Money Making Opportunities Online

It was always inevitable that the birth and growth of the internet into a worldwide phenomenon would spawn numerous "get rich quick" schemes. Having said that, there are also many quite legitimate ways to earn money online. An internet user will always have to do something to get their money, as in offline life, nothing on the internet comes for free. The best ways to earn money online, I've found, are through online earn money survey websites.

Websites that email you periodically with surveys about your various interests or lifestyle habits, and they will reward you with either points or cash. In many cases, an internet user will need to have opened an online banking account such as PayPal (www.paypal.com), which is directly connected to one's bank account. It is reasonable that a user would be fearful of placing their banking details online, however PayPal's reputation is second-to-none, and I would trust them with my bank account.

Some websites offering payments for surveys and reading advertising material, which is what all payment - offering sites need to keep them going, are as follows :

1) Ciao! (www.ciao.com) - a German-based survey website, it has branches right around the globe. Ciao! will offer a user surveys according to their interests and lifestyle habits that the user filled out in their profile upon joining. This website offers direct payment for each survey taken, usually in the vicinity of $1 American, and once a user has earned $5 minimum, they can request a cash transfer to their PayPal bank account. Usually, a user who fills out their profile fully should receive at least four-to-five surveys per month, and thus it won't take long to make enough money to cash out.

2) Snapdollars (www.snapdollars.com) - this American-based website also has offshoots for users right around the world. It doesn't really deal with surveys, more paid-to-clicks, where they send you advertisements into your email, you click on the advertisement and open it, and get paid for it, usually 3 cents. You can request a cash check to be posted to you once your account has reached $30. Other ways to earn money on this website are signing onto to partner websites, where you can get paid handsomely, and also referring friends, whom once they earn a minimum amount in their account, you will get paid also.

3) Lightspeed Panel (www.lightspeedpanel.com) - this is another American-based website, and again it has branches going to all parts of the globe. The deal is you fill out surveys which are awarded points. A survey will be a minimum of 100 points, and each points is worth 0.85 cents, so a 100 point survey is worth 85 cents. If you fill out the screening questions and are deemed eligible, according to your profile and responses, then you will be able to complete surveys usually taking around 20-25 minutes. The points are then added up into your account, and 575 points equates to $5. A user can opt to cash that amount into their PayPal account, or build up more points and use them to buy vouchers to various online companies, or even donate the monies earned to charity.

4) Pure Profile (www.pureprofile.com) - again, an American-based website that has offshoots servicing users all over the globe, Pure Profile allows users to open up an account, and then according to the answers they give in their profile, a user will receive targeted advertisements, which if you click on one, it will usually pay between 5-10 cents. Also, Pure Profile sends periodic surveys, which can pay anywhere between 40 cents and $8.00. A user can choose to cash out once they reach the minimum of $25.00, and they will receive a direct money transfer into their bank account. Again, it brings up a security issue, having to hand over one's bank account details, but Pure Profile, like PayPal, has a reputation that is second-to-none. The difference with Pure Profile is that they won't send you advertisements and surveys into your email, you must go into your Pure Profile account each day and check for advertisements and surveys.

5) Opinion Matters (www.opinionmatters.com) - I feel like a broken record, but this is yet another American-born and raised website, with offshoots overseas. According to a user's profile, Opinion Matters will send relevant surveys to a user's email. Upon successful completion of such surveys, a user will earn a minimum of 20 points, which in Opinion Matters money equates to $2.00. Once a user has reached 200 points, or $20.00, they can request a check be sent to their home address.

6) Tech Say (www.techsay.com) - again, an American website that allows users from all corners of the globe, Tech Say, as the title suggests, is related to Information Technology (IT) and all its rigmarole. So, if you work in the field, or are simply interested and knowledgeable on IT, then I'd advise one to sign onto this website. According to one's profile answers, Tech Say will send periodical surveys to a user, worth a minimum of 100 "TekPoints". This amount of TekPoints is equivalent to $1 American. Much like Opinion Matters, once a user reaches 2000 TekPoints, or $20 USD, then a user can request a check be sent to their home address.

7) Spidermetrix (www.spidermetrix.com) - finally, I can say this website wasn't born and bred Stateside. This one is in fact coming out of Australia, and used to only be available to Australian and New Zealand residents. However, as the website has grown, it now provides service to users from all over the globe. The deal is that after filling out one's profile, they go to a survey page and see which surveys they are matched to. A user will also get invitations to such surveys sent to their designated email address. All surveys are open to only one particular nation's residents, so an American user can only fill out surveys designated to that nation. Points are on offer for each survey, usually a minimum of 20. Once one reaches 100 points, they become a bigger and more powerful "spider", and thus earn more per survey they fill out. Once you reach a certain threshold, a user can choose to donate their cash to charity, use it to pay for an online store voucher, or claim a cash check sent via mail. The minimum number to cash out is 300 points, which equates to $50.

8) Planet Pulse (www.planetpulse.com) - this American-based website also accepts users from all over the planet. This website will also send surveys to a user's website, after matching them to certain surveys via the answers a user gave in their profile. A survey from this website typically earns around the 50 point mark. This is exceptionally good value, as that equates to about $5 USD. To cash out, one needs 250 points in their account, or the equivalent of $25 USD. Planet Pulse doesn't send surveys too often, but when they do, they make it worth the user's while.

Well, those are about the best online money-making opportunities the web provides users from all over the globe. Come and join in the fun, make your opinions heard, and earn some nice cash on the side at the same time.