If you’ve signed up for the many survey companies available out there, it doesn’t take long to realize that you have money sitting all over the place. Some of these companies aren’t as consistent with sending surveys, so you may have some in accounts that you’ve accumulated, but then don’t end up taking surveys for a couple weeks. Then what happens… they send you a survey — and you delete it as spam. Yikes!

When you sign up for survey companies you have got to keep track. Not only because some offers and surveys have special conditions of payment, but also because every company has different payout minimums. If you let it sit too long, it may just go away (average is 6 months of inactivity). Hopefully, you signed up under an e-mail created just for surveys. If you did, it’s much easier to organize.

1. Create mail folder for each company you signed up for - This way, you can always check you list and see if their mail is money. You also want to do this to double check if you were credited for the surveys you completed. You do not always get immediate credit, depending on the company and offer, so you want to be able to follow up.

2. Set up a folder for Cancellations - This is very important. If you sign up for trial offers that have a negative option (meaning you must cancel or pay monthly until you do), you must keep track of when you need to cancel the offer if you don’t want it. I send myself an e-mail with the details (including “cancel by” date) and move it to my cancellations folder. I check it frequently to make sure I only pay for things I want.

3. Make a Payout List - Compose a list or table of the Survey Companies, their payouts, and whether they are automatic payment or paid by request. While some companies automatically cut a check or pay you through PayPal once you’ve met a minimum earnings threshold, others wait until you request a check before they pay you. Know which ones are which and you will be paid more promptly.

4. Always Read the Terms and Conditions - you will find with some of the surveys offered, you must sign up for a trial period, so you can try the product for free and then respond on the survey. The catch here, is that there is nearly always a cancellation date involved, and you sign up with a credit card that they don’t charge. If you feel weird about these, you shouldn’t. The companies know exactly what they are doing. They are hoping you will forget to cancel, and they still get their market opinion from you. Where they get you is because most people do not read the Terms and Conditions of the offer. You absolutely must do this because it is in there where they tell you what specific things you have to do to cancel without cost. I have had to pass on a couple because of the wording — but in general, cancellation is not an issue, and occasionally I find the product worth keeping.

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