It’s hard to say. You never really know what the paid online survey companies are looking for at any particular time. Usually when you get a paid survey inquiry, you’ll be asked to follow a link to a designated webpage where you’ll be queried on a series of quick qualifying questions. Oftentimes, you won’t know if you’ve qualified or been disqualified from the paid survey in question until the end of those questions. And even then, you aren’t told which factor disqualified you – whether it was your age, sex, exposure/experience with certain consumer products, or level of education etc.

However, for the health related surveys, I think your age shouldn’t preclude you from the most lucrative $20-50 surveys. That age is probably the target range for users of those types of consumer products anyway and the survey firms will likely want your opinion. But your age may preclude you from other types of consumer product based surveys that usually target younger demographics of the age 30-50 range.

I’ve been taking surveys and working from home for some time now. If you are new to surveys then one of the important things to understand is that filling out surveys will create a side income for you – you can’t compare it with a salary. Depending on the number of surveys you do each month, your earnings can be anywhere from $150-$200 a month initially. Of course, apart from the cash that you earn, you will also get several free products as well.

I’ll try out the list of paid online survey sites you recommended. There are also a few other ones I’ve seen like Cash Crate etc. Is CashCrate and some of the other ones I’ve seen scams? I’m just so skeptical these days since I’ve been duped by too many online scammers when it comes to these things. Oftentimes the scam survey sites will ask you for upfront money and offer you the chance to get frequent and daily access to great high paying surveys once you’ve paid up the fee. But once you pay the fee, they disappoint you with useless surveys at low volume that you could get for free anywhere else.

Also, is it really possible to make money from these survey sites and are they really free? I’m so intrigued by the medical and health care paid surveys that I’ve heard about that pay out $20 or more for each! My girlfriend had filled one out and even undergone some type of online interview with the health care company for the survey so I’m very interested in those. I have a host of health ailments so I know I can easily qualify for a few! Hehe

They take a long time to fill out but you can perform those paid online surveys from your home, so the hassle isn’t too bad.

No, there is no obligation to fill out every single paid online survey that the survey companies send to you. In fact, I would highly encourage you to be selective. Time is money and you should look at it this way – you only have a limited amount of precious time in your day to earn money. You might as well select paid surveys that offer the highest potential payout for the least amount of comparative effort. Some survey takers I know who enjoy making money online with these offers stick exclusively to the lucrative ones – the $10, $15, $20 health related surveys.

Some of the more aggressive survey companies will send you potential survey offers quite frequently if you authorize them to do so but it’s completely up to whether you want to fill them out or not. Just remember that you don’t get paid unless you actually fill one out.

Also, a few companies will de-activate your paid survey taking account if you don’t complete at least 1 survey within a certain amount of time – however that time is usually around 3 months to a year.

My full time profession is as a part time attorney, but I enjoy dabbling in writing, journalism, and personal finance. Finding interesting ways to make some money online and to make some extra profit are a few of my hobbies.

I haven’t seen some of these companies before, I will have to give them a try.

Thanks for taking the time to post.

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