I keep hearing about moms paying for survey opportunities. That is not a good thing. You should never pay for the chance to take surveys. There are many legitimate survey opportunities out there and they have one thing in common - free sign ups. Please don’t spend your money on survey sites.

Here are a few survey companies with free sign ups that pay you for your time:

Focus Forward - pays cash if you qualify. I just joined recently.

Greenfield Online - pays cash if you qualify. Otherwise, you are entered in a sweepstakes as a thank you for your time answering a few preliminary questions. I rarely get past the preliminary round.

My Points - This program actually is a rewards program, but there are a lot of surveys worth 5 points. Cash out at around 800 points for a $5 gift certificate. I’ve been doing MyPoints for years. (Since 2001, to be exact.) It is the only rewards program that is really worth doing, as far as I’m concerned.