Question 11: Are Paid Online Surveys the Best Way to Earn Extra Money?

I thought I would try doing this, and joined about 100 panels about a year and a half ago. It was fun, but very time-consuming, and I found most surveys were already filled and closed by the time I got the notice, or I didn't qualify. In all that time, I've only made about 50 dollars.

I have gotten some products to try, though - lotion, batteries, and some food products, which I got to use, keep, and answer questions about - but it hasn't come close to being worth all the time I've spent at it. Many of them don't award cash, but chances at drawings or prizes.

I think I must be the most common demographic out there, because most of the really good ones no longer needed the opinions of people in my categories. I think if you are of a particular ethnicity - African-American, Asian, or Hispanic, for example, it may be easier to qualify.

First you need to check out the legality of the company, just because they say they pay you doesn't mean it is so. PROTECT YOURSELF and your private information. Secondly once you do that then you must decide which one fits and suits your needs.

As an experienced survey taker for 2 years. When I first started I didn't know where to begin. I had been severely stricken with hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease). So, I had to find means to make extra cash. Did some research & found out that there were survey companies that you could join but, that you would have to pay money to become a member. I advise you not to do this! There are plenty of free survey websites that you can join for free.

Paid surveys online has proved to be nothing more than a spam magnet for me. All I have received so far is: tons of spam in my email box, adware on my computer, a computer virus, telemarketing phone calls, and spam at my personal home address delivered by my mail route person! All THIS and more on a daily basis!

I haven't cashed in any of my so called money because it would take me too long to accumulate enough to do so! It simply isn't worth it to me and I can see NO benefit attempting to earn money filling out surveys!

My experience, generally speaking, is that online surveys are NOT the best way to earn extra money. With Opinion Outpost, I spent almost 45 minutes going through 6 surveys and did not qualify for any of them. So I spent nearly an hour of my time and earned nothing.

Yes...online surveys are the best way to earn money. But the most problem is to find a good online survey site. Unfortunately around 97% of sites are in the class of Top scams.

In many years of research, I am totally promising only 4 online survey providers are 100% genuine & Effective:

Paid online surveys are not the best way to earn extra money, in my opinion. Many online surveys require you to complete offers in addition to taking the survey in order to get credit. Also, many surveys are worth $.50 and you cannot collect a payout until you reach a certain amount of money, usually $20 or more.

Many surveys are very time consuming for very little money. Imagine if a survey takes you 30 minutes to complete and they only pay you $2.00 for the survey? That's $4.00 per hour... what job would you take that pays $4.00 an hour?

No they are not! They have you go through a signup period, send you maybe one paid survey, and then send you tons of junk surveys that you have to "buy something" to earn something. I checked over 50 of these sites and got 0 results. So if you find one that actually works would appreciate a heads up.

I am not even sure they really give money. Lately I registered with some online survey companies, and received notifications about new surveys available. I think they're too tricky, or I even suspect they're not real.

They give 1st question to sort out whether I am eligible for the survey. Mostly I am not. That's fine. But several times I finished the surveys from the beginning to the end, then as usual directed to the survey company's website, where a message was waiting for me: "so sorry, you're not eligible for this survey". Excuse me, I've spent half an hour and finished the survey!

The best legitimate site I have found and also know of others that use them are called focus groups. Some are online and others you can go to the business and they give you a check on the way out after the group has ended.

I feel like online surveys are a great way to earn extra money if they are legitimate. The best ones are federally funded. I also think that it is a great way to stimulate the economy. If the money that is received is invested properly, I think it's a great idea.

I have joined a couple of online surveys, and found that I have not made any money, only points toward gifts and drawings. One company actually wants you to join whatever you are doing the survey on, which requires you to use a credit card and have people call you with products and such. Then when this is done, you will get your money some time in the future. I'm still looking for one that I can really make money from.

It's not necessarily the best way but it does help. You have to answer enough of these to get a considerable amount of extra money. But if you are looking to go out to dinner at McDonald's once a week, then surveys are probably the way to go.

No, They end up costing you. They always say try this for free but you get shipping & handling, and later a bill for the product later. Scams. Thank you.

I would love to earn extra cash by simply taking surveys. But, sometimes I feel that they all have a catch to them. Most only want you to purchase items before you can qualify to receive money.

🧾 Receipt Survey Exception: "The only surveys that are not trying to offer you to buy something is those where you fill them out from a receipt purchase and you may be entered to receive money thru a drawing."

I do not think that paid online surveys are the best way to earn extra money. Most of the time you will not qualify for the survey. You get through most of the survey and then it tells you that you don't qualify, or they are looking for a certain group of people for the particular survey.

I think online surveys are a good way to earn extra money, but I wouldn't say it's the best way because some surveys you can't trust to pay or they could be just a scam. You can't trust the surveys that want you to pay before you start, I wouldn't trust them ones because they usually always turn out to be a scam. So yeah I would say online surveys are good but not the best or smartest way to earn money.