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Why Triond is Better Than Paid Surveys

How Triond ruled the whole universe of all internet marketing and ultimately the benefit for us.

As you might see that your future of Triond may not be so bright, however doing paid surveys can just be even worse. “Free cash” and “effortless earnings” ‘schemes’ may seem quite temping to the average person, however it could just be as worse as you always imagined.

Paid surveys would intrigue you with a whopping $2 – $5 (if not $5 - $15, unofficial) per survey completed, but this isn’t your ordinary healthy or somewhat reliable cash flow. After a few days of experience you would discover several issues:

  • It may take several days or even a week for them to send you surveys.

  • You may not even qualify for any of them (personal experience, never qualified for one after answering 5 of them in a few weeks), as in you selected a response that isn’t of concern to them advertisers. (e.g. the advertiser wants to survey people living in Alaska, yet you’re living in California, therefore you’re not qualified)

  • You have to be quick! Tens or hundreds of thousand respondents like you have received the invitation to the survey, yet only the first few hundred “qualified” respondents would be eligible to receive the award.

  • High minimum cash-out (i.e. $15+) 

In short, you won’t get a constant source of income by doing paid surveys, whereas Triond offers you to create limitless amount of articles to earn royalties. So why not create a topic today and start building up your 'e-commerce'.

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Comments (4)
#1 by Jack Crawford, Nov 27, 2008
Yes, I fell for these paid surveys. Took them like 3 weeks to send me one and yet I have never qualified for one in my entire life.

Thank you for bringing this attention to everyone.
#2 by  thestickman, Nov 27, 2008
I avoid online-surveys that '...offer an honorarium of $3.00 if you qualify' because all too often, you TAKE the survey (answer a half-dozen questions) and the survey abruptly terminates because '...you fail to meet or client's requirements' or the more ubiquitous '...we're sorry, this survey has reached it's quota for the test group you were qualifying for'.
That is a wash-out. You partook in the survey, they HAVE your data now. Being 'voted off the island' simply means they won't have to consider you for payment. The pay-out is so small that nobody would want to contest the termination as a class-action suit. -If the survey offered $20.00 or more and you answered a dozen or more question AND the survey aborted, the online-survey host would be barraged with complaints (and investigations, no doubt.)

I refuse to take any online survey for less than $5.00 (if it is convenient at the time else, I just decline,) and I need to see the word "guaranteed."

Some online-surveys DO use this language. I have done online surveys, did this sort-of 'part-time', decline or failed to meet requirements for fully half of the offered surveys, for about a year. I made several hundred (+300.00??) dollars (one survey was a 45-minute two-part survey, which did pay $65.00 USD) so it can be worthwhile. That one was awesome. Well laid-out survey, good question, easy to understand, and they PAID quickly via PayPal and thanked me profusely in follow-up e-mails, upon completion.

Survey promoters really do need to nix the ferret language of "...you can make $25-$125.00 per hour..." as this, while literally correct and legally accurate (a 10-minute survey paying $5.00, is "making $50.00 per hour" albeit, for the 10-minutes that you partake) is misleading.

I am admittedly not the best target-market client for most online surveys, but I do shop for groceries, buy my own clothes, buy & consume beers, wines & spirits, have brand-name preferences, own & use electric hand-tools, use HBA products, have electronics in the home and seek new one, etc., -so, there are a procession of retailers out there that do honestly want & seek my opinions.

Some people might do well with online surveys.
#3 by  LC Sanders, Nov 27, 2008
I also did the surveys and still do. The first time I took one I won a hundred dollars and then a few that paid ten dollars. But like you say - they will tell you that their quota has been met or the computer messes up or I just don't get anything for it. This type of writing for money is just great. I didn't know what to expect when I started but I am glad I did. I know I won't get rich doing this either but it is fun.
#4 by  Liane Schmidt, Nov 30, 2008
Nice article - cute picture at the end - keep up the great work!

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.
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