Average earning per month from Surveys

guptara · Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 15

Hello Friends,

Can you please tell me how much you are making on average per month by attending surveys? I am attending for past 15 months. My average earning is about $35-40. Is it high/Low or about average ??

Thanks
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dsresearch · Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Kentucky

Hello Guptara,

For me that is above average. Sometimes I have made significantly more during a month but it has usually ranged from 15-20 dollars. Since joining PineCone that number has raised and I expect to see an average of 25-35 or a little more.

My average is probably a little lower than many because I am so busy and often I dont get to the surveys before they expire

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FreePaidSurveys · Site Admin Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 398

Last year I averaged over $100 per month. That's not just in cash though, that includes gift certificates, credits towards stuff, etc... Now, I say averaged because I had months where I made very little and I had months where I made quite a bit. I had, by the end of the year collected $100 worth of Amazon gift certificates, I participated in a project that paid $200 and another that paid $75. I won a $100 drawing and a $50 one, as well as, numerous $5 and $10 drawings. I made around $100 on It Pays to Learn (I actually brought in around $400, but I used a lot of it to reinvest in them on AADRS and such). Then I made around $150-200 on the "popular sites", the 10-20 sites which send the most surveys, and usually require you to login to cash out. And probably about the same, maybe a bit less, on all of the rest. I also had $10 in Circuit City gift cards and around $50 in restaurant gift cards.

Now, I will say this. I was very active last year. I took every survey I could, almost as soon as I recieved it. I have not been able to be nearly as active this year, as I have been furiously trying to make over the entire site. These figures are also not going to be the same for everyone. It depends on where you live, who you are, etc... But I think a big part of it is getting into the surveys before they are closed.

I recieved an email (I actually think it was a post to the old forum) from someone who had been doing this for several years, who had reported similar figures. It will depend on how long you have been doing this as well. It seems to take a while for all of those "other" sites (meaning the ones who don't send invites on a regular basis) to catch up.

Also, be sure you are checking your accounts. You may have money sitting out there that you are not aware of.

Hope this helps, and GOOD LUCK
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spiritwolf · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Scotland

I am luck if I can make $30.00 a YEAR. Most of the survey sites only take people from the US. I am in some for the UK and Europe though. A lot of them use sweepstakes so you see no money unless you are lucky enough to win.

saxquiz · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 37

Chris, how many sites would you estimate that you're registered with? I am just getting started with online surveys and am trying to get a feel for how many a person needs to register with in order to make about $100 a month. As of now I'm registered with 20. I started signing up at websites yesterday, and this morning I got my first survey from Pinecone Research for $5. This is shapeing up to be a nice little bit of cash on the side.

meninsche · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Location: Southeast Michigan

My experiences so far have been as follows:

- I discovered this site back in January.
-I've signed up with about 80 different survey sites. I had to wait several months with many of them before getting my first surveys.
- In actual "cash" for surveys, I have received about $250 so far.
- I also have gotten about: $60 in Amazon gift certificates (primarily Keynote); $50 in Paypal (Greenfieldonline, mainly); $15 in BestBuy gift cards (HarrisPoll) and cashed in on two CDs (promosquad).
- I have been really luck, I think, with the drawings. A $100 Visa/Debit Card; $150 drawing (Survey Direct, I think, a "quasi" survey group, IMO); and $70 (SurveySpot).
- I am fortunate to live near Detroit, where several onsite survey companies are located (Gongos, for example). That's netted me $225 (for three surveys), the most recent one this last week.

What others are saying about missed surveys is very true - what i have done is used MS Outlook so I get my emails automatically (as oppossed to having to manually update my Yahoo! account with a browser. Sometimes, in my excitement, I have accidentally used Mozilla/Firefox (which is NOT supported by some survey links) and have lost $$$ oppurtunities that way - I suggest always using MS Explorer. I usually list my mobile as my primary contact number for any online forum or site survey discussions, as I always have this on me.

This is an estimate, as I foolishly did not get a spread sheet together until around the 3rd month. That was a headache going back through my emails to see who I was a panelist with. Rolling Eyes

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MandyB · Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 2

Hi, I am just finding out about paid for surveys but have noticed from reading a lot about them that you have to be registered with several hundreds of them to earn anything like 100 dollars a month. As I live in the UK access to many of them is denied so the chances of earning are reduced.

FreePaidSurveys · Site Admin Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 398

Unfortunatly, that's the case with most places outside the US. But, the UK still has quite a few sites, more than many other places anyways. If you find any sites that are reaaly great for UK residents, please post to the forum so that other UK residents can benefit from your experience. You could post a User Review as well.

Good luck to you
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assur191 · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 7

I've been doing surveys since the end of January. I've kept a spreadsheet, so these numbers are pretty accurate:

Cash/Paypal total (this includes a few focus groups): $664.00
About $95 in Amazon.com Gift Certificates (Lightspeed, Keynote, others)
About $35 in BestBuy Gift Cards (OpinionSquare)
Avout $25 in restaurant gift cards

Granted, I do a ton of surveys, although lately, it's tapered off. I can't access my email at work, plus I'm starting my own business on the side, so that keeps me busy.