PAID SURVEYS

Many people have discovered a simple way to earn extra income while working from home. These people make money by completing surveys on the internet. While not a get-rich-quick scheme, you can still reasonably make $100, $200, even $1,000 or more each month by giving your opinion, trying new products, and watching movie trailers.

There are dozens - maybe hundreds - of programs offering these services online. While many of these programs are legitimate, unfortunately many more of them are nothing more than scams. Once they lure you in to signup for their service, you discover that their benefits are tied to a credit card you must purchase or promotional materials that have no real cash value.

When looking at different paid survey programs, there are certain factors you need to consider. Some of these include:

•  Legitimacy.  Does the program pay its members in cash? Can you expect to make money with this program?

•  Opportunities.  Some programs offer hundreds of companies willing to pay you for your opinion; others offer only a few dozen. The more companies they have, the more money you can make.

•  Cost.  Is the cost of the program reasonable given the amount of money you can make from it?

TopConsumerReviews.com has reviewed and ranked the best paid survey programs available today. We hope you find these reviews helpful in earning you some extra income!

 

Cost:	$39.95
Offers:	760+ companies
Bonuses:	Data entry jobs Merchandizing jobs Instant cash offers Get paid to drive your car Get paid to read emails Get paid to surf the web Get paid to take phone surveys Get paid to watch movie trailers

 

Maximum Paid Surveys has a huge database of over 760 companies ready to pay you for your opinion. This is comprised of over 510 paid survey companies and over 250 mystery shopping companies - and updates are consistently added on a weekly basis. Companies are sorted to make your selection of opportunities maximized - with the best paying companies listed first. Step-by-step guides are also provided to help ensure your success.

The paid survey programs pay between $5-$75 per survey, focus groups make $20-$250 per group and phone surveys are paid $40-$120 an hour. In their mystery shopping area, Maximum Paid Surveys shows how and where you can get paid to shop at stores, restaurants, movie theaters and amusement parks.

Customer service is provided via email and responses are usually delivered within 24 hours. The FAQ section of the website is very well organized and sure to answer most of your questions.

Membership for access to both paid survey and mystery shopper databases is a one-time fee of $39.95. This also includes a myriad of free bonuses such as a list of data entry jobs, merchandizing jobs, instant cash bonuses, getting paid to drive your car, and getting paid to surf the web. Another unique offering of Maximum Paid Surveys is a work at home blog on their website. Within this blog they post additional opportunities for various parts of the country. This is a feature not seen on other survey websites that we reviewed.

Hands down, Maximum Paid Surveys provides the largest database of paid survey companies available. With a focus on their subscribers, constant updates to their jobs database, and the unexpected bonus of 250+ mystery shopping opportunities, Maximum Paid Surveys earns our highest rating.

 

Cost:	$39.95
Offers:	450+ companies
Bonuses:	Get paid to shop & eat Get paid to drive 300 additional work at home opportunities

 

This site describes their program and benefits in a no-nonsense fashion. If you're expecting a lot of fluff or a hard-sell attitude, you'd better look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you want to quickly see what a program offers, this site will appeal to you.

Paid Surveys at Home delivers 5 basic ways to make money; take online surveys ($5-$75), online focus groups ($50-$150), phone surveys (up to $120 an hour), trying new products (and get to keep them), and previewing movie trailers ($4-$25). Convincing testimonials are sprinkled throughout to help the skeptic.

The site is set up with an informational home page, a FAQ page, Contact information and a member log in section. The FAQ page is very concise answering the top 8 questions that immediately come to mind. Contact with the company is through email only but you can route your inquiry to a particular department to get a faster response. The lifetime membership fee is $39.95 for access to over 450 companies. Plus your membership comes with free bonuses valued at over $100.

This site would benefit from a better FAQ page, an income calculator seen on a few other survey sites, and more job offerings. Still, Paid Surveys At Home is an easy to use, professional site that delivers what they promise.

 

Cost:	$34.95
Offers:	600 companies
Bonuses:	Get paid to be online Get paid to complete offers Get paid to drive Get paid to shop and eat $50 instant signup cash Automatic form-filling software

 

Paid for Free is a simple, eye pleasing site. It is easily organized into 4 sections: Home page, More Info, Testimonials, and Questions. The fee to become a member is $34.95, which gives you unlimited database access and an instant signup cash bonus.

The Home page has all the meat and potatoes of the program. Here you are told that members have exclusive access to over 600 companies that pay for your services. Some of the program details include: get paid $5-$150 per online survey, $50-$250 to participate in focus groups, $25 an hour to preview movies, $75-$350 for shopping and eating out, $500 a day to complete offers, $10 an hour to surf the web and read emails, and get paid to drive your car.

Paid for Free provides answers to more in-depth questions in their More Info section. They also conveniently categorize the information provided by the related money-making opportunity. Each category provides good detail and there are links to actual samples. This is a very convincing technique for the skeptical potential member.

If you still have hesitations, the Testimonial page lists some authentic member referrals. The Questions page answers an additional dozen questions that are very specific.

Customer service is available via email only. Allow 24-48 hours to receive a response.

Paid for Free has a good-sized database, a good price and packages it in a simple, eye pleasing site. Good value for your money.

