There are several different methods of finding legitimate paid surveys. Some of them I would recommend, and some of them could lead you to getting scammed. So to help you out, I’m going to talk about some of the different ways you can find paid surveys.

The first method of finding paid surveys is through internet pop-ups. You’ve probably seen them. A pop-up will come up telling you that you can earn X amount of dollars for filling out paid surveys.

Some of these surveys are legitimate, but be careful. Some of them just collect your information and use it to sell to marketing firms. These marketing companies will then bombard you with junk mail, to your home as well as your inbox, if you have given them your home address. Fortunately, this sort of thing is becoming rarer now.

Another popular option is the paid survey database sites. These sites basically act as a middleman between you and the real paid survey companies. They collect the website addresses of places you can fill out paid surveys, and charge you either a one off fee or monthly charge to access their database.

Now, some of these sites can be useful. Especially if they also provide help and advice, and maybe even software tools to help you succeed with paid surveys. But the majority of them are worthless, and just take your money in exchange for the addresses you can find elsewhere for free.

The final option I’ll talk about is the free paid survey sites. These sites are like the paid databases, only they give their information away for free. Usually the links are what is known as “affiliate” links. The site owner will make a commission for getting you to sign up. This is fair, because they are usually unbiased (because they don’t make much from you signing up anyway) and they did give you the information for free, unlike the paid survey databases.

This can be a good way to find paid surveys sites, especially if you’re just getting started with making money online. After a few months of doing paid surveys you’ll soon realise that most of your surveys will come from just a handful of sites. It will be these sites that you’ll want to focus on mainly anyway.

So in conclusion, try not to spend any money for something that you could find for free. As long as you do your due diligence before spending your money or giving away your information, you should be able to avoid the scams and make some good money with legitimate paid surveys.