Survey Junkie

Survey Junkie for Beginners

Simple Survey Junkie is a website where users sign up to take surveys in exchange for points that can be redeemed for gift cards or a deposit into your PayPal account. Signing up for the website is quick and painless; you can use your Facebook credentials, Googleplus account, or your email to login.

I used my Facebook account as a login, so I do not need to keep remembering passwords. I am always a bit nervous using Facebook credentials, as some Apps will spam yourFacebook feed. I’m sure my family isn’t interested in my virtual villages. Fortunately, the site to date has been spam free.

Is Survey Junkie legitimate, a scam or something worse?

I play several online games, and several of the games offer the option to take various surveys to earn in-game currency or content. I have done a few of those surveys to find out that they are thinly veiled spam to sell a product or capture personal information. Frankly, the amount of spam has turned me off to most surveys or free gift card offers.

Survey Junkie passes on the “legitimate test”, both my wife and I used the website for over an hour, completing multiple surveys. Neither my wife or I were directed to any shady surveys, nor were we asked to divulge any personal or sensitive information.

Having tried surveys a few times before, one item that was always frustrated me was that you would spend 15 minutes on a survey to ultimate find out you were disqualified, and as such would receive no reward/compensation. Using Survey Junkie, I did get excluded from a few surveys. However, I found out quickly, and they give you a few token points for the try.

I didn’t find it nearly as frustrating as some apps. However, there was a big difference between the number of surveys my wife and I each qualified for. Clearly, some people’s opinions are going to be more in demand than others so results will vary.