is it really worth to fill online surveys just for few dollars ??

@neerruu (134)
India
June 23, 2012 12:54am CST
a few days i decided to earn extra money by doing some online job so i registered on freelancer and elance websites but i had no success on those sites because i don't have a valid proof of my skills so moved to PTC sites. i figured out that it's ust a waste of time and many of them are scam.instead of wasting my time i could have learned any website scripting language in that time which is a real skill and will help me in future. what you guys think ??
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@GemmaR (8517)
23 Jun 12
It depends on whether you would be doing anything different that would earn you more money at the time. Whenever I do surveys, I do them because I have nothing better to do at that point, and it is always better to be earning a little bit of money than nothing at all. The money will build up in your account quite quickly, and the payment will be a nice surprise for you when you get it into your account. Some only pay pennies, which I do think should be avoided, but there are ones that have a decent payment which would be useful for any extra bills.
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@keoni108 (42)
• United States
23 Jun 12
Many survey takers are under the age where they can pay for their own things, such as website subscription, game memberships, etc. Otherwise, surveys are a very bad way to make money. You do so many surveys, and only a few check out. I have made roughly 30 dollars in the last few weeks. Definitely not worth it, try a part time job or something.
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@timetravel (1425)
• United States
23 Jun 12
For the past three years I have belonged to a ton of survey sites - so many I forget half of them until I get an email about a survey. As I've gotten older, I screen out of more surveys, too. There are some sites I've cashed out a nice amount of money - in my two years with VAlued Opinions I've managed to get about 7 twenty dollars amazon ecodes, I just joined Quick Rewards in Dec. last year and I'm up to 33.00 there - I have about 30 with memolinks, another 12.00 at unique rewards, and I've cashed out four times in the past year with around 30 bucks each time at fusion cash. With inbox dollars I've earned 72.00 in one year. Synovate has paid out over 200 dollars in the year I've been a member, and at survey head I've earned about 41 bucks. It's not a lot, I know, but I only do surveys when writing jobs are scarce. I write for two outsourcing places that pay for seo articles, and sometimes I do a survey for a break. Amazon turk has been another good site - in the two years I've worked there I've earned a little over six hundred dollars. Again, I'm not rich from all this, but the extra money sure helps. I can say I probably earn between 100 - 200 a months with all the internet activities I do for cash and amazon codes.
@besweet (9859)
• Ireland
23 Jun 12
I had also been registered with freelancer but I didn't manage to get any work over there! I've also tried fiverr, I think it is going to be a good start for you in order to develop your skills. Over there, you offer to do small things for $5 in a certain time period. People buy your offer, you deliver the job, you get paid and they rate you for the quality of the results. It is quite simple and it help me get started! :) If you are good in english, you can also work as an online translator, it pays well but they are usually looking for very fast delivery of the projects. The earning are good but they are a bit slow with payments based on my experience.
• United States
23 Jun 12
That sounds similar to enet.jobs. I registered with them over a year ago, and to my surprise one day received an email from someone who wanted to hire me to help him set up his website. I rewrote his home page, and wrote or rewrote several articles to enable him to sell his ebook. He paid me several times through there - since each payment was five bucks. I was very dismayed to see them take one dollar out of every five dollar payment! Fifteen bucks turned in to twelve, twenty in to sixteen - you get the picture. Turns out the one who hired me used to own the place, but sold it because it was too much work for him. So he just used it as anyone else would.
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@cttolledo (5455)
• Legaspi, Philippines
24 Jun 12
I am also a victim of one scam sites, like AWsurveys, i work hard on their survey to earn money but it turned out nothing...so frustrating..it is really hard to trust sites that really pays..
• Bangladesh
23 Jun 12
For years, I have tried to pocket some bucks in real with my mobile phone but in vain. Actually Im a bit addicted to internet. Im busy for nothing in here.lolz Im an irresponsible time barterer. Who about you? Lottas