The list of survey sites on this page are free to join. Many ads will tell you that you can make thousands a month taking surveys and offer to sell you access to their database of sites that will "hire" you to take surveys. I've never paid their fee to join so I can't comment on how much you can make with them, but I can tell you that the following list of free to join sites have netted me about $300 in a year of taking surveys.
UPDATE: 11-30-2008 I have discovered that one of the sites listed on this page is listed in the hosts file which I use to block bad sites from loading in my browser. I got my hosts file from the Microsoft MVP web site, and they note the following about this one site's survey server
127.0.0.1 survey.otxresearch.com #[TrojanDownloader.OTXloader.A][MVPS.Criteria]
The server name appears first on the line, after the ip address 127.0.0.1, which means localhost and is used by a hosts file to redirect attempts to connect to a bad domain to nothing, then everything after the # sign are comments from the Microsoft MVP team about problems encountered with that server.
I must note that I have taken $100 worth of surveys from that server at a nickle a point, and an average of 40 points per survey if I qualify for that particular survey, which I often do not. In fact, I'm currently waiting on the second of two $50 checks I have earned by taking surveys from them. That is a lot of surveys!
In all that time I have noticed no peculiar behavior from my computer and I watch it like a hawk. I'm always watching the DSL lights to monitor traffic on my Internet connection, and the lights only flicker indicating traffic when I'm downloading mail, web pages, or files from the Internet. At all other times it is quiet.
Still, to be on the safe side, I will no longer take surveys from Global Test Market, and am currently getting ready to do a search through the hosts file for other survey sites listed on this page to see if they are listed as well, in the next few minutes.
OK, I have finished testing the sites listed on this page and found several more that were blocked by the Microsoft MVP hosts file. I have noted within their entries which ones they are.
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BigLook - This one only pays in sweepstakes entries, with the more surveys you fill out the more your chances of winning a prize. ClickIQ e-visor Panel - Pays in points which are convertable to cash after you get enough of them. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 this site no longer accepts membership for surveys or logins from previous survey participants, and instead sells market research services to businesses. FGI RESEARCH Been a member for a few months and have received no surveys from them. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 I have still received no surveys from this site. They have no resign membership mechanism on their web site, however they do have a contact email address which I am attempting to resign via. I will keep you updated on how that goes. Free Paying Survey Sites Paying survey site link list sorted by country. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 Please note that I have not tested the survey sites that this page links to for malicious servers. Get yourself a hosts file from the Microsoft MVP web site to block malware sites, hijack sites, porn sites, and ad servers. For more information see Security Measures. FusionCash Pseudo surveys where you sign up for offers for small cash payments. These offers generate massive emails when you sign up for them. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 I have been getting no action from this site, and I just tried to find a way to resign my membership on their web site, and I see no way to do so, unless their offer for Live Chat with a support person offers a way, I didn't try that as I don't want to chat with them. GlobalTestMarket.com Pays in points which are convertable to cash payments. Each point is worth a nickel and you have to have 1000 points to cash out. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 - I have just discovered that the server that this site attempts to load for surveys is listed in the hosts file available on the Microsoft MVP web site with the following notation 127.0.0.1 survey.otxresearch.com #[TrojanDownloader.OTXloader.A][MVPS.Criteria]. I was not previously aware of this, and have had no problems with my operating system caused by taking surveys from this site, however I will not frequent it anymore. Think - Pays cash for each survey you qualify for and complete. Also has drawing for prizes. InboxDollars - Pays a few cents each to read emails, one dollar per cash survey completed, and also has pseudo surveys where you sign up for offers and are payed varying amounts depending on the offer. Each attempted cash survey enters you into the $50,000 sweepstakes at one entry per cash survey tried. Important Update: InboxDollars has lowered their daily survey payment to 50 cents per daily survey completed, down from the previous dollar a day. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 I have just tried to take a survey on this site's survey interface, and discovered that it too is blocked by the Microsoft MVP hosts file. Here are the listings from it for their web sites. 127.0.0.1 adultadworld.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 asseenonpc.