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Online surveys & user testing

You take paid surveys and user tests in your spare time through sites like Prolific and Swagbucks. It's beer money, not a paycheck.

3.53 reviewsLast review 13 days ago
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Median monthly earnings
$50
Middle 50%: $50 – $750
Effective hourly
$10.00
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
1 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
$0
To get up and running
Time to first $100
3–6 months
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$0
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Fully on my own terms
Most common answer
Would recommend it
67%
2 of 3 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 3 reviews.
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
UserTesting
2 reviewers
DoorDash
1 reviewer
How it scores
Happiness7.0 / 10
Would do it again67%
Schedule flexibility5.0 / 5
Pay predictability2.3 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 3 reviews.
How much I could earn
1
How little I could earn
1
How difficult it is to get started
1
How competitive the market is
1
How much time it takes
0
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
0
Taxes — how much I owe
0
Unexpected expenses
0
Nothing really surprised me
0
Reviews
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UserTesting· 6–12 months in · 13 days ago
Monthly $500–1,000Hours 120+ hrs/moHourly $5.00

I love that I can do it on my own time. When doing them I would say do the ones that youre approved to do as soon as pssible so that you dont miss the deadline or it doesnt get full and close.I would get approved for more surveys and studies.

UserTesting· 6–12 months in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly Under $100Hours Under 10 hrs hrs/moHourly $10.00

There is no expense and it is simple to apply to studies, but it has been difficult to get into good studies.

DoorDash· 2–5 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly Under $100Hours Under 10 hrs hrs/moHourly $10.00

I love that within the past few years, Prolific’s demand has really gone up and they have higher paying studied and surveys. I wish that AI training wasn’t so involved in this increase as I don’t agree with the use of generative AI let alone training it. To someone starting out, I would tell them the start is the hardest part and as soon as you get some momentum going, you’ll get way more studies your way!

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