Surveysavvy - A Glimmer of Hope...

Way back in my first ever post I wrote a list of all the survey sites I had tried and my experience with them. Surveysavvy was among the sites that never sent me anything, but at last I have heard from them. They sent me an email saying I could take a screener survey to see if I was eligible for a $20 survey. I started it but after answering the first question I was told I didn't fit their 'demographic'. This was quite annoying but at least they weren’t conning me like some survey sites send, which send a ‘short’ screener survey and I complete the entire thing then get told I'm not 'eligible'. And they did enter me in their "monthly drawing for fifty $10.00 prizes".

In addition to this screener survey they also sent me info about their referral program, which I was previously unaware of (perhaps because it didn't exist). Their referral program works like this:

"With over 1.5 million members - and one of the best referral programs around - SurveySavvy.com continues to grow rapidly through its referral network. Remember SurveySavvy.com pays you an average of $2.00 for every survey your referrals complete and an average of $1.00 for every survey their referrals complete. This is cash you can earn regardless of whether or not you complete any surveys."

I was surprised that they have over 1.5 million members because they had been so rubbish for the first 3 months. This is also weird because in their 'optional referral email' it says, "the SurveySavvy.com community has grown to over 3 million people". Who knows which is the real statistic, maybe they are both wrong.

It may be that I didn't receive many surveys because I live in the UK, perhaps if you live in the USA you will have better luck. Or perhaps they are just not looking for people my age because they have plenty of 'us' already.

If you want to join then please sign up though my affiliate link. Let me know how it goes, I would be interested to work out why it I am receiving so few surveys from them. If enough of you do this I will be able to make an informative post using all you experiences of SurveySavvy.

If I were to recommend a survey site I have had success with it would be Ciao, who also have an affiliate program and make banners for you like the one below.


Conclusion: Survey sites VARY massively in quality, check out my first ever post for a comprehensive list of which ones to avoid and which ones to sigh up to.

Lightspeed Panel - Paid Online Survey

My first ever post was all about my experience with paid online surveys. Back then Lightspeed panel was among my favourites and today it nabbed the top spot. I had earned my fist £15 ($30USD) from their surveys.

I signed up a few months ago. Their main downside is that they take a while to get going. It took about 2 months before I heard anything from them. But then the surveys started to arrive....I have been getting about 5 per week. I am not eligible for all of them but I find I usually am. Each survey is worth 50-125 Lightspeed points which can be converted to cash on Paypal (which is what I did) or you can buy gifts with them or home decorating bits n bogs (its random I know!). 100 Lightspeed points is worth about £1 ($2USD). This doesn't seem like much but the surveys never take longer than 10 minutes, despite the warning at the start that they will take longer (I don’t mind them thinking I’m taking longer on their surveys than I really am!). So that averages out about £6 ($12USD) per hour if you were doing them solidly, which isn’t a bad wage considering you need no qualifications. It is however, clear that they are not get-rich-quick scheme. Also you only get a few per week but remember to earn a living from paid online surveys you need to be signed up to a lot of them. (Just see my fist ever post, in the 2006 archives for a lengthy list of the sites I tried).

If you sign up (this is not an affiliate scheme) just type 'Lightspeed panel' followed by the name of your country because they have a different sign up page depending on where you are from. This is because their surveys are more likely to be relevant to you if they know where you live. I know Lightspeed panel is available in the UK and USA and a number of European countries, its not hard to find out.

So that’s the Lightspeed panel.

Coming up:
Affiliate programme info, blog reviews and an article about Google Pagerank.