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DramaQueenLucy

7-5-2008, 9:06 PM

This thread is for survey general questions & answers only.

There are individual threads for the companies below, please search the forum for these threads and then post your question in there.

This thread is to offer advice, honest tips & to ask questions when they come up.

Where do I start?
Well you start by reading what others have written on any specific survey site decide what sites are the best fit for you. I do recommend that you sign up with as many legitimate sites as possible; it takes a while for you to start to get surveys. Some sites you will only hear from occasionally, others on a daily or weekly basis. I would highly suggest that you get a form filler (google auto fill or RoboForm) it saves you a lot of typing.

The most important thing that you should do is to be honest when filling out your demographic information.

Be honest when you answer survey questions. The survey companies talk to each other and you can get black listed for not being honest. They also have people that watch message board and will report back to the companies who is cheating, the bottom line is that you will be caught. Then you will lose that extra money and your chance at making a difference on what products will go on the market.

Answer as many survey invitations as possible this keeps you on their lists. Even if you know you will not qualify answer them, it only take a minute or two and can lead to more invitations.

Fill out all of the demographic questions. This helps the company to know what surveys to send you. The more you have filled out the better your chance are at getting surveys.

Don’t plan on retirement with your survey money. Yes they do bring some extra cash but you will not be able to live on this alone.

Most important never ever pay to get a list of survey sites, to take a survey or to take part in any projects.

How to search craigslist for surveys or research projects:
If we aren't posting projects from your area, this is how you can do it yourself.

1)Go to: http://craigslist.org
2)Find your city &/or state
3)Scroll down until you see ETC (under jobs)
4)Click ETC and that is where you will find them.
5)Then come back to GottaDeal and post what you have found here. Be very descriptive in the title what is the study about? Where is it (online, nationwide, phone, etc)? How much does it pay? For an example of a good thread check out one of mine DramaQueenLucy.

If you want to help us out here at GD. Come back, Search to see if it has already been posted. If not copy and paste it. Rewrite the title of the post. Be as descriptive as possible and include as much information as possible. If the study takes place only in a certain area add that to the title. If it's Nationwide, add that. If it's a telephone or online interview, add that. For examples of good thread titles please see my (DramaQueenLucy (http://forums.gottadeal.com/member.php?u=121785)) posts

If you have a question or just want to look at the previous thread click here (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=46428).

Just have fun & make some money!!!

~DramaQueenLucy

countrygal1961

7-15-2008, 8:44 AM

We have checks ready to send you for offering us your honest opinion on various online surveys that only take a few minutes to complete. FusionCash pays you cash to be a product tester! There's a $5 signup bonus and you can get paid via PayPal or by check. We pay every month, and you can continue earning money for years. http://www.fishersimple.com/click.cgi?sid=108608249&cid=136509&ed=6847&eip=2669&ld=4675&lip=2669&url=t1 I am a little leary about it.

fai

7-15-2008, 9:07 AM

You have to have $25 to cash out. $15 of it has to be completed offers (no referrals) But here's the ketch, Your money expires after a certain time. It was 90 days and recently switched to 180 days so, all my sign up bonus and money I made is now expired because I normally only do surveys not the offers that cost money. So unless you do these offers you won't get to cash out. You decide. I would be careful. That was my own experience with them!

DramaQueenLucy

7-18-2008, 8:40 PM

Is anyone else getting slammed with surveys the last few days?
I have had a ton...in my e-mail since yesterday morning.

ang625

7-18-2008, 9:47 PM

dmm2702

7-19-2008, 12:58 AM

Is anyone else getting slammed with surveys the last few days?
I have had a ton...in my e-mail since yesterday morning.

Yes I have been doing a lot of surveys lately and a ton of products tests :)

DramaQueenLucy

7-19-2008, 9:53 AM

Thanks

my2kidsmom

8-21-2008, 1:45 AM

I know most sites email you, but there are some that don't (like CLER/Harvard). I'm trying to get a list together to see which site require you to log in to see available surveys. Can anyone help with this?

