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Is YourFreeSurveys.com Good?
Feb 13th
I’ve tried out YourFreeSurveys for a few weeks now. So, what’s my review of YourFreeSurveys?
YourFreeSurveys is a website that doesn’t directly offer you surveys. Honestly, this was slightly disappointing. On their website they advertise surveys they are “giving” their members. YourFreeSurveys just refers you to other surveys. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, in fact I got referred to some high profiting surveys this way. More >
Make $8.00 An Hour Online
Feb 8th
How do you earn a steady income online? It’s not as hard as some people think. Thank goodness for Amazon’s Mturk. More >
Got Paid by ValuedOpinions
Jan 18th
I requested a $20 Visa Gift Card from ValuedOpinions after completing a few surveys. I promptly received the gift card, which is somewhat surprising since most online paid survey companies take awhile to hand out payment.
If you haven’t already, I would recommend signing up with ValuedOpinions. They pay a fair amount for each survey you take. I’ve gotten $5.00 for a 20 minute survey.
SurveyScout Review : The Real Deal
Dec 13th
I’ve been a member of SurveyScout since 2006. I paid the full $34.95 to become a member. People always ask me, is SurveyScout a scam? Is SurveyScout legit? I’ll tell you from a member’s point of view and give you behind the scenes snapshots of the member’s area. Seriously, this is 100% honest; I’m not trying to make a sale and I’m not going to bash SurveyScout and then provide you with a link to another site that you still need to pay to join. I won’t hold back anything!
So, the nearly $35 fee, is it worth it? Yes and no. I found SurveyScout to be great when I was first starting out taking paid surveys online. It provided me with a list of paid survey sites to sign up with. I knew I could find most of those site links elsewhere for free, however it is so convenient to have them all in one place in an organized table.
Here’s what the paid survey database page looks like (I couldn’t take a snapshot of the survey sites… sorry):
As you can see, there are 6 full pages of survey sites. There really are more than you can sign up with. It helped out a lot when I had no idea where to begin.
If you’ve already familiarized yourself with the world of online paid surveys then you may think that SurveyScout is a scam. They are basically selling you a list of paid survey sites and some supporting information that, if you look around enough, you can get for free elsewhere. However, if you take the perspective of a newcomer to paid surveys, the $35 fee saves tens of hours of searching for paid survey sites and information on where to being and what other opportunities are out there.
One benefit of SurveyScout is that, upon signing up, you get a $25 voucher to a restaurant. I redeemed my voucher to a nearby restaurant and it was 100% legitimate. I ate dinner and handed them the voucher and they took it no questions asked. Vouchers were available to thousands of restaurants, so don’t think you won’t be able to find one near you.
Another benefit of SurveyScout is all of the extra offers and opportunities you get for signing up with the site. Along with links to paid survey sites, you get links to paid email sites, paid to drive sites, and other home-based opportunities like writing articles.
Here’s a preview of the bonus area:
Using the links in the bonus section I found out about writing articles online and I have since earned well over $100 from it. They really are useful, yet if you look around the internet long enough, you will find these links for free. The only thing is, with SurveyScout you don’t have to pay to register for these bonus opportunities, whereas if you found them yourself some incur a fee. Even some of the links through SurveyScout require you to pay a small fee.
SurveyScout has been around for a long time and no one has any major complaints. Yeah, once you find out that you could have found the links elsewhere you get a little bummed, but then you remember that SurveyScout really helped you get on your way. Would I take the $35 back? No, probably not. I found it to be a great resource for paid surveys, but that doesn’t mean everyone else will think so. I’ve made a few hundred dollars taking paid surveys and I would have to say that I owe some of success to SurveyScout.
Would I recommend SurveyScout? Well, even though SurveyScout certainly isn’t a scam, I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone. If you’ve already signed up with a few sites then I would hold back and save your money. If you’re brand new to the online paid survey scene and you don’t want to spend the time to look around for links to register and for recommended sites, then I would say go for it. It will save you time and the $35 fee isn’t all that much.
If you’re on a budget, then take a look around this site. We offer a free paid survey database (not as big as SurveyScout’s paid survey database, but pretty close). Click for the free paid survey database.
My overall review of SurveyScout is that it offers a great long list of paid survey sites and gives some bonus opportunities, but it is definitely for the beginners and not for advanced survey takers. They don’t directly offer surveys, just the links. So, if you’re already signed up with paid survey sites, it’s pretty useless.
If you are a beginner survey taker or feel that SurveyScout can help you out, sign-up by clicking on the link below! Good luck.
Make Money with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (mturk)
Nov 3rd
I came across an interesting opportunity to earn money online. Amazon created a website where tasks are posted with a reward. The website is called mturk, short for Amazon Mechanical Turk.
Some tasks pay around $5.00 and include things like reviewing a website or testing out a submit form. Other tasks include finding email addresses on a site or locating company information. These easier tasks pay a mere $0.05 to $0.10, sometimes even less.
My Review of Amazon’s mturk:
So far I have been slightly disappointed with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Sure, it’s great to be paid for doing easy tasks, but 5 cents per task does not add up quickly, not to mention these little tasks are time consuming. In order to make $8.00 per hour doing tasks at 5 cents a piece you would need to complete 160 tasks. That’s insane.
I have completed three tasks at this point. One promised to pay $6.10. I submitted the task and it won’t accept the submit, therefore wasting the time I spent completing the task. The other two tasks I completed were for $0.05, which are still pending. Once they clear (hopefully), I’ll come back and let you all know if they actually pay.
