Get Paid, Get Paid, Get Paid

How many different things can I do and get paid at the same time. I’m already doing this, doing that and I get paid at the same time, quite a fairly good use of time, is it not?

That’s what I thought, so I went around “shopping”. Not finished my quest yet but these are what I've seen around….shopping, blogging, clicking, signing, eating, viewing, advertising, trying….I wonder how many more...

The first thing I check is of course, is it free? Never take things for granted, you know. Still, there are some things that are “hidden” which I only realized when I went in.

1. I love to shop and I can’t wait to have a channel to voice my opinions so when I find a mystery shopping website, I jumped into it. I waited and waited. To my disappointment, many stores already have their own list of “top shoppers” and it is hard to get them to give you a chance to shop. I’ve been waiting for 2 months and there’s still not a single opportunity for me to complain or complement.

2. I started to blog and love it. Isn’t it sweet to get paid for it? But what I did not know is that I need to submit and compete with a good deal of others for that one position and if mine is chosen, then I will get paid else there goes my time and my brain juice. I’m just a mediocre writer, I don’t think my creativity level is natural enough to earn me a dime.

3. Just answering questions, checking radio buttons, aren’t so hard, isn’t it? Every survey you completed can give a payout of $1, $2, $5, $10. If you complete 100 surveys at $10, that’s $1000, simply by giving your opinions. Cool. But the surveys take their time to creep to my mailbox and after submitting the answers, either I am screened out or the payout is peanuts. I then realize that they usually use the highest possible paid survey that comes once in a very very blue moon to calculate the earnings. Most survey sites also require a certain amount of points before they can be converted to cash. With the speed of the surveys offered, it will take ages for me to see my clicks get rewarded.

So the “dream” of a little additional income steadily every month (that’s what the stay home mums featured in the websites said) stays a dream, which of course, I should not be so naïve in the first place. But that’s alright. It may not be a money source but it is still fun and informative as well. Which ones did I really really get money for? So far, ashopfor and LightSpeed Survey. My top favourite? Emailcash.com.au

With these toys for company, I’m never alone now.