Hello! I'm new and have a few questions

[littlepenguin]

Hi, I just joined your site after looking through it for the past two days and I was wondering if some of you could help me. I'm trying to find a way to make a few extra bucks for the summer, since the area I live in has very few to no job opportunities at this current point in time. That and I'm in college so I'm feeling pretty poor right now.
I'm joined to NPD and NFO for padi surveys and haven't gotten deals yet, but I think I'll also sign up with Harrispoll and Your2Cents. So I'm crossing my fingers I'll see some small amount of pocket change soon. My question, though, is about all that "free" stuff, especially the gift cards, it sound sgood but I everytime I went to check it out they mentioned something about needing to sign up for Gold and Silver and Platinum offers. I really don't want to pay money and I REALLY don't want to get a bunch of spam that I won't be able to get rid of. So my question is, is there any actual free offer for gift cards out there that I don't have to pay for or sign up for other stuff?

Sorry this was so long, I'm glad to be apart of this site and thank you all for your time.

[kirsey2121]

Hi. I don't know anything about the surveys. I've jsut decided after reading other people's insites that if it sounds to good ot be true then it usually is and that you shouldn't pay to get paid. Sorry there aren't many jobs in your area. Where are you from?
Kirsten

[littlepenguin]

I'm from a very small town in Oregon. I haven't paid for any of the survey sites, it's the freebie stuff that I was trying to figure out if there was any way to get them for free and not sign up for these weird offers. :P Oh well if there isn't I'll just stick with continuing my surveys and job search. Thank you for replying though

[katlnhats]

Hi,

I joined a survey and never got paid a dime!!! So, I stopped that, check out the Found A Freebie forum, and you'll at least get free samples - some of them are full-sized and lots of them send coupons with the samples.
Welcome to DoD; have fun and enjoy If nothing else, you'll meet lots of great people here!!!! Glad you joined!

Kat

[SweetPea26]

Hi welcome aboard! Have you tried Mypoints.com? You get points for each email that you read or if you shop online you get so many points for each dollar that you spend, then you "cash" them in for gift cards from different retail shops or restaurants...

[Tony J]

Sometimes you won't get paid if you just don't fit the demographic that they're looking for. I know for a fact that NFO MySurvey pays. You just have to join more survey panels. I found a good list at [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now] .


--Tony

I love pineconeresearch, and lightspeedpanel.com, lightspeed pays you by paypal, whatever you want. I would not fool with greenfield research, they sent me a check for a dollar, I must have done 50 surveys for them. Survey savvy is another one. I wish you luck in college. Oh, don't forget to always check our freebie forum. Walmart.com gives the greatest freebies and they come in less than a week. I have a basket full of lotion, shampoo, etc. Welcome to dod, you will love us here.

[katlnhats]

Thanks for that link, Tony. I will check it out and probably give it another try!

Kat

[katlnhats]

Hi,

I went to the pinecone site and I couldn't find any way to sign up for it...because there wasn't any! It seems you have to find out where/when they advertise for new people somewhere on the web, and sign up from whatever site that is. It sure sounded good though!
Lightspeed, that one I haven't looked for - I will though! Thanks

Kat

Originally Posted by mbclark1

I love pineconeresearch, and lightspeedpanel.com, lightspeed pays you by paypal, whatever you want. I would not fool with greenfield research, they sent me a check for a dollar, I must have done 50 surveys for them. Survey savvy is another one. I wish you luck in college. Oh, don't forget to always check our freebie forum. Walmart.com gives the greatest freebies and they come in less than a week. I have a basket full of lotion, shampoo, etc. Welcome to dod, you will love us here.

[jmelki123]

PineCone Research $5 a survey, BuzzBack $10 Surveys, and another one I like is Globaltest Market which pays pretty good per survey. Links for all of these [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now] can be found at online-paid-surveys.net. You can make a little extra money with paid surveys, but you got to choose the right ones.

I noticed that someone posted to skip Greenfield Online , but actually it is not really a bad one either, I do agree they do send a lot of $1 and $2 dollar surveys, but I have found that if you do several of those, they seem to send you bigger surveys later. I have recieved many $10 dollar surveys from them.

PineCone Research is great, $5 dollars per survey, and they are going to start offering PayPal payment soon.

GlobalTestMarket is also another good one, and they pay $2.50 to as much as $15 dollars per survey, you do have to have $50 to cash out, but I have found that I can usually reach that in less than a month. They send lots of survey offers.

Hope that helps you get started, and check the site out, its gots lots more info and a paid surveys directory that is completely free with no spam, ads, or membership requirements.

[katlnhats]

Thanks!
Lots of great info from your own "personal experience" too, and that always is better than trying to "guess" what or which to sign up for! Thanks for sharing,

Kat

[jmelki123]

The ones I would definitely recommend right now are globaltestmarket, greenfieldonline, and PineCone Research. These three have been pretty consistent earners for me, especially GlobalTest Market lately. I have links to these on my site [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now] for anyone interested. I know for sure that PineCone is looking for US residents 18-24 right now.

Another good one right now is Opinion Outpost, they have been sending consistent surveys too. Stay away from the gift card offers, and the sites that require you to make purchases or offers before they give you a prize. There are few of the get paid to try sites that are Legit like panda and InBoxDollars, but you have to remember to cancel you trial offer, before you get paid, and for me it just seem like a lot of hassle, that is why I stick to there real market research firms, like the ones I listed above.

Hope that helps.