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Alternatives To Paid Surveys

By: Nikki Taylor
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:23:30
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When it comes to earning a few extra dollars each month from the internet, paid surveys are the most popular thing that comes to mind.

But what some people don’t realise, is that there are plenty of other similar opportunities to paid surveys which can also make you some extra money each month. It stands to reason that if you do a few of these other things as well, then you will be able to earn even more money.

So it is these other things that I’m going to talk about today.

The first thing is the paid to read email programs. What exactly is this? Well, it’s just as the name suggests. You will get sent e-mails (which will invariably be marketing messages) and you will get paid a small amount of money (usually a few cents) for each one you open. Usually you will have to click a link in the email to verify that you have opened and read the message.

Why would someone want to pay you for reading an email? It’s quite simple actually. Online marketing companies pay a commission to the paid email company for allowing them to send a marketing message to their “list” (this is the list that you will be signed up to). You get your share from the paid email company, who shares some of that commission with you.

In some respects it’s a win-win situation. But you won’t earn much money from this. The payout can be as low as $0.01 per email, but it can be higher. Sometimes up to $0.50, but this is rare.

Another thing you can do that is similar to paid surveys, but is more of a way to make savings rather than earn money, is to join cashback sites. These sites let you make some quite large savings on the things you already buy. They do this by getting you to buy through their special link, which gives them a commission for your purchase from the company you purchased from. The cashback site then shares quite a larger percentage of this commission with you. This can be an easy way to save $50 to $100 (or more) each month.

I hope these ideas have shown to you that you don’t have to simply rely on paid surveys for that extra $50 a month. There are other options you can take to boost your extra income further.

Nikki Taylor is the owner of the Paid Survey Blog, where she reviews paid surveys sites and uncovers the scams. Visit her blog if you're interested in learning how to make money from paid online survey.

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