It’s amazing how many opportunities there are to earn extra cash when searching through the internet. With the internet filling up with more and more new money making programs and sites everyday. And they are always trying very hard to out beat each other to be the most easiest, fastest and most rewarding. It has becomes a very difficult task, just to decide on the best program to join. And with that, we have no excuse not to make money online as online opportunity seekers like us are just too spoil with choices.
If you happen to read my previous post on How to Make Money Online, you should have an idea of the best ways that web users are using to earn free online money fast. And among them, one particular type of program is getting more and more popular for the past few years. Yes, I can imagine hearing some of you shouting "GPT Sites" in my head while I was writing this. And below i going to touch on some of the best gpt programs to join for free.
With the same strategy as online market research companies, Get Paid To sites offered their clients which are usually offline retail companies and online businesses, another option to reach out to their target market in a more cost effective way.
Tapping into the worldwide consumer base through the internet, members from all over the world can join a GPT site or program for free. After being accepted by the GPT sites, members can access a series of offers that are provided by third party companies. For each offer a member has taken up, the GPT sites will pay the member with a cash reward depending on the offer. These cash reward is a fraction of the GPT sites earning.
To be more specific, GPT site is basically a lead generating site that charges it clients for every lead that is sent to them. And being the lead, the members can get paid to just doing some simple tasks in their spare time. Therefore, you can’t argue that this is the best opportunity to earn extra cash from home.
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Get Paid To Search - You will get paid to do online search using a search engine like program that are either on a designated site or installed as a search toolbar on the browser. (With the search giant Google dominating the whole online search platform, this type of programs are slowly disappearing.)
Get Paid To Read Emails - You can earn extra cash reading ad mails that are send to their email account.
Get Paid To Click - A program that allow you to earn extra money by clicking on the ad banners sent to your email or in the GPT websites.
Get Paid To Surf - Install this program into your internet browser and you can start getting paid to surf the net. ( Suffering from the same faith as Get Paid to Search, this program may no longer be valid.)
Get Paid To Sign-Up - Sign up for products and services for a limited trial period and get paid even if you cancel the offer later.
Get Paid To Take Survey - Give your opinions on major products and services through online questionnaires survey and get paid for your participation.
Get Paid To Blog - A site that let you create blog profile and pay you for contributing interesting contents or attracting a specific amount of readership to your blog.
Get Paid To Play Games - You can now earn extra cash while having fun at the same time. This site will pay you for playing the online games listed on their site.
Get Paid To Social Networking - Like Friendster, this Social Networking site will enable you to connect with your friends or making some new ones and pay you for the activities you have participated in the site.
Get Paid To Shop - A shopping panel that will rebate you in cash for every penny you spend in their listing of online shops.
Get Paid To Travel - Your trip will be paid for when you agree to take up certain tasks like deliver a parcel to an oversea reciprocal.
As you can see, there are a wide section of GPT sites that you can join according to your best interest. And they have proven to help lot of web users to make some extra cash with success. But the best ways to make money online with Get Paid To Sites are still beneath the surface.
If you searched deeper, you will find that most GPT sites have very attractive referral program that have very high payout. And that's where the real deal is as it can help you to build a sustainable passive income in the long run.
For the past years, the GPT industry has becoming very competitive. And they understood that the key to success in this information age is in the speed of building a huge member base. Therefore, implementing the referral program is believed to be the best solution because satisfied members will introduce the site to their friends and family.
With each successful referral, you will receive a sign up bonus of up to $5 or more depending on the GPT sites. A percentage of the referrals earning, down to 2 levels will be pay to you but will vary from each site. Approximately, 15 - 20 % from the 1st level and 10 - 15% from the 2nd level (2 tier system). The 1st level will be your direct referrals and the 2nd level will be the referrals your direct referrals referred.
So in order to maximum your referral earning, advertise your referral link online through emails marketing, on websites, blogs or social profiles. As the more referrals you have the less work you will do, because you can leverage on their earning to create a long term online passive income stream.