TIA

bugsette

8-23-2008, 8:02 PM

How much a year do you think taking the surverys? I pobably average about $100.00

bugsette

8-23-2008, 11:21 PM

I'm still waiting on a few to pay.... it's fun to take some of the surveys... hey every little bit helps

DramaQueenLucy

8-24-2008, 12:33 AM

Last year I was over $2,000 in cash, about $400.00 in amazon gc's and maybe $150.00-$200.00 from paypal.

bugsette

8-24-2008, 6:04 PM

wow!!!!! you did great

DramaQueenLucy

8-24-2008, 7:43 PM

Thanks!

baseballmom16

9-10-2008, 7:34 AM

Did anyone do the mastercard 90 minute interactive? It was last night at 5:30 cst. I can't remember which survey site that originally offered it. Thanks!

Nevermind! I found what I was looking for!

vsk

9-10-2008, 2:38 PM

Did anyone do the mastercard 90 minute interactive? It was last night at 5:30 cst. I can't remember which survey site that originally offered it. Thanks!

Nevermind! I found what I was looking for!
I took part, but do not remember neither amount of compensation or the survey site, I was invited from. Could you share it with me? thanks.

judithra

9-10-2008, 4:09 PM

I took part, but do not remember neither amount of compensation or the survey site, I was invited from. Could you share it with me? thanks.

Just a friendly piece of advise..:yup: Always, always write down the survey company, survey number and always, always keep the invite and record that you have completed it and for how much..Without this info the likehood of you not receiving your compensation stands in jeopardy.. Some companies, even tho they are legit, will not paid if you do not have proof you completed it if you inquire about payment. The biggest majority of us keep a ledger or some form of daily recording of surveys taken, compensation ( also if it is check, paypal, gift certificate, etc.) and when we were paid, etc..:)

baseballmom16

9-10-2008, 4:12 PM

I believe it was $40 or $45. I responded to the original email from Angela on regards to when to sign in. They will send a check in 4-6 weeks. VSK, are you Mary, by any chance?

vsk

9-10-2008, 4:33 PM

I believe it was $40 or $45. I responded to the original email from Angela on regards to when to sign in. They will send a check in 4-6 weeks. VSK, are you Mary, by any chance?
Thanks,
I am not mary.:no: Will check come from itracks?

baseballmom16

9-10-2008, 5:38 PM

Thanks,
I am not mary.:no: Will check come from itracks?

Yes it comes directly from itracks in 4-6 weeks.

BellaMia

10-12-2008, 11:24 PM

I have had problems with Say Nation ever since I registered with them. I had problems logging in after registering and it took them 2 months to finally answer my email which by then I had already reregistered so it didn't matter anymore.

Well, then another time when I went to add my address and phone number to my account in order to cash in points I had an issue where I couldn't log back into my account. While I was adding my info, at the bottom of the screen it said I had to reenter my password in order to make the changes. Well I did. I did NOT change my password.

Then I got a message after submitting that, that I needed to log back in. Well, I tried that and I got a message stating that the email address/password I entered was invalid. So I clicked the "forgot password" link and added my email address. Then I got a message stating that the email address could not be found.

What the heck happened? This happened once before and NOONE has EVER answered my question from the last time it happened. So now, here I sit, waiting for someone to respond and of course I can not access my account and I can not touch my points because I can't get into the stupid account.

I know I have read somewhere where there is a site you can go to, to report companies like this when you have a problem and they won't respond or offer assistance. Does anyone know what I am referring to or can anyone offer any help? I am NOT happy about this.

DramaQueenLucy

10-12-2008, 11:31 PM

You can report them here (http://www.surveypolice.com/)

BellaMia

10-13-2008, 12:24 PM

Thanks for the info Lucy, that is exactly what I was looking for. I'll let you know if this gets corrected.

