Survey Absolute provides a list of online surveys and
marketing research programs. The price to get access to the list is
ridiculously high even when taking on the reduced price.
“Unlimited
Lifetime Membership is normally $69.95, but for a limited time
the lifetime membership has been reduced to just $49.97…”
When reading the rest of the website SA promise you can
make a lot of money, up to $26.000/year using their list. It all sounds
easy and very profitable to start with.
Survey
Absolute has a money back guarantee within 45 days if it turns out
taking surveys is not something you want to spend all your time doing.
However they do require for you to sign up with at least 20 out of the
top 30 paid survey companies. If you are not willing to sign up wit at
east 20 companies you are advised to not sign up with Survey Absolute.
The list is huge, hundreds of survey companies and it
isn’t hard to understand that you will probably have to spend a few days
just signing up to all of them. Because that’s the thing… signing up
with Survey Absolute is just a minor step to the money. You are paying
for the list and the list only.
“The more survey companies you register with the
more paid surveys you will qualify for. Do NOT expect to simply pay a
membership fee to Survey Absolute and then be flooded with paid surveys.
We do not send paid surveys at all - we only provide you with the tools
to get registered with the companies who do.”
The List
It has to be said, SA, has really put some effort into
creating the list, it is one of the biggest we have seen so far, and sure they shouldn’t give it away for free, but
$49.97!? Ok ok, you will earn the money back if you are determined to do
this.
When trying to sign up with the stipulated minimum of
20 survey companies you will also find that a lot of them do not accept
users outside U.S. Some accept users from U.S, UK and Canada and some
accept users from Europe. As a European or Australian the list is quite
limited and Asian and African users probably won’t have much use for the
list at all.
Prices and fees
Once you have paid for the list you will not have to pay any additional
fees to SA or the companies, however some companies may require of you
to purchase or subscribe to something from them.
The market research
It is not only about taking surveys. You can also watch trailers,
participating in focus groups, take phone surveys and get paid to try
new products.
SA also provide their members with a free Survey taking software that
helps filling out (some of) the surveys faster. That is great service
but it doesn’t work with all surveys.
Does it really work?
When reading through SAs FAQ section we find that they are being fairly
honest about the amount of work you have to put it in in order to make
money (whereas registerin with al the survey companies is enough to
drive anyone insane). But oce you get started there are some good
opportnites to make some extra money.
Most surveys pay $5 but some pay up to $25. Even though we were far from
earning the big bucks we still made an average of $25-30/day which is
not bad actually.
To make a “lot” of money ($26.000/year) from this you will likely have
to work 24/7 but the list SA provides is high quality and only a few
links were broken. Sure you can make some good money here, but it is
hard work.
Even though the price is outrageous the average grade of the Survey
Absolute service is pretty good. I give it a +6.
