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The first and best tip I can give you is that no one survey site will pay off your mortgage or even earn you the cash for that new Ipod overnight. Don't get discouraged if the weekly earnings for each site look small. It doesn't take much time to do all the surveys you'll receive from all of the sites below and start making a tidy sum, particularly if others in your household are also earning through the same sites.

My "What will you earn" figures are based on what I actually earn. If your profile suits market researchers better than mine you can confidently expect more surveys than I receive. Being a member of just the top 5 sites sites listed below earns me at least $30 a week for maybe a 1/2 hour of my time, combine that with a few shopping vouchers and the occasional large survey, regular small earnings the couple of sites at the bottom of this page and it adds up to some nice pocket money for doing next to nothing.

Lightspeed

If you've had a look at Lightspeed in the past, it may be time to look again. Lightspeed used to only enter you in prize draws for completing surveys, but now pay good cash rewards for your time! They also still have the prize draws, so if you're lucky you can make the big bucks overnight. Lightspeed pay cash via paypal, so you can either use your Lightspeed cash go shopping online without pulling out that credit card, or drop the cash directly into your bank account.

Pays internationally.

What will you earn: Lightspeed don't flood me with questionnaires, but I've been making a steady five to ten bucks a week .

Level of spam you can expect from Lightspeed: Nix!

Join Lightspeed

Emailcash

Emailcash is the Dreamworld of Australian survey sites. There are a ton of ways to be earning cash through their surveys, competitions and shopping partners. You can find yourself making a a little regular cash or a whole lot, quite quickly, it really just depends how you use it.

Emailcash pays cash by cheque, but also allows you to use your points to participate in auctions, buy items from their catalogue, or even deposit the points you've earned into points in their 'eBank' to earn high rates of interest (over 19% !!!).

Australians only for this one.

What will you earn: I have to admit I'm quite lazy with Emailcash, and don't do much online shopping to rake in the big bucks, but I still make around $6-$10 a week. However, if you do a little online shopping you can realistically earn hundreds, if not thousands of dollars per year. People are definitely doing it... large items, including cars, are regularly earned by people through Emailcash's auctions by bidding nothing but the points they've earned on the site. 

Hint's and Tips: There's so many ways to earn money with Emailcash that I've devoted a whole page to them. click here to see my guide on beefing up your Emailcash account.

Level of spam you can expect from Emailcash: Zilch. Even receiving their monthly newsletters will earn you cash.

Click on the image below to join Emailcash:

Spidermetrix

Spidermetrix seems to be paying more and more these days! Take Surveys for 'spiderpoints' that are redeemed for cash, vouchers or other prizes.

Australian based, but International participants are welcome!

What will you earn: I make a minimum of 17c, but regularly make over $5 per week. The $ might be small, but they accrue quickly and the surveys are usually quite short for the amount you earn.

Hint's and Tips: Log in once a week to catch the weekly (paid) question in the Now Open section. While you're there see if there is any other research open or marked as upcoming. Spidermetrix won't always notify users when there are open surveys. 

If you click on a survey and it says it's closed for the day but will "reopen tomorrow", try again later that night rather than early in the morning (Australian time). You'll probably have more luck getting in

Level of spam you can expect from Spidermetrix: Nada.

Join Spidermetrix

Snap Dollars is a new kid on the block. It's a US site that pays Australians in cash. I'm currently trailing this site but am hearing decent things about it. 

Follow the link below to earn $5 when you join!

Join Snap Dollars

GlobalTestMarket

While Global Test Market is a US-based company, where you earn rewards based on $US, they sure like surveying us Aussies and paying in Australian currency cheques. They typically pay around $US 2.50 per questionnaire and provide surveys on a regular basis.

As the name suggests, GlobalTestMarket pays around the world.

What will you earn: I usually average between $20 to $25 every couple of months.

Level of spam you can expect from GlobalTestMarket: None.

Click on the image below to join GlobalTestMarket:

Pureprofile

Great looking site that pays for your time doing their surveys and browsing partners advertisements. Pays cash directly and securely into your bank account. Based in Australia but also pays Internationally.

What will you earn: I've made between $4 and $11 dollars per week on this site since joining. The amount cash you receive for the time you spend on surveys and looking at their partners sites is excellent.

Hint's and Tips: Log in to Pureprofile regularly to receive new offers and pay-per-click advertisements. Pureprofile doesn't send an email every time there's something worth some cash on their site for you.

Level of spam you can expect from Pureprofile: None.

Join Pureprofile

Techsay

Techsay is by the same people who brought you GlobalTestMarket, but is a little more exclusive. It's specifically targeting people who:
- work (or have worked) in IT /Development or 
- make/recommend technology purchase decisions at work 

Because they're after a niche group, payment tends to be higher than other sites. It's fairly normal to get $1 just for being screened out of a questionnaire in the first few questions.

Participants welcome from around the world.

What will you earn: This one depends heavily on your profile, and what the industry is doing at any point in time in terms of development. Surveys can be infrequent, but they pay well.

Level of spam you can expect from Techsay: None.

Join Techsay

CIAO

Ciao has gone a little quite for me lately. I still make around ten bucks a month, but used to make much more. Ciao pays via paypal, so the cash you make here will compliment what you earn from other sites that do the same, like Lightspeed.

International participants welcome.

What will you earn: Hard to say, about 6 months ago I was getting about $5 a week from these guys, but lately things have gone a bit quiet. Paying surveys are still showing up regularly though.

Level of spam you can expect from CIAO: None.

Join CIAO

WDYT

This is mostly a pay-to-read email site, you won't see too many surveys.

Expect to pull in a few extra cents from What Do You Think. One to add to the ol' portfolio if you don't mind a bit of slow and steady action to get a small payout every once in a while. But don't stop reading yet!!!! 

The great thing WDYT  has going for it is its auctions where you can bid on big prizes for next to no points. Things like ipods, high-end digital cameras and gaming consols often go for the equivalent of about five to ten dollars worth of points. The special news for newbies is that people can only bid with the points they've earned over the last  3 months and since you get a bunch of points when you sign up, it puts you well in the running to be able to clean up on an auction! 

You can boost your points by logging in daily and searching around for occasional ads that they pay you to check out.

Australian site that only pays within Australia.

What will you earn: A little cash, but you've got a good chance of winning a great auction prize.

Level of spam you can expect from WDYT: Very occasionally WDYT will send you a link to something you have to buy or sign up to before they'll award you some points.

Click on the image below to join WDYT:

Emailcash

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