Let’s dig in. Here are the surveys I have tried out

1) Harris Poll

Harris Poll was pretty interesting. It switched back and forth randomly from asking about over-the-counter medications I recognized, to my thoughts on how Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton would handle Obamacare.

In fact…it asked a lot of questions about politics. If you are one of those people on Facebook that goes nuts over political arguments you might really like this one. 🙂

2) Opinion Outpost

Opinion Outpost was my favorite out of the three. The thing that stood out to me the most is that there were a TON of opportunities for surveys and getting points that you can redeem for cash. Seriously…you might want to have a separate mail folder for their surveys:

3) Pinecone Research

Again, sorry ladies. These Pinecone Research surveys are for guys only, and the second one was for 18-24 year olds so I couldn’t try it :(.

To Recap

Yes you can make money online in your spare time doing surveys. If you are sitting around just watching TV or something, you might as well give some of these a shot. You’ll probably make about $6-8/hour.

Realistically – you can probably expect to make anywhere from $100-$1,000ish per year with surveys if you are serious about it. Doesn’t sound like a ton, but that’s definitely better than nothing! That COULD be an extra student loan payment… 😉

Some of the survey companies (especially Opinion Outpost) will send you roughly 4 surveys a day. If you want to do them, cool. If not, that’s cool too. You can pick and choose as you please.

I’m REALLY curious if any you have had success with this (or horror stories) by doing online surveys. I think it would be awesome to give everybody a good pros/cons list since they are so popular.

Questions for you:

Have you done online surveys for money?

What are some companies that I should check out?