Can you really get paid for taking surveys online? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. It is possible to earn money through paid survey online. Many research companies, who are studying the market for large firms, are paying people for taking part in online surveys, focus groups, and product tests. They are going to pay the participant in order to understand how the public think of products made by their clients.

Earning hundreds of dollar per hour is possible. However unless you are participating in an important study or focus group, you are going to generate much less income since the average paid surveys would pay few dollars to less than $30.

You will discover two types of paid surveys site:

• Actual paid survey companies: These paid survey companies are free to join. They are the actual companies that give you the paid surveys. After you have joined the site, you would be alerted by email when your contribution in a paid survey is wanted. You are going to be told the amount you can make from these surveys and how much time is required for each survey.
• Paid survey directories: The paid survey directories are sites that contain a list of paid survey companies. These directories are not the company that pays you for doing the survey. These directories will not provide paid surveys. Although some of these directories are free to join, they are many that charge membership fees, which range from $20 to $60.

Online paid surveys may make you some extra money without much effort. Nonetheless in case you are looking for a full-time income, paid surveys will not be the thing for you. It will never make enough to help you be rich. The key of getting paid to take surveys online is to become a member of as many survey companies as you possibly could. Since many of these paid survey companies are only going to mail out few paid surveys every month, the more paid survey companies you join the more paid survey invitations you will receive. Hence the more money you will make.

Only the top paid surveys companies would send you paid surveys regularly. The best way to start is to join these companies. Below are some good paid survey sites:

• Test Spin
• Global Test Market
• Survey Savvy
• GoZing surveys
• Greenfield Online
• ECN Research
• Lightspeed Research