A word of advice for those who are new to earning money online. I have heard a lot of you asking if you should join programs or sites that demand to pay an upfront fee. As I have covered on this in my online survey post, I think it is important to stress on this point again. Like online survey sites, all legitimate GPT sites are free to join and they do not require any fee to sign up.
Their main earning came from companies that used their services to generate leads and not from the members. However, there are a minority of sites that charge a small joining fee to access their premium offers list. So be sure to do your research before joining or join those sites that are recommended in this blog.
Be sure to check out for my reviews on the best gpt programs to join that will sure to help you earn extra cash with GPT Sites.
Cheer!
Which GPT sites did you joined with most success? Share with us in the comment area.
After publishing the "Complete Guide to Online Survey for Beginners" post, I started to receive a lot of emails from new friends who visited this site. (Great knowing all you guys!) Aside from thanking me for sharing my insight on how to make money online in Singapore, tons of emails (I may have exaggerated) that address to me are all about the problems they faced with online surveys.
It seem like lot of them are having a hard time trying to make just pennies from online survey sites. And to my surprise, some of them have actually been actively taking part in surveys for more than a year now without any success.
Guys, I heard you and I do shared your frustration as I have also faced the same problems when I first started. But I think my stubbornness has brought out the best of me. As I always believe that there will definitely be a solution to any problem. We just have to look deep enough to find it. I know most people will just go to the internet, read about about how other get their big payout every month by filling up online survey questionnaires and do nothing. But without putting all those knowledge into action and constantly testing out on new methods, it will be hard to see any results in a short period. You have to make enough mistakes to realized what do works for you.
Having said that, I still agree that to get paid with online survey is still one of the easiest ways to earn extra cash in your spare time. And of course with some help, you will be sure that your time spend are not wasted. So lets get on with it.
I want to share with you some of the tips that I have found during my testing days that have proven to improve my success with taking online survey. However, understanding the mechanics of how online survey sites operated will aid you in doing your own test in the future. Because making money online is all about constant testing with different techniques to gain better result.
So here's a short explanation about how to online survey works.
The initial screening will be conduct through all the member profiles in the online survey site database. The selected members will then receive an invite to take a screening survey that determines if they will be qualify for the actual paid survey. The screening surveys are in a form of survey questionnaires that cover questions related to the details of the member profile and also their relation with survey topic in question. And only by qualifying through these 2 screening processes and completing the survey, will the member be rewarded for their time in participation. But there is exception where some survey companies will still reward even if you are ineligible for a survey that you are invited.
It may seem very difficult to get qualify for a survey at first. But trust me, it is actually very easy and with the following tips that I going to share, you will surely score with online survey and earn extra cash with less effort.
Choosing the Right Online Survey Site for You
With over hundreds of online survey sites and panels on the internet, choosing the right site to join can really be a chore. So for most people, joining the sites with the highest reputation seemed to be the right thing to do. However, every survey sites has different criteria and target markets. It is a must to ensure that the site you intend to join, do support the country you are located. As being located outside the survey company key target location will reduce your chances of getting survey invites. Furthermore, the survey companies might not be able to make payout to members that are in countries which are not supported.
Using the Right Email for Sign Up
I not saying there is an email service provider that are specially for doing online survey. What I mean is that you use a new email account for the purpose of signing up with online survey companies. To make sure that you don’t miss any survey invitations, use only one email account. So you only need to check one account for all survey invites from different companies and that will help you to cut down time on checking with multiple accounts. And ensure that you whitelist the online survey companies email addresses, so that your survey invites don’t end up in your junk folder and get deleted.
Managing your Member Profile
In all online survey companies, the member profiles are the most important factor that determined the quantity of the surveys you are going to get. After signing up with a survey company, fill out the member profile as quickly as possible. With thousands of survey process each day, you can be sure that only the member with the most complete profile will be invited for a survey. So fill out your profile as detail as you can, caused it will also help to maximum your chance of getting survey invitation.
