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RideTheWave's comment on TrafficPods ...
Traffic Pods-Not your usual traffic exchange
I have been a member of Logiscape's Traffic Pods for nearly 1 year as a standard or free member. During this time, I have found the site to be a bit more confusing than most exchanges. Even after reading the FAQ's concerning what the "pods' are, I'm still not 100% certain I have a clear picture. (read through the FAQs concerning pods, pod value, pod reserve, pod bonus and pp/surfer and you may feel a bit confused yourself) But don't let the pods scare you away, or you'll miss out on one of the better exchanges for free members.
Traffic Pods operates with a 15 second timer and you need to select the highest number offer to be credited. There are 10 sites within each pod, and each time you surf 10 pods, you enter a bonus round. Bonus rounds earn pod points which go into a pod reserve. Surfing 100 pods will bring about a Super Pod bonus, where you'll find much higher pod rewards and possibly even a cash reward ( as is the case in any bonus round, there is only a 75% chance of being successful , so consider how much you're willing to gamble the pod points you've won in the round).
Pod points become available when you become ranked to receive a pod. To do this, you need to finish in the top 25 unranked surfers each week and once you receive a pod, you need to surf 1,000 sites every week to maintain ownership (as a free or standard member) Once you have become a pod owner, you receive 50% of your pod reserve at the end of the week. Of course, you could pay the $19.99 per month and become a PRO member and you can access your reserve points at any time.
Not fully understanding the pods 100%, has not stopped me from making Traffic Pods one of my staple exchanges. Despite being limited to advertising 3 sites, I have found the membership of Pods to be quite interested in looking into/joining/being active in, other networking sites and I've attracted several referrals from advertising on Pods.
If you are a member in another Logiscape site, a big positive to Pods is being able to sell your pod points for logi-bucks and transfer funds to and from other Logiscape exchanges to be used for upgrading.
RideTheWave's comment on TrafficTaxis ...
A solid exchange with with fringe benefits
Traffic Taxis is a functional exchange for the network marketer. Taxis often ranks in the top 10-15 traffic exchanges and offers several levels of membership.
Free members receive the fairly standard 3:1 surf to credit ratio. But with a shorter than average 6 second timer and many prize rewards, which includes cash rewards.
After less than two weeks on the site, I have found above average hits and views to my websites, attracted a couple of referrals to a couple sites and even a little over $5 to my account.
In all, there are too many positives to not include Taxis to your "stable" of traffic exchanges. If you're serious about attracting marketers and advertising your sites, Taxis is a must-use site.
RideTheWave's comment on Soaring4Traffic ...
Above Average Traffic Exchange
I have been using Soaring4Traffic for a few months. The site is quite "cleaner" than many other sites, which makes it interesting to surf for credits. I have found a decent amount of click-through traffic advertising on Soaring, which indicates that surfers are actually looking at the ads.
While I've never found cash, the cracking the eggs bonus feature is fun to find, however they do come few and far between. The bonuses enclosed are pretty good though and I'm still looking forward to cracking an egg containing $$.
In all, the Soaring4Traffic script makes for a fun surf when compared to many other sites. I'd recommend Soaring to anyone that is looking for quality hits to their sites and a fun site to surf for credits.
RideTheWave's comment on Traffic Splash ...
One Of The Best Exchanges On The Internet
I have been a free member of Splash for awhile now. If you are looking for an established traffic exchange to promote your websites, then you can not go wrong with Splash.
With an excellent reputation, Splash always ranks at or near the top of traffic exchanges each week (voted on by internet users for traffic and unique hits).
They have a short 6 or 7 second timer, a clean, easy to navigate program and offer bonus credits every 15 pages surfed. Once or twice a week, they even mix in cash rewards (for as much as $5) into the bonus credit page.
If you want your sites viewed by some of the bigger names in the internet marketing industry, then there is probably no better site than Traffic Splash.
This site should be a on every marketers "A list" of exchanges.
RideTheWave's comment on Quixtar ...
Great Business Model, But
I first joined Amway back in the mid 90's and thought the business model to be super. With a local distribution center near where I worked at the time, I was able to pick up my order (and the orders of my downline) with little or no wait. However after examining my "balance sheet" at the end of the first year, getting to the break-even point looked bleak. Due to changes in my personal life, my membership was forced to expire after the second year.
I re-joined again in 2001 when the company changed it's name to Quixtar and I thought that along with the name change, the business model might change. At this time the company still didn't allow internet promoting, no TV commercials, etc. The name change didn't change anyone's belief about Amway and the public opinion was still of going door-to door selling detergent.
