A large majority of the producers of goods and services in a developed economy wholesale their products to distributors and do not have direct contact with their ultimate customers, the consumers. This creates an awkward problem for them. They MUST know what the people who actually buy their products in supermarkets, department stores, etc. are thinking.
So they hire market researchers to measure consumer opinion and report back their findings. The market researchers use a variety of tools to do this. Probably the most important is the paid online survey. Thousands of these surveys are being made every day. To get survey participants to volunteer, these market researchers arrange for them to get paid for their participation.
That is what makes it possible for you to make money by doing paid market research surveys.
O.K. So how does this work, exactly? What must you do to get paid to do surveys?
Survey participation is by invitation only. To be invited you will need to get your name and demographic data on file with a number of good Survey Makers. Then when they have surveys for your demographic, they send you an invitation.
There are over 700 of these survey makers in the U.S. and over 3000 worldwide. Some are better than others. Some are a LOT better! About 20% are top level, that only offer legitimate paid online surveys that pay well, pay on time and respect your privacy. The next 40% are second level, don’t pay as well but are still O.K. The lower 40% will just waste your time.
O.K. So just how do you find the good survey makers and avoid the time-wasters?
You will want to join a paid survey membership site which maintains good lists of good survey makers. There are over 200 of these sites, some good, some bad, some terrible! To know which is which so you can pick a good one, check out this paid online surveys review site, which ranks the leaders monthly.
By: Seymore Goldsmith
