Survey Head is a market research site that pays people for completing surveys. Survey Head used to exist under GoZing, a different paid survey site, until GoZing was bought and Survey Head separated themselves.
People trying to make money taking online surveys is one of the most popular work at home jobs available online. You need no experience, no skills, and no necessary education to get paid for taking surveys – you simply need to answer questions about yourself and your shopping habits honestly.
Survey Head is completely free to join, and they will issue you a $5.00 bonus into your account just for signing up. You are able to cash out your Survey Head account once you have reached $25.00, which is pretty average throughout the market research industry. Survey Head has prize programs, but also plays their clients in cash, which is a nice touch since many survey sites have completely gone over to prizes and gift cards these days.
So What’s the Deal with SurveyHead?
To determine if a paid survey site is a scam, we always look at whether or not they charge you to become a member. Survey Head is completely free to join and requires no fees to participate in any of their surveys, so this is a good sign.
The only complaints really voiced by Survey Head members is that they provide very few surveys, so it’s difficult to make money quickly. However, it’s important to know that if you are really looking to make money with paid surveys, you need to sign up with multiple different companies so that you have the most access possible to surveys.
It’s difficult to initially qualify for surveys – generally they target a very specific age and gender group to begin with – then on top of that, many surveys require you to fill out even more detailed questionnaires to see if you fit specific criteria, for example, are you a coffee drinker and do you buy coffee from retailers more than 3 times a week? Saying yes or no to this question could disqualify you from the survey.
The limited availability of surveys on Survey Head doesn’t make it a scam, but it’s a reminder to us that if we really want to make money doing market research we must open ourselves up to as many different companies as possible.
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The survey starts off by informing you that this is a very unique survey and that a special download needs to take place before you can start the survey. It goes on to advise that this download can easily be removed from your computer once the survey is complete. You are asked to consent to this before proceeding. Done.
The second page then informs you that your full attention is required during the survey as you will be asked to perform certain tasks in various websites and provide feedback on your experience. Can they trust you not to be distracted with IM's, emails, etc? It gives a brief disclaimer that comments need to be well thought out or you may be disqualified before asking for your consent. Sure. Done.
The third page then advises you that during the course of this survey, you will be instructed to log into YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, blah blah blah, we pinky, pinky swear that your information will not be shared with anyone. Do you consent to logging into your bank account? Ok, REALLY??! I clicked "NO" and not surprisingly, was booted out of the survey without the ability to re-open said survey (really wishing I had screen captured everything). This really seemed 'phishy' to say the least.
In hindsight, a red flag should have been raised at that very first page where they completely gloss over the intended purpose of the software that they state you must install (no explanation as to what function it serves - just that it's no 'biggie' and can easily be removed later on). The second page I truly believe is just to build hype and distract you with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo about how you may be disqualified if you don't follow their rules or aren't taking this seriously (a possible play on emotions considering $10 is quite a big payout for any online survey).
And well, to non-chalantly ask if you'll be able to follow their instructions perfectly, in particular, logging into your personal bank account. That to me is a definite no-go. I sure hope no one took a chance on this one because it sounds like if you installed their software and followed their directions - they probably now have your bank account info. If you did go through this survey, I would contact your bank IMMEDIATELY to let them know that your account information may have been compromised.
Who knows, maybe they're legit but this was enough for me to say "not worth the risk".