Can You Really Make Money with Online Surveys?

by: James Jones
I am sure you have seen the "Paid Survey" sites that claimto pay you for your opinion. Question is: Will they reallypay you for just taking simple surveys online?Well, I did a little experiment. Actually, it was a prettybig experiment. I researched several hundred of thesecompanies.What did I find? You guessed it:Most were scams.They want your email address so they can spam you. Or theyrequire you to accumulate 10 million zillion points beforethey pay you. Or they say they pay but don't.But, as I was weeding out all the scams I wouldoccasionally come across a legitimate company. It didn'thappen very often, but out of the hundreds of companies Iresearched, I found 68 good ones.Now, let me tell you -- you are not going to get rich doingsurveys online. And, if anybody tells you that you can earn"thousands" a month -- they are lying to you. (My bestmonth so far I earned $104.00)But, on the other hand it's not very hard work either. Mostsurveys are short. I did one this morning that took lessthan 5 minutes. It only paid $4.00 but for 5 minutes work Iam not going to complain. Yesterday I did one that paid$10.00. Two weeks ago I did a $25.00 one. And a couple ofmonths ago I had one that paid $50. It varies. And sometimes there are very short screener surveys that don't pay anything -- you have to take the screeners to see ifyou qualify for the paid surveys.All in all, it's not a bad way to earn a few extra bucks amonth.