to it, you can earn more. You can scale up your affiliate marketing business. The more traffic you get, the more money. Whereas with paid surverys, you are limited to earning since you have a limited time daily and can complete only a limited amount of surverys with your time.

As someone mentioned above, I think it would be a good idea to start your own website giving survery services of your own, charge an amount and then outsource to mturk.

Good Luck

Thanks

Signature

Web developer at www.rom-link.com. Web design, themes and plugins.
Free guitar lessons www.mamamusicians.com

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9979894].message }}

kazim

9 years ago

I suggest you not to waste your time with those survey sites. You can make maximum $30-$50 per month. Why don't you spend your time for learning Internet marketing? You can make 10 times more with internet marketing.

Thanks

Signature

Increase Profit From Your Website Up to 107%

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980003].message }}

oagece

9 years ago

i've tried inbox dollars and a TON of other surveys. The only one i CAN recommend is surveysavy
you wont be making huge amounts of money but you can deff make some pocket money. ive taken surveys ranging from $1-100 dollars. They dont come everyday but its good to have some extra money. But like everyone else said the amount of time you spend vs the money you make dont really benefit you. You can begin affiliate marketing and get good results. There are diff ways you can get free traffic so you're not spending anything yet.
Good luck

Thanks

Signature

Click here NOW If you want to learn how to make your first $5,000 in as little as 4 weeks !!! Newbie friendly . FREE LIMITED TIME ONLY !

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980010].message }}

discrat

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Mikej413

I am a member of inbox dollars but it is taking me a long time to get anywhere with it. I am not on any other survey sites. What I would like to know is are any of them worth the time and effort and which ones pay the best. Thanks.

Honestly, if you want to take your IM career to the next level my answer is NO !!

That being said 7 1/2 years ago I started doing Paid Surveys and it's what got me started in earning money online.

I was making about $150 month.

But after I found other more effective ways to make money , I realized the money with paid surveys was not worth the time and effort.

If you are really in desperate need to make some small amounts of money. They are okay.

But there are better ways to do it

- Robert Andrew

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980116].message }}

slammer81 9 years ago

They can be a reasonable way to start making a little bit of money online, and will open your eyes to what it feels like to earn a dollar online.

Then you'll likely move on to other online endeavours.

It should be known though that even if you have a decent bit of success in IM rather quickly, it still requires some grunt work - that as a beginner - isn't totally basic stuff. You'll be learning, implementing and moving along very incrementally - the work comes before the earning.

Good luck.
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980151].message }}

bemyboss

9 years ago

The surveys take alot of hours to earn pennies. Not worthwhile to spend hours doing this. Better spend your time doing Affiliate Marketing or CPA.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980203].message }}

copywriterco

9 years ago

Paid survey sites is worth your efforts.. But since you're already doing that, you might also want to try doing affiliate marketing at the same time! What do you think?

Thanks

Signature

Get Your Free Copywriting Guide at Copy-Writer.co

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980247].message }}

Andre Slater

9 years ago

If your getting confused with everyone saying affiliate marketing what they mean is...

Instead of doing the surveys you promote the survey site for commission.

If you are doing surveys now I would get some results and then market your results to people who maybe interested in doing surveys for money.

Example:

How I made $100 dollars with 20 minutes of work just by filling in blanks...

Your Welcome

Thanks

Signature

-=My Personal Blog=-

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980251].message }}

Antares330

9 years ago

Surveys, hmm, they are never worth it... I know a guy who does a lot of surveys from Google and gets paid in Google play store money (if I'm not wrong), and He thinks it worth it, but He's always saying like, well He's got like $7 in his account he got for free... it might be worth it for him, but my time has more value (Unless I goof off with my time

)
Hope this helps
Justin

PS: LOL what Jeff said above is true...
If you want to spend HOURS to maybe earn $20 a month or so - then by all means they're worth it!

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980765].message }}

Brent Stangel

9 years ago

are any of them worth the time and effort

Your time will be much better spent on other activities.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Get Off The Warrior Forum Now & Don't Come Back If You Want To Succeed!
All The Real Marketers Are Gone. There's Nothing Left But Weak, Sniveling Wanna-Bees!

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980778].message }}

Kay King 9 years ago

That being said 7 1/2 years ago I started doing Paid Surveys

10 years ago I did a survey and was paid $75 a couple days later....did three more surveys and got a total of $50 ...and moved on.

You tried them 7 1/2 yrs ago..someone else tried them 5 years ago.

"Paid surveys" are an evergreen IM topic - they pop up once a year or so when someone on a blog or in a WSO advises "there's money in paid surveys"...never was much money and these days it's rare to find a buck. However, people still sell "how to make money with surveys" ebooks so maybe THAT is where the money is.

The recent influx of "paid survey" threads here tells me some "how to" book or WSO is selling well.
- [ 2 ] Thanks
- 1 reply
Signature

Saving one dog will not change the world - but the world changes forever for that one dog
***
Live life like someone left the gate open
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9980786].message }}
- discrat 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  The recent influx of "paid survey" threads here tells me some "how to" book or WSO is selling well.
  
  Thats really sad to sell an ebook on taking paid surveys. The book probably sells for $10 or more and it will take you about 10 or more surveys of 20 minutes per survey to recoup that.
  
  Terrible ROI ,imo
  
  P.S. all this being said I lived in LA 8 years ago. And if you live in LA or NY City there are Sites( at least one I frequented) that major Corporations are scouring for Focus Groups to show up in person and review products, take tests etc..etc... And they pay really well.
  
  ( I did an online Focus Group that paid me $125 for an hour on Cell Phone usage)
  
  I cannot remember the Site but it was some good stuff but ONLY if you lived in LA or NY
  
  [ 1 ] Thanks
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9981062].message }}

normie

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Mikej413

I am a member of inbox dollars but it is taking me a long time to get anywhere with it. I am not on any other survey sites. What I would like to know is are any of them worth the time and effort and which ones pay the best. Thanks.

Inbox Dollars is more of a reward site than a paid survey site, if you want to make a few extra dollars each month you can with Paid Surveys, results vary from person to person and from survey site to survey site you need to join as many as you can and see what sites work best for you, but the average person wouldn't make any more than $100-$200 each month from paid surveys.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9982115].message }}

uktrader

9 years ago

In one word, NO.

Your time is worth more than that.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10024518].message }}

RonBartling

9 years ago

My experience with the survey sites was not good. It was a total waste of time for me. IMO, your time is better spent elsewhere.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10024700].message }}

mizan64

9 years ago

Hey there,
Greetings. Taking online survey is one of the ways to earn extra money from home. There are a lot of such sites you may find online. Otherwise, and Nowhere else you can visit related sites to get more about online survey. I have visited https://365moneyonline.com/Paid_Surveys.html

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10036430].message }}

Are any paid survey sites worth the effort?

Trending Topics

Any thoughts on golf's latest phenom...Scottie Scheffler??

Infographic: How B2B marketers on LinkedIn can maximise their efforts for better audience reach

What's the Best IM-Related Skill to Learn Today That Can Help in the Future?

best high quality crypto traffic.

Some interesting stats about brand comms