These companies will pay you good money to answer simple questions for market research purposes:
Respondent
At Respondent, you can earn $20-$400/hour ($120/hour avg.) participating in focus groups.
These gigs are mostly remote and, luckily, not city specific.
They also have a referral program that pays around $25 per referral if the person you referred participates in a study.
Right now, they have lots of studies about things like deodorant, luxury travel, healthcare coverage, etc.
WatchLAB
Another place where you can find these gigs is at WatchLAB.
Here you can make $60-$150/hour (avg. $100/hour).
What's also nice about WatchLAB is you can get started as a teenager as young as 16 years old.
Usually these studies are city-specific, but many can still be done at home.
Updates for these gigs can be found on their Facebook page here.
They have studies on restaurants, activities, online content and more paying up to $200 right now!
User Interviews
User Interviews is another great place to find focus groups and surveys online that pay really well.
Here, you can earn around $100/hour from many different surveys and interviews without having to show up in a specific location.
They have studies available right now on things like feedback for products, productivity tools, shopping online and more paying $1-$2 per minute!
Online Verdict (Full review here)
At Online Verdict, you can earn $20-$60 per case and each case takes 20-60 minutes.
You'll need to be at least 18 years old and a U.S. citizen to apply.
Usually, 25-50 jurors are picked per case.
Online Verdict is also endorsed by Clark Howard (a popular consumer expert and host of the nationally syndicated Clark Howard Show).
Here are some other details:
- Work remote or in person
- Review real cases
- Provide feedback via surveys
- Watch presentations via Zoom
- Watch live presentations in person
- Provide feedback on iPad
- Deliberate as a group
- Participate in other online survey opportunities
- Typical pay is $30-$350
- Participation is always optional, at your convenience
They are pretty much always looking for people to join their pool of jurors.