Online Surveys

There are plenty of legit websites that are willing to pay you to answer a few simple surveys every week, and you won’t have to pay a thing.
You may have previously been put off by the whole online-survey past-time (hobby –syn) after visiting a survey website which is requesting a payment just to become a member. Whatever you do, don’t join! There is more than enough survey companies that let you sign up for free, and still meet their promise by paying out any money due to you. The surveys are emailed to you regularly (a couple a week normally) and you usually earn a few pounds per survey answered (depends on the survey really). They will ask for your views on topics like food and drink, entertainment, jobs, etc. The surveys you receive will mainly depend on the interest profile which you would have completed upon joining the survey site. This is simply a questionnaire type form, filled in online to give them an impression of the type of person you are, and the life that you lead (your job, income, etc). The answers you give here will depend on the types of surveys you receive, and the amount of money you earn depends on the surveys that you are answering. Usually if you are a ‘high-roller’ with an important job, big family, and the one that makes the household-purchasing decisions, you will receive a far higher quantity of surveys then someone that is unemployed and living with their parents ;) This will ultimately decide how much money you earn, so it pays to bend the truth a little at times.
You may wonder why these survey companies are paying you just to answer a few simple surveys. These survey companies simply sell on the information that they obtain from the targeted audience, and so give us a percentage of money back.
Usually there will be a minimum amount of money to earn before you can request any payout, and most reputable survey websites allow money to be transferred straight into your bank account, or will pay out in gift vouchers (usually Amazon.co.uk).

Here is a selection of the best paying survey websites, needless to say they are completely free to join:

Ciao (Earnt about £200 here from answering surveys and writing product-reviews).
Global Test Market (Earnt about £150 from answering surveys here).
Ipoints (Earnt about £240 here from answering surveys, writing product-reviews and from cashback for purchases made online, etc).
Test & Vote (Not used this before, have heard very good things about it though).

More information on paid surveys can be found here:
http://www.paid2review.co.uk