By Holly Reisem Hanna
One of the questions that I frequently get from readers is … “Can you really make money from home by taking surveys?” and the answer is yes.
There are many legitimate websites where you can offer your opinion in exchange for money, rewards, and sweepstake entries. While you're not going to get rich from participating in surveys, it is a fun way to share your thoughts on products and services, and you'll receive compensation your time.
Just remember to beware of scam sites when you join a survey site, you should never have to pay a fee, provide a credit card number, or bank account number when you join.
Here are 16 free survey sites where you can make money from home.
Swagbucks is an online platform where you can earn points called SB, which can be redeemed for gift cards and coupons. You can earn points by watching videos, playing games, answering questions, shopping online, even surfing the web using their search bar. Refer your friends and you’ll earn even more points. Your points can be traded in for gift cards from Amazon, Target, Starbucks, PayPal and Walmart. Register today and get a $5.00 sign up bonus!
- Open to residents of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Ireland
Not just a survey site, CashCrate is an online platform where you can start earning money by completing offers, taking surveys, watching videos, completing online tasks and shopping online using their portal. Tasks pay out anywhere from a few cents to $30.00 or more, and you’ll receive a $1.00 for signing up for a new account. Payments are made via check and PayPal.
- Open to US residents and other English speaking countries
Is a survey site where you can earn points for taking surveys. For each survey that you successfully complete you’ll earn HI points. For each survey you are invited to, but don’t qualify for, you’ll earn 15 HI points and a sweepstake entry. Points can be traded in for gift cards from Starbucks, iTunes, Amazon, and many more stores. Harris Poll is part of the Nielsen family and has been in the business for 50 years.
- Open to US, UK, Canadian, Italian, French, Spanish and German residents
At InboxDollars you can earn cash for surveys, reading emails, playing games, redeeming coupons, searching the web and shopping online. Membership is free and you’ll receive $5.00 for signing up. Payments are made via check. Open to US, UK and Canadian residents.
Is a survey site where you earn points for sharing your opinion and referring other friends and family members to the site. Once you’ve accumulated 1,000 points you can trade them in for cash or prizes. Payments are made via check and it’s worth noting that Global Test Market has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
- Open to US, UK, Canadian, Australian, German, and Singapore residents
Is an online survey site where you can earn cash for taking surveys. Simply sign up for an account, fill out your membership profile (you’ll get more surveys by doing so), complete surveys and once your account has reached a $5.00 threshold, you can request payment via check. MindField not only has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, but they’re also a member of CASRO, which requires members to adhere a strict code of ethics and standards for survey research.
- Open to US and Canadian residents
Is an online survey site that pays cash for surveys, sharing offers with friends, completing offers, and filling out polls. For each offer or survey that you complete, you'll be awarded a certain amount of points which can be traded in for cash (1,000 points = $10). Payments are made via PayPal.
- Open to US, Canadian, and UK residents
MySurvey is a top-rated online opinion poll and product testing platform, where individuals are compensated with reward points and sweepstake entries. For each task that is fully completed you earn points that can be redeemed for for PayPal and Amazon e-certificates, gift cards, vouchers, money, and more. MySurvey has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
- Open to global residents
At Opinion Outpost you can earn money by completing online surveys. Just sign up, answer survey questions and earn cash, sweepstakes entries, or rewards for your time. Reviews on Opinion Outpost are favorable on their Facebook page, as well as on Survey Police they have a solid 4 out of 5 stars rating.
- Open to US and Canadian residents
Is an online survey site where you’ll get earn money for sharing your opinions with companies. Most surveys pay out between $1.00 to $20.00 depending on the length and topic of the survey. Once your account has reached $1.00 in rewards, you can request payment via check. Survey Savvy has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
- Open to US residents
Is a survey site where you can win prizes and earn rewards for sharing your opinion. Most surveys award 5 to 15 points per survey, but you can also earn points by referring friends (25 points), creating an account (100 points) and providing your information (100 points). Points can be redeemed for Best Buy, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Visa, and various other gift cards. Tell Wut has an A- rating with the Better Business Bureau.
- Open to US and Canadian residents
Is a survey and product testing site where you can earn points for participation. Most surveys and questionnaires take 15 – 20 minutes and members earn anywhere from 15 – 20,000 points depending on the length. Points can be redeemed for sweepstakes tickets for gadgets or getaways, vouchers for stores like Amazon, even cash. Payments are made via PayPal and check.
- Open to global residents
On Valued Opinions you can participate in surveys and earn points for doing so. Points can be redeemed for gift cards from major retailers and brands like Macy's, Amazon and Marriott. Earn even more by referring friends, in fact you can earn up to $2.00 per friend who joins and completes two surveys.
- Open to US, UK, French, and Australian residents
On Viewpoint Forum you can take online surveys and earn forum points and sweepstake entries for doing so. Most surveys will earn you 75 forum points and take about 10 minutes to complete. Once you've accumulated 375 forum points, you can redeem them for $10.00, payments are made via check. Viewpoint Forum is a member of CASRO.
