by Anonymous Anomaly

Created on: June 01, 2010

For all the people that know of Paid Surveys, it seems that very few participate in them. Survey sites are widely advertised all over the web, leading me to think that uptake must be relatively low. Even I receive a handful of opportunities in my inbox that I do not take up, if I am tired or time is tight enough to be more valuable spent elsewhere. My feeling is that the following sequence of events is common: people sign up to a site, maybe do a survey or two, then ignore all the other invitations to take more. This must be one way the survey companies make their money, after all, if a person never reaches the payment threshold, then they are never paid, and the survey company has gotten some free labour. 

Money is the reason the survey companies do what they do, and likely the reason most survey-takers do what they do. The money actually isn’t that bad: if you were to work out a per annum rate of pay, it would probably amount to a full time living in most countries, including the United States. For example, if you average £2 (UK) per 20 minutes, that will result in a pay rate higher than the minimum wage of £5.81 per hour. This is from the comfort from your own home, and what you spend in electricity you save in travel. Of course, you will never make enough to survive on doing just paid surveys unless you sign up to a potential scam site that you pay to join, something I would never do or recommend. There are just not enough surveys in the world to achieve this.

The clincher is that survey sites are not supposed to provide a full-time income, just an additional stream or extra pocket money. If you sign up to several sites, and take surveys often, you can count on a tax-free fortnightly cheque or BACS transfer, the importance of which will no doubt vary according to your income. You can also get prize merchandise, sweepstakes or gift vouchers, though of course cash remains the most popular option.

There are a few other reasons one may participate in paid surveys. You have a chance to let your opinions be heard by people in a position to shape the products we use: it provides a more democratic form of capitalism. Just like in political democracy, your voice is just one amongst thousands, but unlike politics, these people are not just after your vote every four years. They want your money every day, so are less likely to ignore your opinions or read into them what they want.

Another reason for taking surveys is to gain knowledge of products that you are sworn to secrecy never to reveal details of. This has no real advantages, but knowing something that nobody else (or at least you think so) does is always fun. As such, it is not really a reason for signing up for a site, just enjoying them more and continuing participation when you get there.

This ties in with the final reason, which is curiosity. If you are yet to sign up to a survey site you are probably reading about them because of this reason. Why not satisfy this urge tonight, visit a website like buncecentral.110mb.com to discover the best sites around, and begin to enjoy taking surveys and making money from them. The reasons listed in this article are not exhaustive, and not inclusive of reasons a person may not take part in paid surveys.

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