Boost your Income with Paid Surveys

If you’re a stay home mom and want to earn a little income then try doing surveys. It is not a get rich quick scheme. Although there are some sites that offer promising income by doing surveys but you have to be careful with these sites. Some are just interested in your personal details. They will sell this to third party sites and you may end up receiving calls and spam in your email. Legitimate survey sites don’t ask you for money nor sell your personal details. Be careful giving your personal details, do research as much as possible and check on the credibility of the site. Here are some Survey sites that I have tried myself and haven’t disappointed so far.

1. Surveyspot (http://www.surveyspot.com/). One of my favorite survey sites, I joined them August 2010. You earn around 50 to 200 points per survey So far I’ve been receiving an average of 10 surveys per day, of course there is no guarantee that you can get qualified for all of them. The more you fill out surveys for them, the more motivated they are to send you surveys. Patience is always the key, to date I have been paid $80 doing their surveys. Getting paid is easy and fast, you can either choose to get paid through PayPal or exchange points through their Web mall, lots of prizes to choose from. So far among survey sites I have joined, they are the fastest paying site. You can get paid within minutes through PayPal after you claim your rewards. You can also get incentives if you get chosen to do either live surveys or product sampling. I have done one live survey and will be paid $15, it was an hour session (2-4 weeks processing, still waiting on it). You also get sweepstakes entries per survey that you finish.
2. Lightspeed Consumer Panel. Another paid survey site that is legitimate. Earn 75 to 150 points per survey, and sometimes you get a bonus survey that gives you up to 500 points. Averages 3 surveys a day for me. You can choose to redeem your points for cash through PayPal (takes 1-2 weeks) or online gift certificates, music downloads, and hundreds of other prizes. For every survey you participate in, you are automatically entered into a $5,000 sweepstakes drawn every three months.
3. Ipsos I-say. This is a paid survey that offers charity donations, Amazon gift cards, American Express Gift Card or checks. Minimum redeemable points is 500 equivalents to $5. This site is legit but slow. I get an average of 1-2 survey invites in a week; you have to be qualified for the survey to get the points. You will earn points, usually it takes 5 to 8 weeks to receive the rewards. Every finished survey, you get to play the predictor games (Guess the percentage, the closer you are to the answer the more chances you get) which gives you the chance to win greater prizes.
4. SayNation. Do surveys to earn the points for cash, gift cards or PayPal (2 – 6 weeks to receive redeemed prizes). You can earn points by completing surveys and winning the giveaway points for as much as 99,999 points, also earn 1,500 points for every friends referred. (http://www.saynation.com/Portal/?RP=Register&Ref=9344596294)
5. GlobalTestMarket (http://www.globaltestmarket.com/ ). Earn a minimum of $50 (1000 Market points) to be able to cash out, they only pay via check (4-6 weeks to receive check). Earning Market points is easy, I usually get 5 or more survey invites a day (30-50 Market points per survey), you have to complete the survey to earn Market points. Each successful completion of the a survey you will automatically receive three (3) Sweepstakes entries and for every completed survey that you are not eligible for, you will receive one (1) Sweepstakes entry. Sweepstakes are drawn daily for $300 and quarterly for the $20,000 draw.
6. Opinion Outpost (http://OpinionOutpost.com/join/8660208). Like GlobalTestMarket, they pay through check (4-6 weeks processing). You can earn as much as 50 Opinion Points per survey, 10 Opinion points = $1.00. The minimum threshold before cashing is 50 Opinion Points ($5.00). You can earn extra cash by referring your friends, earning 20 Opinion Points ($2.00) for every referral.
7. Toluna (http://us.toluna.com/). Another popular survey site, do survey and sponsor polls to earn points. You can redeem points through vouchers, cash or prize draws.
8. MyView (http://www.myview.com/) . Receive as much as 2,500 Myview Points (MVP’s) per every survey that you qualified for. MVP’s can be redeemed for gift certificates or Visa Gift Card. Received redeemed points in about 1 week. Just got my $25.00 Kohl’s gift certificate. Redeemed it last week. So they are a bit faster compared to other survey sites which take 2-4 weeks for most.
9. Surveyhead (http://www.surveyhead.com/). Earn up to $7.00 upon registration, $5.00 for registering and complete your profile survey for more cash. Surveys are paid in cash starting at $1.00 per survey. You must accumulate $10.00 before you can cash out. Redeem cash through their different merchandise which includes gift certificates, game cards or charitable donations. They also pay through PayPal with a minimum of $20.00.
10. Creations Rewards (http://www.creationsrewards.net/). Also a fast paying survey site, redeem and get paid the next day. Creations Rewards is not a conventional survey site, if you know how to use the site then you won’t have problem earning points for cash. Points can be exchanged for gift cards of your choice, cash or choose to get paid through PayPal. You can earn points by doing daily surveys; daily website visits or you could also try some of their free offers in exchange for points. Use this site at your own discretion.