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 battleon.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 bingorevenue.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 cpacampaigns.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 dcsmarketing.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 doubleyourdating.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 gozing.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 images.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 imagecache.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 img.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 latin3.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 maxxaffiliate.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 niteflirt.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 nitropayouts.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 offersquest.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 rapidresponse.directtrack.com #[SpySweeper.Spy.Cookie] 127.0.0.1 revenuegateway.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 secure.directtrack.com #[SpySweeper.Spy.Cookie] 127.0.0.1 sideshow.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 trafficneeds.directtrack.com 127.0.0.1 varsityads.directtrack.com #[MVPS.Criteria] 127.0.0.1 www.directtrack.com They do have a cancel account link on their web site, and I am availing myself of it now. International Advisory Panel - Been a member for a while and have received no surveys from them. Ipsos i-Say - Every time you complete a survey, you will receive i-Tickets that are each worth one chance in a sweepstakes Keynote Research Panel - Been a member for a while and have had no action from them. Lightspeed Panel - Pays 20 to 500 points per survey, and it takes 575 points to redeem a $5 Pay Pal payment from them. They also have merchandise prizes available for varying point amounts. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 I have discovered that this site uses the same blocked survey server that Global Test Market uses. It is banned as a trojandownloader site by my Microsoft MVP generated hosts file because of the following server - survey.otxresearch.com. My View - Pays one or two dollars a survey and pays via Pay Pal. They send some email invitations to surveys but you can access more by logging into your account. Opinion Outpost - Pays in points which can be converted to cash at a dime per point. You need 50 points to cash in. They send invitations to surveys in emails. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 This site also uses the blocked survey server accused of trojandownloader by my Microsoft MVP hosts file, the server being blocked is - survey.otxresearch.com. PandaResearch.com - Pseudo surveys where you sign up for offers for a varying amount per offer. PollingPoint A Nationwide Network of Millions of People Inspiring Public Debate - Pays about 500 points per survey which is then redeemable for prizes. It takes a very large amount of points to earn a prize and they don't send that many survey invitations. Search Matters - These guys pay in sweepstakes entries only. Send Earnings Cash Surveys - Pays a few cents each to read emails, one dollar per cash survey completed, and also has pseudo surveys where you sign up for offers and are payed varying amounts depending on the offer. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 This site's survey server is also blocked by my Microsoft MVP generated hosts file. The server name is gozing.directtrack.com and there are many variations of it blocked in the hosts file as listed above for the Inbox Dollars survey site. Snap Dollars - Pays a few cents each to read emails, one dollar per cash survey completed, and also has psuedo surveys where you sign up for offers and are payed varying amounts depending on the offer. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 they have given up all pretense at having actual surveys, and now only have the pseudo survey where the idea is for you to sign up for offers they are advertising. Specpan Specialty Internet Panels - Been a member for a while and still haven't been invited to a single survey. They say they pay for each survey, but so far I haven't gotten any. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 Nothing malicious here, but they still are offering no surveys, and have no mechanism for resigning your account on their web site. Survey Savvy - Pays a couple of bucks per survey.Has a referral program where you get payed for surveys your referrals complete and you also get paid for anyone they refer when their referrals complete surveys. UPDATE: 11-30-2008 Seemingly nothing malicious here. I have received no email invitations from them to participate in surveys, and the one survey they had available to take when I logged in on their site just now loaded only a blank page. Test Spin - These guys pay money for every survey from $1 to $10 but they are for the most part looking for IT professionals to survey so I don't qualify for any of their surveys so far. ZoomPanel - Pays in points which are then redeemable for prizes at differing point levels. No cash payouts here. UPDATE: 11-30-3008 Nothing malicious here that I know of. No action from them either. It takes a very large number of points to qualify to cash out any prizes on this site. Like this page? 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