My stay this time lasted one year due to the intense pressure to purchase "training tools", and even though I had been a member of Amway previously, my training tools from that period were looked upon
as out-dated (even though nothing but the company's name had changed).
A few years later I came across a few former Amway/Quixtar members who showed me an expose about how many of the big Independent Business Owners made so much money... training materials. Which explains why my training materials from a different leadership were considered useless... my upline at Quixtar didn't profit from them!
Even the upper management at Amway/Quixtar frowns upon the heavy pressure to sell training materials to members.
The business model is solid, the product line is pretty good ( I loved the vitamins) and now that they are advertising on TV, allowing members to use the internet to build there business intrigues me.. but if the leaders are still generating most of their profits from selling tapes & DVDs, then little has changed... and only a select few are really making any money in Amway/Quixtar.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Third time is a charm? I'll PASS.
RideTheWave's comment on MyLot ...
It's A Fun Site & Getting Paid Is Like Icing On The Cake!
Mylot was the very first site I joined while searching for a site to make a little extra money with. I originally joined to chat (and promote) my online jewelry shop and ended up becoming friends with several members... members who I have never met, but who share some of the same interests and beliefs that I do.
Many of my early forays into online money making came from suggestions made on the MyLot site, and I regularly went there to chat about crafting, family, children, etc.
The earnings were quite slow. Making a couple of cents for a paragraph or two didn't seem worth the effort. But once I chose to forget about how much money I made each day and began treating the site like an open chat room... a chat room with many topics... I began having fun with MyLot.
It took a couple of months, but I finally reached my first payout (which arrived 6 business days EARLY!)and I've reached payout a few more times since.
The fairly new "tasks" feature has allowed me to earn money quicker, and I've accepted a couple of writing assignments that have helped me to reach payout quicker on a couple of occasions. Task opportunities can pay anywhere from 5 cents to $4+ depending upon the opportunity.
I love the MyLot site, I choose to participate when it's convenient for me. I've met several dozen friends from all over the world, shared information with them, and learned from their experiences at the same time. And best of all, I get paid to do it! What's not to like?
Grade- A+
RideTheWave's comment on Yuwie ...
Yuwie Isn't Bad, It's just Not My Cup Of Tea
I joined Yuwie back in 2007 and it wasn't all that bad at that time. Server speed was very slow, and the site was clearly about leaving short messages to get credited for a page view. Earnings back then were quite small and there were many months were my earnings were less than 25 cents.
I did enjoy Yuwie for a while because the site allowed members to join or start clubs, and I started a craft club and joined a couple others. These clubs were actually fun and it didn't seem like the members were only participating for the money.
Unfortunately, these members disappeared, mostly because the earnings were so low. Yuwie members often complained back then of the slow server speed and some claimed to have picked up viruses from some of the pages.
After a while Yuwie began turning into a site where members promoted their online business programs, and there was an influx of teens/early 20-somethings that commandeered the activity on the site. Despite lowering the payout to $5 (from $10, I believe) I stopped going to Yuwie about 18 months ago. If memory serves me, I believe I had earned less than $2.25 during my time there.
It may be great for some, but a site like myLot is more for my taste. At least the earnings come a lot quicker and some of the people are more open and down to earth.
Grade- C. Average at best... at it's worse it was a D+.
RideTheWave's comment on Valued Opinions ...
Not Many Opportunities, But A Solid Survey Site
I have been a member of Valued Opinions for a couple months and it took a couple of weeks before I received an offer from them. Valued Opinion sends an email to you when they have an opportunity they feel you are qualified for. I receive only one or two offers each week, and I have qualified for approx 50% of them. The surveys that I have been offered were all in the $1.50- $4 range, and I currently have $6.50 credited to my account and another $3.50 pending.
The surveys are quite professional, and I like that I have not been offered a survey that I clearly wouldn't qualify for. The offers seem to stay active for a few days, and only one time has an offer expired before I could take it (4 days after receiving the email invite). I'm not very fond of the questionnaire to help qualify for future surveys (the one I receive is health-related, and I have filled it out several times and no I have not developed any new diseases or illnesses since last week already! LOL).
