Paid Survey sites that pay you
One thing to be aware of when participating in surveys for money is that only a few survey sites offer cash for surveys directly. Most often, you’ll find that your compensation is tied to acquiring a certain amount of points in your account and the points will be on the basis of complete surveys you have done. Every site will have a different threshold of points that you must achieve in order to cash out.
Another thing to be aware of is that many survey sites will offer compensation sometimes in the form of online sweepstakes entries. The prizes in these sweepstakes are often cash. Not taking the surveys that pay in sweepstakes entries can adversely affect your selection for future surveys.
Survey sites that use PayPal are preferred because you can get paid more quickly that way, but some sites make you wait a few days after you cash out before funding your account.
The following sites all have a PayPal option:
The Brand Institute
The Brand Institute does not use points and has no cash-out threshold. You’ll be paid right away upon completing your survey.
This company also features international support, allowing member participation from Germany, Spain, France, Japan, and Italy as well as from the U.S. and Great Britain.
Opinion Outpost
You must have 50 points in your account to request payment. 50 points is equivalent to $5.
Although it may take a month to start receiving surveys from Opinion Outpost, this company is pretty reliable in setting out multiple surveys after that.
SurveySpot
No points are needed for SurveySpot and you can request payment at any time.
SurveySpot is one of those companies where the first surveys a new member receives are compensated with sweepstakes entries instead of cash. You’ll need to complete these in order to receive the most paid surveys going forward.
MySurvey.com
Another survey site that uses points, to receive payment from MySurvey, you’ll need 1,000 points or more. 1,150 points is equivalent to $10.
MySurvey allows participation from just about anywhere in the world, not just North America and Great Britain.
Pinecone Research
Pinecone Research doesn’t use points and you can request payment at any time.
Pinecone Research doesn’t recruit new members very often and rarely advertises. When it does, the number of applications it accepts is small.
As you can see, there are a number of survey sites that offer cash compensation for taking surveys. It’s worth mentioning, however, that even those sites that offer non-cash rewards are worth participating in as well because they can easily be converted into cash with a little more work. For instance, gift cards or prepaid cards can be used to purchase items that can be sold on eBay for a small profit.