Ensure Your Member Profile is Fully Completed
Neglected to answer the question related to your personal and household income will reduce the your chances of getting survey invitation. Simply because it is a vital question for most online survey. So ensure you have all the questions in the member profile answered and to have them updated every few months. As most of the companies will give credit to the profile that is updated regularly.
Completing the Welcome Survey
Some online survey companies will assign a set of welcome surveys to gather more information from you, so as to better understand your lifestyle and background. Completing them will increase your chances of getting more survey invites as the more information they have from you, the more information they can use to match the available surveys that can be assign to you.
Don’t Wait to Accept Survey Invitations
I always have a habit of checking my email for survey invitations whenever I can. Once in the morning and another time at night to guarantee that I wouldn't miss out on any survey invitations. As all surveys will only be open for a limited period of time, they will be close once targeted number of participants have reached or they have expired. So don’t wait to accept any survey invitations.
Getting Qualify for Online Survey
After accepting the survey invitation, the second screening process will begin in a series of short questionnaires which you will be directed to. They will come in a form of a short screening survey or in the first few questions of the main paid survey. Which ever the case, the choice of your answers will decide if you are the ideal candidate for the survey. In order to know what kind of questions you can expect, just think in the view of the companies. To ensure that their clients received the best services and by that I mean getting high quality opinions from customers who have used their products or services and are not from someone who is in anyway related to the marketing research company or the online survey company. So to increase your chances to qualify for each survey invitation, spend some time on the screening questions and make sure you answer them honestly but smartly.
That all I have up my sleeves right now. I hope I didn't scare you away with such a long post. I will be checking out some new surveys sites and will be testing some new techniques on them. But I wouldn't discuss them until I have seemed some positive results. So for now, understand the techniques that I have gone through above and apply them to improve your online survey income. If it didn't work out for you, don’t give up just keep testing. Thing will turn out right for you as long as you persist.
All the best and until next time.
Learn How to Manage your Online Survey Jobs and Earning
This post is a follow up to my previous post Complete Guide to Online Survey for Beginners. As there is too much information that I want to address about this topic, it is better to put them in separate post to avoid been too lengthy. Here I will answer some of your questions on how to manage multiple online survey accounts with ease and some pointers on how to avoid been banned by online survey sites.
On the past last post, I have recommended to sign up for as many online survey sites as you are allowed. In doing this, we know that it will increase our chances of getting more survey invites as surveys from all sites will add up in time to come. And it is more productive to spend your spare time filling out surveys from different site, then waiting for 1 or 2 promising sites that only send you 1 survey invitation a week. So in conclusion, this will help maximize your earning in the end.
But having to keep track of 10 to 20 online survey accounts at a time can get very tedious, especially if you don’t have much time everyday. And not able to check for new survey invites may cause you to miss some great offers that might enable you to earn extra cash. So below are a few things you can do to reduce the work loads and cut down on time wasted.
Always use the same email account for all your online survey sites sign up. Before I join any online offer site, and in this case online survey site. I will sign up a new email account specially for submitting to online survey sites so as to only receive survey invitation. I will make sure to use the same email account for all online survey sites registration. In doing so, I will only need to check 1 email account for all survey invites everyday. In compare to multiple email accounts, this has help save a lot of time and managing all account in 1 location will be much easier. Plus with only 1 email account to monitor, the chances of missing out an invite is lower as checking it several time a day is more possible.
Use Roboform to Speed Up on Sign Up
As signing up with survey sites may be a time consuming process, as you usually need to fill out online forms and member profile before been eligible for any surveys. But by using some simple free online survey tools, it can be a great help in reducing the processing time, and sign up more sites at a faster rate.
Roboform is a simple tool that I have use and has proven to work pretty well for me. And the best part is that you can get it absolutely free. It is a tool with many great features but for this case, we will just go into the “Auto Fill” feature. This software simply let you create a custom default profile called 'dentities' that allow you to store all your personal particulars .And when signing up a survey site, Roboform will automatically fill up the require fields with relevant data. For example, on a sign up page where your name, age, address, etc is needed to be filled. All you need to do is to click on your identities tag and Roboform will fill out all the require fields. And Roboform can be easily access from the toolbar of your Chrome, IE or Firefox, once you have it installed. It is also workable with your mobile devices.
