By now I'm sure you've been exposed to just a few of the infinite number of paid survey and GPT (get paid to) sites that are available on the web. That's why you stumbled upon my blog; you would like to learn more about them. So did I a few months ago. I did a ton of research and experimented with well over 20 sites and will share with you all that I have learned and all that I will learn in the future about the money making opportunities that these sites offer.

First, you need to learn the difference between paid survey sites and GPT sites. Many GPT sites call themselves paid survey sites and many sites are both. So, it can get confusing at first.

Paid survey sites usually require you to sign up and then they email you surveys that you can either choose to complete or not. For each survey you are rewarded either a small sum of money (sometimes just pennies, but it can really add up) or points that can be redeemed for cash, gift cards, or sweepstakes entries. Most paid survey sites seem to only offer you sweepstakes entries for your efforts. While the odds for these contests are much better than winning the lottery, I prefer to focus my time on GPTs because they offer compensation for all surveys and offers that you complete. The surveys usually ask you questions about products your household buys and uses or questions about your television viewing habits, etc.

GPT sites have what they call offers. These usually require you to sign up for some annoying email newsletters or something of that nature. The purpose for these "offers" is to get you to submit your email, address, or phone number so that companies can reach you for future advertisements. Sometimes the offer will result in what is usually referred to as a silver offer. This requires that you sign up for a trial of some sort. For example, maybe you sign up for a trial membership of a book club. You get your free trial books and either keep them, agreeing to join the book club, or send them back and cancel the membership (which means you will be charged nothing). Accepting trial offers can be a real pain if you aren't wanting to put any money out at all because you will have to stay very organized and on top of everything so that you can cancel your trials before any money is due. I don't like having to worry about canceling things, so I just stick to surveys and 100% free offers. If you are willing to stay organized and do the trials, the there is the potential to make $1,000 to $3,000 monthly. Some GPT sites (such as Cash Crate) will go ahead and give you credit for completing an offer all the way up to the silver offer and then just closing the window to cancel out.