Ciao Surveys

If money talks, it speaks volumes about Ciao's priorities. Sweat out a review of a well-remunerated product, assuming a few dozen reads, and you could earn a pound or two. Usually it's a lot less. If you're like me, you may have spent many hours writing and researching that review. Fill in a survey however, and Ciao might pay you a couple of quid - or more - for 20 minutes' minimal effort. That suggests to me that our responses to surveys matter more to Ciao than our reviews. Other evidence bears this out. The site pulls in most of its new members with the promise of earning cash for surveys ... more

I may be rocking the boat here a bit and may even upset some of the "Die hard Loyal Ciao fans", however in recent times I have become a little dismayed with the survey side of Ciao. My little winge consists of two parts. The first one is the amount of money that is being paid to members for carrying out these surveys. The second concern is the amount of information that is obtained during the so called "Screening Process". PAYMENTS As well as carrying out surveys for Ciao, I also complete surveys for Valued Opinions and TNS. When I first started doing reviews, with Ciao, I was very impressed ... more

The Dream Money for nothing, well that is the idea at least money for sitting on your arse a not doing very much, that is the appeal of these surveys, you simply fill in a few details about your habits, nasty or otherwise and get paid a handsome reward. Along with the tupence's you get for writing reviews etc, this is a great way of piling in the extra cash, after all there is no research to be done, you can even make the answers up if you are entirely unethical…Who's gonna know ?… I wont tell, if you don't, in fact you could probably make enough money to go on holiday, buy a new pair of shoes ... more

When I first joined Ciao in 2002, it was not to write reviews, in fact I didn't even realise that you could take part in that side of the site. No, I joined Ciao after receiving an email telling me how I could make my fortune by being paid to complete surveys that they sent me. At the time I joined, even if you didn't complete the surveys you could get paid a nominal amount just for being told you did not qualify, I can't tell you when this changed, as for a long time I didn't really bother with them, but I can tell you all about my opinion on how they work now. ---How to get invited--- Now ... more

Ciao surveys have been slagged off a bit in the review section I have noticed (maybe by newcomers who have found they havn't recieved as many survey offers as they expected) so I decided I woud try to shed some sort of light on the whole topic with my own experiences of 'ciao surveys'. Firtstly, its important that you realise you've got to sign up to take part in the surveys. This is done in our 'my ciao' section where you just tick a little box to say that you would like to participate in surveys. These surveys are then sent to you by e-mail. Unfortunately (and this is the key) you have to ... more