Despite the small number of surveys and the amount of time it takes to receive credit for the survey (usually about 4 weeks), I know several friends have been paid by Valued Opinions, so they are legit. If you enjoy participating in surveys that have cash rewards, you'll enjoy this site. If you are looking to receive a frequent payout, then you might want to look elsewhere because the opportunities are infrequent. But if you like taking surveys with cash rewards, then you will enjoy the professionalism of Valued Opinions.
Very limited opportunities, but one of the better survey sites out there. Thumbs up!
RideTheWave's comment on BuxWiz ...
Not That I Expected Much From This Site
I joined BuxWiz as part of a paid to click link trade. I had absolutely no intention of upgrading on this site because during my first week as a free member, the only ads I clicked on were for other "Bux" sites.
Despite the rumors in various forums that members were not receiving a payout and the link to request payout was disabled, I continued clicking and without fail, it was the same group of 5 or 6 "Bux" ads each day. Clearly the site had little outside advertising revenue and for the month or so I was active, I never once saw an ad outside of the "bux" family of PTC sites.
Then the rumors began about the site was up for sale and shortly afterward, the emails from BuxWiz began coming... emails about lower rates for renting referrals. This past Sunday and Monday, the emails came every few minutes, several of them each day, all letting me know they had again reduced the rate to rent referrals (30 cents each) and had new referrals waiting for members that were thinking of upgrading!
For weeks, the rumors were swirling that this site was done. Members could no longer log in to the site, but admin sent a live link in their emails for unsuspecting members to upgrade... upgrade to a site that was either shut-down or trying to be unloaded because their business plan had failed.
In my opinion, it was a last ditch effort to scam a little more money out of the members that worked hard trying to make some extra money.
Grade- F
RideTheWave's comment on TrafficSwarm ...
A Great Traffic Exchange For Beginners and Free Members
I've have been a member of the Swarm for as long as I can remember. It is one of the easiest traffic exchanges to join if you are new to network marketing.
Signing up for TrafficSwarm is quick and painless. You can join as a free member or upgrade to a premium membership... but if you are new to network marketing, you are probably better off trying out the free membership first (there is no pressure from TS into upgrading and you can upgrade when you see the need to).
TrafficSwarm offers new members 100 free advertising credits to start and they used to offer a tool bar download (which isn't necessary) to make surfing for additional credits easier. Unlike many traffic exchanges, TrafficSwarm offers one of the best credit to advertising ratios on the internet. Unlike many other sites where the ratio is 3:1 or 5:1, each TrafficSwarm credit is worth one run of your ad. When surfing for credits, the ads have a random value of anywhere from 1 credit to as many as 100 credits for new members (most ads will be worth 1-5 credits for new members... higher value for premium members).
Also unlike many other sites, TrafficSwarm offers their free members the opportunity to run up to 10 different ads at a time. Many of the newer, more popular sites only offer their free members 3 ads at a time. Based on the number of available credits in your account, you select how often you would like to see your ads run each day and just like that, your ads are put into the rotation.
One note to consider... free members ads are in the rotation, however, a premium members ad will always be considered first. I tried having my ads run 100 times per day and found that they usually never ran more than 30 times each day, so if you are looking to drive a large amount of traffic to your sites, upgrading may be needed.
But if you are okay with your ads running 20+ times each day, then TrafficSwarm is a great site to use for attracting referrals or getting your "feet wet" if you are new to network marketing. I still find quite a few referrals generated from this exchange and even though it is not as much fun as many of the newer exchanges, it still produces the desired results.
RideTheWave's comment on Opinion Outpost ...
Excellent Survey Site!
If you are looking to make some cash from taking paid surveys, the Opinion Outpost needs to be on your "A" list. I have been a member for a little less than a year and ignored the offers for a while... but the emails informing me of survey opportunities continued to arrive in my in-box... several emails every week.
The positives of the site far out-number the negatives. The site has a low $5 payout level, they pay by check and your payment is usually in your hands in four weeks (the site says 4 to 6 weeks, I believe). The number of weekly offers is pretty good. I usually receive at least one offer each day, and there have been days where I receive 2 or 3. With that many offers, it isn't to hard to reach payout in one week, and making $5 or more in one day is quite possible (my best is $7 in two days). Opinion Outpost also offers a $1 referral reward to it's members. Refer the site to a friend, family member, or someone who wants to make a little extra money, and they reward your account when the new member completes their first survey.
