How do you all feel about web sites that you can make money just by answering surveys?

I like them, at least the legit ones. You don't make a ton of money, but as a stay at home mom a making a few extra dollars here and there is not bad.





And, since I've been trying to also start a home business selling things printed with my artwork--I am starting to really appreciate how helpful these are to businesses. If I could survey a hundred or a thousand people about which products of mine they liked and how much they would pay for them, I would be less scared to try to buy bulk in stead of using the free service I am now (which doesn't allow me to offer very good prices).





Anyways, I've listed some of the sites I have taken surveys through and actually been paid (or recieved other rewards like gift cards or CDS) on the following site, if you are interested:





http://www.windhavenweb.com/surveys





I list how they pay you, what I like and dislike about them, whether they have an affiliate or referral program, etc. (And yes, if I say they have an affiliate program, I'm part of it, and make a commission when someone signs up through that link...I like to be up front about that).





There are others out there. Be careful though, there are also scams. Don't sign up for any survey site which asks you to pay to access the surveys. Also watch for language like "get paid for taking surveys AND SIGNING UP FOR OFFERS" if you don't want to have to sign up for stuff with other companies to get paid.





Always carefully read their terms of service and privacy policy. If in their privacy policy they say they only use aggregated info, this is GOOD SIGN they are legit. Aggregated info information that is grouped together so it can't be connected with anyones personal identification like name, e-mail, phone or address. That's what survey sites SHOULD collect. Avoid sites that say they give, rent, or sell any personal information (info that is not agregated) to third parties (unless you really don't mind getting junk mail, telemarketing calls, and spam).





Also just recently came across a good survey ratings site that I've found very helpful:


http://www.surveypolice.com/

How do you all feel about web sites that you can make money just by answering surveys?
in many cases the sole purpose of these sites is to gather email addresses that are then sold to other sites for spam mail and nobody is paid for the survey answers. be careful when responding to so-called survey sites that offer pay.
Reply:If someone were to offer me 10 bucks an hour I'd do it. It would have to be a trusted name. They would probably need to run TV ads for awhile, for example.
Reply:They are so not worth your time. I tried it and it is a real waste. I hear about a woman on Oprah who said she made so much money doing that, she quit her job. so I thought, what the ####, I'll give it a try. It's fine at first, you answer surveys for "money" but when it's time to collect...I couldn't even figure out how to get the money w/o spending money. seriously. to claim your cash, you just have to "fill out and participate in 3 of the following qualifying offers" or something like that and it usually means signing up for a service or giving out your personal info for a refinance or buying something stupid that you don't want. whatever, it's not worth it. that was my experience with about six different sites. save yourself the time and aggravation and find another way to make some extra cash.
Reply:I think there are some real ones out there and if your lucky enough to find it, then it can be a great way at earning extra income but I think most of them are a scam.
Reply:If it's legitimate, power to you!





It's a business thing. If they think that an opinion is worth some money, then it's all good.





Watch out for scams though - they're all over the place. Make sure the site you're at is secure and NEVER give away private information like your SSN or credit card number until you have a VERY good reason to believe that it's safe to do so...I will leave just how far to dig before you're satisfied to your judgment.
Reply:You will not make enough money on the sites to make it worth your time.
Reply:They're ripoffs.You have to sign up for a whole bunch of stuff you don't need,and spend two hours answering questions for(maybe) two dollars.
Reply:Some are legitimate ...but they don't pay very much.





Most of us here spend too much time on line already.


What's next ?


A toilet as my desk chair so I never have to leave ....


.....really.....





regards,


Philip T