Smart Dollars Club Review: Is $30 Per Survey Possible?

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1. I don’t think you even have to think about whether the site is legitimate or not by reading about it. All you have to look at is the negative reviews and you will just know that this is definitely a site that you should be staying away from. Like you said, any site that offers $150 per survey is going to be false. No company will be stupid enough to pay that much no matter how much they are making.

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   1. Exactly.

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2. I appreciate the honesty when it comes to these reviews! I’ve joined up to survey sites before and they haven’t always delivered – so it’s nice to know before I waste time what survey sites are legit and which aren’t worth the effort. Thank you for always providing such comprehensive reviews about what’s legit and what’s not!

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   1. Thank you Amelia for the positive feedback! It gives me also more power to keep on creating these reviews and help people to earn more money online 🙂

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3. I tried several sites before but i failed to withdraw my earnings. The sites are no longer visible. It’s disappointing because of the thought of having extra work. Time and effort is wasted. Although, i still find it a worthy experience. My curiosity has been answered. It teaches me to be extra careful and to be resourceful.

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   1. That’s a great attitude. I also like to learn from experiences so in the future we can make better decisions.

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4. I have experience with survey sites but they never pay $30 for a survey. This is just impossible. If any survey site from the Philippines ever tells me that they will give me $30 I will tag it as a scam. Most survey pays $2-3 for a 15-45 minutes survey. Surveys are only good as extra income but never as a stable one.

   This is actually the first time I’m hearing about Wealthy Affiliate but I’ve heard of Affiliate jobs before. But I didn’t know what it entails. This article of yours makes me interested. I will definitely check out Wealthy Affiliate.

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   1. Even $2-3 for a 15-45 minutes survey is much better than what they usually pay. I think that’s on the upper scale. Because I’ve seen so many surveys that take even 30 minutes but they pay less than $1 for the users. Well, they don’t actually need to pay more because people are willing to take them for free basically.

      But yeah, for a money-making purpose opportunities like Wealthy Affiliate are 100 times better.

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      1. Yeah. $2-3 for a survey is considered to be upper scale. It’s not often I encounter this kind of survey. I’m new in this market. It is nice that you publish these articles and answer our inquiries. I would really like to try Wealthy Affiliate if given the chance. You are doing great work. More power.

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         1. Thank you for the positive feedback my friend! 🙂

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   2. I support you. They are never really worth the effort that one puts in. What is really dissapointing is to get those sites can delay or never really pay you.

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5. I’ve been checking on these survey sites that pay and have read your articles regarding filling out surveys before I dive in to this kind of opportunity. Some can be legit they say because they do pay but I’ve concluded myself as well that it’s not worth it because they pay too little and there’s also a need to qualify for surveys which doesn’t come frequently.

   I haven’t seen one so far that pays this much. The biggest amount that I’ve seen advertised was $ 10. This is more than tenfold whereas most sites only offer cents for every survey filled out. I can’t wrap my head around what kind of survey needed to be filled out if ever this was true. I don’t think that there is a sane company who is willing to pay this much.

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   1. You are right Chinet23. Companies don’t pay $10 for basic surveys. You are right that there’s something fishy going on or then the survey takes so long to fill out.

      One possibility can also be that it’s a single-opportunity. I’ve seen some surveys paying even $25 but they are for extremely targeted groups and filling it out takes a long time.

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6. Earning that amount of money just by answering questions should raise a ton of red flags already. In my journey of making money online, I have never encountered a survey site that pays that much money. I made about $2-3 at least and they were only a couple of those. That’s only one of the reasons why I don’t actually put too much effort in survey sites. Anyways, your posts are some good reads.

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   1. Exactly. Surveys usually pay $2-3 at maximum. Therefore $30 per survey is really suspicious thing right away.

      Thanks for the positive feedback also!

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7. Thanks a lot Roope for the information. I personally have participated in some survey jobs and most of them have turned out to be very dissapointing in terms of pay. The review actually confirmed my fears with such sites that offer payment for surveys. I would advice anyone to put their efforts some place else.

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   1. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences! 🙂

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8. I’ve become wary of survey sites in general. It’s very rarely worth the time it takes to fill out rambling surveys, some of which ask for long, thoughtful answers in exchange for just a few cents. I also worry about how some of the survey companies use the data that’s collected. Once in a great while, I’ll take part in a survey that pays $1 or more, but even then I’m cautious.

   I WISH there was a survey site out there as great as Smart Dollars Club makes themselves out to be…but in the end, if a thing sounds too good to be true, then it nearly always is.

   Thanks for the great review of this particular site!

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   1. Yeah, there isn’t and won’t be a survey site that would consistently pay $30 per survey. Tons of people are filling out surveys for pennies so companies are not required to pay more for survey takers.

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9. In my experience, survey sites are not worth our time. You have stated this in the article. Most such sites are outright scams. Those that aren’t seldom provide the kind of returns they promise. There is another category of survey sites: these invite us to surveys and make us answer many screening questions only to inform us after wasting our time that we are ineligible. Keep busting scams. More power to you!

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   1. Thank you my friend!

      I completely agree with your thoughts.

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10. Sometimes this is the problem with online advertizing, they don’t get monitored in the same manner that tv commercials or simple ads by cola companies are monitored by a department of trade for example in our place. If these ads were posted on newspapers and are found to be fakes, they can be charged for false ads or promitions.

