Money Making Schemes

Nagesh answers:

Here is the info on the survey sites I use your certainly not going to get rich doing them, but if I am messing around on the internet I will do them in my free time. Do not give anyone your SSN there are lots of sites out there that are legit and they do not need this info from you. Nor do you have to pay to join.

My favorite is Pinecone Research. You have to have an invitation to join though. So look around for some on the internet and you’ll find one usually. They send one or two surveys a month. All surveys are pretty short and at least $3 each. They are great though cause you will have a few days or a week to answer the survey if you don’t check your email religiously. Then they send a check in the mail pronto or you can choose to have it put in a paypal account.

Survey savvy has a great referral program if you know people who will join you get money for surveys they complete also. Once you decide to get your payout you just request it and you get a check in the mail in a few weeks.

I have also tried American Consumer Opinion. They pay by check in mail for each survey completed (the ones I did were $4-5 each, but I have not been able to complete many of their surveys (very few).

Surveyspot has tons of surveys most of which you only get an entry into a drawing (which I have never won). However they do have many paid surveys also. You can just go to their site everyday and answer surveys you don’t have to wait for them to be emailed to you (they are also emailed to you). They do some previewing of tv commercials and tv shows. I have done a couple tv shows which involved watching an hour long program (45 minutes without commercials) and answering some questions about it – with payment of $20 so that was nice.

Finally I think the first one I joined was Lightspeed. I liked it at first they sent a lot of surveys and I qualified for a lot of them. Now there surveys seem longer and they give less points for them. You get points you can redeem for gift cards to different places or for paypal $$. I have gotten a couple invitations for an extended survey worth $50 each so I have stuck with them.

Most pay a few dollars per survey completed so it is best to use several. You also need to be a regular email checker because if you don’t respond to the survey fast enough they have met their quota.

If you would like to give me a referral credit use the link in my profile for survey savvy and the other sites I use are listed there as well. Good Luck!

Nagesh answers:

You are in luck, I take paid surveys everyday and have become very good at it, so I can speak for myself when I say it has been very rewarding, and I say you are in luck because, I have done a ton of research on market research companies, I searched each one individually before joining, it was very time consuming but worth the time spent. I have compiled a blog entry with a list of all the sites I am a member of that I felt good about posting, though all my sites are not posted. I have listed tips and information which will prove very useful to you, even if you should not decide to join the panels on my list. Anyhow, here is a link to my blog, the post I speak of is my most recent entry. I would post the info here but it would take up too much space on the answers page.
Http://piper-of-pipers-lair-blog.blogspot.com/
Blessings to you and your’s and best of luck to you on your journey.
Sat Nam, ~(-_-)~
Piper.

Nagesh answers:

There are many ways generate cash from your time. Literally. For instance you can look into writing. Words can be worth $5.00 per 450 words if written half good.
There are many sites all over the net where you can sell them from, it’s not too difficult to do it just needs learning how it all works, the more you put into it the more you reap.

Nagesh answers:

You’re going to get absolutely bombarded with responses to this.

Can you get something online that doesn’t require *any* money out of pocket? Probably, but there’s a good chance that it’s not going to be anything that will make you a livable income (surveys, etc).

There are legit programs out there, but most will require at least a minimal investment.

Any type of program that promotes itself as a *job* and charges you to get involved is a scam, hands down. A program that promotes itself as your own business and has an associated investment is not necessarily a scam. Nobody in their right mind would think they could open a restaurant with no investment so why is any business that requires an investment online assumed to be a scam?

Just like anything else, go in with your eyes open. Do your research…

Nagesh answers:

There are definitely lots of scams out there so be careful

The rule, as always, is to stay away from those that ask you to pay before you can get these surveys.

For the online surveys for example, legitimate market survey companies such as Pinecone Research recruit members based on demographic characteristics — e.g. Mothers of babies 0-12 years old — and will send surveys of products and services targeting this demographic group. Pinecone Research, however, pays only $5 per survey — you’re definitely not going to be rich with that. They can give you anywhere from 1-5 at most surveys in a month.

Other companies simply ask you to answer as many research as possible, and you don’t earn anything just the chance to win at a raffle (which I find lame).

Pinecone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com
GreenField Online http://www.greenfieldonline.com
Harris Poll Online http://www.harrispollonline.com
BuzzBack http://www.buzzback.com
SurveySite http://www.surveysite.com
SurveySavvy http://www.surveysavvy.com
Survey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com/
http://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/