Did you know that you can get paid for giving your opinion?  Companies pay a lot of money to find out what products and services consumers want in order to increase their profits.  So how do companies gain this valuable information?  Through surveys, polls, and focus groups.  Companies hire survey corporations (such as Greenfield, Palm Research, Lightspeed Panel, etc.)

SurveySpot has surveys ranging from $1 to $15, with a minimum of $5 needed to cash out (done by check).  Not all surveys they send out have cash rewards; instead, many of are sweepstakes surveys, with a chance to win an instant prize or additional sweepstakes entries after each survey.  Even non-qualifying surveys are given a sweepstakes entrance.  No referral program.

When you sign up with SurveyHead and complete the registration survey, you are given a $5 (USD) bonus.  The bonus, however, is paid in Canadian funds, and will vary depending on the strength of the Canadian dollar.  Survey rewards have a large variance, ranging from as low as $1 to higher than $25.  Payout is at $30 (CAD) which, depending on the surveys you are elligle for, may take a while to reach.  No referral program.