Isn’t this a real time saver? You can download the free version or purchase their Pro-version for more features from this link: Roboform direct download.
Now let us move on to the 2nd part of this post, which is "How to avoid getting yourself banned by online survey sites". A lot of people have quite an issue on getting banned from online survey sites after been with them for awhile. As for me, I have never run into that problem with all the sites I am with. So my best guess is that you might have violated one, if not some of their TOS. And here are the ones that I think you might have probably overlooked.
Do Not Sign Up Multiple Accounts
In the TOS of most sites, it is clearly stated that only 1 sign up is allow in a household. As many of you might have misunderstood to that term. Signing up more than 1 account with the same IP address through different computers in the same household is not allowed. By doing so will not only get your account terminated but all your previous earning will be lost.
Give Only Real Information
Never give false information when taking online surveys. As all online survey sites are very particular with accepting quality information from their members. Any member caught giving false information will be banned immediately. So an advice I can give is to check your profile again before taking any survey, as you might have updated it recently and have overlook to give non matching information. And always to make a point to remember the answer you have input for the previous questions, cause related questions might be asked again to test on false entry of information.
With a constant commitment of your time and effort in earning extra cash with online survey, it just seen unworthy to get banned for trying to out smart the system. And we normally don’t. It is always better to keep it real and stay truthful to the site. So take note of these tips and go fill out some online surveys.
What tools or tips do you have that help you managed your online earning, share them with us at the comment area.
Can you really earn extra cash with online survey?
The answer to the above question is definitely a YES! But before I get into today’s topic, let me share with you an article that I came across recently which I think is the reason that mislead people into thinking that Online Surveys are Scams.
So read the following extraction as it will help you better understand my explanation on why online survey sites are legit online opportunities and everyone should benefit from it. So get cracking.
“To be honest, do you think that there is really money to be make with online survey? We have all heard about people earning money with online surveys from time to time, but is it really real? Yes it is, as long as you know where to find the right sites to join. With this I will explain how online survey sites work and I will also reveal to you where to find the highest pay site.
With so many free online survey sites, it is so easy to earn extra cash online. However, free online survey sites do have their limitation. As you will normally be limited to the number of survey invite per day and the surveys that have assigned to you are mostly low paying opportunities.
Most of these sites only send you a few surveys per day and pay you with a very low rate that is impossible to make a living. It will only allow you to earn some loose change but definitely wouldn't pays the bills.
So if you are serious about making money with online surveys then join membership sites that accept sign up with a small upfront fee. As they are the best online money makers to be found.Membership site allow you to take as many online surveys as you can and they are all high paying opportunities. With that kind of payout, most members can make back their initial membership fee with just completing the 1st few surveys. With this kind of earning possibilities, you can quit your 9 - 5 job and make a full income on your own time at home filling out surveys.
Getting paid to do survey is not for everyone, but if you like to earn money by doing simple tasks that do not need previous experience. Then online survey is the best ways to earn extra cash from home for you.
We have done our search to find the best paying sites. So join them today and you will be earning extra cash by tonight!”
So let me spill the beans for you and show you the truth of online surveys.
Online Survey has been a great channel for companies all over the world to get valuable information about their products and services from their consumers for years. As the key factor to understand the market demand and changes, companies paid big money to market research companies to conduct online surveys to gather that information. Making huge revenue, market research companies are able to give high payout to survey takers who are willing to share their opinions through online survey. And this has made possible for a lot of people to earn extra cash from online. Some has even made enough to leave their day job and start working from home.
But since more and more market research companies emerged online, the online survey industry has become very competitive. In order to sustain business operation and also to provide better value to their clients, they have reduced their service charges to win over the competitions. And this has directly affect the earning of people who take online survey, as less revenue for the market research companies mean lower payout to the survey takers.
