Unfortunately, these claims are often untrue, and it can be very disappointing when you really need to earn extra income. So here are three things you really need to know BEFORE you start doing surveys for money.
1. You won't get rich - or even replace an income.
For many of us, leaving a poorly paid, extremely stressful, or otherwise difficult job to work from home is a dream. Many unscrupulous internet marketers love to plaster their promises of great money across social media, and the more you see it, the more you'll start to believe it. As someone who actively uses multiple survey sites every day, I can tell you that you won't make nearly as much as these people claim.
Once you begin doing these surveys, you'll quickly see that the time spent for points earned is nowhere near what you would make doing almost any other job, online or not. If you belong to an under-represented demographic and have some very good luck, you might be able to get several payouts in a month, but this would still only add up to a couple hundred dollars at best. If not, you'll be lucky to hit $100.
2. It takes a lot of time.
Many of those same marketers that promise $100 or more per day, also like to claim you can work part-time (or less!) and make that amount. I'm sorry to say, this also isn't true. The surveys that pay the best in points & payouts are also the most time-consuming. Many take as long as 30 minutes to complete but only move you a few points closer to actually receiving real money. I haven't timed it myself, but I would bet I've put more than 8 hours of surveys into earning a single $25 Paypal card, which doesn't even come close to a proper paycheque. And more than once I've completed a long survey, only to be told I didn't qualify and thus receive only 1-5 points as a consolation - so even when you think you're doing well, you can still have problems actually earning money.
3. You need to be serious.
If you're going to answer surveys, you need to take it seriously. I've heard of folks lying outright to get as many surveys as they can, which if it became a trend, could hurt everyone by making companies less likely to bother with this style of data collection. Companies use these surveys to collect legitimate data on various aspects of their business, and purposely entering false information could alter the expected outcomes, leading to monetary loss. It may not be a cushy salary, but answering surveys is a way to earn extra money, so purposely falsifying data could hurt you in the long run. You also run the risk of the sites banning you, as the companies doing the surveys can and do report people for not filling them out honestly.
Even if it feels like you never seem to qualify for a survey, a few seconds to filter out ones that don't fit you isn't that big of a deal. Keep your details up to date, check back often, and you'll still be able to find qualifying surveys, you just need to be patient.
As you can see, doing surveys won't make you rich, but including them as part of your work from home plan can still help bring in a little bit more money, and every little bit helps!
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