Online Paid Surveys - Why You Should Participate

However, there are a few people who do not really understand why it's important to participate in surveys.

Why you should participate?

Paid surveys are rapidly becoming the most preferred means of data collection today, thanks to the Internet.
Collection of consumer information is the main stronghold of the entire market research industry.
Not until lately, production firms had to try and make the best possible estimate of how to make the best goods and services to meet their consumers' tastes, which was difficult for most production companies.
 Companies today go full lengths to make or produce goods that have been customized to meet what their consumers' preferences are.

How can you participate?

Participation is simple and quite interesting because you will not only learn something from participating in research projects but also get some reward for it.
Let's first cover how to find good survey companies, join their panels and start taking surveys.


This marks the very first step into the survey world.
But on the other side, there are illegitimate sites all over the internet that will end up frustrating you and maybe even duping you off your money.
The internet has thousands of sites that are designed to fool people and con them.
Paid surveys are rewarding and can make you some easy money but can not possibly be a "dream job" or full time occupation and it's unlikely that anyone can earn a living from paid surveys.
Please read the seven steps below on how to find legitimate survey sites and also how to spot the bad ones.
This is where the road gets blur and tricky, but do not be alarmed because you only need at least five legitimate survey sites for you to get started.
On further searching you may find other "middleman" sites that offer links to hundreds of paid survey site.
Some of the sites on their lists are usually outdated but you may as well give it a shot since you have got nothing to lose.
Always be wary too when you spot sites that claim to pay you anything like $250 an hour for taking paid surveys.
Some of these sites will even try to make you pay a fee which they may call "membership fee, one-time fee or entry fee".
Such lists are sometimes a mere outdated collection of affiliate links to other paid surveys sites.
 Go to Google and try to read more about paid surveys scams by typing "paid survey scams" into their search box.

Try not to get swayed into paying any membership fee.
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Try to find out about the site's web reputation by visiting forums and asking others about that particular website.

The site should be hosted by an actual market research company with a web presence.
Some of these websites will just collect your email address and start spam feeding you with ads.
Legitimate survey sites will most often only pay you for surveys you participate in.
Do not forget to read the fine print on their "Terms of Service, Terms of Use, or Policy" pages as well.
If the deal sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

By this point you should have already found the sites that you intend to join, please read the section on "How to find legitimate survey sites" if you have not found any yet.
Assuming that you are already at the site's main or home page, first try to read as much as you can and see what the site offers.
Keep in mind that as you read through, you should also be checking for signs that may trigger suspicion about the site's legitimacy.
Clicking on it should bring you to a page with at least a form for you to use.
If you can abide by their terms then try and find their "Frequently Asked Question's" page if they have any, and read it through.
If none of these gave you a reason to be suspicious about the site, then go, ahead and fill the registration form and submit it.
By this point you should be able to take surveys if they have any, or you have to wait for them to send you email invitations when they have any available.
You do not need any special skills or be a web expert in order to get impressive rewards or payment from taking paid surveys online.
These exaggerated sites may occasionally sway some new web surfers into believing that they have stumbled on the jackpot of riches.
Some sites even try to make their visitors pay a fee for them to earn membership, which is usually access to their list of affiliate sites.
Some will even guarantee that if you do not earn a certain amount of money within a given time, they will refund you your money.
Most of these guarantees, testimonies and proofs are only meant to sway you into to paying a fee you will kiss goodbye because chances of you getting it back are one in a million.

The good part of almost everything is that there is always the other side of it.
These companies will in most cases pay up to $80 a survey but what do you have to lose, you are not only making a free $80 but also helping improve consumer products and services by giving your much valued opinions to production companies.
Gifts and prizes, vouchers, and discounts at shopping malls and stores are also a great way many survey takers benefit from participating in paid surveys.
Such sites will lead to lots of unbearable junk mail in your inbox.
Real honest survey companies would never reveal your personal details to outsiders though, even if they were affiliated or not.
This will lessen the disk space usage of you email provider since some companies will really pump you up with tons of email surveys, and it will also help stop mixing up survey emails with your personal emails.
Now it's your turn to act.
Thanks for your time and best of luck.