DramaQueenLucy

10-13-2008, 3:37 PM

Thanks for the info Lucy, that is exactly what I was looking for. I'll let you know if this gets corrected.

Yes please let us know what happens and please report your issue in the thread for that company.

BellaMia

10-19-2008, 8:46 PM

I registered a complaint with the company you referred me to, Lucy, against SayNation! and finally got a response from someone at SayNation!. It took them a while but they claim to want to help me. They said that my email address was causing a problem with their system and that is why I was getting locked out of my account. Although there was never a problem with them emailing me surveys or problems with me taking the surveys. But as soon as I wanted to cash in points there was a problem and I then couldn't log into my account. I kept getting a message stating the info I was inputting was invalid and they couldn't locate my email address.

Well, finally today I got logged in and went to request a paypal deposit. I was excited about getting back into my account. Then as soon as I hit the submit button to request the deposit, I got a page long error message. I was SO mad! So, now I have to submit another complaint and wait probably weeks to get a response.

I'm not real happy with SayNation! at all. I've had problems with them since the day I registered. It takes them forever to respond to emails. And there are too many problems with surveys. Several times I've clicked to submit a survey and I get an error message or it doesn't take me back to the SayNation homepage and then I don't get credit for taking the surveys. Urggggh!!!!

DramaQueenLucy

10-20-2008, 7:54 PM

his_lil_gemini

10-28-2008, 12:14 PM

First let me start by saying i would have searched the information but i didnt know exactly what to search for..also im posting this in this forum because you guys are the ones who like to make money and thats what these sites are for, if this needs to be moved please do so..

Im wondering are there any other sites like boomertowne use to be? I know about mypoints and freeride..having to buy things to really rack up points, but are there any others. i heard something about wellness360 and looked around the site but didnt quite understand what to do.
thanks

DramaQueenLucy

10-28-2008, 1:41 PM

I don't know anything about this...moving it to the Q & A thread

fergie32

12-22-2008, 10:19 PM

WHO IS WITH US?????????

Boycott Surveys that do not pay and only offer raffles or a "chance" of winning money
All,

Let's collectively boycott any Survey company that compensates you only by offering you a "chance" at winning a cash prize through a raffle.

Let me explain....

Too many people are either bored at home or enjoy taking surveys and they do not care whether they get compensated for their valuable time. Because of this, instead of companies paying people like us $3.00/$5.00 per survey, they just offer a prize such as (1) $50.00 gift card and get thousands of people to take their surveys without having to pay a dime to anyone for their time and efforts.

If we boycott these "chances to win", companies will not have enough respondants and will be forced to start compensating people for these surveys.

On one bulletin board, a recent survey posted for a "chance to win" (1) $50.00 AMEX gift card got over 5,000 views. So basically the company who posted this survey got PAID by their client to get thousands of people to take their survey, ask you personal information, etc. and all this company had to shell out was (1) 50.00 gift card to a random winner (that's assuming they even chose a winner from the pool of entries).

Clients pay on average $3.00-$5.00 PER SURVEY PARTICIPANT to the company that posts the survey. So assuming 3,000 people (maybe more?) took the survey, the company made $9,000 to $15,000 in pure profit and only had to pay $50.00 total to get respondants to answer their survey questions.

You tell me... who comes out on the short end here?

Rule of thumb... if you are not directly compensated a set amount of money for your time, "pass" on participating in the survey.

Abracadabra

12-22-2008, 10:35 PM

I agree with you.

What particularly irritates me is when I get cold-called asking for my opinion for free. It bugs me, because if their doing this, you know a good deal of people out there are just giving away their info for nothing. People need to realize that market research is dependant upon consumer opinion and demographics, and somebody needs to let these companies know their not going to prosper without paying dues where dues are deserved

You think their would be some regulating body for this? Sort of like consumer rights or something. But companies seem to just run wild with this, getting information however they can. It's mind-boggling how people just throw away a commoditty that everyone inherently possesses. Their should be, at least, some education site telling people the value of their opinion. I think education is the key here

zingerhil

12-22-2008, 11:56 PM

jonboy_nellie

12-23-2008, 8:57 AM

I've been getting an increasingly large number of surveys that are for raffles and "chances to win". I just hit the delete button. I also delete surveys that do not offer a fair amount of compensation for the length of the survey. $1 for 30 minutes? I don't think so.

