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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So thats what I did, signed up for their offers (just the trials), but you have to be aware that in order for you not to be charge the full price, you must cancel the offer and in some cases return the item. For example, one of the offers I completed was for skin cream that I paid $5 (trial price) but it was only to try the product for 14 days. This meant if I kept it, I would be charged the full price (which was $80) unless I return it (calling them to cancel the offer account so they don't charge me as well as requesting the return label number and confirmed that will be shipping it back). Luckily I got credited once I completed the offer, so that was never an issue. One thing for sure is to NEVER DO FREE OFFERS. All they do is spam you and you don't get credited. For some reason this goes for all websites (so far based on my experience) like the ones that say "free samples" etc. Well, at least I never got credited and in Inboxpays terms and conditions, it states that not all offers may credit you. So the only ones I have been doing are the trial offers.
With surveys, its very hard to qualify. I have only qualified and completed 3 surveys that were $1 each. One of them on the other hand did lead me to receive an additional incentive ($50 Amazon gift card) but that was pure luck and I doubt that will happen again, its like trying to win the lottery.
Cash mail, the last time I received it was 2 months ago, plus, it was clicking on ads that only have me 3 cents (not really worth it, that's probably how I got more spam).
Lastly, their cash games, I tell myself every time I look at it, "Is it really worth signing up for something that I don't need and will give me more span just for 50 cents?" So I don't even bother with that.
Now what you all been waiting for:
Is this site worth the time?
No, it's not and there are better website that will pay you faster and that are less complicating. It took me forever (like a year) to get up to $50 and I still had to wait for verification which took almost 3 months even then I had to set a complaint to the BBB because getting a hold on a representative is dreadful. What the guy who answered (shockingly I was able to finally reach them after the numerous calls) said they have to deal with multiple companies and that is why reaching them is hard (either it is the truth or he just came up with an excuse). Took some effort but I was able to get my $50 via paypal (just recently). I had a bit left over in my account (about $10) and hopefully I can get a second payment (lets hope sooner than a year). If it wasn't for having the $10, I would of cancelled the account. It's too much time and too much spam I receive (I mean very bad spam like if I clicked on the email link I would probably get a virus and you can tell its that kind of spam, I mean why would "hot women" send nudes and say "I sent you some nudes, just open up the email" and by the way if you get spam like this, the best thing to do is deleted your email and get a new email. Because of Inboxpays, I have to delete my email 3 TIMES! That's a lot, and takes time doing so, plus I only get a few of those (changing my email due to spam). I actually have to change it again because I started to receive bad spam again (this time, it's not as bad as before but still bad).
In all, before signing up for thing, ask yourself:
1) Is it legit, meaning do they pay and can I received an incentive with a rational time (like being able to receive a payment within 2 months if consist and not being at it for a year)
2) Is it worth my time (don't sign up for things that just waste your time. As I was told, "YOUR TIME IS WORTH WAY MORE THAN MONEY, WHY, BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER BUY IT BACK."
Note: If you choose to sign up (this goes by anything), read the terms and conditions- just to check how it works, how not to get cheated, and to protect yourself especially when it come with spam and personal information, trust me, it happens.
All in all, I don't recommend this site due to the spam, never qualifying for surveys, spend to make money if you can, bad in processing and receiving payment, and how you can never reach the support center. I actually plan to cancel soon because like mentioned earlier, time waster and there are better websites.
I hope this is helpful and good luck to all with making some money.
I am very close to my payout but I am unable to contact them through support ticket.
Please let me know..
Thanks.