PUT A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY IN YOUR POCKET
If you are like every other person in the world just trying to survive during these crazy economic times, looking for new ways to make a little extra money every week has become an essential part of living. Smart Savings Guide focuses on ways to save money through discounts and free offers, but with the growing need of so many we have located several reputable companies that offer opportunities to make extra money online. These companies offer easy and sometimes fun ways to put some extra change in your pocket. They are not offering home based employment and do not claim to have available work at home jobs. They do offer compensation for doing simple tasks such as taking surveys, joining websites, trying samples, reading emails and referring others.
History: Founded in 2000, CotterWeb Enterprises the parent company of Send Earnings currently has over 7 million members.
Opportunity: Members of Send Earnings are given the opportunity to be rewarded for participating in a variety of product and service trials, marketing research studies, and other online activities, such as shopping, playing games and reading emails.
Requirements: Currently accepting new members from the United States only.
Media: Recently featured on Good Morning America.
SSG Review: After joining Send Earnings we started receiving paid emails to our inbox. These are generally offers, invitations or advertisements that companies have paid send earnings to send to their members. We find it quite simple to click on the email, read through the information and click on the confirmation button. After clicking the confirmation button our Send Earnings account is latter credited. There are many opportunities to earn money by taking surveys, joining sites, shopping, trying services and referring others. As far as paid to… companies go, Send Earnings is as good if not better than an other paid to… company we have experienced.
Bonus: Sign up bonus for new members.
Better Business Bureau (BBB) Rating: A-
Contact: CotterWeb Enterprises, Inc.; 1295 North land Drive; Suite 300; Mendota Heights, MN 55120
How to Join: Click Here to Join for Free.
History: Founded in 1999 by parent company Global Market Insite, Inc, Global Test Marketing is one of the world’s leading providers of market research and paid online surveys. Global Market Insite recently recorded working with over 1400 companies worldwide.
Opportunity: Members of Global Test Marketing are given the opportunity to be rewarded for providing their opinions on products and survices. Online Surveys are sent via email and take an average of 15 minutes to complete.
Requirements: Must reside in Australia, Germany, Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain or the United States to become a member.
SSG Review: Global Test Marketing was easy to join. We filled out their simple online form which consisted of basic information including name, email address, physical address and date of birth. Surveys are sent directly to our inbox and we qualify for about half that come in. Global Market Insite (Global Test Markering’s parent company) has a perfect rating with the Better Business Bureau and is a Better Business Bureau Accredited company. As far as paid survey companies go Global Test Marketing is among the best.
Better Business Bureau (BBB) Rating: A+
Contact: Global Test Insite, Inc; 1100 112th Avenue NE; Suite 200; Bellevue, WA 98004
How to Join: Click Here to Join for Free.
History: Survey Spot was founded by parent company Survey Sampling International. Survey Sampling International is a global company with 15 offices in 13 different countries and recently reported eighteen hundred clients in twenty four different countries. Survey Sampling Internation’s US office is located in Shelton, CT.
Opportunity: Members of Survey Spot are given the opportunity to earn rewards for completing online market research surveys. There is no commitment, enabling you to pick and choose which surveys you want to take. Members average around 24 surveys per month. Compensation for completed surveys can be in the form of cash rewards (up to $15 per survey), gift cards or entries in sweepstakes.
Requirements: Must be 18 years old and live in the United States.
SSG Review: Survey Spot membership is easy to acquire. They have a simple one page form that includes name, address, email address and other basic information. Shortly after filling out the online form, we received a friendly welcome email from Survey Spot. We receive surveys regularly and qualify for a little over half of them. Survey Sampling International (Survey Spot’s parent company) has a perfect rating with the Better Business Bureau and is also an online accredited business with the BBB. As far as survey companies go Survey Spot is at the top along side of Global Test Marketing.
Better Business Bureau (BBB) Rating: A+
Contact: Survey Sampling International LLC; 6 Research Drive; Shelton, CT 06484
How to Join: Click Here to Join for Free.
Read the information provided for each company, review their ratings with the BBB and check out their websites in order to make an educated decision. Check back weekly to see updates and added companies.
Better Business Bureau Ratings:
CotterWeb Enterprises (Send Earnings) BBB Report – A-
Global Market Insite (Global Test Market) BBB Report – A+
Survey Sampling International (Survey Spot) BBB Report – A+
SSG Report: There are many work at home scams floating around the internet. You must do your research in order to better prepare yourself for locating legitimate work at home jobs. Being able to work at home is a wonderful benefit that many companies are starting to utilize. No legitimate employer will ask you to pay for employment.
Home businesses will generally charge fees to become associated with them. Home based businesses do not offer work at home employment and do not offer set steady income. If you do not have a steady source of income it is in our opinion to stay clear of home based business opportunities.
Legitimate work at home jobs can be located through several sources. Online career sites such as Monster and Career Builder have work at home job opportunities. It takes a good amount of leg work to locate the legitimate work at home jobs on these free sites, but there are some jobs available especially for skilled workers. Another source for locating jobs is through a paid work at home directory. These directories take the leg work out of finding actual jobs, but they charge a fee for their services.
Beware of anyone claiming to to be offering hourly pay or employment once you pay a fee. If something is to good to be true it general is!
