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May 15, 2008It’s very tempted to trust CashCrate and other places. If its as simple as it sounds, it seems like just take some survey’s from other sites and be paid. Does this flood your actual mail with free samples and your email with spam and your cell phone with calls? Is it safe? Is there a completely reliable site?
It’s very tempted to trust CashCrate and other places. If its as simple as it sounds, it seems like just take some survey’s from other sites and be paid. Does this flood your actual mail with free samples and your email with spam and your cell phone with calls? Is it safe? Is there a completely reliable site?
Horaayy..there are 3 comment(s) for me so far ;)
They are virtually ALL scams. You’ll be spammed and spimmed into oblivion.
There are a FEW legitimate survey sites that might pay you occasionally but if you pick up $100 per year you will be doing much better than average with them.
The “global gifting” link posted by a spammer (Lisa) here is an illegal Ponzi & chain-mail scheme.
Yes paid surveys are real, but the problem is that there are far more sites “posing” as surveys out there than there are real ones. I first started doing surveys about 5 years ago. I signed up with over 300 sites (today I am with well over 600 sites) and now, I regularly get paid by about 50 of them.
The legit survey sites don’t spam you and, if you look at it, all have pretty solid privacy policies. I personally don’t get any spam, unsolicited calls or mail.
My first month I made a whopping $5. The next few months were more of the same. But I stuck with it and was patient. Today, again 5 years later, I regularly make at least $600 on paid surveys.
Here are the key things to remember.
1. There are no guarantees with surveys. It’s all about your demographics. Sometimes they will want teens, other times they will want working moms, other time they will want physicians.
2. You really need to be with the biggest group of legit sites you can find. The more sites you are with, the more likely that you will actually match up your demographics with surveys and get paid.
3. Don’t ever pay for a list. Period. All of the same information is out there for free.
4. Be patient. If it works for you, it won’t work instantly. I can’t tell you how many people have contacted me saying “I am giving up after a month.” Well, like I said, if I did that I would have stopped making $5.
But the upside to surveys is that there is no risk. You don’t spend any money and if you try it and like it, great. And if you don’t you walk away. If you want to check out my blog where I track the survey sites that have actually paid me, feel free to visit
Good luck!
I signed up for a few last year, and cashcrate and most others were crap, and I never made more than $5. Pinecone research is legit, as is survey savvy, which is by far the best I’ve found. I’ve made over $1100 so far with them. Check this flickr link for proof:
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