If you don't mind receiving payment via check, it usually takes 4+ weeks to receive. The only negative I have with this site is with some of the outside surveys that are offered. There have been a few times (recently) where I went through the qualifying process and had been 10-12+ questions into the survey and was disqualified from the survey. On one occasion, I was quite sure that I was disqualified on one of the final questions of the survey (do enough surveys and you know when they are coming to a close) and I found that quite disappointing to give my opinions for an entire survey and not be rewarded.
Beyond that issue, Opinion Outpost is a great site. A very low payout level that can possibly be reached in one or two days, decent reward program (anywhere from $1-$4 per survey), checks are mailed and received quickly and a solid referral program that works. When I sit down to take surveys, I make sure I start with Opinion Outpost's offer first!
RideTheWave's comment on Survey Spot ...
It Is What It Is, A Site that Offers SOME Cash Surveys
I've been a member of this site for more than a year and have received payout a few times. If you are strictly taking surveys to make money only, then this would never be considered to be one of your main survey sites. But if you like making money from taking surveys, then you can earn a few checks each year with this site.
Survey Spot's points survey to cash survey ratio is probably about 10:1 and the amount they are paying for cash surveys have gone down quite a bit. In the last several months, the top cash survey that I was offered (but didn't qualify for) was $5 surveys. Most recent cash surveys fall in the $1-$3 range.
Survey Spot pays via check and the checks usually arrive in about 4 weeks (they say to expect checks in 4-6 weeks). Survey Spot always cuts a check upon request and I have almost always received the check within 4 weeks.
SS also has many surveys everyday that are good for points that go into bi-weekly drawings for gift cards and you also receive these points when you don't qualify for a survey and at the end of cash surveys too.
If you are a member, check out the site soon. They are running a football pool with weekly, monthly and seasonal cash prizes for the winners.
Survey Spot is what it is, but they are 100% legit, and they pay on time, every time!
RideTheWave's comment on Plug-in Profit Site ...
With Additional Spending, It's All The Same
I was a member of Plug-In for a little over twelve months. My brother-in-law was my sponsor and I was immediately bombarded with email after email about joining. Only one was from my brother-in-law, the rest were from Stone. I had already made the decision to join, otherwise this immediate pressure to seal the deal would have been a turn-off.
I had zero budget when I joined, which meant my site looked like almost everyone else's site. Everywhere I promoted my new Plug-In-Profit business there were many sites that looked just like mine, not to mention several that had been upgraded.
Attracting referrals seemed to be like fishing without bait. Finding one that was willing to join and look like everyone else was just pure luck.
I immediately ran into problem setting up the auto-responder and despite several emails to Stone, I didn't receive any help. I had to go back and forth between the PIP help team and the GetResponse help team to direct my domain name correctly (seems it wasn't done properly when my site was set)
The positive side of PIP was the daily emails that were steps to take to build your business. They were quite thorough, and very helpful for a newbie to the network marketing game. Unfortunately, as I mentioned earlier, I had no additional budget to upgrade, or to put many of these tips into action. Once again, I was competing with those as myself... same look, same budget, same empty results.
The only way you you succeed with PIP is either to have a strong mailing list that will follow you wherever you go, get very lucky with the same generic-looking site, or have a budget to customize your site, and commit money to advertising.
After 13 months with no sign-ups, I had to call it quits with PIP. The sites that came with the program SFI & Leisure Audio did okay for me for awhile, but I could have joined them without spending the money on the website.
Surfing traffic sites I still see so many of the same looking PIP sites and wonder if anyone is able to make money with this site, without investing in a site upgrade. It didn't work for me, and more than a year later I still receive one or two emails a month from Stone... I guess he's trying to reel me back in. Not for me, but it is a solid program if you have deep pockets to put everything into play.
RideTheWave's comment on Traffic Syndicate 25 ...
A Fun Traffic Exchange... But Does It Really Drive Traffic To Your Sites?
I have not been a member for very long, but it seems like it's sister sites, Traffic Syndicate 25 is more about rapid surfing in search for bonus credits than members searching for their next money making opportunity.
All of the credits I earned to this point were used to place my referral ads into the TS25 rotation. No leads were generated, no referrals found from these ads.
I believe the reason to be because the members are "power-surfing" for PV or credits and trying to complete the SURFING bonus and the Syndicate (or team) JACKPOT bonus, rather than looking for their next money making opportunity.
The site does mention that credits can be turned into cash, however, I do not see a place on the site where cash be sent to a Paypal or Alert Pay account. I do see where you can sell credits for LogiBucks. LogiBucks can be used to upgrade to higher levels of membership and can also be transferred to Traffic Syndicate 25's sister sites to be used in the same manner.
