Filling out surveys can be fun and interesting, it can also be very time consuming. There are problems associated with online surveys like the potential of being scammed out of money. Some websites require a membership fee just to access a list of companies that offer paid surveys. Another thing people need to be on the lookout for is being conned into joining third party websites.
There is a light at the end of the Internet survey tunnel, it is possible to earn money by filling out surveys from reputable companies:
*Sign up for multiple survey sites that offer monetary incentives. Filling out surveys is not a quick and easy way to make a living but you can earn some extra money doing it in your spare time. The key is to sign up with more than one website. Be sure that the sites you sign up with offer monetary incentives. You will stand to make more money by filling out surveys for more than one company. The reason for this is that there are going to be times where you do not qualify for certain surveys on one site and therefore will not make anything on some days. With more than one company, you stand a better chance of qualifying for surveys each day.
*Be consistent. Check your email (most survey sites will email you invitations to surveys they currently have) and survey sites each day to increase your chances of being able to fill out surveys. This is not something you want to forget about for days at a time. The more surveys you respond to, the more surveys the sites will offer to you.
*Avoid survey websites that charge you a membership fee. The survey sites that charge you just to join, are generally not legitimate survey sites. As with any type of job, you should not have to pay to work.
*Participate on websites that offer product testing for things like shampoo and coffee. Some survey companies will send you a new product from a well known brand name to try out at home for a set amount of time. When the time is up, you will fill out the survey and get to keep any remaining product. A few of these survey companies also will pay you a certain amount for testing the product. It is actually a good deal, free products plus a check!
There is definitely money to be made filling out surveys for companies, however you must be careful not to be scammed. Like any work from opportunity, there are many survey sites that just want to scam you out of your money.
Once you have accumulated a nice reputable list of paying survey sites, then you weed out the ones that do not have a very good payout. For example, if you spend twenty minutes doing a cat food survey and the site pays you a penny, that is not a very good payout for your twenty minutes of sitting there answering questions.
Do some solid research before signing up, be consistent in checking for available surveys and have fun!
