SavvyConnect is a new part of the well known survey site, SurveySavvy, which promises to help people be able to easily supplement their income from home by working with reputable market research companies.
SurveySavvy was established back in 1999 to connect their members with online market research companies who are willing to pay cash for your opinion. This company also allows people to earn money by referring new members to their service.
According to their website, you can either post a public link on your social media sites, or you can send private invitations via email. Any time one of your direct referrals – or the referrals they also direct – completes a survey, you will receive an incentive.
But they didn’t stop there. Instead, in the year 2009, they decided to launch an application of their site which would expand their market research capabilities even further.
The New Application
This new app, SavvyConnect, is a specific type of software that you download and install onto your computer. Once it is installed, it monitors your search behavior online and reports this information to their partner research companies.
Companies are extremely interested in people’s online behavior; how they search topics, follow links, whether or not they click ads – all of these behaviors can help companies understand how to better do business online.
Downloading and installing this software is completely free, and SavvySurvey promises that you can request a payout once your account has reached as little as one dollar. The payout will be sent directly to you.
What to Know
This company promises that SavvyConnect does recognize both the Private Browse and Incognito Modes of major internet browsers and will not transmit your information when those particular modes have been activated.
Many people are hesitant to install new software onto their computer, especially those that track your activity, because of the threat of spyware. Spyware, or malware, is the type of software which records and then can access your personal information, such as bank account information.
SavvyConnect promises that their software poses no threat to their members, and that if you have any issues or complaints about it once you have begun using it, you can go to their website to find directions to uninstall the software.
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Today I noticed that it also works with Kindle Fire, so I installed it. I had to change the setting to allow it to install since it was a non App store program. Now I can't use some of the programs that I have on my Kindle. I can't use Yahtzee (it says cannot load game and other error messages) and other things are not loading right. I don't know if uninstalling the app will be enough to fix the issue, or if I will have to do a device reset. I am very upset about this..for the promise of an extra $5 a month on my Savvy Connect account I have apparently caused many problems with my Kindle. My advice is not to install it if you have a Kindle Fire.
I also have not received any follow up surveys.
I have not been paid one cent and when I ask why I get no response. I am seriously considering deleting the app if things don't change.
I think that either Saavy Connect is a scam or that their program is so badly designed and run that it might as well be a scam.
In short, run far away from this as fast as you can!!!!