Believe most of the people have seen advertisements to earn money by doing paid surveys. I’ve been curious whether it works and how much money can be made out of it. Therefore I’ve decided to test it on 3 platforms for duration of 6 months. Here I will share my experience and money made over this period of time.
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Paid surveys platform
Below are the three paid survey platforms that I’ve experienced
- Rakuten Insight
- Mobrog
- Milieu
Money earned over 6 months
| Rewards earned | Value of the Reward | |
| Rakuten Insight | 6020 points | RM60 (*1) |
| Mobrog | USD10.3 | RM45 (*2) |
| Milieu | 14270 points | RM18 (*3) |
1 * 1000 points can be exchanged for Touch n Go reload pin worth RM10
2* Calculated based on exchanger rate of 1USD = RM4.4
3* 15500 points can be exchanged for Touch n Go reload pin worth RM20
Pros and Cons of each platform
| Rakuten Insight | Mobrog | Milieu | |
| Device | Computer | Computer | Mobile |
| Reward exchange | Earn points to exchange for Touch n Go reload pin | Paid via Paypal after accumulation of USD6.25 | Earn points to exchange for Touch n Go reload pin |
| Difficulty to quality for surveys | Medium | High | Low |
| Notification of available surveys | Just check via the app | ||
| Length surveys | Short/Medium | Medium/Long | Short |
| Experience (pros) | 1. Relatively high reward for each qualified survey | 1. Relatively high/reward for each qualified survey | 1. Only need mobile 2. Survey or small quiz is available daily on app |
| Experience (cons） | 1. Only accessible through computer. The app is available on google play store but not apple app store, so I didn’t manage to test on the app | 1. Only accessible through computer. I tried the app but it does not seem working 2. Many available surveys, but after filling in basic information, the change of getting qualified is relatively low | 1. Relatively low reward for each qualified survey |
Conclusion
- From the perspective of making money, I do not think the time spent worth it
- If you are just looking for somethin to kill time, this is something that can be considered. Especially Milieu since it’s readily available on mobile
- In order to assign suitable surveys, quite some background information needs to be filled upon account registration, and it is a lengthy and tedious process
- At the beginning of each survey, you need to fill up some basic information again. There could be some risk of cyber security here although I’ve encountered any scam or issue over this period of time
- If you are interested, you can open an account here
- Rakuten Insight
- Mobrog
- Milieu (Apple app store) – referral code r1TLrhh
- Milieu (Google play store) – referral code r1TLrhh