Scams

I've spent some time over the last couple of days trying to dig into some of the Surveys and PTR sites that are often advertised and which of them are legitimate. The truth is that you should treat each one as a scam that will not pay unless you have a personal recommendation from someone. By recommendation I do not mean from someone you have met up with on MySpace or other social networking site. You should remember that there are an awful lot of people out there that are spending time slowly drawing others in to what will end up being a scam.

Below are a number of survey sites that I have full confidence in:

Make your opinions heard at YouGov

My favourite:



I have complete confidence in the sites. I will share others with you when I am more confident of their good standing.

Advertisement: Click here to join HTMail's opt-in list

Progress

It's almost two months since I started this blog so I thought it was appropriate to do a post which reviewed my progress on the schemes I have written about so far.

Google Adsense Referrals: 1 click - no conversions.

Amazon: 6 clicks - no conversions.

YouGov: £4 earned on Surveys - at this rate it would take 25 months to hit payment (£50)!

GlobalTest Market: I've earned almost 400 points (US$ 0.05 per point) at this rate it would take around 2.5 months to hit payment (1000 points or $50 [paid in local currency cheque]).

HTMail: 18 Ads gives a balance of £0.90 after only two weeks. A £10 minimum payment should be reached in less than six months.

Ciao: Already earned £8.27 for a few surveys, 2 reviews written and a portion of the May Premium Fund.

Opinion Bar: In the last 2 months I've earned about £4. With a minimum payment of £10 should see a return in five months.

LightSpeed Research: Been a member for a week and already have £3 in my PayPal account!

Advertisement: Click here to join HTMail's opt-in list

Lightspeed Research

Lightspeed Research is a longstanding online survey panel which has a few problems and has now been turned around. It is not the simplest to join - indeed if you find the homepage you will not find a 'Join' or 'Register' button. You can only join by clicking on an advert that you may find somewhere on the Internet. I did it by using Google and entering the search term "Lightspeed Research" + Join and used the pages from the UK option.

I joined Lightspeed Research on only the 5th June 2007. Since then I have completed 3 surveys (had invites to 8) and made 370 points. The points you accumulate are used to take gifts or Payment to your PayPal account. For credit to your PayPal account they convert at the rate of 110 points = £1. So I have £3 winging its way to my PayPal account already.

*** Just a little update - PayPal account credited within 24 hours!

Advertisement: Click here to join HTMail's opt-in list