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signing up for free paid surveys online - what to expect

If you want to earn money taking online surveys and you're wondering what's going to happen if you start signing up for a bunch of these "free paid surveys online", then check out a few screenshots from a typical survey taking e-mail inbox.

This is after exactly one year of being signed up. You may have more or less invitations depending on many factors, as is discussed at length throughout this site. Yes, there are lots of two, three, and four dollar surveys. Some take five minutes, some take a bit more. And there are plenty of very, very good paying surveys for money as well. Check them out below.

Also of note, there was some SPAM. Nothing malicious, no mal-ware. Just partners of a few of the companies, trying to pan their goods. If you're at all familiar with the internet, you would not have deemed any of the SPAM anything to worry about. No scams. Set your filters on your e-mail and check the junk folder for missed survey invitations. Pretty simple. If you bother to read their privacy policy when you sign up, they tell you they're going to share your name with a few of their friends. It's standard operating procedure in the business.
 

sample surveys

First, see what it's like to take paid online surveys. Maybe you'd rather stick a fork in your eye than answer questions on a computer all day... seriously. Everyone thinks taking surveys are the cat's meow, but sometimes, these free surveys for money can get a little tedious. No matter what you get paid. Even if you work from home. What's your attention span? Staring at a computer, reading every word carefully, answering thoughtfully, checking LOTS of little boxes, etc etc etc...?

Click here to see a sample online survey from Zarca

Click here to see a sample survey from SurveyCafe

Click here to see a sample survey from Matrix Research

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Set-up a dedicated "for paid surveys only" email account. AOL, Fastmail, Gawab, Gmail, GMX, Hotmail, Inbox, Lycos, Yahoo, Zenbe, among others, are free, and make it pretty easy to be up and running in minutes. If you think you want to skip this step, think again. Did you see the inbox we showed?

After you set-up your alternate e-mail program, you should format the inbox filters for the different pay-outs by dollar amount. Or you can sit there and scroll through your inbox and pick them out manually, but that's not recommended. Your time is worth more than that.

Read the above again. And do it!

You may want to consider downloading and installing a quality spy-ware program at this point as well. Before you join with every offer out there. It's not necessary, but it never hurts.

If you want a form-filler, check one of these out...

Browse the Online Surveys Directory.com free paid surveys list, and determine the market research firms who's objectives and rewards system match you the best - the things that you know about, care about, and issues that matter to you. Things you'd want to participate in and won't mind taking a little time to share your insight.

For example, if they're looking specifically for opinions on I.T., and you think "being a PC" qualifies you, then you're not going to add value to those studies or have fun taking those surveys, never-mind the incentive. Patching the screen door doesn't qualify you for professional contractor surveys, balancing the family checkbook won't qualify you as a "financial expert", and putting band-aids on boo-boos doesn't make you eligible for medical profession or caregiver surveys.

Get the idea? Stick with the surveys you can actually add insight and value to, not just the ones that pay a lot! Gift cards to a store that doesn't exist in your neck of the woods won't do you much good either, unless you shop on-line of course. If you never travel by air, and their points system only converts to frequent flyer miles, that's not going to be a good fit, for anybody.