Every year, companies in the United States spend over 250 Billion dollars a year trying to convince consumers to buy their products and services, and that's JUST in the U.S.!
Although the lion's share of that money is spent on advertising, a huge amount is devoted to market research.
Understanding how we as consumers think and why we choose certain products over others, enables companies to improve their goods and services. The better they understand us as consumers, the more money they make.
Because it PAYS them to know what we like and want, companies are willing to PAY us for our opinions.
It makes perfect business sense. Using the Internet as a direct channel to ordinary people like you and me, paying for online surveys is a cheap, efficient and very effective way of gathering quality and highly targeted market research.
There are companies that will pay you up to:
- $ 99 per online survey
- $ 250 per hour to participate in focus groups
- $ 150 per hour to take phone surveys
- $4-25 per hour to view movie trailers
Focus groups are meetings wherein the attendees express their opinions on a particular particular topic. They are generally conducted by phone or in chat rooms.
In other cases you can get paid to:
- Be a Mystery Shopper
- Shop and read emails!
- Drive a free car
Some companies and advertisers pay cash for every email you read about their products. I've read about some who doing this and making between $1,000 to $1,800 a month, no gimmicks.
No doubt you want to know about the fr*ee car! These cars have advertisements on them. Drive them, and you won't pay insurance or monthly installments. The companies providing these vehicles earn their money from the advertising on the vehicle.
Payment is made in different ways. Some companies pay instantly via PayPal, whereas others will mail you a check.
In lieu of cash, some companies pay with:
- Napster Music Downloads
- Buy.com Gift Certificates
Whatever the method of payment, you will be provided with the exact compensation details before you decide to participate.
Finding paid surveys online can be a time-consuming process, and there are number of scam operators in the business.
Fortunately for us, a few smart entrepreneurs have developed big databases of reputable companies that are paying for online surveys.
They themselves use those databases to earn all or part of their incomes.
The various databases that I researched list between 300 and up to almost 700 resources.
To gain access to these databases costs a one-time membership fee of between $29.95 and $37. However, just one hour online can pay for your membership!
Most accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Euro card, and Visa-Debit, MasterCard-Debit, and Novus cards, Pay Pal and online checks.
You have nothing to lose either. If you're not satisfied, each company offers a money-back guarantee of between 60 and 90 days.
Most of these listing companies offer incentives to join such as:
- E-books
- 250 free business cards
- Automation Software
- 2 free airline tickets
- 3 day 2 night vacation
Generally, the surveys are between 10 and 15 minutes in length, and although you can make up to $100 by completing one survey, $10 to $25 is far more typical.
Although you probably won't get rich completing surveys, or participating in focus groups, you could make a tidy sum doing it either full or part-time. Basically, the more surveys that you complete, the more money you will make.
I rather prefer stacks of $10, 15 and $25 checks to the alternative - no checks at all! :-))
This great opportunity is well-suited to anyone who works from home, students, stay-at-home parents, retired people, and for those with special needs. And you can do it from anywhere in the world!
And it doesn't matter if you live outside the U.S. This opportunity is open to people the world-over. As long as you can cash a U.S. dollar check, you can be in business.
Below is a list of the best online databases of survey companies.
Note: Membership pricing and payouts may change!
Get Cash for Surveys
# of Companies Listed - 300+
Guarantee Terms - 90 days
Online Surveys ($5 to $150 for answering some simple questions!)
Online Focus Groups (as much as $250 for a one hour "chat"!)
Phone Surveys (up to $100 for a 30-minute survey!)
Product Testing (they mail you a product, and you get to keep it!)
and Automation software
One-time subscription fee - $37.00
Paid Online Surveys
# of Companies Listed - 275+
Guarantee Terms - 90 days
Paid Surveys Fee Range - $5 - $120
Focus Group Fee Range - up to $250/h
and Automation software
One-time subscription fee - $34.97
PaidSurveysOnline
# of Companies Listed - 300+
Guarantee Terms - 90 days
Paid Surveys Fee Range - $5 - $75
Focus Group Fee Range - $50 - $150
Other Services - $4 to $25
Get paid to try new products - keep the products and get paid too!
Bonus - 2 round trip airfares
One-time subscription fee - $34.95
Survey Junction
# of Companies Listed - approx. 700
Guarantee Terms - 90 days
Paid Surveys Fee Range - $25 - $99
Focus Group Fee Range - $30 - $200
Preview Movie Trailers Range - $5 - $50
Try New Products Range - $10 - $50
Bonus - 2 round trip airfares
One-time subscription fee - $32.95
Survey Scout
# of Companies Listed - 450+
Guarantee Terms - 90 days
Paid Surveys Fee Range - $5 - $120
Focus Group Fee Range - up to $200
Bonus - Automation software
One-time subscription fee - $34.95
Survey Platinum
# of Companies Listed - 450+
Guarantee Terms - 90 days
Paid Surveys Fee Range - $5 - $150
Focus Group Fee Range - up to $250
Other Services -
Bonus - ebooks, 250 business cards
One-time subscription fee - $34.95
WorkOnline4Pay
# of Companies Listed - 400
Guarantee Terms - 60 days
Paid Surveys Fee Range - $5 - $75
Focus Group Fee Range - $50 - $250
Other Services - $4 to $25
Bonus - 2 free airline tickets
One-time subscription fee - $29.95
Have your say, and help shape the products and services of the future.
Select one or more from the Internet Online Paid Survey Database companies listed above, and start collecting a steady, regular, monthly paycheck working from the comfort of home.
About the Author:
Article by Rosalind Gardner, best-selling author of the 'Super Affiliate Handbook: How I Made $436,797 Last Year Selling Other People's Products Online' and the "Net Profits Coach" ezine, a straightforward and entertaining guide to ebusiness. Learn from an expert. Go to: http://RosalindGardner.com
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