One of the biggest myths is that the best paid survey sites are free.
There are 6 or 7 legit free paid survey sites that are for real and will make you some moneythey are the exception and not the rule. A list of the few legit free paid survey sites can be found at the list of FREE online surveys. Unfortunately any other ones besides the ones you see there are in it for themselves and will NOT make you a single dime and here is why:
The main and biggest reason thelegit paying survey sites are NOT free isbig companies like Nikeneed opinions of the general public about products and services, current and possible future products. There are literally thousands of giant firms that need and use surveys as a means to keep atop the pulse of the buying public.
When one of these survey companies wants a survey conducted to gather information they turn to the king of survey database companies like theClassified Surveys Group.
Classified Surveys is a company whose sole job is to locate and organize survey resources for both the big firms AND the survey takers.
These corporate giants do NOT want just ANYONE taking their surveys. They need to make sure that data provided is:
provided by people who have the experience and knowledge to be able to provide accurate answers to the survey questions
provided by people that have a huge incentive to NOT just quickly fill in any old answer just to get paid.
Classified Surveys acts as the middleman between companies who need the survey dataand the people who want to take the surveys. Classified Surveys ensures the corporations get their surveys filled out by qualified participants so the data provided is accurate. How could a person who has never owned a Harley Davidson give opinions about what to do to Harley Davidsons to make them a better motorcycle??
Classified Surveys ALSO acts on behalf of the survey taker as well by making sure the survey taker ONLY gets legit surveys that are what they claim, real, paying, surveys without the popups and redirects and other frustrating and time wasting elements that lead most who choose to find surveys on their own running for the hills lighting themselves on fire screaming "surveys are a scam". Classified Surveys would not be so highly regarded in the Survey industry by corporations if a pimply 12 year old filled out surveys about mortgages and also would be looked down upon by the survey takers if they were presented with web sites that were loaded with popups and viruses.