Money Online Paid Survey
Has anyone found an online survey taking site that ACTUALLY pays money for the surveys you take?
I joined a few and the only surveys I get are sweepstakes entries that I doubt are legit. I want to take the surveys that pay out cash. Has anyone found those?
I have earned arond $500 from Pinecone Research in the last 4 years ($5 per survey). They are very prompt in sending the checks. No point system, no raffles - just a $5 each and every survey
The rule, as always, is to stay away from those that ask you to pay before you can get these surveys.
Legitimate market survey companies such as Pinecone Research recruit members based on demographic characteristics -- e.g. mothers of babies 0-12 years old -- and will send surveys of products and services targeting this demographic group. Pinecone Research, however, pays only $5 per survey -- you're definitely not going to be rich with that. They can give you anywhere from 1-5 at most surveys in a month.
Other companies simply ask you to answer as many research as possible, and you don't earn anything just the chance to win at a raffle (which I find lame).
The article "Earning Money from Surveys" provide a short list of legitimate market research firms and contains explanations of what to look for when joining surveys (and weeding out the fraudulent ones)
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/onlinesurvey.htm
Pinecone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com
GreenField Online http://www.greenfieldonline.com
Harris Poll Online http://www.harrispollonline.com
BuzzBack http://www.buzzback.com
SurveySite http://www.surveysite.com
SurveySavvy http://www.surveysavvy.com
Survey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com/
http://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/