This week I find myself on a Syndicate team. Other than racing to find the letters for JACKPOT and win credits to be split up among the 25 members of the team, I'm quite unclear of what the benefits of being on a syndicate team are. The owners of the site get tons of page views from credit-hungry power surfers that want their "team" to win, but I'm not sure if anyone is seriously looking for or hoping for referrals on this site.
There is a "bookmark" button that members can press while surfing and refer to the ad later, but even that leads me to believe that the idea behind Traffic Syndicate 25 is to power-surf (why else have a bookmark button, why not just stay and view the ad for as long as need?). The competitive side of me enjoys the race for credits, but the reason I joined was to find referrals. In my opinion, unless you have a service that members can use for their internet business or a new & unique business site, you won't find many referrals and your ad will hardly be looked at. Members will most likely spend most of the 15 seconds looking at the timer counting down, waiting to surf to the next ad as soon as possible in hopes of winning the JACKPOT.
RideTheWave's comment on Project Wonderful ...
A Great Tool For Inexpensive Advertising...
I have used Project Wonderful strictly for advertising. After signing up for the site, it was necessary to transfer $10 from Paypal to my PW account and at this point I was able to begin placing my ads.
What is great about PW is that as an advertiser, PW allows me to choose the type of blogs I like to advertise on, offers view statistics and a link to the blog for me to research further. This info helps me to determine if and how much I want to spend on placing an ad on the blog.
I love being able to monitor how many times the blog has been viewed, how often my ad was clicked, and being able to control everything from the hours of the day I want my ads to run, to my bid price and amount of days/weeks I'd like my ad to run. The statistics on the site have pointed out which days and times I get the best bang for my advertising dollars (actually advertising pennies is more the case here)Having the ability to start an ad campaign that allows me to run ads on hundreds on blogs simultaneously and pick and choose which blogs I want to delete during the campaign allows me to save money on blogs that have been inactive.
I run ads to promote my online handmade jewelry store and many times have found new PW publishers offering ads with no charge. I often find very popular blogs with a steady following and advertise often on these sites for 5 cents a day or less.
Results- I have had positive results from advertising with Project Wonderful. I made a sale via an ad that was running for a 2 cent per day fee and this customer has come back to purchase from my store again. I also made a multiple item sale to the owner of another blog I had been advertising on. For less than $7.50 in advertising, I'll take those results everyday of the week.
I will continue using Project Wonderful to help promote my online store... I can advertise only during what I perceive to peak hours or peak days and cancel ads after only a few hours if I choose. Where else could one do that and be welcomed back again?
If you have a small advertising budget, consider using Project Wonderful to promote your websites, online business or just to attract referrals. It works well for me and with proper research, can be a great advertising tool for you too!
RideTheWave's comment on Hits4Pay ...
One Of The Better PTC Sites On The Market
I have been an active member of this site for almost 2 years and have reached payout several times. "Hits" awards each new member with a $10 sign-up bonus, towards their first $25 payout (via Paypal).
Hits pays their members 2 cents for each ad they view and the site often lists ads in mid-morning (Eastern Standard Time) and often adds a couple additional ads in the late afternoon/early evening. Hits sends an email to the address you supplied, alerting you that ads have been listed.
Hits doesn't often offer many views each day (anywhere from 2-8 per day- usually 5 days per week, with the occasional Saturday morning offering) and this is a major drawback to some members. Clicking on 750 ads to reach the first payout appears to be a daunting, never ending task.
The key to being successful with Hits4Pay is to find referrals. Finding active referrals help you reach your payout quicker as you will receive 1 cent for each ad they click on. And should your referral find their own referral, you will also receive 1 cent for each ad they click on. Quite simply, find 3 active referrals and help them find three active referrals and each ad can be worth as much as 14 cents to your account (hint~that $10 sign-up bonus is a great way to attract new members)
Hits4 Pay isn't one of the most active sites, but they have been around for quite a while and I've never heard of anyone not getting paid (unless they were caught cheating. Nothing is for sure when it comes to making money online, but getting paid by Hits$Pay is as close to a sure thing as there is on the internet.
If they offered more ads daily, I would have graded this site an "A"!
RideTheWave's comment on MindField Online ...
Not One Of The Better Survey Sites
I've been a member of MindField for more than a year and I don't believe I have qualified for more than 2 surveys. I has been quite a while since I've even opened up one of their emails (I usually get 3 or 4 offers a month) and I have not logged into the site for at least 6 months because I've written this site off.