And this is the reason why the overall survey opportunities are relatively low in their payout. But to keep it attractive for people to continue joining online survey sites, rewards programs have been designed to give people more value without hurting the company profit. Instead of cash payout, people can now redeemed for attractive rewards like shopping vouchers and products which are normally sponsored to the market research companies or they could get it at a lower price in bulk purchased. This has help companies increase their earning and their members can save on their shopping expenses indirectly, it’s a win win situation for both.
As for the quantity of survey invitations that one will received. It depended greatly on a few factors. Looking from the market research business direction, their primary aim is to provide high quality data that their clients needed for future development. Hence, the source of information is very crucial and strict screening process have to be done for all the members, so as to select the candidates that best meet the requirement of each survey.
To get a survey invitation, a member has to pass the initial screening with their member profiles. Information like the gender, age, income level and geographic location are the few main criteria to get through this screening stage. And to get qualify for the actual survey, more details will be ask through the form of survey questionnaires that relate to your background, lifestyle and buying habits.
So what is the different between Membership Online Survey Sites vs Free Online Survey Sites?
In a nut shell, all "free to join" online survey sites are legit and safe. As market research companies makes their earning from companies that paid them to conduct market surveys on their behalf. They do not charge members for signing up as they are their main source of information. In another word, they ought to reward the members for their participation in exchange for their valuable opinions.
Membership online survey sites that required a fee to join may seem very scamming, but they are actually legitimate companies that provide paid services for access to their big listing of survey sites. And true enough most of the survey sites in their listing are filtered to ensure they have high payout offers. It like a jobs agency that provide you with only the best jobs in the market, and all the heavy lifting of sorting the best are all done by them in the backend.
However, the difficult part is to identify the right membership to join. As there are some sites that are put up to lure people into believing that their lists of online survey sites are actually the highest paying in the industry. But the truth is that they are just a list of free online survey sites that can be easily found online.
So the best way to avoid wasting money on Paid Online Survey Scam sites, is to start with free resources. Although you might not get unlimited survey opportunities and get paid enough to replace your day job, but that does not mean you shouldn’t take advantage of the free online survey that are available. Keep your job and if you have some spare time everyday, just join as many free sites as you can. As they are free to join anyway and the rewards will all add up in the long run.
I hope this post has clear up all the misconception of Free Online Survey site. As I believed that they deserve an honest review to enable other to benefit from them.
Be sure to check out my other posts on Online Survey, as it will help you to gain more success in earning extra cash.
In my previous post How to Make Money Online, I have shared with you some of the most popular methods that people used to generate online income. While most methods are free and easy to start, there are also a few that required some expenses before you can achieve any success of making money online. Mainly due to the purchase of domains, hosting, website themes and online marketing tools that help getting through with the initial obstacles.
For beginners, this type of online money makers may be too much for them to chew on at first. So in this post I will discuss in detail one of the free and dummy proof methods that everyone can join immediately and start to earn extra cash.
Online Survey Sites
Online Survey is a great work at home opportunity to earn easy money or free rewards during your spare time. It is one of the earliest make money online programs ever created, and till this day they are still widely used by companies to gather valuable feedback from consumers. So no matter which part of the world you live in. You can easily gain access to any online survey sites or panels and start earning extra cash.
Every year, companies are spending an increasing amount of their budget on advertising to create branding and capture their target markets. So having the direct opinions from the consumers about their products or services has overly becoming very important to them. Therefore, market research companies are always keen to know your opinions on behalf of their international clients.
Through online survey sites, they can simply connect to consumers all over the world. And by making them absolutely free to join and rewarding members for their time in participation, more and more people are visiting online survey sites to get paid for their unbiased opinions. Other than being a fun and easy way to earn extra cash from home, you will also help in the development of future services and products by your favorite companies. How cool is that!
