Surveys going high tech

@maezee (41988)
United States
June 11, 2016 5:25am CST
Since I spend quite a bit of time doing surveys, naturally this is my discussion topic. When I first started doing paid surveys back in like 2008, they were very straightforward. Black text on a white screen. Answering yes and no, demographics, and so forth. Now it seems paid surveys have gotten a lot more interactive. Some will have you play games, go to an interactive online shopping store and go "shopping", have you do the survey on your smart phone. Now I am noticing a popular trend....I have been rejected from quite a few surveys that required you to have a webcam. If I had a webcam I would prbably not participate. This seems a little too high tech and big brother-y for me. Have you run across this or anything else while doing paid surveys, good or bad? Would you do a webcam survey?
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7 responses
• India
11 Jun 16
Most surveys that I have been on are scams.Can you tell me some of genuine survey sites that actually pay you?
@maezee (41988)
• United States
11 Jun 16
I have the ones that I have been paid for in the blog on my profile. Those ones are legitimate. Keep in mind it can be frustrating to qualify for surveys but that alone doesnt make a site a scam. Good luck to you
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• India
11 Jun 16
@maezee Thank you, I will definitely check them out.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
13 Jun 16
@jerry260188 yeah! Let me know if you discover any good ones.
@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
12 Jun 16
what are the sites are you a member of?
@maezee (41988)
• United States
13 Jun 16
I have some of them listed in the blog on my profile. I will warn you they can be picky about demographics and accept members from certain countries. But it is certainly worth looking into. Besr of luck!
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@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
13 Jun 16
@maezee thanks!
@crossbones27 (49344)
• Mojave, California
11 Jun 16
Never a webcam and about done with surveys. They treat people poorly.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
11 Jun 16
And they are frustrating. But I have been lucky torun across some very good ones and some product testing ones which I love. Do you have another online earning strategy?
@Juliaacv (50851)
• Canada
11 Jun 16
We have a webcam and I've never been accepted to do any of those higher paying surveys. I gave up doing them because they became so mundane.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
11 Jun 16
Yes. I would say at least half are mundane and redundant. Some are definitely more interesting than others thats for sure.
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@AkoPinay (11542)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
I tried joining survey sites but there are only few surveys available for me and I hesitate to give my personal info to those sites. I only participate at bit-miles.com survey chat this time.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
13 Jun 16
Sorry to hear that. You do have to be wary of surveys versus "offers". Offers are usually the ones that ask for personal info and then sell it to third parties so they can spam your phone and email. But actual surveys very rarely ask for your address and do not use it for marketing purposes but usually just to send you a check or even sometimes a product testing. What is Bit Miles all about? Have you gotten paid from them?
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@AkoPinay (11542)
• Philippines
13 Jun 16
@maezee bit-miles and bitLanders are connected. Yes, I got paid many times there.
@bsameep (190)
11 Jun 16
I had gone through paid survey sites like in.toluna, in.ipanelonline, opinionworld,clixsense,etc but never got paid. After survey either disqualified or the dialog box that their is another better survey for you.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
11 Jun 16
Sorry to hear that. I know it seems like most survey sites are looking for people of a certain demographic.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
11 Jun 16
I tried surveys a long time ago and since then I haven't tried.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
11 Jun 16
Yes I do not blame you. They are very hit or miss it seems.