Telephus a question for you.

**my4littlebuffaloes** · 09-29-2006, 02:39 PM

I notice that you get paid to do a lot of surveys. How long do these surveys take you and how do you find the ones that pay so well? I am signed up for Greenfield, but all the surveys I see are for an entry into their sweepstakes, not a automatic payment. Any ideas on where I could get signed up for some that really pay? Thanks!

Jennifer

**Telephus44** · 09-29-2006, 07:17 PM

I've found that survey sites for me are pretty hit or miss. My strategy is to sign up for every single site I can find, and then after a few months I can figure out if the site is worth it or not for me to continue with them. If it's not (I'm not getting any paying surveys or product tests) then I generally just stop doing the surveys. I rarely unsubscribe - I just delete the emails - because you never know!

And oddly enough, Greenfield is one of those sites that just didn't work out for me. I just cashed out these this morning for $24, which is everything I've earned over the past three years.

Right now, my favorites are:

Lightspeed Panel (this is a "points" site, but you can cash them in for Paypal)
American Consumer Opinion Panel (ACOP)
Ipsos I-Say
Synovate
Viewpoint Forum
MySurvey/NFO
U30
Vividence

My "second tier" favorites - good, but not as good as the ones above

SurveySpree
Buzzback
Mindfield
Harris Interactive
ZoomPanel
Epoll

My "third tier" favorites - I will only do these surveys if I have a lot of free time

SurveySavvy
SurveySpot
TestSpin
Greenfieldonline

The only company I have had such a bad experience that I will never take a survey again for them is PSB (I filed a BBB report for failure to pay before they sent me the money they owed me).

If I did every survey I received, I'd probably spend 10 hours a week - but I'm pretty picky. I usually start every survey I get, and then withtin 2-3 minutes decide if I want to finish it or now. So realistically, I probably spend 2-3 hours per week.

Also, there are a lot of "survey boards" out there that will give you heads up to look for certain surveys and post links. Not sure if I can post the one I go to, but there are a bunch of them out there if you just do a google search.