So, is there a way to make money with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk? Definitely. A lot of tasks are asking you write short articles (around 200-300 words) and they pay $1.00. This isn’t that much, however if you can turn out 8 articles per hour you will be making above minimum wage.
Let us know of your experiences with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Any suggestions on how to earn more money would be great!
Here’s a link if you’d like to check it out: MTurk
Valued Opinions Review
Nov 2nd
About a week ago I wrote an intro review to Valued Opinions. Now that I’ve been a member for two weeks, I can honestly say that I am quite impressed with Valued Opinions, and here is the updated review of Valued Opinions surveys.
I receive about three paid survey offers per day! Lately the rewards have been between $3.00 – $4.00 for a 25 minute survey. The surveys have actually taken me about 15-20 minutes to complete. One of them was even fun!
I have qualified for a lot more surveys lately, probably because they have been matching me based on a few screener surveys I took from their website. I am genuinely impressed with the volume of survey requests they send each day. It’s awesome!
To keep you updated on my earnings so far, here is a snapshot of my earnings for today and yesterday (Nov. 1st, 2009).
That’s $9.00 just for today and yesterday and I’ve only been a member for two weeks. This is definitely a trustworthy paid survey site.
I’ll post another updated when my payment comes in the mail.
If you would like to become a member of Valued Opinions here is the link to their homepage (non-referral link, I promise): Valued Opinions
Let us know your experience with Valued Opinions. Are you getting a lot of survey offers? Have you been paid?
Inboxdollars Scam
Nov 1st
The Inboxdollars scam… is it true? There’s a lot of talk out there that Inboxdollars is a scam. I can vouch that Inboxdollars is not a scam.
In fact, I have proof of payment from Inboxdollars:
Why would people say Inboxdollars is a scam? There have been complaints of unpaid earnings, not being credited for offers that were completed and the fact that they charge you $3.00 to process your payment.
There are a lot of “get paid to…” sites out there and it’s hard to spot the good ones. I have had an overall okay experience with Inboxdollars.
ABout three years ago I signed up with Inboxdollars and worked my butt off to earn the $30.00 minimum to cash out. It took me a few months to get to that point. Just when I was going to request a check they offered me the great deal of upgrading to a “gold membership” for only $17.00. It would get more a ton of referrals and, as they claimed, I would more than likely earn the $17.00 back in no time.
Guess what? I still haven’t earned that $17.00 back. They granted me a whopping total of 15 referrals that never cashed out and I’m sure used the site a total of two times. Anyway, I stuck it out and made back the $17.00 reading paid emails and completing offers. I went to request a check and there’s a small notice saying that it costs $3.00 to request a check. There’s no other payment option… so you’re forced to give up $3.00. Wow. Uncool.
Needless to say, I requested the check and it arrived within 6 weeks.
Inboxdollars isn’t a bad site. They have some good offers, things that I would normally pay for anyway, and the paid emails earn me about $0.06 per day (about $22 per year). Their paid surveys pay virtually nothing. Mostly they’re a waste of time.
All in all, I would recommend Inboxdollars. They pay (even though the $3.00 fee is RIDICULOUS), they have some good offers, and the paid emails give you an extra nickel a day which you didn’t have before. Now you know, Inboxdollars isn’t a scam.
Let us know of your experiences with Inboxdollars!
Here’s a link incase you want to sign up (referral free link, it just goes to their homepage): Inboxdollars
My Review of ValuedOpinions
Oct 25th
I decided to try out Valued Opinions based on some recommendations from other people in a forum. Overall, it’s not bad, but here’s the breakdown:
Sign-Up
When you “sign-up” for valuedopinions.com you are actually applying to become a panelist. I haven’t heard of anyone being denied, but it’s something different. The sign-up process requires that you give them some personal information, like home address, phone number, etc. Overall, it’s a fairly quick sign-up.
Surveys
Valuedopinions.com has by far sent me the most surveys compared to any other paid survey site. Within the first day I was offered 2 surveys. Most offers pay $2.00 for about 20 minutes. That’s about $6.00/hr which is better than most online opportunities.
The surveys are hard to qualify in to. I honestly haven’t qualified for a survey yet, but I have gotten about ten offers in the past week. From what I’ve noticed from taking the screener surveys, the paid surveys are long, sometimes repetitive, and boring. However, they do pay.
Pay-Out
I have seen actual payment proofs in forums and so far I have read of no payment complaints. It’s a reputable company, so I wouldn’t worry about whether you will receive payment.
Even though this review of Valued Opinions says the surveys are hard to qualify into and are boring, I’ve heard plenty from people who “happen” to qualify into surveys and complete about two per day, averaging a little over $20 per week. If you have the patience and luck to qualify to take the surveys, I would recommend Valued Opinions.
Be sure to check out our list of Free Paid Surveys.
SurveySavvy Review
Aug 8th
SurveySavvy is by far my new favorite paid survey site. I got my first check from them a few weeks ago very shortly after I requested it. I love that they require no minimum account balance to request a check. Not only that, but it is very reassuring to find a paid survey site that actually pays!
SurveySavvy usually sends me about one screener survey per week. Once in awhile I get accepted to the study and I am promptly requested to complete a full length survey. They pay fairly well for your time. I have found that I average about $12/hr completing SurveySavvy’s surveys.
I would strongly recommend signing up with SurveySavvy.