 

Cost:	$34.95
Offers:	700 companies
Bonuses:	Get paid to read email Get paid to drive your car Get paid to pass out samples Get paid to shop and eat Make money on eBay

 

Top Dollar Surveys is chic and geared toward the millennium generation, complete with a scrolling news bar featuring the benefits of using their service. The website is clean and crisp and clearly states the nature of the business. This site weighs heavily on the money that can be made and the flexibility of "Being your own Boss." The site sells you on the benefits of working from home, setting your own hours, and determining your own pay.

With over 700 companies in their database, people of all generations can take advantage of Top Dollar Surveys. The companies are willing to pay up to $75 for answering online surveys, $150 per hour to participate in focus groups, and up to $25 per hour to preview movie trailers. Plus if you try new products you get to keep them. If you're still not convinced, the site shows you how much money you can make just by answering 2 surveys per day in an easy to read table.

The FAQ page is grouped by topic so it is easy to find the answers to your questions. Customer service is available via email only. The fee to join is $34.95 and that is a one-time fee. Once you join, you also receive over $200 worth of bonuses that show you how to get paid for a host of other jobs such as: reading email, driving your car, passing out samples, how to make money on EBay and mystery shopping opportunities.

While Top Dollar Surveys does a lot of things right, we found more higher-paying survey and focus group opportunities on our higher-ranked selections. Those sites also seemed to be updated more frequently with new opportunities. Still, Top Dollar Surveys is an attractive site that delivers a large number of opportunities. You could do far worse.

 

Cost:	$34.95
Offers:	500 companies
Bonuses:	Get paid to shop and eat Get paid to read email Get paid to drive

 

Survey Scout is organized with a home page and a "how it works" page, both with an overwhelming amount of text trying to convince you to use their service. The obvious information given on their home page describes how you can make money with online surveys, focus groups, phone surveys, using new products and watching movie trailers. All these programs pay between $4 and $150 per activity.

Survey Scout has a large database of over 500 companies. The fee to sign-up for a one year membership is $69.95 but they have such a high demand for survey participants that they are offering an "unlimited access" membership for just $34.95 plus free bonuses. These bonuses include special software and 3 other popular "get paid" programs.

Survey Scout allows you to test drive your membership for up to 8 weeks. At any time within the period, if you are not satisfied for any reason, Survey Scout will refund your membership fee...no questions asked.

The FAQ page is well organized by topic and answer a host of questions to better educate their members. Customer service is available via email or regular post mail.

While we like the professional representation of Survey Scout, we think they'd have better luck in providing more facts without the hard-sell approach and discount pricing.

 

Cost:	$49.95
Offers:	Number of companies not listed; instead they list 1,300 "opportunities"
Bonuses:	Get paid to shop and eat Get paid to pass out samples Get paid to drive

 

Highest Pay Surveys is a simple text website. They claim to have over 1300 "opportunities" that pay between $10 and $300 for surveys and $50 to $300 online focus groups. This site also has audio testimonials from members, which add a nice touch to the presentation.

Membership is a one time fee of $49.95 and can be paid by MasterCard or Visa. Highest Pay Surveys includes 3 bonus programs valued at over $100 with every paid membership. These bonuses include get paid to shop and eat, pass out samples and get paid to drive. Plus, they guarantee access to a $300 survey every day and back it up with a 60 day money back guaranteeing 100% customer satisfaction.

The FAQ section is informative and answers most questions that come to mind after reading the general information. Customer service is offered 24 hours a day, however, no contact information is provided for phone or email inquiries. They are very quick to point out that their customer service staff is extremely busy, but how? We don't know because we don't know how to reach them.

Highest Pay Surveys is a good, concise, informational site with a few bells; however, the lack of contact information and listing opportunities instead of number of companies makes a whistle sound off to proceed with caution. And at a price higher than the other sites in our review, we think you could do better elsewhere.

 

Cost:	$34.95
Offers:	Not listed
Bonuses:	Get paid to take surveys Get paid to try new products Get paid to preview movie trailers

 

Express Paid Surveys is fun, colorful and no nonsense. What's different about Express Paid Surveys is that they don't spend a lot of time trying to convince you to take their offer. They state the 4 avenues of income and immediately whisk you off to get started with the process. The site does provide a FAQ page that is very thorough in answering over a dozen of the most logical and popular questions.

The four areas they provide to make money are by taking surveys, participating in online focus groups, trying new products, and previewing movie trailers. Customer service is available via email.

Two things are bothersome about this site. First, there is no reference as to how many companies are in the database. This is standard information on other sites we reviewed. In fact, it is a "badge of honor" for these sites as this is one of the only major differentiating elements.

The second bone of contention is that it is not clear on the home page that you have to pay a membership fee to use their service. There is mention of a membership fee in the FAQ section, but no price is listed. In order to break the code of this website, you must create a user name and password. Then you are asked to create a profile, which is step two of a three step registration process. At this point, you still don't know how much the service will cost. The profile consists of your name, sex, height and age. Then you are taken to the third step of registration and you are finally given the much awaited information of how much the service costs. We don't know what the big secret is because the cost for Express Paid Surveys is the same as most other sites reviewed: a one time fee of $34.95 providing unlimited access to their database plus 3 bonuses valued over $85.

One offering unique to Express Paid Surveys is that they also offer a 1 year membership for $39.95 or a 3 month membership for $24.95.

We were disappointed in the lengthy signup process, just to find out how much the program costs. Plus, the fact that they don't advertise the number of companies participating in their program is troubling. Although their website is fun, they just don't have the delivery to back it up.