InboxPays.com is a relatively new website that promises you can earn money by participating in market research. Besides paid surveys, they also advertise that you will be paid for reading emails and for completing trial offers.
Paid surveys is a very common way of making money online. When you first sign up with any of these market research opportunities, you must fill out a very specific questionnaire with all of you information. This information is then used to make sure that you qualify for the appropriate surveys and trial offers.
It is important that you be as honest as possible when filling out this questionnaire because you could waste a lot of time being told you don’t qualify for surveys you have already begun.
Inboxpays.com also encourages you to complete trial offers – and you are reminded that you are responsible for canceling those trial offers before you begin being charged – as well as reading emails and referring your friends to join their site.
So is Inbox Pays a Scam?
Well, the first question I always ask is whether or not the site charges you to become a member? Inbox Pays is completely free to join, so that’s a good sign. However, there are a couple things worth mentioning about the site before anyone signs up.
First of all, you must have a PayPal account in order to get paid. This means that Inbox Pays deals in real currency instead of gift cards and prizes, which is something many people like. However, they require that you earn at least $50 in your account before you can request a payout.
This is nearly twice the earnings amount required by most other paid survey sites. The truth is that each survey you successful complete generally won’t pay more than five dollars at the most, and successfully completing surveys is not the easiest thing. This means that you may have to complete many surveys before you can receive a payout, and some people may get frustrated and quit without ever receiving the money they have earned.
In addition, their promise of getting paid for reading emails actually means getting paid to click the links of advertisers that they will send you. And once you allow them to give your email to advertisers, watch out. You will likely be drowning in emails.
And the price that is paid per click will often be very low, and paid to Inbox Pays, who will then pay you a percentage of it. This makes the $50 payout look even harder to achieve.
In general, Inbox Pays is free to sign up for, so it’s not a scam, but you should be aware of what you are getting into. Remember, if you’re really looking to make money taking surveys, then make sure to sign up for multiple companies in order to increase your chances of success.
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But they just recently started offering actual surveys that'll pay you without having to give out your credit card information, phone number, or email address. They don't pay much--at least that I've seen--but at least I'll be able to finally cash out and quit this site without leaving all of my money behind.
Also, for those complaining that your account is "frozen" around $30.00, it's not. InboxPays only allows you to earn up to $25.00 through paid emails, and then you'll have to earn the rest through offers or, more recently, surveys. You're still being credited for it if you check your account, you've just maxed out all that you can earn for that check and the money is going towards your NEXT check.
PS Let's all go to every review you can find on the internet, BBB and ever place we can find until we put this scam out of business . Let's think of everything we can do to let the world know about this scam.
i just started the surveys and reading your note i believe i might have screwed up. I dont know if i did them right. when it came to s.s# and ccard # i bailed. will i still get paid or do they want me to buy these products?