Best Survey Sites (That Actually Pay Cash!)

Claudette Ellyse
Do you have some free time to fill out some surveys? With most survey sites, you are paid between $5 and $30 for each survey you complete. Who couldn't use a little bit of extra $$$ for not a whole lot of time and effort? There are also a lot of survey sites that pay you in points or with entries into raffles for a fairly large amount.

Well, I've done a bit of the work for you by weeding out those that do not actual pay. All of the companies I have listed I have been paid for and know many other people who have been paid as well. These sites are the best survey sites out there that will actual will pay you cash, well a check or through PayPal.

I recommend creating a separate email account for signing up for surveys. This will keep some of the unrelated emails you might get from certain companies from infiltrating your regular account.

Also, never pay to join a survey site. Why would you pay them when they're supposed to be paying you? Don't be fooled into that one.

And now, onto the survey sites.

Surveyspot
www.surveyspot.com

I am huge fan of this site. They will send you emails stating when you have a survey you can take. When you receive the email, it will outline the terms of the survey. You will receive cash reward surveys as well as surveys that, once completed, will enter you into a drawing for a prize. I only do the cash surveys unless I have a lot of free time to do the others. The range of cash awards I've received ranges from $5-$15, though I have heard that there are higher offers.

Survey Savvy
www.surveysavvy.com

This survey site will pay up to $20 per survey completed. What makes this site so great is it has a decent referral program. You will get $2 for each survey someone you refer completes and you also will get $1 for surveys completed by an indirect referral.

American Consumer Opinion Panel
www.acop.com

With this survey site, you can earn between $4-25 for every completed survey. Checks are generally mailed out within 4 weeks after the survey was completed.

Brand Institute
https://www.onlineglobalrecruiting.com/register_htm.asp

This survey site will pay between $10-30 for the surveys you complete. You are given the option to receive your payment through PayPal or a mailed check. I would recommend this survey site if you are in the medical field as most of their affiliated companies are medically related. You will notice the site that you go to sign up is Online Global Recruiting. That is a division of Brand Institute that handles their survey participants' sign-ups.

Pinecone Research
www.pineconeresearch.com

This company will pay $5 for each and every survey that you do with them. You can have it set up to go either to your PayPal account or they will mail you a check. My checks have all been dated the same day that I have taken the survey. They will notify you by email when there's a survey available for you.

The only thing to know about this survey site is that they don't often allow new members. You normally have to be referred by a member or find one of their links. This site http://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/survey2.htm (scroll to the bottom of the page) is known to often have links to sign up. If you can get on with this survey site, I highly recommend it.

  • Never pay to join a survey site.
  • Set up a separate email account to sign up with the survey sites.
  • Check your email often!
There are lots of survey sites that will only give you the chance to win an amount. These survey sites will pay you cash for the surveys you complete.

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  • bk 10/13/2011

    I have been using Opinion Outpost for years now. I get at least 3 surveys a day that pay from $1-$20. Here is the link

  • monica lacroix 9/27/2011

    I have a blog that has a list of survey's on it I am adding to it also with all the sites I have came across check it out http://paidsurvey100.blogspot.com/

  • Ben Clock 5/4/2011

    I agree www.beenpaidby.com has a list of the best survey sites, I am signed up for all of them I make like $50 - $300 a month www.beenpaidby.com

  • parker 4/3/2011

    I make like 8 dollars in the first 30 minutes with this site http://www.cashcrate.com/2678942 just sign up and start earning

  • moojii88@yahoo.com 4/1/2011

    hello I have a few things to ask:
    Is it possible to create an account in the US and use it in any other country I travel to? Will I still be receiving surveys as a US citizen? If it is possible, I can ask my daughter in the USA to open an account for me.
    I am now in Mongolia and joined several different survey sites (all the best worldwide sites i could find online) here in Ulaanbaatar and the problem is everytime i log in and check for surveys it ALWAYS says there are no available surveys in your country(It’s been 2 months since I joined the survey sites). How can I fix this?
    Do you have any idea if I can register Ulaanbaatar as my second desk?
    Please help me.

  • Mike 2/13/2011

    Check out http://bestpaidsurveys.andrewflawless.com/ for a list of the best survey sites.

  • Yankee 2/8/2011

    The best survey sites I found were from WWW.BEENPAIDBY.COM

  • Jeff 1/17/2011

    The best site by far is this one: http://bit.ly/hMpZZ7
    It pays out extremely fast, plus there's really no effort needed to it.

  • Evan 1/12/2011

    Survey spot offered me a 15 minute survey for 50 cents. Don't waste your time there.

    However, SurveySavvy has been pretty good for me. Use the referral code 4542649 on Survey Savvy if this information was helpful.

  • jay braun 1/2/2011

    nice list. I would add opinion outpost though. it has been rather good to me

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