Money For Nothing

There are several websites that will give you cash just to visit them or participate in their stuff.  This might mean filling out a survey, or just visiting their site everyday.  To be honest, I am a survey junkie. It's fun to tell people how to make their products (and of course they pay me to do it!). Either way, it’s money that you can not only use for college, but also to treat yourself!

ECN Research - Get free movie tickets and other rewards for quick surveys. They have a few high dollar cash contests too.

Greenfield Online - Members get paid between $2 and $50, based on which surveys they take.

MyPoints - I have been a member of this site for over 5 years.  You just have to open their emails or fill out surveys to earn points.  If you are doing any Internet shopping, just click on the same stores (that you were going to anyway) and earn free points for shopping.  You trade these points in for gift certificates or prepaid MasterCards.  They just added this extra part called “MyPoints Games.”  They start you off with $6 and you can play games to make money.  I’m serious!  I had been skeptical, but I started playing last week and I have slowly accumulated some money off it.  You will not get rich playing games, but if you are going play solitaire, you might as well get paid for it!

Rewards Gateway - Get prizes like Ipods and cash. Takes a little "work," but better than paying for them yourself.

PermissionResearch - This site has tons of extras like MyPoints does. They give you free access to over 450 games, some free software, and bunch of other free stuff to play with. This is all in addtion to getting rewards for your surveys!

Lightspeed - Your surveys earn you "Lightspeed Points" which you can redeem for cash or prizes. They also have a quarterly prize of $5000.

OpinionSquare - You earn "OpinionRewards" for some very nice gifts and prizes and gifts. A lot of sweepstakes and drawingd on this site!

Survey Payoff - Nothing you haven't seen above; take surveys, get cash. Funny how I never get tired of it though!

SurveyAnnex - I put this site here last for a reason. This is only for HARDCORE survey takers. This for people who want to actually do surveys and opinions as a career. They pretty much tell you how and where to do this "mystery browsing" stuff full time. I have made enough money elsewhere on scholarships, grants, and breaks to keep me from having to join this site. BUT, if I actually needed a job, I would definetly work for these guys!

I have a few more sites like these that I visit, but I am currently talking with their publishers to see if they will let me to post their links here.