by M. F. Carbo

Created on: February 16, 2009

Unfortunately, on-line surveys will NOT pay your bills. This I have first hand knowledge of because I participate in surveys. I believe that a person first needs to realize that you may get plenty offers for surveys but that does not mean you will qualify for them. If you do not qualify for a survey you will not get paid for that survey. It seems sometimes that you may not qualify for any survey at all.

Some surveys give out points that you can use to "buy" chances at winning money or prizes. Even though I do participate occasionally on a survey that does this, I do not do it often because I need money and I believe my chances of winning money or a prize are probably slim to none. Most of the surveys that do let you redeem points for cash usually you will have to reach a certain amount before they will payout via Paypal. Of the surveys that I do participate in only one, Dailysurveypanel.com, pays out at any amount and so far out of all I have been happier with them.

You must also take in consideration that I am a middle aged married white woman with children which may make me not as significant to qualify for some surveys, you may be able to do better which will earn you more dollars. Since I have been doing surveys I have only actually pocketed $14.00 from Daily Survey Panel for approximately 3 months of surveys. With the other survey sites either I haven't reached the pay out amount yet or haven't won anything (big surprise).

Also, taking surveys tends to be a bit boring and time consuming. It isn't nothing to spend 15-20 minutes answering numerous questions like , "From the following responses please mark (10) for definitely describes me to (1) does not describe me at all." Many of the "responses" sound practically the same so it does tend to be monotonous. I suppose I could answer the same number over and over again but the survey seems to continue even longer.

Please keep in mind that I do only participate in a handful of survey panels and by no means have definitive knowledge of all survey panels. You should be able to make a few dollars answering surveys by utilizing many different survey panels. But I would not expect to be able to rely on surveys alone to pay your bills. I do believe there are better ways to make money on-line and that if you truly are looking to make enough to pay your bills you can find a better way than on-line surveys.

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