Are Paid Surveys a Scam – Free Paid Survey Reviews

Today I had about three emails waiting for me in my inbox from Greenfield Online. 2 of the were invitations to take paid surveys online for sweepstakes entries. I did not take either of theses.

The third invitation was to take part in an online focus group. I had to first complete the screener to see if I qualified to take part in the focus group. I qualified and then was informed that the focus group would pay $25 and take more than an hour.

The focus group would have to take place at one of two specific times, unfortunately I am unable to be online at either of those times due to prior engagements. I would have gladly participated in the focus group, for the money and because it seemed like an interesting topic.

This would have tripled the amount of money I have made so far with Greenfield Online.

I had 4 emails from greenfield online today. One of them the subject was about a new $7 survey from greenfield online. I unfortunately did not qualify for this survey. The other three were for sweepstakes entries. I had been a little busy so I just decided to skip these three surveys.

Greenfield Online is another survey website that I am not a huge fan of. They really aren’t a bad site, but they could really do a few things better.

The big draw for Greenfield is that they offer a lot of surveys. They seem to have surveys that cover almost every demographic, so you shouldn’t have a problem finding surveys even if you aren’t in an in-demand group. The bad news is that most of their surveys seem to rely on contests as their draw, which means that you won’t be guaranteed any money. The one way I saw to counter this was to act through other websites. It seemed that I could effectively double dip sometimes. Several surveys through Greenfield Online seem to be outsourced to other small companies that will then pay $1 for you to complete the survey. The cookie will still usually record it on Greenfield though, letting you get paid for entering the contest.

The only real negatives were that they are slow sometimes. I’ve had a few surveys that just never closed. This is only a problem because you aren’t paid until it closes. I could have argued with the support department, but it was a $2 survey and it didn’t seem worth the email. It also seems to take awhile to get paid. Their payment cycles can sometimes wind up with you waiting months for a pretty small check. They do pay though it just takes awhile sometimes.

Greenfield Online is definitely a leader in the survey field. If you like contest surveys then you are in luck. If you don’t like them, then you should still think about joining. You don’t have to fill out the contest ones and there are some nice paying ones in the mix. They’re still a worthy addition to your list.

I had just been looking over many paid survey websites that wanted you to pay to sign up so when I found Greenfield Online I was really excited that I didn’t have to pay for anything. Their website is easy to navigate and I could take surveys pretty easily. Some paid surveys they offer require you to use internet explorer and I usually use firefox so I was unable to take some surveys.

A lot of the surveys they had were for sweepstakes entries but I didn’t want to do them so I just skipped them. They frequently had paid surveys emailed to me that paid cash, but they had an equal amount that were just for sweepstakes entries. They were usually pretty accurate guessing the amount of time that the paid survey they sent me would take.

Overall I would say that I had a positive experience with Greenfield Online

For about the past week I have not gotten a cash paid survey from Greenfield Online I have been neglecting to take some of the sweepstakes entries surveys since I think my time is better spent taking only paid surveys that are paid in cash/points than sweepstakes entries. If I have absolutely nothing to do I may take one here or there but other than that I’m just going to wait for the cash paid surveys.

Greenfield Online started out so well. I made $11 on my first day with them and got paid a little over 3 weeks later.

Today I received my payment from Greenfield Online via paypal. The payment was for $11. It came a lot earlier than the 4 weeks the website said it would take.

I also received several more paid survey invitations from them. Two of them were for sweepstakes and the other one was for 3 dollars. The paid survey that was for $3 was supposed to take 10 minutes to complete. The other ones were supposed to take longer, which I thought was strange. I did not qualify for any of them though.

The last 10 surveys I have been invited to take from Greenfield Online have all been for sweepstakes entries. I have skipped a few if they were for sweepstakes entries but were estimated to take like 30 minutes, I decided that those were just not worth the time.

I am hoping that the more surveys I take the more surveys I will qualify for. Don’t know if this is going to do anything productive but I don’t think it can hurt.

So far I have earned $11 with Greenfield Online

I took about 6 paid surveys today from Greenfield Online. They were all for sweepstakes entries, but since I didn’t qualify to take any of them I got entered into the big sweepstakes 6 times.

The email I got from them today was inviting me to take part in a survey that would take an estimated 70 minutes and the reward was a sweepstakes entry. Usually I take every survey offered to me in order to write accurate reviews of my experience with the paid survey site that I am reviewing. However I just decided to skip this one. 70 minutes just for a sweepstakes entry that I had little chance of winning.

Today I got another email from inviting me to take part in a survey. Nothing special, just another sweepstakes entry.

Today I requested payment from Greenfield Online, I had $11 in my account. They said it would take about 6-8 weeks for the payments to process and then I would receive the $11 I earned from taking surveys through paypal.

I earned $11 my first day taking paid survey from Greenfield Online and have not made any money since, just sweepstakes entries.

Today I had two emails in my inbox from Greenfield Online

The first one was for a $5 survey, I started taking it and in about 30 seconds was informed that I did not qualify to take it. I was however granted another entry into their sweepstakes.

The second survey from greenfield online was for a sweepstakes entry, I took this one in about 30 seconds and did not qualify for the sweepstakes but as with all surveys I was given another entry into the “consolation sweepstakes.”

My balance is still $10 I can cash out whenever I want but I am waiting to be paid the money from the other surveys.

Update

Shortly after writing this I received another invitation for a $5 survey from Greenfield Online that I did not qualify for.