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Surveys That Pay In Cash

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.

My Survey

Formerly known as Lightspeed, My Survey pay cash for surveys and also have regular cash giveaways, so if you're lucky you can make the big bucks overnight. My Survey pays via paypal, so you can either use your cash go shopping online without pulling out that credit card, or drop your cash directly into your bank account.

Open to participants worldwide.

What will you earn: My Survey 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 My Survey: None.

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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 cheques in Australian currency. They typically pay around $US 2.50 per questionnaire and provide surveys on a regular basis.

Level of spam you can expect from GlobalTestMarket: Nil.

 

Rewards Central and My Opinions

Rewards Central is a great place to earn some extra money through competitions, shopping partners and being paid to read email. You can find yourself making a a little regular cash or a whole lot, quite quickly, it really just depends how you use the site.

Rewards Central pays cash by cheque or direct deposit, 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 16% !!!).

Australians only for this one.

What will you earn: I have to admit I'm quite lazy with Rewards Central, and don't do much online shopping to rake in the big bucks, but I still make around $6 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 won by people through the sites auctions - bidding nothing but the points they've earned. 

Hint's and Tips: There's so many ways to earn money with Rewards Central that I've devoted a whole page to them. Click here to see my guide on beefing up your Rewards Central account. It includes info on where to find (and get paid for) the surveys Emailcash used to host.

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

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But wait, there's more!

No steak knives, but Rewards Central has a "sister site" called My Opinions that provides online surveys and pays in cash via Paypal. You can also move your credit from My Opinions to Rewards Central so you can get those $30 or $100 payments from Rewards Central Faster. 

My Opinions usually provides me with a few extra dollars a week, pays well for my time and sends no spam. Only open to Australians.

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Your Opinion

A great little company that pays fairly well for your time, offers some reward if you don't qualify for the survey in the first few questions.

You won't get over-loaded with invites for surveys, but the ones you get are well worth doing.

Pays via paypal, or pre-loaded eftpos cards.

Open to participants in Australia, New Zealand, USA and the UK.

What will you earn: I've made around $2 to $5 dollars per week with Your Opinion. Each survey pays well, usually at least $2 or $3 for something that only takes a few minutes to complete. 

I've just signed up for their mobile phone surveys, which promise to pay you more for doing shorter surveys that are only available to mobile participants. I'll report back soon on how that goes.

Level of spam you can expect from Your Opinion: None.

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Toluna

Toluna has a mix of features that goes from fantastic to really annoying. 

The good news is that they pay Aussies via Paypal. The great news is that, apart from regular surveys, they also run product trials where they'll send you a product that you get to report back on, and keep! 

The annoying part is that the varying amounts you get paid for your time on surveys. You can spend 5 minutes and be rewarded $5 worth of points or you can spend 30 minutes to get $1. There's no rhyme or reason. At least they tell you the amount of points you'll receive and an estimated survey time before you choose to do a survey, so you can avoid doing anything that's long and low paying.

Update: Toluna took three months to transfer my most recently received payment to paypal. I'd just about given up hope, but it finally turned up. Please be advised that there are currently long delays with payment, and weigh that into your decision to join Toluna.

Open to people around the world, but not every country will pay via Paypal.

What will you earn: Between $4 and $15 dollars a week.

Level of spam you can expect from Pureprofile: None. In fact, you should log in every now and then to check what survey offers and product trials you have waiting for you. They don't email you every time you have an opportunity to make money. 

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A not the fastest earner, but they I've managed to cash out $100 in cash and am well on my way to the second hundred.

Australian site that welcomes international participants!

What will you earn: On average, around 30c to $3 per week. The $ might be small, but they accrue reasonably quickly and the questionnaires are usually quite short for the amount you earn.

Level of spam you can expect from Spidermetrix: Nada.

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