Making Money With Paid Online Surveys

Paid online surveys sound too good to be true because most of them are. There are literally hundreds of paid online survey sites floating around on the internet, mainly because it’s a scam that is easy to propagate and promises the scammer pretty easy money (and definitely more money than the people completing the surveys). Here’s how it works: you see a job posting in a classifieds ad or after a web search which promises easy money, a flexible work schedule, and allows you to work from home. “Why, this sounds great!” you say. “This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!” You navigate to the company’s website and find that the company connects you with paid online surveys which you get to complete at your leisure. There’s only one teensy little catch: in order to join the program you need to pay a one-time fee of $30-$100. Of course, the survey promises that you’ll be able to work off this payment by the time you finish your first or second survey, so it’s really not a big deal.

Once you pay your fee and join the program, you’ll probably have a sensation that you’ve been had. Once in the program you’ll receive a number of emails or offers for surveys, or perhaps just a long list of websites that purportedly offer paid online surveys. Most likely the list will be out of date, and the surveys you do find won’t really pay you to take the survey.