    But since a lot of these are posted online, it would be difficult to trace these things and persecute them. The state would rather go for the big crimes like child pornography and the likes but these false ads should also be sanctioned because they can dupe unsuspecting netizens.

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    1. Yeah, that’s partially true. Gladly officials are also wiping out companies little by little that are doing false advertising and scamming people. For example, MOBE and Digital Altitude were closed this year by FTC.

       Eventually, all scams will fall and their “doors” will be closed but it just sometimes take time. Then new scams seem to pop up. Just need to be careful. On my website and YouTube channel, I usually warn people about the biggest and most popular scams so people wouldn’t need to spend time on them.

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11. I’m glad I didn’t try this one, it reminds me of Microworkers, that it’s supposed to be a legit site, but when I signed up, most of the jobs were surveys that seemed like spam and took you to dubious websites. I don’t know if there’s any survey site that it’s worth trying, because even if they pay, is only cents to go through all those junk websites.

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    1. Hi Alex,

       thanks for sharing your thoughts also on Microworkers.

       I can answer to your question whether or not survey sites are worth it. I have tried ALL of the big ones and +100 survey sites in total. They are not worth it. You earn so little money with those sites that it’s just a waste of time.

       With affiliate marketing or other methods you will earn much more in the long run.

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    2. You said Microworkers? I haven’t heard about that one yet but I’m glad to hear about your experience with it, so I’m going to make sure to mark it and note it down among the list of supposed legit but are scam sites.

       Thanks for sharing mate, it’s very helpful.

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12. I completely agree with you on this one !
    There are no shortcuts in stuff like that.

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    1. Exactly. It always requires either work or financial investmnets.

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13. The promise of paying $150 for a survey is what flagged Smart Dollar Club as a pure scam. There is no survey in the world today that can pay such amount of money and still be in business. Even Prize Rebel which happens to be one of the best survey sites today can’t pay such amount. So, my advice is to run like a bat out of hell from Smart Dollar Club because it’s a scam site.

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    1. Yes, that’s a great advice! 🙂

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       1. I have seen a lot of such scam sites that promises to pay huge amount of money for doing a simple survey online but all end up just scamming people who are naive enough to fall for their luring tricks, so I don’t mince words when I label them as fake and scams for people who are yet to fall for them to say clear.

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14. Earning that huge sum of money just by simple surveys are too good to be true. No one would pay you that huge for doing simple tasks and answering simple questions. If you really want to earn money online, you should find the right website, and know what to do when you’re already there.

    There are also a lot of strategies that can be employed with these type of money earning sites. Do not stick to just surveys because there are a lot more opportunities out there. Just have patience and hard work. Money does not come to you. You work for it until the point it flows to you naturally!

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    1. Good thoughts. Thank you for sharing!

       Money comes after lots of work and consistent effort (at least for entrepreneurs). I was yesterday watching an interview from a YouTube who has +1,1 Million subscribers and he said all of his videos are sponsored. Actually, he has sponsorship agreements for one video each week for the coming half a year.

       What a wonderful situation! And I know well that companies pay a big money from YouTubers who have +1 Million subs. He has basically a financial independence with such an asset. Just a video once in a while and he is already earning way more than an average person in the U.S.

       His example really encouraged me to keep on working on my YouTube channel as well. Soon I’ll hit 2,000k subscribers. I’m getting some sponsored videos already within the cryptocurrency space and I believe that I’ll keep on getting more all the time when my channel keeps on growing. That’s awesome.

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15. I have never had an experience with smart dollar club before but I have been getting messages from other survey sites and I am never carried away by them, but non ever promised $150, that’s so unrealistic for a survey. I have nit registered with Wealth Affiliates yet.

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    1. Yeah, $150 for a single survey isn’t possible. I have seen a site that offered $100 per survey but it was for a very targeted group in the UK with face-to-face interviews. Not a single company or entity would like to pay $150 for one survey answer while they can get people easily answering their surveys for $0,50 🙂

       I highly recommend starting on Wealthy Affiliate if you desire to make good money online. Their training really works. You’ll be making much more money online than you do in a regular 9-5 job if you follow their training.

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16. The road to success is not always smooth and easy, right? When people start to come up with stuff like this you know right away that it is a scam. 150 USD just for signing up is a scam and directing you to bet sites after clicking the link even confirms it further.

    I have tried to make money online myself and I have discovered that if it is true and not a scam, then you have to start small and eventually after you put in some serious work you can start to earn big.

    There is no free money anywhere you have to at least do some work, signing up with an email is not a kind of work that should earn you $150 not to mention $30 per survey that only last for some minutes.

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    1. You’re exactly right!

       Making big money always requires some financial or time efforts. The more time you use, the less money you need to invest. And the more money you invest, the less time you need to invest. In general it works like that.

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    2. I agree with you. There is no successful people that goes through the easy way or shortcut. All are going through hard processes before they can get successful. Money can sometimes be in your way which will lead you to problems.

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17. If they are promising to pay $150 for signing up with an email and +$30 per survey, they are telling lies. I have checked various survey sites and talked to many people who participate on surveys. No one earns that kind of amount from surveys. If surveys paid such a huge payment, everyone would stop going to workplace and start doing survey.

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    1. You are absolutely right Vinaya! They are promising something they can’t keep.

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