Online Surveys

Just a short post today as Thursday is ebay listing day for me.  Unsurprisingly, I've got quite a lot of books to list this afternoon as I saved any likely looking candidates from the Greenmetropolis cull.  I seem to have it in my mind that a 10 day listing starting on a Thursday afternoon and finishing on a Sunday afternoon attract the most bids - do any other ebay listers have a favourite time for their auctions to end?

Anyway, back to the topic.  A few months ago, in a bid to find new ways to 'earn' a bit more online, I signed up for online surveys via a couple of sites.  The first one I signed up for was You Gov which is a wonderful forum for me to give my opinions on the state of the economy, the government, crime, immigration et al.  Completing one of their surveys always gives me a great deal of satisfaction as I feel I can really let off steam and that, for once, my voice might actually be heard.  Perhaps You Gov don't really like my opinions too much though as I rarely get asked to complete a survey.  As you get paid approx. £1.00 for each survey completed, and they send you a cheque once you reach £50.00 in your account, it's going to be a long process before I get to see any actual money from this site.

A while later I came across a recommendation for Valued Opinions in the Saturday Telegraph.  They are an online market reasearch company and offer various vouchers in return for completing their surveys.  You can choose which vouchers you want to be paid in (I chose Marks & Spencer as I can use those in their wonderful food hall - love M&S food but not the price of it!)  I get asked to take part in a lot more surveys via Valued Opinions and I should be receiving my first voucher anytime soon (they pay out as soon as you reach £10.00.)  Sometimes I'm not quite what the survey is looking for and then you get a free entry into a quarterly prize draw.  The surveys pay £1.00 on average and take approx. 15 - 20 minutes to complete.  I quite enjoy doing them.

I've just dug out the bit of paper from the Saturday Telegraph and they also mention Which Surveys which apparently lists survey companies who are offering to pay for surveys in cash and prizes.  I haven't checked this one out as yet but I'll certainly be giving it a look. 

Can anyone else recommend any good survey sites where you get paid for taking part?

Comments

[sharie]

sorry I don't know any survey sites. Have you tried moneysavingexpert as they seem to have all the ideas over there.
I joined Pigsback a while ago and did really well (never buying anything just going for the clickthroughs and signups). But even that has gone downhill recently....

[Caroline]

Hi Elizabeth - I find eBay listings ending on Monday and Tuesday evenings between about 8 and 9.30 pm do well for me. Re survey sites, try Ipsos - I've been with them for years, and they send a lot of surveys and are very reliable payers. Home of Research is another that sends me a lot of surveys, but you quite often have to chase money with them. They've never failed to pay yet though. Thanks for the link to Which Surveys, I'll check that out when I've got a spare five mins. Caroline x

[Denise]

I do some surveys too. I've been on Valued Opinions for quite a long time, but don't always complete the surveys (the Brand Index ones I really hate!). I also do Just the Answer (www.justtheanswer.co.uk) and you can earn Amazon vouchers, and YouGov (YouGov.com). I used to do the GFK Media tv and radio surveys, but got bored with it after a time (though I did win an Amazon voucher from them once). I don't really do enough surveys to make much money, but some of them are quite interesting. I agree you should look at MoneySavingExpert.com and sign up for their newsletter. There are always lots of really good tips, though find tone of the forums a bit aggressive.
Denise

[Laura @ move to portugal]

I've found that YouGov have really cut back this last 6 months on the survey offers, it's frustrating as I'm on about £30 and I want to get to £50!