Types of Online Surveys
Basically there are 2 types of online surveys, web surveys and email surveys. The main difference is basically how you are going to get access to the surveys assigned to you. For web survey, you are required to sign in to the respective online survey sites with your User ID to answer the survey questionnaires. You might need to check your account regularly for new survey. (So web survey sites do have features that send you email notification of any new surveys you may get.)
Accessing email surveys are much easier as an access link will be send to your registered email address whenever a new survey has been assigned. You will be redirect to the survey questionnaires page after clicking the link. (Normally no log in is required.) With this, it has been make possible to take the surveys anywhere and anytime you like, as long as you have internet access in reach. It can’t get easier than that to get paid for completing surveys online.
Choosing an Online Survey Site
When selecting an online survey company, be sure to check that they allow participation from your country before joining. As majority of online survey companies are based in USA, Australia, Canada, UK or Europe, and their surveys are more targeted to their local consumers. So survey takers from other countries may not received any survey invitation. However there are still a handful of companies that accepted international members and provide surveys for people from any part of the world. So the best way to increase your chances of getting more survey invitation, is to join as many sites as you can lay your hand on. As they will all add up in the long run.
How to Join
Joining an online survey site is easy. All you need is a frequently use email address and complete your member’s profile in the survey site, which usually included information about your family, career, hobbies, etc. When processing a new survey, the member’s profile will be screened through to select the qualified members. So make sure to spend some time filling up your profile properly if you want to increase your chances of getting more survey opportunities.
What Kind of Rewards Can You Get
For each qualified and completed survey, member will be rewarded differently between each of the online survey companies, depending on their payout program. While cash rewards programs are initially introduced to members, the reward point system has gain popular among members in the recent years. Members will be awarded with points for each survey they completed and qualified. The points accumulated are then redeemed for shopping vouchers, consumer products, and cash or even as cash donation to your preferred charities.
Other than online survey, some companies also provide members with the opportunities of participating online and offline focus group (known to be the highest paid surveys), phone surveys and new products try out. Here are the sums up of what you can get for taking part in each form of survey offers.
~ $1 - $30 for taking free online surveys
~ 1 - 150 points for taking free online surveys
~ Up to $80 for phone surveys
~ $20 - $150 for participated in focus group surveys (Normally $100 for 1-2 hours duration)
~ Get to try out new product and getting paid for giving your opinions on it
There you have it, I hoped you have a better idea of how to identify a good survey site when you came across one. So take advantage of this free online money maker, get in there and make some extra money.
With more and more people trying their luck on finding the proven ways to earn extra money outside their regular employment, building a income source through online is their best bet as it can be done in their spare time at home. And it usually required very low capital, if not zero cost to start up.
How do I know which one is right for me?
"I sat myself down in front of the PC after a tiring day at work. With determination to find the money making opportunity, that will put my working days to an end. I search for "How to make money online" on Google and rambling through the results that are found. I read continuously for hours, one site after another. Instead of finding the one click button to wealth, I got more and more confused as I read on. Every site contains vast among of information showing all kind of money making methods and techniques that i have not known of. All the internet marketing guru that I came across, are always trying to sell their products with super long sale copy and claimed to be the best program. Finally I felt too much to take in and went to bed at 2am in the morning, feeling totally lost."Without a doubt, there are plenty of programs on the internet that have proven to help web users make some quick money, period. But there are also scammers who are always inventing new scam programs to make you part with your hard earn money.
So here come to the part where I tell you why this site is created and how it can benefit you.
This site started out as an idea to share with friends, my finding of money making opportunities for the pass few years since 2009. Like all beginners, I have my fair share of success and failure. And been a victim of online scams myself, the best way to get back at them is to share my experiences and to warn the others. So if you are interested to earn a few extra dollars on your spare time, stick around as I will review all the online programs that I have personally tired and have been proven to work well for me. And I will also touch on other programs that have gained respectful reviews and testimonials by others.
Cheer and thank you for reading this post.
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Introduction
Roboform: A useful tool to help you manage all your online jobs account.
Online Jobs Search
You can also use the online jobs search page in this blog to search for the most current online jobs available.
