Do you have some free time to spare? Would you like to invest your time off and earn few extra bucks online? Then you should read on and learn how to make some money on the internet with online questionnaires.
Online surveys are opinions of persons on particular products, sites, policies or services. Most sites that collect them are made of a database of diverse opinions on what a certain product is, what it can or cannot do and what others think about it. It is just like a normal questionnaire except that in this case you don't have to sit in front of a conference table and answer questions; it is entirely done online, and you could complete it at your convenience.
Most online surveys come as questions with blank spaces for answers. Companies often use these surveys to track the satisfaction customers are getting from their products or services. They also use it to gather general opinions about how to improve the quality of their products.
The most interesting part about online surveys is that you don't get to lose anything; you enter your opinions and get paid for them.
Online surveys have gained a bit of a bad reputation due to certain websites using people's trust in exchange for… well, nothing. However, a quick research will tell you what sites are legitimate and we give you a few ideas at the end of this article as well.
If that is your question then you should know that there is an endless list of things you can survey online; ranging from goods, websites, to products and services of different kinds. You may be asked to answer questions about edible products, skin care products, software products, etc., depending on your age, location, gender and other factors.
Online surveys are aimed at gathering correct information from the public. If you want to be accurate, you should be genuine with your entry. Unlike product reviews where you may have to use the product before you can write an opinion, online surveys may only require initial thoughts.
Many companies promise payments to encourage people to complete questionnaires, but there are the black sheep that do not fulfill this promise. It is essential that you only work with valid survey sites that pay.
Here are some tested and trusted survey sites.
Swagbucks: These offer payments through points which you can later convert to either cash (through PayPal) or vouchers. It may take up to 10 minutes to fill in surveys/reviews with Swagbucks, and your earnings will depend on how many you can fill.
Mindswarm: you can earn $50 per 20 minutes survey on Mindswarm. It is one of the highest paying survey sites, and they only take video surveys. (That is you will have to answer survey question with video uploads).
Toluna: Toluna pays very well; sometimes, you can earn up to 15 euro per hour.
My Survey: You can take surveys practically worldwide and make 3-5 euro an hour.
SurveyJunkie: For USA, Canada and Australia.