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May 18, 2020

Taking Surveys is Easier Than You Thought

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For many years, I have looked for fun and easy ways to make money online during my free time. Ideally, it would be interesting, not require too much commitment at a specific time of the day or week, and it would pay cash directly to my bank account.

Well, I found Survey Junkie a few years back, and they checked off all of the boxes! It’s been so helpful whenever I have needed some extra cash.

 

Earning Points

Earning up enough to cash out the first time goes pretty quickly! Here are a few tips to get halfway there, before you even take a research survey!

 

Get Started: Earn 25 points for just signing up

Signing up is so easy. Just provide some basic information such as your name, email, zip code, date of birth, and gender.

 

Bonus Points: Earn 25 Additional Points for confirming your email

After signing up, check your inbox to confirm your email address to earn an extra 25 points!

 

Pro Tip: Earn 50 Additional Points By Completing Your 15 Profile Question and also Match to More Surveys

When you log in, you’ll see a profile questionnaire. Fill this out to earn an easy 50 points. The reason Survey Junkie asks these 15 profile questions is so that they can better match you to surveys that you will qualify for. This increases your likelihood of being matched to the right surveys from Market Research companies and brands.

 

$5, the Lowest Redeemable Amount in the Industry (That is Only 500 Points)

After signing up and filling out all of the questions, you should have 75 points in your account. In order to cash out for your first time, you will only need 500 points (which is $5), which means you are well on your way and it only took a few minutes!

 

Unlock 150 Points by Downloading the Pulse Extension

If you want to make some points right away without much effort, and you want to take surveys on your desktop, download the browser extension. The extension is their way of delivering surveys in the quickest manner possible. (The notifications are super handy, particularly if you’re slow to check emails!) If you download the extension, you will get 150 points right away, and even closer to cashing out. Please note that you must have the extension active for at least 30 days in order to cash out on those points so this one will take some time but still, that is free money!

If you do all four things above, you will have 250 points. This means that you are 50% to the point of cashing out!

 

Super Fast Payouts at Every $5

After signing up and filling out all of the questions and verifying your email, you should have 100 points in your account. In order to cash out for your first time, you will only need 500 points (which is $5), which means you are well on your way and it only took a few minutes!

This is also another reason I love Survey Junkie: their $5 payouts are the lowest threshold in the industry, meaning you can cash out faster & more often.

If you did the Pulse extension mentioned above, that will get you another 150 points. You’ll need to keep the extension active for 30 days to get these points.

 

Survey Taking 101

If you are new to taking surveys, keep reading as I will break it down for you and give you some “Cliff Notes”

 

Free Points

As a member, you’ll receive both free points and earned points. It’s helpful to understand the difference! My first 250+ free points took only 15 minutes. Here’s how I got them:

  • 25 points for signing up.

  • 25 points for confirming your email address.

  • 150 points for downloading Survey Junkie Pulse.

  • 50 points for filling out your general profile questions.

On top of this, free points are even given to you if you are disqualified from taking a survey. It’s a nice consolation prize on the occasion (usually about 1 out of 5 surveys for me) that you get disqualified from a survey. Survey disqualifications are normal, so again, the free points afterward are nice.

Thousands of people are logged in taking surveys at any given moment, so popular surveys can fill up quickly. So, sometimes if you’re slow to the draw, your age or gender group might get full before you finish. (This is also why I have the Pulse Extension installed so that I get survey notifications easier!

 

Earned Points

Then there are Earned Points, you get these once you successfully complete a survey.

Top 5 Tips for Taking Surveys and Earning Points

  • Take surveys in the morningSurveys are released in the morning and they will close as soon as they fill up. If you take surveys first thing in the morning, that 200 point survey is less likely to be filled than if you take it at 3 pm in the evening.

  • Take surveys during work hours.Most surveys are administered during working hours too. Therefore if you want the best – highest reward surveys for the least amount of time taking them – your best bet is Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm EST.

  • Take surveys with only 1 accountMake sure you only have 1 account. Brands, Market Researchers, and even Survey Junkie take fraud very seriously and only want the opinions of one person per account. Those who have tried to ‘game’ the system by having multiple accounts usually get found out when it comes time to cash out.

  • Take Surveys Honestly.Do not try to guess which types of responses will qualify you for the most surveys and answer accordingly because it will catch up to you and you will be red-flagged and not paid for the surveys you have taken, even if some of the answers were true. Worst part is that once you are reg-flagged, it is in multiple systems and so you will not be able to reverse it, so just don’t do it.

  • Make taking surveys a daily habitI have made hundreds of dollars taking surveys yet, I only take 1-3 surveys a day and spend a max of 20 minutes on the site. This is because I consistently set time aside to do them every morning I wake up.

 

Which reminds me, I’m currently only 50 points away from cashing out again, so it’s time to log in and see how I can share my opinion for a few more points!

 

If you’re looking for an easy way to make a few extra bucks in your free time, definitely sign up with Survey Junkie!

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