Ciao Surveys

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 ... Read review

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Masters of all they survey?

Advantages: Pay real money, usually easy to complete
Disadvantages: They're out to get information for nothing

...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. Even I still occasionally get emails with offers like "Join Ciao and win an iPod Nano". Which not only makes me wonder ...
...probably quite unusual. For most, Ciao equals surveys.

Ciao, and its recently-arrived parent company Greenfield, use that equation to sell themselves to business clients. They make no secret of this. The Ciao Help Centre page is clear about the company's principal purpose:

"On behalf of its business customers, Ciao GmbH conducts online surveys of consumers for market research purposes... The Company serves many ... more

Silverback 04.12.2005 (06.09.2007)
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
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Start of a slippery slope?

Advantages: Lets you earn some extra cash
Disadvantages: Can be infuriating

...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 ...
...I first started doing reviews, with Ciao, I was very impressed with the site. The surveys sent were regular and in general the time taken to complete the survey was reflected in the price paid. I have noticed now for some time that the payment versus the time taken ratio has moved in opposite directions. It has now become very much the norm for surveys to take 20 - 30 minutes for a measly 30 odd pence. My observations have further been highlighted ...

davidwilkes 23.11.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
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More Questions than Answers

Advantages: Sounds like Easy Money
Disadvantages: Can be dissapointing / annoying

...When you have been on Ciao for a while you will start to get emails from Ciao inviting you to take part in surveys, on a random range of subjects, from electrical goods, advertising, breakfast cereal etc. In fact the selection in theory is not so random as the surveys you are sent are supposed to reflect the information you provide in your member profile, where you give information to Ciao about your hobbies, interests etc. they use this information ...
...in the guise of a Ciao survey. All you need to do is click on the link in the email and this will take you to the survey page, where you will begin the first part of the survey, the screening. Screening This is the part of the survey I hate more than the survey it'self. It's a mini survey and it's a CON. They ask you all kinds of screening questions to see if you are suitable to take part in the main survey, questions like age, Gender, Marital ...

jouk04 17.04.2006 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
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Why do I even bother?

Advantages: Can get paid for minimal effort?
Disadvantages: Few and far between | Hardly ever get to finish them.

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, ...
...to receive invites to the Ciao surveys the first thing you're going to have to do is…..actually join Ciao. This is a simple enough process, all you need to do is look at the top this page and click on the "Join Ciao" link and fill in the details requested, remembering to leave the box asking if you want to earn money from surveys checked as yes. If the "Join Ciao" link is not there then you're already a member, so you'll have already done this bit, ...

sandemp 14.06.2005 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
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Ciao Surveys, it's not as bad as it was.

Advantages: Fairly good payouts, prize draw for not being able to finish surveys
Disadvantages: Big variation in payouts, can take a very long time to get money

I've been on Ciao for getting on for 3 years now, and once I really got into it, I found it to be a useful little flow of money. More recently though when the "Ciao Beta" started, with very poor rewards, made up with prize draw entries that paid out big, but with little chance of winning, I was concerned this was the beginning of the end. Then came the split between the surveys and the opinions, with surveys basically following the lines of the beta. ...
...are improving. The new Ciao surveys doesn't seem quite up to what the old site was. Survey invites are down, chances of qualifying seem down, and average payouts are down. Then again, I'm a member of a number of other paid survey sites, and the same applies to all of them. Another site for example that pays out in Amazon vouchers, I used to get one about once every 2 months, now it's more like 3 months. The main thing with Ciao at the moment though ...

C-J-C 03.09.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
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Whats all the fuss about?

Advantages: Surveys a relevant to recpients and money is paid straight into ciao account.
Disadvantages: few and far between for most people, and payment is quite unreliable

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 ...
...people commenting on this service. Ciao is actually quite organised in comparison to other survey distributors (despite it being the companies that send you the surveys) as they only send you surveys which you are eligible for under the companies preference. This is determined with your 'interest profiles' found at the side on 'my ciao' under 'account balance'. When you fill in all the sections of this ciao uses the information to filter through ...

tom_very1st 16.04.2005 · Read full review
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