I behave exactly the same as you. My only exception to the rule is Stanford lotteries where the odds are stated and they are pretty good typically.

justweplus3

1-17-2009, 1:48 AM

DramaQueenLucy

1-17-2009, 12:40 PM

I have been looking for a panel to join where I can take surveys via my cell...whether it be a website made to work on a cell or via text messaging! I'm not sure if they even exsist! If anyone knows of any i sure would appreciate a heads up!

I love this forum by the way, I have found lots of info here...and have joined lots of the sites recommended by you all...thank you all for all the time and effort you've put in to help out so many others! ;-)

Hi and welcome!

I have seen cellphone panels but I don't know where...give me some time to think on it and I will get back to you. I do know that there is one from windows mobile but I ill have to look for the link.

justweplus3

1-17-2009, 1:22 PM

Thank you!!! I appreciate it very much! :D

boopy63

1-17-2009, 4:17 PM

Here is a quick one to try. www.your2cents.com
They ask how you would like to be contacted and cell phone / text message / im are choices. Since I selected only contact via e-mail, I hardly ever get surveys from them. Maybe they are moving away from e-mail? Just my 2 cents . . .

justweplus3

1-19-2009, 10:06 AM

Thanks boopy63 I am already signed up to that site but don't remember having that option. I signed up before I had any of this on my cell though, so I probably didn't pay much attention to those details :cheesy: so I'll give it a try now! I don't get very many surveys from them either, although I did do a product test for them not too long ago and was able to cash out, but have not recieved any surveys at all since then! Thanks!:cool:

laura264

1-30-2009, 12:57 AM

Hi everyone...this is my first time posting on here and I thought I'd jump right in and give my two cents on surveys. I've been doing them for a couple of years and the extra money is great. But it's a dedication. As you know, some of the surveys are SO boring and you answer the same question a 100 different ways. Lately I've noticed a trend that's not very fair. If you're in the middle of a survey all of the sudden your transferred to another survey site to answer more questions, then you go back to the original survey. That's a rip off. Especially if you're a member of both survey panels. You only get credit for one! And that's my two cents. ;)

DramaQueenLucy

1-30-2009, 8:51 AM

eds4ko

3-8-2009, 12:53 PM

I did a survery for Surveyhead and I finished it even to the last part where it ask you again for demographics. I've been doing surveys for a year now so I know what is DQ and not and it went back to their website as usual and told me that I did not qualified for the survey.

Gloey

3-26-2009, 8:23 PM

I just took one of their surveys I got through Global Test Marketing, spent 10 minutes into it watching some video and then was disqualified! I hate these people.

conj

3-26-2009, 8:43 PM

thats ok, they lock up on me way before that...

Abracadabra

3-27-2009, 8:45 PM

thats ok, they lock up on me way before that...

Their use of internet explorer is why, I propose. It's as if they don't people to actually finish?

babyteddy

3-28-2009, 11:25 PM

thats ok, they lock up on me way before that...

Mine is usually like ... age ... gender ... country ... sorry.

Abracadabra

3-29-2009, 12:29 AM

Mine is usually like ... age ... gender ... country ... sorry.

One time I suspected that they profile by ethnicity, I selected Hispanic and sure enough it disqualifies me immediately. The survey I took earlier selecting Caucasian and it allowed me to continue. Maybe it was age? But it's hard not to be skeptical

If market research is the purpose, than why do they disqualify people based on certain demographics? It doesn't make sense to me. Anyone else have a clue? It would seem to me to exclude a demographic would only be a disservice to the business, and they wouldn't be able to cut into that market.

kikagops

4-6-2009, 10:47 PM

Demographics is the only way they can tell which type of user likes what products.

