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How To Find Legitimate Paid Online Surveys Website?

Author: Sahara Ads
by Sahara Ads
Posted: Jan 23, 2018

Paid online surveys website are the surveys in which respondents are rewarded through incentives for completing online surveys for research purpose. These surveys help companies in product improvement and new product development because through this process, companies get to know the preferences of people all over the world. These surveys do not take more than 15-20 minutes to complete and in return, they reward a handsome amount of cash, gift cards, free vouchers, sample products and many more compensations on a daily basis.

However, there are also some risks which are associated with such survey sites. With the increasing vogue of paid online surveys, scammers have also entered into this market to make money by negative means. They register themselves privately so that no one can get to know who the real administrator of the website is, at times it is even impossible to track from where they are operating their activities. These websites can sell contact details or can use this information for wrong purposes causing severe consequences to the respondent.

For participants, it is important to realize the legitimacy and genuineness of the online surveys site rather than falling for the perks they offer. Here, the important thing to know is: How to detect and stay away from illegitimate and spam sites?

Legit survey sites offer paid online surveys which help various manufacturing companies in collecting genuine information regarding products and services for research purpose, while scam sites are just doing it to earn money. The below list will help you figure out if a survey site is legit or a scam.

Scam Sites:

  • Require Registration Fee: A scam site will always ask for a registration fee. When a person does a survey for a legit site, the company itself pays the registration fee to the website on that person’s behalf because filling surveys is a favor on them, not the other way round.
  • No Payment Method Found: Scam sites do not provide the information regarding payment procedure and methods.
  • High Minimum Cashout Requirement: Their minimum cash out amount is usually very high as they do not want the respondent to give up on his investment because of the frustration and pressure of attaining the high cashout point.
  • Much Complaints and Poor Feedback: Before signing up to any paid online surveys site, it is important to check the reviews about it. Scam sites will always have a lot of complaints and poor feedback.
  • No Payment Proofs: Legit sites would have their payment proofs all over the internet. If a survey site has no payment proof then either it is a new site, and if it is not new then it is definitely a scam site.
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