When it comes to making money online, I like online surveys. They provide an easy and free way for anyone who wants to earn a little extra cash in their spare time to do that without any special skills or expertise.
And when it comes to payment options, I like surveys and apps that pay through PayPal.
You will find a lot of online survey sites that offer gift certificates, checks or benefits in kind.
While these are fine, the most flexible and usually fastest way to get paid is with PayPal, so I prefer sites that at least have this option.
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Legit Paying Survey Sites for PayPal
Here’s a list of sites that use PayPal, whether exclusively or as an option, and that I recommend you try.
1. Swagbucks
Swagbucks is a survey site, and much more.
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Not only can you take surveys, but you can watch videos, do your online shopping, play games, and search the web, all the time earning more rewards points.
You can then redeem your earnings for gift cards and other prizes, but if you’re like me and like fast payouts, you can also request a PayPal payment.
You even get a $5 bonus just for signing up.
Use this link to get your $5 sign up bonus.
2. iPoll
iPoll is currently offering a $5 bonus simply for signing up.
It’s another survey site with a good range of websites to choose from.
It’s also available as an Android app and on iTunes, as you might expect, given the name.
Rewards are paid out as money (PayPal), gift cards, and even airline credits.
You can sign up here to get your $5 bonus.
3. E-Poll Surveys
E-Poll is concerned only with surveys, and the main topic of interest is TV programs. It’s like you get paid to watch TV!
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Most of their surveys are related to your TV watching habits, although they have surveys about other stuff as well.
A nice point with this company is that they have a minimum threshold payout level of $5, meaning you will start getting paid more quickly.
4. Pinecone Research
Update: PineCone Research has transitioned away from PayPal and now pays you via direct electronic bank transfers.
Pinecone Research is one of the respected names in the survey business, and they pay accordingly.
This means that it may be hard to get on their list, but it will be worthwhile.
The best way to sign up is to find an invitation-only application somewhere on the web, as they don’t have a straightforward application form on the website, and they don’t accept members year-round. If you are lucky, they will be looking for someone with your background, and you’ll be able to get on the team.
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5. Opinion Outpost
Opinion Outpost has been around for a long while and is one of the best known online survey sites.
It is straightforward to use and will send you a couple of surveys a week, although you can also go online and look for surveys.
It’s easy to sign up, and you can sign up with one of your social media accounts if you wish, which is a popular option nowadays.
You accumulate points for doing surveys, and you can redeem these for free Amazon gift cards or cash via PayPal.
They pay quickly and have a low threshold for payment, which means you don’t have to wait too long before you have enough points to get cash.
6. Opinion World (former Survey Spot)
OpinionWolrd is another pure and simple survey site, like Opinion Outpost.
You collect points for completing surveys and can redeem the points in various ways including cash via PayPal and gift cards for Amazon, Target, etc.
The site emphasizes how your opinion counts and can influence the way companies develop products, or even the actual products being produced.
The emphasis is on the community of consumers, expressing their opinions.
7. MindSwarms
If you like taking videos, then this may be the website for you.
MindSwarms wants you to record videos of yourself talking about products and services you use and is prepared to pay you well if you qualify and do a good job.
You can either sign up on the website or download an app to your iPhone or Android – this may make more sense if you are going to use your smartphone to record the videos.
You have to record a couple of videos so that they can check the quality of your system, then you can start applying for surveys.
MindSwarms will offer you surveys on your dashboard, and these are filtered according to your profile so that only ones that are appropriate to you are offered.
You answer a couple of questions to apply, and the researcher will get back to you if you’re selected.
When you’ve been invited to take the survey, you will have to answer up to 7 questions on video, which will take about 10 minutes.
The best part is that they pay $50 for a completed survey, directly into your PayPal account.
8. MyPoints
MyPoints also have surveys, though that is not their principal business.
It’s mostly a cashback shopping site that you buy stuff through to earn points, and then get rewards for the points.
Once you are on their list, however, they will send out surveys to you in the email, and completing them will earn you more points.
9. YouGov
YouGov is slightly different from other survey taking companies.
It tends to run surveys on current events, rather than on commercial products like most of the other companies.
It is known internationally, and despite the name, this is not a government website.
In addition to surveys, sometimes they have articles that you can provide feedback on.
10. Paid Viewpoint
Paid Viewpoint is another survey only website, again paying out via a PayPal account.
There are a great variety of surveys on this site, and most of them don’t take long to complete.
Having said that, they don’t pay a lot, particularly at first, but you can build up your record with them to be paid at a higher level.
Initially, you’ll probably only earn about $.10 per survey, but at least, they only take a couple of minutes to complete.
As you complete more and more surveys, Paid Viewpoint forms a better picture of you, your “demographic”, and as they know you better this increases your “TraitScore”.
The amount they pay you goes up in line with your TraitScore, so it’s worth investing time, in the beginning, to do their surveys to increase your rewards.
Making PayPal Money with Survey Sites
These 10 sites offer something for everyone and have in common that you can be paid via PayPal though in some cases you may wish to take the rewards if they are of greater value to you.
PayPal is a great way to be paid, as it’s much quicker than waiting for a check in the mail.
You can even use PayPal like a bank, and pay with PayPal at a lot of places. There are no regular charges, and it’s free for anyone with an email to open an account.
Jack Hermiz
Making money this way takes long time but it does add up and making money is always better then not making anything !
Satrap
Agreed. You won’t get rich taking surveys, but it’s a fun and easy way to make some extra cash in your free time.
Chioma
why say so and how possible is that
Derek Simmons
You actually can make a nice piece of pocket money on paidviewpoint…this is the only survey site that doesn’t disqualify you at all, and you can also work at your own pace..this is my favorite survey site, then comes survey Junkie ..between the two, I keep a little something in the pocket