My Survey Review

Online surveys catch a lot of flak, largely because of the scams surrounding companies that sell you lists of survey sites without giving you much else when you could just find these sites on your own. Other survey sites have a bad reputation because they don’t give you much for your time; often the ‘chance in a draw to win an object’ is a favorite and you can never be quite certain if the whole thing is real or not. Happily there are some legitimate survey companies out there that pay in cash or in products and My Survey is one of them. This My Survey review will go over the perks and pitfalls of this particular survey company so that you can decide if My Survey is right for you.

Introduction to My Survey

My Survey is one of the longest running survey companies around; it got its start long before the internet with mailed surveys and moved to the internet fairly easily. It is one of the only survey companies registered with the Better Business Bureau in the United States and has a solid reputation for delivering good services to customers and companies alike.

Surveys

The surveys received through My Surveys are easy to understand and do; they don’t get too bogged down in incessant, unnecessary questions and the system is quick. Steady users of this system often get between two and six surveys a week, some of them tiny, some of them huge. It’s important to do them all as the tiny surveys can sometimes lead to the big ones that pay out more.

Rewards System

Mention the words ‘points system’ in conjunction with rewards for doing surveys and many people head for the hills; it takes a rare company that does it properly and more often you end up with about 100 useless points and no surveys. My Surveys seems to do a good job of the system though; you can cash out your points for money, items or charitable donations and you get surveys fairly regularly so long as you have a normal sort of profile. Generally speaking, you’ll need a minimum of 500 survey points to start rewarding yourself (you can get 10 Airmile points or a five dollar Amazon gift card at this amount), but you’ll need a minimum of 1000 survey points for cash ($10.00).

It sounds like a lot, but you can get 60 survey points right now just for signing on and doing the first four surveys that let the company block you out. Having done them, I can verify that process took about ten minutes. Not bad!

Payout

Like most survey sites that pay out, it takes about four to six weeks to get your check/gift card/fun toy. Be patient!

Bad Things

It wouldn’t be fair to not point out the pitfalls with this site. First of all, the rewards are not extensive; you basically have a choice between cash, a few select gift cards (Amazon, Air Miles, Tim Horton’s, Petro Can, Chapters, Cineplex and Best Buy, all of which need varying amounts), and charitable donations. That’s pretty much it on the Canadian version. The American version probably has more, but of course you have to live in the States to take advantage of it.

Be prepared to treat this as extremely, extremely side income; most regular users only make about $15.00 a month because there aren’t nearly enough surveys available to make a good living (let alone enough time in the day to do them). And the points system is no better than other ones, but no worse either.

My Survey is a good way to earn some extra income monthly while at the same time letting your voice be heard to businesses. If you’re interested in taking surveys for money or other rewards, then My Survey is a good place to start and hopefully this my survey review has helped you.