Of all the ways to make money online, paid surveys sound
the easiest. All you have to do is answer a few questions.
Simple, right?
And yet, as most people discover, paid surveys can actually
be one of the hardest ways to make money online.
This isn't because of what you have to do. Surveys are easy
to take, if sometimes boring. And it's easy to find
websites offering to give you the surveys to take: just use
Google and you'll find thousands of options.
The problem? Nearly all of these sites are basically scams.
There are several reasons why.
The first is that many are out of date. If you sign up to a
site offering to send you paid surveys, make sure it
updates regularly. Many sites will gather together a
collection of links to surveys, all of which may have
worked at the time they were found. Unfortunately, two
months later they could all have finished. Companies
collecting data via surveys will only want to do so for
short periods of time, for example before launching a new
product.
The second is that many sites won't send you surveys you
are eligible for. Most companies only want certain groups
answering their surveys, and if you don't fit those
criteria, they won't pay you anything. They won't even let
you take the survey. If you're paying twenty dollars a
month to be sent these surveys, that can get annoying.
The third is that you may find yourself living in the wrong
place. Many sites offer surveys that only those living in
the U.S can take. Unfortunately, they normally forget to
tell you so until you've already paid them the money! They
may claim that they offer surveys for those living in other
countries, but don't expect them to turn up more than about
once a month.
The fourth is that many sites simply lie. They tell you
they offer surveys where you can make hundreds, that you
can earn a full-time income answering questions. Normally
these are wild exaggerations. They may offer a few surveys,
but you might find that you are entered for a prize-draw
instead of paid, or given points instead of money. Needless
to say, it's a rare person who can make a full-time income
from such sites.
And the fifth reason is that many of these surveys are
available for free anyway. If you knew where to look, you
could find these surveys and get paid without subscribing
to a paid surveys website.
So why do people keep paying paid survey sites? And why
should you?
It is a good way of making money. It might be boring, but
it's also easy. You don't generally have to think very hard
about the answers, and you don't need a website or to plan
marketing campaigns. All the hard work is done for you.
Yes, you could find surveys yourself, but many find the
cost worth it. Instead of trawling the internet for paid
surveys, they find them all in the one place.
You probably won't make the same amount of money as you
could affiliate marketing, but the risk tends to be lower,
the work less, and the initial investment much smaller.
Also, you might not want to make a full-time income online.
You might just be looking for an easy way to make some
extra money, in which case surveys are a great way to do so.
As for finding a paid survey site that won't scam you? Find
a site with recommendations and reviews, and make sure that
there's a money-back guarantee. Remember that even if the
survey site doesn't mention one, any site that uses
Clickbank has an automatic eight week guarantee. Just
e-mail Clickbank to get your money back.
Most paid survey sites are scams. But a few will really
show you how to make money online.
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Anita Buchan is a successful affiliate marketer who now
wants to help others make the same money she does. For
honest reviews of paid survey sites and other home business
opportunities, visit http://www.dont-get-scammed.biz
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