Online Market Research
Online Market Research is extremely popular these days. Most marketing professionals turn to the internet to pool qualified participants for their surveys. The internet is always a great resource and they would have a variety of respondents to their online market research.
These marketing professionals opt to give out surveys through online survey sites. Online survey sites would already have a database of members who are ready to take surveys they qualify for. These online survey sites pay their members anywhere between $3 and $7 for each survey taken.
Some online survey sites that do online market research include:
1. ACOP.com: the American Consumer Opinion Poll is run by a big marketing research firm, and conducts surveys in the United States and Canada. Membership into the site is free; the participant just has to fill out a profile form. ACOP is regarded as the authority in online market research. They are members of the Better Business Bureau; and are completely trustworthy of any information you reveal in their profile and surveys.
2. SurveyMania.com: Survey Mania is a consumer research site, conducting several online surveys. Surveys are by them and not by a third part marketing research organization. Membership into the site is free and you immediately have access to a lot of surveys. They also offer an affiliate program for a few more extra money.
3. Ciao Surveys: Ciao Surveys is considered one of the better paying survey sites online. Each survey you complete is paid for well enough to make the effort worth it. Problem is that they send payments through Paypal, which not everyone has.