Do you get rejected a lot from your survey sites?

United States
November 9, 2009 8:12pm CST
So, do you register with any survey site from the web? I join two of them, and they send me available survey from time to time. Sometimes, I got 3 surveys a day, or none at all. The chance I got accepted from the survey is like a ratio of 1:5. It meant that 1 out of 5 of survey I will be got accepted. After I filled out some basic information about myself, they mostly rejected me for "Unfortunately, we have enough registered survey done already, see you next time." Well, it is not so easy to get paid from survey sites I am gonna tell you. Do you have the same experience?
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19 responses
• United States
10 Nov 09
That varies alot if I do. I have registered with quite a few, some or most of them I am successfull with and earn a steady monthly income with - so I will not complain. I really enjoy filling out the surveys and quite often asked to test products at home.
• United States
10 Nov 09
Well, the one I signed up with is Toluna, and most of the surveys they sent me won't qualified after I fill out some basic information. So, I couldn't complain, maybe what they see is not within their demographic area. So, Can you give me some of your successful survey sites?
• United States
10 Nov 09
I too am with with Toluna - the ones that I am pretty successfull with are Lightspeed and Mysurvey - they email me invitations to join quite often and most of them I qualify for. They are both located on my blog, feel free to stop over to my profile where it is listed. Any questions just ask.
@rdsantos (320)
• Philippines
10 Nov 09
your still lucky that you get even 3 surveys a day. unlike me its been a month now that im not getting eny surveys at all. i guess thats because my answers on my profile doesn't really fall under their interests. if im not mistaken, you'll be given set of surveys based upon your profile.
• United States
10 Nov 09
I guess so, but I don't have much success with it either. So, I don't know if I can make good pay from it or not. I try to answer all the choices as much as possible, but I might not fall under their category, that is what I am guessing.
@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
11 Nov 09
Oh heck yes. It is one of the reasons that I can make better money writing than answering surveys. Some of them I know I am going to be rejected from once I see the preliminary questions. Like for instance, I do not smoke or drink...theose surveys I am always rejected from. But occasionally, I do get accepted for a survey that I thought was a no-go. Last month, I ended up doing a twenty dollar survey that initially I thought I was going to be rejected from because they were asking questions about my investing habits (I do not invest much at all at the moment), turned out I was a perfect fit. Go figure.
@Iram786 (498)
10 Nov 09
that happens to me a lot of the time but i found this really good site where they usually have at least 2 surveys every day that you get £0.10 and for sponsored surveys you get a lot more. cashout is at £40 but it's not very hard to reach, it only takes about 2 months which is good. if you want to know more just send me a message [:
@solared (1207)
• United States
11 Nov 09
Yeah I have gave up survey sites, I never qualify, seems like they are cheating people by getting the questions they really want answered.
• Thailand
11 Nov 09
Yeah, I don't get accecpted in many survey sites as I reside in Asia and most companies tend to not care about asian countries because we don't speak fluent english so are reviews will be considered mostly fake information and they wouldnt' want to pay for fake information.
• United States
10 Nov 09
I do surveys from time to time just with a few sites, mainly MySurvey. They always send me plenty of surveys, and what I like most about them is that they pay you for every survey whether you qualify or not. You definitely can't get rich off these survey sites but I do earn some extra spending cash fromtime to time which is nice. This site contains my favorite survey sites that I participate in. http://cli.gs/surveys4pay
• United States
10 Nov 09
Yes, sometimes I go several days before being accepted by one of the survey sites to take a survey...and often, right after the first acceptance, I'll go on a little run of being accepted for one or more for a few days. I don't know if it's intentional, but it seems like being accepted or disqualified goes in cycles...a lot of one, then a lot of the other. In all fairness... a few of the survey sites I belong to claim that membership is way up...perhaps due to the economy...while the amount of survey offers the sites are receiving are starting to become smaller...so quite often I haven't been disqualified, the site filled the quota of surveys on the subject (sometimes this happens in the matter of two hours after the site offers the survey!)
