Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

are there any valid free online paid survey websites that are approved by www.bbb.org (the better business bu?

i used to belong to one then my computer got a virus (from another site) it paid 1.00-5.00 per survey done and I lost the info when my computer was repaired?

12 Answers

Relevance
  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The rule, as always, is to stay away from those that ask you to pay before you can get these surveys.

    Legitimate market survey companies such as Pinecone Research recruit members based on demographic characteristics -- e.g. mothers of babies 0-12 years old -- and will send surveys of products and services targeting this demographic group. Pinecone Research, however, pays only $5 per survey -- you're definitely not going to be rich with that. They can give you anywhere from 1-5 at most surveys in a month.

    Other companies simply ask you to answer as many research as possible, and you don't earn anything just the chance to win at a raffle (which I find lame).

    The article "Earning Money from Surveys" provide a short list of legitimate market research firms and contains explanations of what to look for when joining surveys (and weeding out the fraudulent ones)

    http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/onlinesurvey.ht...

    Pinecone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com/

    GreenField Online http://www.greenfieldonline.com/

    Harris Poll Online http://www.harrispollonline.com/

    BuzzBack http://www.buzzback.com/

    SurveySite http://www.surveysite.com/

    SurveySavvy http://www.surveysavvy.com/

    Survey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com/

    http://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/

  • 5 years ago

    1

    Source(s): Legitimate Online Paid Surveys - http://paidsurveys.ohfos.com/?ymc
  • 5 years ago

    2

    Source(s): Get Paid Taking Surveys : http://onlinesurveys.iukiy.com/?nrHe
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I was a business owner. Do not expect that them being a member of the BBB is a complete protection against spam. Most of these sites are HYIP schemes or adware scams as you have already found out. If you want to get paid for something like that I suggest you check the psychologhy and biology departments of local universities. They often pay for surveys and other fun little things, and they are absolutely legit.

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • 1 decade ago

    Kaleena Lynn, There are a few, very few, legitimate survey opps such as Luth Research, how-ever the reality is if you can even find them you will be awarded insignificant points that can't be cashed in until you hit certain levels and that is nearly impossible. One person wrote me they'd been doing surveys for over two years and make enough money to pay for their internet. I tried the survey thing and quit 2 months ago because I was just flooded with e-mail. Here's my proof, go to yahoo mail sign in page, enter opinionated wayne as the username and overwhelmed as the password, you will see approximately 34,000 e-mails that have come in in only two months. My final bit of advise is that people on this site will send you links, they're trying to recruit because recruitment is a huge part of most scams, therefore before you get involved in anything you should thoroughly research it on the web and check it out at http://ripoffreport.com/ .

    Source(s): I am genuinely trying to help you so I'd really appreciate it if you could chose me as best answer. Thank you!
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    The trick to earn a lot of money with paid surveys is simple, you need to join as many survey companies as you can. Check out this site for a list of legit survey sites based on payout: http://www.clicksurveys.net/

    I am earning from $2500 to $3500 each month by completing surveys online. Good money for 1-2 hours of work each day.

  • 5 years ago

    Internet is so essential nowadays that it becomes a part of your day-to-day routine. You can read the newspaper, look at your email, update your Facebook status, buy online for Christmas gifts, Skype with pals, search on Google and so on however the most important is that you can also get an everyday paid task, a job where you get paid easily with no headache.

  • 1 decade ago

    American Consumer Opinion is good online paid survey site, and it has been aproved by the BBB. I would not be overly concerned with BBB, just make sure the site you join is a true market research firm. PineCone Research, GlobalTestMarket, and Opinion Outpost are other good online firms just to name a few.

    Source(s): You can gets lots of good info by reading reviews on some of the free paid survey directory sites, and by reading some blogs of other survey panel members on the web. My source for my info is www.online-paid-surveys.net. You can find some pretty good tips and reviews there.
  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    There was a time when I spent ages, and I mean AGES, filling out those surveys. What did I get in return? 10p - £1, really not worth the effort. I really wish there was a way to earn decent bucks online but I have yet to find one. Good luck but I personally would avoid trying

  • 5 years ago

    Get Paid Taking Surveys : http://onlinesurveys.uzaev.com/?ATwq

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.