Important info for manufacturers to target customers.

JohnnyLaRue

4-13-2009, 3:06 AM

DramaQueenLucy

4-13-2009, 7:41 AM

with pop culture. Just took a survey and of the 25 people whose photos they showed I knew .... *drum roll* .... just one!!

Sad thing was the only one I knew was Obama. For all the rest of the photos I put down I don't know who they are.

I understand...lol I did a survey not long ago about movie stars or famous people they listed about 50 people and I knew maybe 4 of them...lmao I guess I am just getting old...lol

boopy63

5-26-2009, 3:44 PM

Did anyone else here do a survey in the last few months on the 50 Million Pound Challenge, sponsored by State Farm? If you did participate, do you remember the name of the survey company? Thanks for any help!

boopy63

5-28-2009, 12:14 PM

brentbarrie

7-4-2009, 7:37 PM

What are the best sites to sign up for that people have had success with? I dont want to waste my time on surveys and Im not going to be rewarded for them. Thanks.

DramaQueenLucy

7-5-2009, 11:32 AM

What are the best sites to sign up for that people have had success with? I dont want to waste my time on surveys and Im not going to be rewarded for them. Thanks.

Depends on what you are looking for points accumulation, cash out for check or gift card once you hit a certain number? Phone/Online/In Person focus groups that pay in check within 6-8 weeks?

There are tons of great sites out there see this thread http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=112583

airforcemama

9-2-2009, 10:26 AM

DramaQueenLucy

9-2-2009, 8:55 PM

Hello, my name is Micki and I'm a stay at home mom..I'm looking to start doing surveys to make some extra money for groceries and christmas and anything else that comes up...I looked at the thread about the different one..but I'm confused...LOL is there any you would recommend starting out? I'm looking for cash payout and or gift cards..or paypal...:) thanks so much for this site...now back to reading.

Oh also..I noticed the thread about ********...that is one that I have signed with...is that not a good one? couldn't find anything else about it.

Thanks
Micki

Hi and welsome to GottaDeal :) Other good sites depend on your demographics but I like Survey Spot (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=38417&highlight=Survey+Spot), Opinion Outpost (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=45090&highlight=Opinion+Outpost) & Stanford (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=76654&highlight=Stanford)

airforcemama

9-3-2009, 11:02 AM

ok cool..thank you so much...now the demographics thingy..how would I know what to look for for that??? you got a longgggggggggg list....LOL

Micki

DramaQueenLucy

9-3-2009, 11:13 AM

ok cool..thank you so much...now the demographics thingy..how would I know what to look for for that??? you got a longgggggggggg list....LOL

Micki

Well I ordered roboform (http://www.roboform.com/) and then joined them all (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=112583) :eek:

airforcemama

9-3-2009, 12:06 PM

Ok thanks again....LOL I signed up for 2 of them..one is not taking anyone new right now..dangit....LOL

Micki

airforcemama

9-3-2009, 12:43 PM

ok another ? from a dingbat...LOL how do you keep up with them all????

thanks
Micki

cashandra

9-3-2009, 1:17 PM

ok another ? from a dingbat...LOL how do you keep up with them all????

thanks
Micki

I personally get LOTS of emails from the companies to let me know when they have a new survey to take. I get them alot from Opinion Outpost and Survey spot, and every once in awhile from others.

DramaQueenLucy

9-3-2009, 2:38 PM

ok another ? from a dingbat...LOL how do you keep up with them all????

thanks
Micki

I get them in e-mails and check this forum regularly. I also keep a spreed sheet of all the survey companies and what how much they owe me :yup:

airforcemama

9-4-2009, 7:42 AM

ok thanks to both of you...:)

DramaQueenLucy

10-20-2009, 10:17 AM

Hi...Your topic was great! Thanks for taking a moment to draft such an interesting piece…

Thank you and welcome to GottaDeal :D