@checkmail (2039)
• India
10 Nov 09
Hello clorissa123 this is checkmail and me too earlier had joined survey sites that were avail to my country.But i ddin't get enough surveys to reach the payouts of that sites.Yeah I was rejected stating this survey didn't match your geographical area, interests etc.According to me survey sites are just a time waste for us, it hardly gives one or two surveys in a months time.So its better to work for an company and take survey ofline.
@sunny68 (1327)
• India
10 Nov 09
online surveys are dependent on your geographical location. most surveys are targeted at north america and europe. i had signed up with a few of them but didn't get any response (maybe one or two per month) so i abandoned them and now even if i get one i do not respond.
@rg0205 (2636)
• Hong Kong
10 Nov 09
I usually get rejected. It's funny because they ask you to answer like 10 questions first only to reject you. I think they use it as a free way to get statistics done. They say it's to "qualify" you but I don't think that's just it. Well, okay, in part, yes, but you aren't compensated for "qualifying". They just collect data.
10 Nov 09
I get rejected yes but I also qualify on a lot of these surveys. I signed up at more than 12 sites but I am only active in about 6. The more survey sites you join, the more chances you get of getting invites. It also helps that I have a family and kids. Most of the surveys I qualify for has specific needs, like having kids between 8-12 (my daughter answered 1 yesterday about TV shows she's watching)or usage of specific products. I enjoy surveys but nowadays, I only answer those which are paid. I even narrowed it down lately to those who are paying thru Paypal or GCs as cheques take a long time.
@colu41 (271)
• United States
10 Nov 09
Opinion Outpost..Legit site, I got a check from them once, BUT 19 out of 20 surveys I fail to qualify for. Very annoying...
• United States
10 Nov 09
YES! I run into this a lot. It's frustrating when you have to fill out the first information, then they tell you that you don't qualify. One time I was extremely frustrated because I filled out almost the entire survey, I was six questions away from the end, when they told me I didn't qualify! I felt ripped off. I'm a member of a good 5 survey sites, but most of them don't really earn me anything. I did join a website where you play games to earn money. Fairly simple, they give you your fist penny. Then you compete against other players. What you do is bet whatever you want, then if you win your money doubles. So if you bet 5 cents, and win, you get ten! It's bad when you lose though, and most of the games aren't where you use your brain. Still fun though. =]
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
10 Nov 09
I am a member of a survey site, and I have been paid once, but I think it is really hard to make money that way and I hardly ever log in any longer. I have earned about $5 in half a year, so I don't think that it is worth it. I also get rejected all the time. I don't receive new surveys every day, but I get them every once in a while. When I log in and start answering the first questions I usually get told that enough people already did the survey or that I don't qualify for the survey, and that is one of the reasons why I feel that I am wasting my time. Sometimes I manage to get acceptered, but it takes ages to reach the payout.
@Rainegurl (2156)
• Philippines
10 Nov 09
Hi, clorissa I am registered with one survey site, Globaltestmarket, almost a year ago. The surveys I receive are very few. Sometimes it would take weeks before I get another one, and, I get rejected a lot too I am have a long long way to go before payout but that is ok. I have read that it is a legitimate site. I just hope that more surveys come my way here in the Philippines. Have a nice day!
@coolsudan (313)
• India
10 Nov 09
yes i have been rejected a lot of times infact i have been only accepted three times . very sad for me . it is that i am not having a job so the sites reject me as soon as they know about this . they want more people with experience and who know more about buying and selling , hey i am not doing a job but i know more about buying and selling . but still they reject it . this should be changed i think . they should atleats take a whle view of me before rejecting me .
@shmulla (55)
• India
10 Nov 09
hi i joined lot of survey sites but none have send me any surveys. I think all survey sites hunting for who have good business knowledge. they can't easily send surveys to normal people so left many surveys site
@jaz2009 (117)
• Sweden
10 Nov 09
Yes, I am always rejected due to some demographic stuffs. So frustrating because after filling some basic information which consumed my time, I will end up being rejected. Now, I actually stop this for I am not earning. I guess, this is better for people who live in America, Canada, Australia and UK.