Survey Sites are NOT Created Equal!

Ever thought about doing surveys? I never thought about trying them, until one day, when I was at work, sitting at my lonely cubicle. I work at a livery company (limos & such) and with the current economic situation, not many people are calling to book reservations. For the past year or so, my cubicle has been used for: writing school papers, getting lost in wikipedia, and researching various topics that I find interesting at the moment.



My experience with taking online surveys have been mixed, but overall, I have been extremely happy with the experience. It is obvious that one cannot become rich through taking online surveys, but the way I look at it, I have a lot of freetime at work and there are not many other ways to make extra money, while chained to a cubicle. Out of the 7 survey sites that I applied for, all at the same time, there has been two that I have used on a consistent basis. Below I'll give you my experiences with these two legitimate sites.



Opinion Outpost - This site is within my top 2 favorites. It takes under 10 minutes to sign up, and then you are ready to start surveying. They have a "profiles section," in which you complete "mini-surveys," which are used to match you to real surveys the site finds. In any given week, I receive about 10 to 15 survey opportunities, with payouts ranging from $1.00, all the way up to $20.00! In my experience, the most I have ever made from one survey on this site was $10.00, which was a fun survey about beer. It took me about 50 minutes, and I made 10 dollars. They do have a threshold, one has to meet, in order to cash out and it is $5 dollars. About two weeks ago, I requested a check for the amount I have gained, which was $22. Just last night I received a letter from opinion outpost, with a check for that amount! https://www.opinionoutpost.com/


Pros
- Legitimate Survey Site

- More often than not, you are not disqualified from surveys

- Surveys generally take the amount of time that they say

- When you request a check, (in my experience) it arrives a lot sooner than the 4-8 weeks they say it does

Cons
- Not really any I can point out, aside from the fact that they cannot pay via paypal.

Lightspeed Consumer Panel - This is possibly my favorite online survey site. There is a quick signup process, and from there, I receive anywhere from 10 -30 survey invitations, in my email, per week. Although I disqualify from quite a few of them, I have made in total around $35 dollars in the past month. $35 doesn't seem like much, but I like to look at it like it is overtime pay. Lightspeed also has surveys where they mail you free products to try and then take a follow up survey. Just last week, they sent me a box of trojans to try out. http://us.lightspeedpanel.com/

Pros
- Legitimate (not a scam)
- Many survey invitations per week
- Get paid through Paypal, which I have done 4 times so far.
- The threshold for payout is only $5 dollars.
- It takes about 3 - 4 business days from the time you request payment, until the time the money shows up in your paypal account.
- Some interesting surveys, generally the hardest surveys to qualify for, are the most interesting.

Cons
- There are more low paying surveys at this site, compared to Opinion Outpost.
- The screeners that Lightspeed uses, to match you to future surveys, are somewhat tedious.