- Open to US residents
Formerly known as NPD Online Research, VIP Voice allows you to complete online surveys for the opportunity to win vacations, electronics, gift cards and other prizes. The NPD Group was established in 1967 and conducts more than 12 million surveys each year.
- Open US and Canadian residents
Offers beneficial community and political surveys. For each survey you complete, you'll be awarded points that can be traded in for gift cards from companies like VISA, Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. YouGov offers 2,000 bonus points for creating an account.
- Open to US residents
Do you take online surveys? Which sites do you recommend?
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I’ve often answered surveys for eRewards.com — and have gotten subscriptions to magazines (Inc. and Money, which I love), and things like camera cases and purses. Plus they let you donate part of your rewards to sites like Kiva. Interesting surveys, and I only take part in ones when I have time, and if they interest me.
Thanks for the sharing Kayelle! I’ll have to check that one out.
How do I get an invite to join e-rewards?
I know I’m over a year late, but…
If your have a loyalty rewards card, such as Kroger Plus or GameStop Powerup Rewards, make sure you haven’t checked do not contact me in your profile.
I got invited via GameStop.
im looking to be paid by hr,for collecting data,doing surveys w/ people over the phone,im not an official survivior of domestic violence yet,but i better be,and im too disabled from him in the past to work,and babysitting his cat w/ lukemia. pray pla for richard and christine
Hi Christine, I haven’t seen an survey or digital earning sites that pay per hour. Most of these pay per task. If you need something that pays hourly, I’d check out phone type work or virtual assistant work.
Take a look at these two pages, they should help you:
https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/wah-jobs/
https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/make-money-from-home-quickly/
Another great offer is surveys through Loop11.com. Anyone can signup & I’ve been getting surveys sent to me each week. You get between $1-$5 for a 10-30 minute survey.
http://www.loop11.com/get-paid-to-test-websites/
Thanks for your advice.I tried it out but I can’t .It isn’t available in my country.
Try looking at this article for other opportunities. https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/global-telecommuting-jobs/
Hi I’ve tried to register to do surveys with this site and a few others but they keep telling me that my email is not valid. .any idea why?
Thanks
Which site, Trudy?
There a paid survey site that i’ve been apart of for a few years now called cashcrate. They are a legit company. it cost nothing to sign up and you earn a dollar just for signing up. they have offer, daily surveys, top surveys, bonus offer, bonus surveys, videos, and shopping online and you get paid to do it. Checks are sent out monthly the minimum payout is 20 bucks to earn a check but you can earn way more. You earn points that you can use towards giftcards and there are contest monthly as well. There’s forum and Faq’s if you need help and the staff is awesome too. Also to prove that cashcrate is the real deal there’s a payment wall where members post pictures of their checks just click on Faq and see payment wall. Cashcrate is great for stay at home moms, college students, etc. I hope that i covered everything, if anyone is interested just click the link below and start earning and having fun with Cashcrate.
Is this a Canadian thing or does it matter?
You’ll have to check each each individual app to see if it’s applicable to Canadian residents.
You’ve made an impressive listings of this paid survey sites.But which of this sites which pay to the members that are not from America or Europe. I’m from India. I need a guidance about ‘WFH’.
You would need to check each individual listing to see what countries they allow. This article covers more on global WAH gigs: https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/global-telecommuting-jobs/
hi, any sites africans can particitate in?
I would add http://iwadi.net to the list. Sign up is really easy. They are part of Cint network and pay via PayPal.
Thanks for sharing, Anna. I haven’t heard of that one — will have to check it out.
Hi! I’m interested in the work from home with no experience but I’m willing to learn! I have a smartphone! I would like to earn money from home to make a living! Please contact me! Thanks for your attention!
Hi Monique, Here are some great ways to make money with your smartphone: https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/make-money-smart-phone/
And this article talks about jobs without a college degree: https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/work-from-home-college-degree/
Good luck with your job search and keep us posted!
Hi, I am a teenager who isn’t really able to leave to home for work due to my current family situation. I’ve never had a job before but I really need some money for upcoming college (very soon, I am of legal working age) and I was thinking about doing some of these surveys jobs. However, I don’t know very much about taxes… Will working for Survey Savvy or Mindfield cost myself of the rest of my family money?
Check out these posts:
https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/jobs-college-students/
https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/short-task-sites/
Hi! I want to join a site called iglobalsurveys.com, but I’m not sure if it is legit. Have you heard about it? is it legit and does it pay well? Just want to make sure before I join. Thanks for your site and looking forward to your information.
Hi Maria, I haven’t heard of that one. I plan to update this post with more survey opportunities that are legit … so stay tuned. In the mean time check out this post that has some short-task and digital earning opportunities: https://www.theworkathomewoman.com/short-task-sites/
Another good one is Amazon Mechanical Turk (https://www.mturk.com). It’s not all survey, but the surveys tend to pay the best. I’ve made over a thousand bucks this year.
I very love Vindale Research. It is the best site, that I ever tried. I earned 150 dollars for first 2 weeks. It is good additional income and fun entertainment sometimes. I would like to recommend it.