Paid Surveys Info
As you might know, marketing research firms and the like have
been conducting consumer surveys for years. But the Internet now
makes it easier for them to collect and analyze consumer input
than did previous methods. As a result, the Internet has made online
paid surveys quite popular.
Each free paid survey site listed
in this section is owned by a U.S. or international marketing research
firm, data-collection business or a similar organization that conducts
legit, online paid surveys or other types of paid, consumer marketing
research.*
For example, some conduct in-person and online paid focus groups,
opinion interviews and product reviews, instead of or in addition
to in-person and online paid surveys. When listed, none charged
fees to join their paid survey sites.
Although the potential to earn from completing online paid surveys
is genuine, you're probably not going to "get rich quick".
If you frequently participate in paid surveys plus higher-paying
focus groups, opinion interviews and the like online, in person
and by phone, then your earnings could be relatively substantial.
But typical earnings for online-only participation take the form
of extra spending money or free goods or services, or redeemable
points or sweepstakes entries for same. Outside of sweepstakes
winnings, large cash payouts are rare. Paid survey takers
who work in certain professions might earn more cash than others;
regardless, the most reliable paid survey takers usually receive
the best-paying surveys.
Consumers who've signed up to participate (called respondents
or panelists) must be invited to complete paid surveys, join paid
focus groups and otherwise earn from marketing research. To be
invited in most cases, respondents or panelists must fit targeted
demographic profiles based on location, age, income, gender or
other characteristics.
Naturally, you can't possibly fit every targeted profile. So,
your earnings will depend on the number of invitations you receive
based on your profile (and perhaps your reliability), how many
you decide to fulfill, and how much and in what form they pay.
For example, your chances of winning a significant cash sweepstakes
prize depends on the number of entrants and winners, and how many
times you've entered it.
To create your demographic profile and pay you, paid survey sites
must ask for certain personal information during registration or
through non-paid "screening" surveys, that determine
your demographic eligibility for specific paid surveys.
When listed, all of the free paid survey sites in this section
had published privacy policies, confidentiality statements or the
like, that effectively promised not to share your personally-identifiable
information (e.g., last name and street address) or not to share
it without your consent, for purposes other than to qualify and
pay you for marketing research. Privacy protection is a marketing
research industry standard.
Additionally, all of the free paid survey sites in this section
indicated when listed, that registrants may cancel participation
at anytime.
But, please don't just take our word for it. We've made a substantial
effort to list only legit free paid survey sites for your convenience;
however, we can't vouch for them, as TechnicalJobSearch.com has
no control over any of them. They are also subject to change of
ownership at anytime, as are all businesses; subsequently, the
legitimacy or some other aspect of a paid survey site might have
changed after we listed it.
To be sure, we recommend that you seek and read the privacy policy
or confidentiality statement before registering with any free paid
survey site listed in this section (or listed anywhere, for that
matter).
We also recommend that you read all other documentation (disclaimers,
terms, conditions, agreements, FAQs, rules, etc.) for the same
reasons, and to ensure that participating in paid surveys, focus
groups, product reviews or other marketing research is something
you'd really like to do. When you sign up, you are essentially
volunteering to be solicited in exchange for the compensation indicated.
If you have questions, contact the sites directly. When listed,
each free paid survey site in this
section provided contact information of some sort.
Typically, one must be at least 13 or 18 years old to
register for paid surveys and other marketing research. Read
the documentation at each site for age restrictions.
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