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Paid
Surveys
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Rating:
 
Level of
Review: Tried
Overview:
The theory is that you get paid to take surveys.
The reality varies quite a bit from
that!
Product:
Marketing research in the good ones, advertising in
the bad ones.
Cost: Your
time in the good ones, purchase of products in the
scams.
Compensation:
Varies - some enter you in a drawing for cash or
prizes, some will pay you in cash, Amazon gift
certificates, or other set amounts.
Conclusion:
The double rating on this means that sometimes it
is worth a little, sometimes it is an outright
scam. If they ask you to pay money for a list of
Paid Surveys, then it is a scam. If they ask you to
sign up for "special offers", it is the next thing
to a scam. The only ones that are good are the ones
that do not require payment to sign up, and which
offer something in exchange for your
time.
Whether or not this
is legit depends on what you know about spotting
the scams. These are so complex that I cannot cover
all the details here, but if you click the link
above, you can read my full page of instructions
and links to legit programs. I do not recommend any
program that does not pay an agreed on amount for
each survey - in other words, I don't list ones
that just enter you in a drawing for participating.
They may only pay in points, or merchandise, or
they may pay cash, but you will get something for
your effort. Some have drawings and set points or
cash, but none of my recommendations will have just
a chance in a drawing as compensation.
This is worth
reading up about, but is not likely to be a career
in itself. It might bring in enough to help out now
and again, but don't expect much more. It takes a
lot of time to make anything at all from it, and a
lot of time to join enough of them to see any real
profit. You also get many invitations for surveys
that you end up not qualifying to take, so you
spend time at that with no return.
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Our Rating System:
No program is right for everyone.
Even a rating of four or five does not indicate that you should
dive in without some careful thought and consideration. Business
is still risky. All reviews have the reasons for the rating
clearly defined.
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Information presented in program is accurate and factual concerning
the potential of the program, program is based on sound business
principles, and has good potential to provide stable income
for individuals to whom the program is suitable.
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Information is accurately presented, company focuses on selling
product, but business is either more confusing, less predictable,
or slightly higher risk for one of a number of reasons. Still
considered a sound company and very acceptable risk.
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Information may be confusing or misleading, company may have
significant issues with program structure, support of product,
or public perception and reputation. A rating of three does
not mean you should not do it. It just means you need to be
sure you are suited to overcoming the difficulties that the
program has.
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Information generally misleading, risk fairly high, many unanswered
questions, business principles questionable, but still has some
potential for actually working for some people.
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Cannot declare that it is an outright scam, but potential for
it to work is very low. Will have questionable business theory,
bad reputation, excessive hype that is not backed up by common
sense, or other aspects which indicate very high risk. Will
always have multiple issues, not just one thing.
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Outright Scam. Anything labeled this way is never worth any
kind of risk.
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