Paid Online Surveys are a fantastic way to start earning money online. For a start they are FREE. You should never pay to join any survey company, it is a complete waste of money as their are a number free to join companies around. Most of which are listed here.

Get paid to take surveys with these online market research companies. Register free with all the paid survey sites listed below by clicking on the logo's and will you receive regular survey options in your email inbox.

The surveys listed here are for Europe & International residents only, for US and UK surveys click the links on the left.

Test & Vote - Payment type: Cash

Toluna Test&Vote is an interactive, modern site where your opinion is sought and paid for. To take part in quick voting, product testing or online surveys, nothing could be simpler, you just have to be a member.

It is free to join and you will receive regular surveys. Payments are in Cash.

Ciao - Payment type: Cash

Ciao! is Europes largest consumer opinion platform. There are two main parts to the site.

The survey section, where after completing your profile numerous paid surveys wil be sent to your email account, ranging from £1 to £10 depending on the length of the survey.

The other section is the paid review section. Consumers can write reviews on anything from deodarant to cars to the local electrician.. The better your review, the more people read it, the more you get paid. Simply, yet highly effective.

American Consumer Opinion Panel - Payment type: Cash

The American Consumer Opinion Panel is not just for Americans but is instead very active paid survey company operating in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world.

I tend to get at least 1 or 2 paid surveys a month from them which have all paid $10 each in my experience(although they say $3-$25 is the range).

Survey rewards are sent within 4-6 weeks with ACOP paying for surveys by American Express gift cheque which can be used or exchanged for cash like travellers cheques.

Survey Savvy- Payment type: Cash

Survey Savvy pay very highly for there surveys, the minimum I have recieved is $30 and have also received up to $100 for a 4 part survey.

The downside is they don't send them out as regularly as other companies and you can go a couple of months with receiving anything.

Survey Savvy also runs paid focus groups and conduct paid telephone surveys, they will contact you via email first for you permission and if you opt out they will respect your privacy

Neilson / Net Ratings - Payment type: Cash or Sweepstake Entries.

Nielsen//NetRatings offers you the chance to help chart the course of the world wide web of tomorrow! It is FREE, easy to sign-up, and everyone over the age of 18 years can participate!

Opinionistic - Payment type: Prizes or Sweepstake Entries.

Opinionistic is a one-stop surveys portal where users register for free to get easy and quick access to the best and most active UK survey panels, consumer studies & opinion polls for which UK online survey companies are currently recruiting

My Offers- Payment type: Cash & Prizes.

MyOffers ask you to complete brief online market research surveys to win cash and prizes. With MyOffers you do not have to wait for a survey invitation, you simply log-in, find the prize you want from their prize catalogue and answer the brief accompanying survey to be entered to win it!

Survey reward prizes typically include luxury holidays, new cars, thousands of pounds sterling in cash as well as smaller consumer items and its so easy to enter it really is worth taking half an hour out or so of you day once a month to enter them.