The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Nov. 21, 2024

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Opinion

Add extra money to pocket by using credited online survey sites

When it comes to making extra money, the internet, as many would guess, is a major source for providing different opportunities and tasks.

One of most popular ways to make extra money online is through the use of paid to do websites and plugins. 

What these services primarily consist of is offering money to people to perform various activities including surveys, web searching and even simply reading emails.

A quality benefit of joining these websites is that many of them will even offer a bonus up to $5 just for joining. The amount of money a person receives upon completion of a task will differ depending on the website and the type of activity someone took part in.

For example, reading an email from a website might pay somewhere from about two to 10 cents a pop, but according to surveypolice.com, legitimate market research companies pay between 50 cents and $5 per survey. While a few websites allowed people to cash out their earnings no matter how small the amount, most paid to do websites require people to reach a threshold of around $20 to $30.

It is also important to note the emphasis surveypolice.com puts on avoiding these types of websites that offer seemingly “unrealistic sums of money” and never pay money for access to use these sites. Those aforementioned tendencies are those often found in scams. That being said, it is clearly important to do your research and evaluate each website before joining. Do not think “research” that means taking hours out of your day just to see if a website is worth it or not. That can quickly be achieved by taking five to 10 minutes to read reviews on the website in question and getting a good idea whether to trust the website. How much money someone could actually make a month will depend on which sites they join.

Just as discussed in the last issue, effort is also an essential component when it comes to effectively using this money making method. It is up to people to decide if they are willing to take some time out of their day to perform these tasks. While most people never become a millionaire through the use of paid to do to sites, it is still however a decent way to put an extra few bucks in your pocket every month. Typically, most legit sites make payments out to the user’s PayPal account, if the user does not have one already they take just a few minutes to set up and best of all they are free to use.

Remember, this method may not be the right fit for everyone, but it definitely deserves some consideration if the goal is to make extra money. Lastly, make sure to do research on any website claiming to offer money in exchange for online activities before signing up.

If people can handle following those directions, they are guaranteed to keep that bank account healthy.