When I was active with the site, I often was disqualified, sometimes well into the survey. In my opinion, some of the surveys seemed to be looking for certain results, instead of true consumer data.
This site may work for some people, but I believe there are better survey sites on the internet. Good luck with them if you choose to take their offers, but I will pass and look elsewhere.
RideTheWave's comment on Traffic Era ...
A Different Type Of Traffic Exchange
Not that being different means it's better though. I joined this site a while ago and it wasn't for me then. I've recently rejoined and after having spent a long time with other traffic exchanges, Traffic Era offers more than just usual, boring clicking for ads. This site makes it more of a game, clicking to not only receive credits for running ads, but finding "clocks" which can be collected to purchase larger amounts of credits. Traffic Era also randomly awards free credits to members while they are clicking.
Of course there is an upgrading program, teams are formed and compete with each other for credits and there are also groups (which I have to admit, I haven't had the time or desire to pursue at this point)
To become a member of a team you either need to know someone, or network and become friendly with members. These members can invite you to their team or... You could start your own team and be responsible for building a team, by networking with others.
Free members can only list three websites to promote at one time. For member looking to promote several links at one time, it is clear that an upgrade is necessary for this site. As far as referrals go, well I haven't been very successful to this point, so it remains to be seen if this site will provide what I'm looking for.
For me, the free member ship works right now. Traffic Era offers a break from the old, boring, click for ad credits of it's competitors.
Traffic Era is okay at this point... I guess time will tell if it is worth the effort or not.
RideTheWave's comment on Survey Monkey ...
Nothing Bad To Say
I used Survey Monkey a couple years ago on one of my blogs. I signed up for the free membership and used the site to help promote an online store. I had hoped to utilize the results to help my little business find a niche market. It was easy enough to set-up the surveys and quite easy to place in my blog and find the results. The results weren't what I had hoped for, but it was not due to Survey Monkey's program (mostly due to the lack of following on my blog).
I have not used Survey Monkey for more than a year, though I still receive an occasional email from them. As far as the free membership went, it was a pretty good site, very easy-to-follow instructions and if you are just looking for vehicle to use for gathering information, then consider using the poll-type surveys at Survey Monkey. No matter if you are in school or business, Survey Monkey can help you gather the data you need and they look professional too!
I would use them again.
RideTheWave's comment on SFI Marketing Group ...
SFI- Not easy, but if it was
I've been a member for a little over a year and maybe I've been active for about a third of the time. SFI has plenty of reading material and tips on multi-level-marketing on their site for members to use to their benefit.
The product line is of questionable value. Clearly it's not top of the line, but it's not the worst quality either. SFI has recently made it easier to earn higher percentages of any profits by completing simple tasks on their site and have given the members additional income opportunities with their Triple Clicks program.
Finding referrals that are willing to do what it takes to make money with this site have been few and far between. SFI likens it to a deck of cards- "you know there are 4 aces, but you have to go through the whole deck to find them". To find your "4 aces" you need to go through several decks of cards.
It is possible to make money with SFI. I had a couple of checks before things fell apart and I lost interest. Without active referrals or buying products yourself, you won't get earn money.
SFI is free to join, but you either have to be willing to do a little work each day, every day or be VERY LUCKY and find great referrals immediately. After all, if it were so easy to do, everyone would be doing it.
RideTheWave's comment on Lightspeed Panel ...
Lightspeed- One of the better survey sites...
I have been a member of Lightspeed Panel for a little more than 6 months and have never had a problem getting paid through Paypal.
Lightspeed offers survey opportunities on an almost daily basis, and several days there was multiple surveys available. Each survey generally rewards your account with anywhere between 75-300 points, with the majority of the surveys at the lower end of the point scale (75-200 points) The 75 point surveys take about 20 minutes and the larger the point value the more involved the survey is.
I have reached payout several times in my time with Lightspeed and have even qualified for a home study that paid 400 points, plus a small gift card payment from the client upon completion of the study.
The downside... 115 points is equal to a cash equivalent of $1, making a 20 minute- 75 point survey a questionable value. Of course, you won't always qualify for every survey and I have gone a couple of weeks without getting offers and not qualifying for surveys. So don't plan on making enough money with Lightspeed to put a down payment for the Rolls Royce just yet!
In all, it's a legit site that pays, when they say they will pay and all of the survey points can be transferred to cash awards ($5 minimum cash payout)