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People often ask the question: "Can I make enough money through on-line surveys to pay my bills?" For prospective survey takers, the short answer, which they might not like, is "no." The long answer, which they may or may not like, is as follows:

I do not want to discourage anyone from attempting to make money via on-line surveys, but with most survey companies, there is one catch, and it's a rather annoying one: respondents are not paid unless they qualify for a particular survey, and they are not informed whether they qualify until after they complete the survey. Since surveys usually take a minimum of 2 5 minutes to complete, and since I find that 50% 75% of the time, I don't qualify for the survey, and after visiting several survey sites and after wasting 10 15 minutes per site, I can't say I'm a fan of on-line surveys because, ultimately, I do not qualify for the survey, and I make no money.

Finding out whether one qualifies for a survey after one takes the survey is puzzling process because in order for someone to take the survey, that someone has to register at the survey site and complete a personal profile. So why do I not qualify for the surveys when the survey site already has all my pertinent information? And having my information, why do they invite me to participate in a survey if I am not qualified? I have no answer to these questions.

Nevertheless, I know people who have made and who do make some money from surveys. What is their trick? Their trick is that they register with a lot of survey sites, and they take a lot of surveys. Is this tactic worthwhile? Do they earn minimum wage? Can this strategy earn a person $12.00 an hour? $20 per hour? Is there a cap to the earnings?

To answer the can-I-pay-my-bills-with-survey s type questions, you have to really account for your time, and you really must know the process. First you have to find the surveys sites, and then you have to register with them. At http://www.whichsurveys.com is an on-line directory for about 200 or so survey companies. They list approximately 50 companies that allow registration from US citizens. So for this scenario, we'll assume US residency.

Time to sign up at survey sites = 2 minutes per site. Total sign-up time = 100 minutes.
This is your investment time. Write this time off. Forget about it. Pretend it never happened. Make believe that you just watched a movie. Better yet, pretend you just watched a great movie.

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