FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Paid Surveys Plus More FAQ strives to offer you the best in customer service. We would like to take a few minutes to answers some paid surveys frequently asked questions by visitors to our website.

What Are Online Paid Surveys, And Why Do I Get Paid To Take Them

Paid surveys are questionnaires that give companies data they need to learn thinking and spending habits of the consumers that use their products and services. It's less expensive for a company to  use online paid surveys to find out what consumers want than to waste money on advertising and stockpile products that nobody is going to buy. Every single product you see in a store is carefully tested before it is offered to the general public. 

What Is A Focus Group

A focus group or panel is a specific group of people; usually lead by a moderator or organizer, selected for an in-depth discussion about a product or service being evaluated. Focus groups and panels can be conducted in person at a variety of locations, on the telephone, and through chat rooms online. Focus groups generally last for 1-2 hours and pay as much as $150 an hour.

How Do You Get Paid To Take Surveys Online

Survey Companies conduct market research on behalf of companies that produce products and sell services. They offer you cash and prizes in exchange for your time and consumer opinions. Companies are constantly trying to improve their products, and before they launch a new product and an expensive advertising campaign, they need to know about consumer preferences. Online surveys for money are an easy way for collecting consumer opinions to guide these companies. In exchange for your opinions on the free paid surveys they will compensate you with cash, prizes, or sweepstakes entries. Some of them even send you sample products, and pay you to conduct product evaluations.

How Much Money Can You Make Taking  Paid Surveys Online

Typical cash for surveys reward you $2 to $50 and take about 15 to 30 minutes to complete. Others may give you gift certificates or enter you into sweepstakes for cash or prizes. Some sites occasionally offer focus groups. These usually last 1 or 2 hours, but generally pay more than $50.

Why Do Survey Panels Ask For Personal Information

Survey Panels ask for personal information like age, hobbies, number of children, annual income, etc. so that they can build a database of people and their corresponding demographic information. This allows the market research panels to match potential survey takers with the product or service being studied. Music videos, for example, are more likely to be viewed by young people than by older people, so that in a  paid survey about music videos, it would be important to ask the respondent for his or her age.

Why Do Survey Companies Need My Home Address

Some survey panels may ask for your address for several purposes, to send a new product to your home to test or to send you an incentive for completing the survey. The important thing to remember is that respondents' names and other identifying information are kept strictly confidential. Most respected market research panels follow CASRO's Code of Standards for Survey Research. This code must be followed by all CASRO members as a condition of membership and requires survey research companies to protect the identities of respondents, and to insure that individuals and their responses cannot be related.

Will Survey Panels Try To Sell Items Or Services To Me

Research panels are only interested in summarized information on the attitudes, opinions, market practices, etc. of the sampled consumer groups. Some panels may offer you gift rewards or products to try, as part of a study, however sales or solicitation is not acceptable or permitted in legitimate and professionally conducted survey research.

How Many Paid Surveys Can I Expect To Receive

The number of paid surveys you will receive depends on your demographic profile. Survey panels conduct different studies for different customers, and each study will generally target a particular segment of population depending on the requirements of the client. The number of surveys you will receive also depends on the survey panel as well. Some survey panels will send more frequent survey invitations than others.

How Long Do  Paid Surveys Online Take To Complete

Paid surveys can last anywhere from 1 minute to 1 hour, with 15 minutes being the average length of a survey. They can ask a wide range of questions such as- why you would use one brand of perfume over another? Would you buy a certain hamburger because it was cheaper or tasted better than another? How many movies do you rent every month to watch at home?

How Will I Get Paid

The companies offering the surveys and hosting the focus groups will pay you. Paid Surveys Plus More is not a survey or market research company and we don’t pay you to take surveys. We provide access to our large database of survey companies who will provide the surveys for you. These companies will pay you directly in one of two ways. Either in the form of a check mailed to you or direct deposited into your bank account via pay pal. You will always know in advance how and when each company will compensate you, respectively.

Do I Pay Taxes On The Money I Receive

You would be considered an " independent contractor "if you are a citizen of the United States. A company that pays you over $600 a year is required to send a U.S. taxes Form 1099. If you are not a U.S. citizen or resident you would have to check out what the tax laws are in your respective country of residency. In either case you should seek the advice of an accountant or other tax professional to find out how tax laws apply to you.

What Is The Cost To Join The Survey Panels

It’s free. You will get full access to our member’s area for life. This area is updated on a regular basis and you can be sure you will be the first to know about all the latest, highest paying survey opportunities.

Is My Privacy Protected

Our database only uses market research companies with the strictest privacy policies that you are welcome to read. They would never give out any private information for the simple reason that it is consumers like you and me that keep them in business. As long as you stick to the companies that we supply you with you will never have any problems.