The world of online surveys and get paid today sites can be intimidating at first, especially if you're new to all this. I've put together a number of links and tips to help you ease into this, and hopefully enjoy your new hobby.

Not every site is what it says it is, and not every site pays as it says it does. To help you avoid being disappointed, I suggest you visit the Survey Police. SurveyPolice is your ultimate destination for online survey information. Let SurveyPolice help you identify survey scams, as well as rank, review, and file complaints against online survey companies. SurveyPolice will assist you, the panelist and consumer, to voice your opinion to legitimate marketing researchers who are listening. Don't be afraid of the world of online surveys - it can prove to be a legitimate way of voicing your opinions to researchers readily willing to compensate you fairly for your time.

Paid surveys are a way to make a few extra bucks. You are never going to get rich from paid surveys. Most surveys pay very little if anything at all once all is said and done. Many companies have tricky ways of getting out of paying you anything once you take some of your precious time to answer their questions. Some companies do this by screening you out of the survey after much of your time. If you do not complete the full survey you do not get paid the incentive. Make sure to always read the email or survey description before you begin.. Sometimes the incentive you get upon completion is not what you thought you would receive. Companies that do not pay what they promise or screen you out after more than a few minutes of your time are not where you want to be taking surveys. You will waste time and never receive the payment you are due.

Here are some good tips for taking surveys online - besides knowing which surveys really do pay out, there are a few other things you need to know before you begin to sign up for the paid survey sites.

1. Use a brand new email address that is dedicated solely to surveys, because you will want to ensure that you have a dedicated email account to store and organize your survey invitations. This ensures that you do not get email invitations mixed up with your personal email, and it makes it easier to track individual survey panel invites. A good one to use is Gmail, because it has color-coded labels for labeling different surveys from different panels.
2. NEVER pay for a list of paid online surveys. You do not need to pay anyone for anything. All you will need is a list of 20-30 good legitimate paid online surveys. You also do not need to sign up for 100-200 surveys. A basic list of 10 legitimate survey sites is enough to get anyone started and 30 survey sites is enough to have you pretty much covered in the survey world.
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4. Get a PayPal account so you can get paid FAST. Checks often take six to eight weeks to arrive and most of the larger legitimate survey sites are now implementing PayPal into their payment systems.
5. When you complete a paid survey, ALWAYS save the email invitation and keep an accurate record of every survey that you complete, particularly surveys of $5 and above. I've created a spreadsheet to keep track of my own surveys that I do, putting all the info I need on a worksheet. If there is a discrepancy and you do not receive credit for a survey it is very important that you have the survey number to reference in order to collect your incentive. Also, save the original email invitation for each survey company that has the link to the home site and the support email, as well as create a link in your browser favorites for quick access. Browser links are particularly important for daily survey panels that you will access first thing every morning after completing higher paying surveys from your email inbox.
6. ALWAYS fill in all of the profiles when you sign up for each paid survey site. This will ensure that you receive the maximum number of surveys that you qualify for and allow the survey company to target you more accurately so you disqualify less often. Also keep them updated.
7. Check your email FREQUENTLY as the highest paying survey invitations and, especially the lucrative panel forums, often fill up within a few hours or even sooner of the email invitation arriving in your inbox.

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