Make Money Online

These are paid survey and gpt sites. I'm going to give you the facts on what they pay. Then I'll give you any info I have on the easiest ways to make money on each site.
For those of you who are new to GPT sites, here's an explanation of the info you'll see.

Type: survey means all they pay for is surveys. GPT means they pay for a variety of things
What they pay: cash, points, tokens,
How the pay: check, paypal, merchandise,
When they pay: How long does it take to get your money
Minimum payout: minimum amount needed to cash out
Do you need a credit card?: self explanatory
Do you receive e-mail?: Do you get a ton of unwanted email?
What they pay for: specifics on what you'll get paid to do

paid email: An email that takes you to a 3rd party website
click: A link you can click on and then close without doing anything
daily survey: A survey you can take everyday. These give you multiple chances to qualify
targeted survey: A survey that usually pays more than the daily surveys.
no cc offers: An offer you don't need a credit card for.
cc offers: You need a credit card, even if it doesn't charge it.
shopping: They provide links to certain stores, and when you use them to shop, you'll get a certain amount of cash back
games: They provide a link to play games, and you get paid for spending money to play.
referrals: You get paid for people signing up through your referral link.
coupons: Print coupon(s) and redeem them at stores. Most pay 3-4 weeks after redemption.
tasks: Simple tasks like labeling, researching or verifying. Most take 10-30 minutes.
videos: Watch a 15 - 60 second video

Type: Social networking & GPT
What they pay: Tickbucks (2000=$1)
How the pay: paypal
When they pay: Within 2 weeks
Minimum payout: $25
Do you need a credit card?: no
Do you recieve e-mail?: You can decide if you want to receive email
What they pay for:

signing up: 2000 tickbucks
1st level referrals: 2000 tickbucks
2nd-6th level referrals: 500 tickbucks
contests: So far, up to $50 per contest!

Sidetick has been going through some changes lately. Now you earn most of your money through contests. These are things like BINGO and caption contests, stuff like that. I wasn't a big fan of all the changes at first, but it's actually easier to make money now.
Find out how easy and fun it is to make money on Sidetick!

Type: GPT
What they pay: cash, quick points(100=.01), tokens
How the pay: paypal, and merchandise
When they pay: within 24 hours of your request
Minimum payout: no minimum for paypal, token merchandise starts at 8500 tokens
Do you need a credit card?: no
Do you receive e-mail?: Yes. 3 for daily surveys and 1-3 paid e-mails. You can opt out of receiving email.
What they pay for:

paid email: 25 quick points - .01
clicks: .01
tasks: up to 56 cents per task
general survey: .75-1.05
targeted survey: up to $10
no cc offers: up to $2
cc offers: up to $20
shopping: up to 20% cash back
referrals: 5%

Quick Rewards also has an elite membership program you can easily qualify for by shopping through their links 5 times in 3 months or taking 75 surveys in 3 months. With an elite membership, you get a cash bonus every 3 months and your tokens double at the end of each month . And you can use those extra tokens to get elite merchandise, like cash added to your QR balance or an Amazon gift card. QR also runs contests for cash and prizes on their blog. Last Halloween I won a $100 gift card for costumes from Hollywood Toys!
A great thing about Quick Rewards is that the owners are very involved with the site. Eugene (QR's CIO), Dmitry (QR's CEO) and Becky (Author of QR's shopping blog) are almost always available either on the blog, on Facebook or by email.

Type: GPT
What they pay: cash, gold coins, platinum coins, & pearls
How the pay: Paypal or check
When they pay: On the 15th of each month
Minimum payout: $20.00
Do you need a credit card?: no
Do you recieve e-mail?: Yes. One for each offer that credits. One that lists all the new offers, and a monthly newsletter. You can opt out of receiving email.
What they pay for:

daily survey: .75 & 1.00
no cc offers: up to $10.50
cc offers: up to $125
tasks: up to $3
shopping: up to 40% cash back
referrals: first level-20% second level-5%

Treasure Trooper also has a bonus payout every month. This month (April) they're doing an Arrowhead Challenge:

Earn 500 arrowheads and they'll add 50 to your account
Earn 1000 arrowheads and they'll add 200 to your account
Earn 1500 arrowheads and they'll add 450 to your account
Earn 2000 arrowheads and they'll add 700 to your account
Earn 2500 arrowheads and they'll add 1000 to your account
Earn 3000 arrowheads and they'll add 1350 to your account
Earn 3500 arrowheads and they'll add 1750 to your account

Type: GPT
What they pay: cash
How the pay: check
When they pay: A couple weeks after you request a check
Minimum payout: $30.00
Do you need a credit card?: no
Do you recieve e-mail?: Yes. Up to 6 paid emails a day, and a monthly newsletter
What they pay for:

searching the web: .01 per search
paid email: .02
daily survey: .50
targeted survey: $1
no cc offers: up to $2
cc offers: up to $25
shopping: up to 20%
coupons: 10 cents per coupon printed and redeemed
tasks: up to $2 per task
videos: .02 - .04
games: .05 for every $1 spent
referrals: 10%

The reason I love Inbox Dollars so much is because they have a very high approval rate for the offers I've done. In 2 1/2 years, I've only had 8 offers not approve. Plus, some of their offers are out of this world. I once bought an ink cartridge through one of their offers. I paid $5 for the cartridge and got $10 back from Inboxdollars. Another time, I deposited $10 into a gaming account. Inboxdollars then gave me $20 & the gaming website gave me $10. Plus I was able to withdraw it all (including my original $10 deposit). So I made 30 bucks without spending a penny!

Type: Survey
What they pay: Opinion Points (10=$1)
How the pay: Paypal, Amazon, Citibank, Restaurant.com
When they pay: Instantly for Paypal, Amazon gift card and Restaurant.com gift card. Citibank takes a day or so.
Minimum payout: $5
Do you need a credit card?: no
Do you recieve e-mail?: Yes. Every time they have a survey for you.
What they pay for: targeted surveys: up to $20

Opinion Outpost is one of my favorite survey sites because they match me to surveys using the profilers I filled out when I joined, so I have a much better chance of actually being able to complete the surveys.

Type: GPT
What they pay: Swag Bucks(10=$1)
How the pay: paypal, gift cards or other merchandise
When they pay: within 15 days
Minimum payout: 20 swagbucks
Do you need a credit card?: no
Do you recieve e-mail?: no
What they pay for:

searching the web: varied amount
daily poll: 1 sb
shopping: 2 sb for every $1 spent
survey: up to 100 sb
cc offers: up to 13,201 sb
no cc offers: up to 225 sb
referrals: you earn whatever they earn

I have to admit. I didn't like Swagbucks when I first joined. I just didn't think it was worth it. So I didn't log in for a couple months. Now here I am admitting I was wrong! I use the Swagbucks toolbar to search for stuff and just by doing that, I've earned enough to cash out for $50 in gift cards.

You can even get paid to be here!
Click below to join Squidoo and you'll get paid for building your own lenses!

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