This review is as tester for this site.
There are a few paid tests, studies or surveys available on this site, at least for some parts of the world.
Truth be told, the projects they have pay more than well, but they are directed to super specialised business and professional people in leading positions in their companies, those who are already earning a fortune, so why would they want to waste their time doing a paid test or survey?
Unless you work on very specialized fields, you won't be able to take any test even if you have a high level of education.
I was there for several months and never got a project I could take.
The surveys to participate in upcoming projects never actualized in anything concrete, even though they were asking for every-day sort of things for which you don't require any preparation, education or nothing.
If you want to earn some money this is not your site unless you are already a well-paid individual in top leading jobs in certain companies, specially tech.
I didn't like the fact that they somewhat force you to put a photo of you, even though don't provide you with anything.
Besides the member area as buggy, which says a lot about a company, as every time I would log in, I would get the message that I had already had three screeners on a day and I could not take more. In fact, I had taken none that day or most days. So that's a bug, right there.
It
has been a waste of time for me, and I don't recommend the site at all.
I guess they collect your personal data and that's their biz, playing
with it, or using it, or whatever.
Avoid.
I joined Survey Junkie after reading some positive comments by some of the people who use the site. My experience after a week there is nothing I would recommend. Or better said, this site did not work for me.
They, like many others, profile hard core, with your connivance, with the excuse of getting you more and better paid surveys. You need to fill in profiling questions regarding your whole life: personal situation, work, household, health, electronics, etc.
So, how many surveys have I received since I joined? Zero.
I decided to quit, because, what's the point? Surprise surprise, but no surprise, they don't have a 'delete your account' available in the registered user's member area. Why not? You have to contact Customer Service requesting cancellation; they aim to reply in 48 hours and confirm the cancellation. They are quite nice and usually reply before that time.
I don't recommend the site. Not that they are wasting your time or doing anything bad to you. It is that profiling me on the excuse of getting me paid surveys and then providing me with none sounds like odd to me.
Avoid.
They were previously called Zurb.
This is a legit company, it is just that, while they wait for you to receive a test, if any, they will profile very accurately, with your help. Genius!
Easy to join. Very fun and likeable website, with that lovely cow walking while you reply to the site queres.
They start profiling you, hard core, from the beginning, in ways that I don't think I would like to be profiled or I am comfortable with.
Of course, they might come and say, it is all voluntarily, you do it because you want (no, I need money, mind you, that's why I am here). Supposedly, they are getting your info to provide you with the right test or survey. Questions are very specific about you and your finances.
I suspect that they are data collectors, a la Google, just done in a more fun way and having you replying directly to the questions, no machine involved. I know for sure that they don't need of all that info for you to take a test. Their privacy policy also seems legit, but if you read between the lines, you will see that very personal information is collected through the tests themselves, and also that they can share your data, just removing your name and personal details. It smells fishy. My impression.
They might provide legit work, but that sort of profiling shouldn't be allowed or legal! So, needless to say, I left soon after joining. I might be totally mistaken, for sure, but the questions about my bank account are too precise to be random or innocent.
Avoid.
To be accepted you have to perform a free test, which will be examined. If you are considered fit, you will be part of their panel of remote testers. You need to download a program that will allow them to record your screen and voice and tests will be done in real time. Tests are paid well and you won't spend much time on each.
They are the most didactic of the bunch. Before you start your acceptance test, they explain to you how the system work. You have to download a mini program, very easy to use, that will do the recording and uploading, so they take the time to explain to you how it works. None of the other companies bothers, so that's really cool and considerate.
These is a legit company, but if you are remote tester, might not find any source of income here.
They
do email tests according to your demographic, but there are so many
people waiting for them, that you'll be lucky if you get any.
It
happens to me, all the time: I takes me barely three seconds to open the
browser with the emailed link and I get the message that someone is
already taking it, or the test is no longer available. So I guess the
other person received the mail before I did.
It might be my
demographic, but the only test I did, for free, was the entry test. I've
been there for some weeks and I was able to open a test that wanted a
question answered, and after doing so, it said that it didn't fit the
profile they are looking for.
So, money earned, zero.
They
work this way: There are a bunch of hungry dogs in a pit separated by
fences. The bosses throw a steak and decide that the white dogs are the
ones will better benefit from it, so they do so, and the bunch of white
dogs fight for the steak. The one who gets it, gets fed, the rest of
white dogs, black dogs and brown dogs will get nothing. Would you want
to be there or move to a place where there are more steaks and the dogs
are not in a pit? Your choice.
It might work for you, if you are student, or have children, or who knows what is the most popular demographic. Otherwise, you will be receiving emails that never lead to anything.
I quit.
