Have you ever heard that it is possible to make money on the internet through paid surveys, but you are afraid that it is a scam? You are right to doubt it because there are more than hundreds of sites that offer to participate in a survey in exchange for remuneration, but which is nothing but a nice scam in the end.
However, there are reliable sites that allow you to earn a few pounds to make ends meet. In order not to be fooled, you have to understand the operating principle of the paid survey system and detect trusted sites and above all be methodical to earn more in less time.
What is a paid survey?
As the expression suggests, a paid survey consists of participating in a survey consisting of several questions and being rewarded in exchange. Indeed, some major brands launch surveys to study consumer behavior or their opinions and testimonials regarding the launch of a new product or their opinion or expectations as an idea for improvement.
To encourage people to participate and to get many more responses, they offer participants to be paid through online survey sites. Therefore, the principle is very simple, you provide an answer to all the questions and you will receive your remuneration in your bank account from the payment threshold.
How does a survey site work?
The greatest common asset of all survey sites is above all their simplicity, both in terms of handling and operation. Indeed, you just have to go to the site to register by providing personal information and choosing the means of payment if a choice is necessary or directly by PayPal if it is the default payment method of the site.
Then, you must establish your panelist profile which is by no means mandatory, but should be put forward to be easily targeted.
Depending on how the site works, you must respond to the survey either directly by connecting to the site or through a questionnaire sent to your email address.
Once you are done, you will receive the winnings in the dedicated account which you can accumulate or cash immediately if the threshold is reached. It is still essential to know the counterpart of your participation because there are certain sites or certain brands that pay in kind, by check to be received at home or in the form of gift vouchers.
How to earn such a sum in a month?
You must first understand that the paid survey cannot be a livelihood to cover your daily needs, but it is just a way to have additional income. The maximum gain you can get is 250 pounds or a few pounds more with a lot of work time. Indeed, it is a professional activity that requires a lot of patience and a share of your daily time. Of course, you don't have to do it every day, but it still requires a minimum of time.
The gain for each survey depends on the site, but it varies between 0.30 pound to 5 pounds maximum. Obtaining such a sum is actually possible provided you are registered on different sites to partially accumulate the winnings. Depending on each site, you can have between 2.50 to 60 pounds in one month and you have to be present on more than ten to increase the remuneration. Another way to increase the earnings is also the sponsorship system whose remuneration is sometimes higher than answering the questionnaire. You must choose the survey that pays the most while taking into account the time it may take. Obviously, a survey of 20 or 30 minutes pays more than one of 5 or 10 minutes.
What methods to adopt to optimize earnings?
You have understood that you have to be registered on multiple sites to reach a certain amount. But that's not enough if you can't maximize your earnings on each site. Certainly, there are sites that only allow you to participate once in a month, but there are others where you can renew your participation depending on your profile.
You are free to give all the information you want, but you have to be very clever, especially in the answers you provide. Eventually, in some surveys if you do not meet the target criteria you will be directly excluded. As much then, to find oneself within the framework of the survey to be well eligible. You can indeed provide a serious or just smart answer so as not to spend too much time on it and above all to be more credible. You just need to make sure the site doesn't realize this or your account may be deleted.
Examples of reliable sites
To show you that it's not just a scam, some trusted sites are offered to you right away. We then distinguish the site I-Say managed by Ipsos which pays in gift vouchers up to 10 pounds per month.
Then there is Toluna which allows you to earn up to 40 pounds per month that you can collect by bank transfer or gift voucher.
ClixSense, formerly PTC, is one of the giants in the field today that can bring in more than 50 pounds per month.
We are talking about YouGov afterwards for the site that makes it easy to win with easy validation of surveys. Even if this site brings little, it allows you to earn a lot through sponsorship.
Having the advantage of being available in many countries, Greenpanthera allows you to earn more than 15 pounds per month and also 10% of your referral's earnings following sponsorship throughout the validity of his account on the site. There are also other sites to explore, namely your opinion, Mysurvey, LifePoints, Nicequest...
