... I can’t imagine that there is anyone out there who doesn’t know what Ciao is, especially as you must be connected to the site if you are reading this review, but just in case I’ll tell you. Ciao is a review site which is similar to Dooyoo but with much less capacity for earning. A few years ... Read review
Advantages: None Disadvantages: Irritating, time consuming, no rewards
...there who doesn’t know what Ciao is, especially as you must be connected to the site if you are reading this review, but just in case I’ll tell you. Ciao is a review site which is similar to Dooyoo but with much less capacity for earning. A few years ago Ciao was the superior site of the two as Dooyoo had lots of bugs but the balance has long since shifted and Ciao is definitely second best now – in my opinion of course.
Some time ... ...were added directly to the Ciao accounts. I qualified for a few surveys here and there are earned a bit of extra cash because of that.
Ciao then decided to remove the surveys from the main site and set up a separate site http://www.greenfieldonline.com especially for surveys. Everyone had their own account set up here so that any survey earnings could be accrued and then paid directly from this site when the minimum payout amount was ... more
Right let’s start at the beginning. I can’t imagine that there is anyone out there who doesn’t know what Ciao is, especially as you must be connected to the site if you are reading this review, but just in case I’ll tell you. Ciao is a review site which is similar to Dooyoo but with much less capacity for earning. A few years ago Ciao was the superior site of the two as Dooyoo had lots of bugs but the balance has long since shifted and Ciao is definitely second best now – in my opinion of course.
Some time ago Ciao started offering surveys for us to complete and the earnings were added directly to the Ciao accounts. I qualified for a few surveys here and there are earned a bit of extra cash because of that.
Ciao then decided to remove the surveys from the main site and set up a separate site http://www.greenfieldonline.com especially for surveys. Everyone had their own account set up here so that any survey earnings could be accrued and then paid directly from this site when the minimum payout amount was reached which is £5, which is the same as the minimum payout on Ciao itself.
The idea is that you fill in a set of profiles about travel, cars, personal information, finance, shopping etc. and then surveys are sent to you which fit that profile.
From this you would think that it would be the case that the surveys you receive would be ones that you would be allowed to complete – right? WRONG!
The surveys come through via e mail notification and all you have to do is click on the link, complete the survey and earn the money. Yeah right!
The survey e mails tell you roughly how long the survey will take to complete and how much money you will earn from it. This in itself is quite a laugh on occasions – some offer 10p for half an hours work! To be fair there are surveys which pay £1, £2 and more so that makes it worth the effort if you are allowed to complete them.
You click on the link in the e mail and the first question is, ‘Are you (your name)’ to which you answer yes or no. I have been known to get thrown out just by saying yes at this point! If my name isn’t suitable to take the survey for whatever reason then why send me the e mail in the first place?
When I get into the survey proper I begin to answer the questions and often get dismissed quite quickly because I don’t meet the criteria, but sometimes I have sat for 10 minutes or more answering quite detailed questions assuming that I am accepted only to find that when I have answered the questions and they have their information I am not actually what they are looking for after all – so no payment! This has even happened on the 10p surveys which I occasionally have a go at doing – amazing – why we can’t get the 10p for answering 75% of their tedious survey is beyond me.
When you have completed the survey or in my case been dismissed from it you are returned to your ‘survey centre’ where there is a short profile usually asking such questions as the age of your children, whether you make buying decisions for your company, whether you have thrombosis and others. You just click on the relevant ones or on ‘none of these’ and you are taken directly to your next survey. This happens until all your surveys have been completed.
I must just say at this point that, if you don’t qualify for the survey they have asked you to complete, they do give you entries into a prize draw for anything up to £10,000. Obviously I have never won anything nor have I heard of anyone else who has!
Since this new special site has been set up I have tried to answer as many of the surveys as I can – I am always on the lookout for ways to earn a bit of extra cash – and I would say that I have attempted at least 80% of the ones that have been offered to me.
I have not yet reached the minimum payout of £5!!!!!! That is how many surveys I have been allowed to fully complete in the last couple of years!
I have even received e mails offering surveys, clicked through straight away and been told ‘this survey is now closed’ – so why send me an e mail?
To be honest for me the Ciao surveys always were a bit of a joke when they were attached to the main site but now it’s even worse!
My husband has answered more surveys than I have as he does make buying decisions on computer software for his business and he has managed to accrue over £20 so it is possible although some of the surveys he has completed have been very long and time consuming.
Is anyone else actually managing to earn anything from Ciao surveys and has anyone actually won anything in the mysterious ‘prize draw’?
This has also been posted on Dooyoo.
Incidentally I have had to set the level of earnings and quality of contant at 'poor' as Ciao will not allow the review to be submitted with 'very poor' levels! W
Advantages: There is a low minimum payout of £5.00 Disadvantages: Some of the surveys are very long and you dont get paid much for them.
Ciao surveys is very easy to join once you have registered you will have a chance to fill in your profile which has various sections for you to complete. Some of the sections include: Basic profile, Interests, Media, Travel and many more. They say the more of your profile you fill in the more likely you are to get a survey sent to you. The site sends out regular surveys by email I get about 6 a day I don't always complete them all it depends how ... ...varies and so does the rewards they state the time it will take and the amount you will earn on the email. Some can take 30 minutes to complete for 10p so I don't normally do these. But others can take just a few minutes for a higher reward. I have to admit a lot of the surveys that I take part in I do a few questions then they say I don't qualify if this happens you will get entered into the sweepstake where you can earn thousands of pounds (I've ...
gsparkle 02.03.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Ciao Surveys
Advantages: fun surveys, paid for your opinion Disadvantages: sometimes surveys pay very little
Ciao surveys is a market research company that rewards you for taking part in online research. They reward you for taking part in online surveys. Fo each survey you take part in you receive some money that gets put into your ciao survey account. These type of surveys are really good as you share your opinion and at the same time earn something too. Doing online survey can help with your income which is especially helpful these days with the recession ... ...they aren't real legitimate sites. Ciao surveys is a legitimate site and you can earn money from it. Its not going to make you rich but you do earn and it does pay you.
Ciao surveys is around as companies around the world want to no what normal people (the consumer) think of there product or service they are sellng. They want to no to see if there is anyway they can improve or change there product.
To join ciao surveys go to there website and register. ...
09jbooth 15.07.2009
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Advantages: Surveys sent by e-mail, bank transfer, small minimum balance Disadvantages: You don't always qualify, some take a while
I joined Ciao surveys shortly after joining Ciao to make a little extra money. It's really simple to join, you just need your e-mail address and to make up a password. In your own time, you can fill out additional information, what you like, what you do for a living etc. They use this information to send you appropriate surveys, there's no point sending you a movie survey to do if you state you hate movies. The site sends you regular e-mails with ... ...that I do fault about Ciao Surveys is that they send you an e-mail, you click on the link and the start filling in the survey and after 5 minutes it says, 'sorry, you don't qualify for this survey but you've been put into a prize draw' or something to that affect. Well, I for one have never won a prize, they claim you can win £10,000 but I never had. So, I find this annoying, I find the more expensive one's are the pickiest about who fills them out, ...
ItalianFran92 19.02.2009
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Advantages: None Disadvantages: Be prepared to have your time wasted for very little in return.
...not being paid into my ciao account but a separate ciao-surveys account, when did I open that then???? It has a separate website and even my log in details are different??
I have contacted ciao twice about this now, no response the first time, hopefully they will reply to the second mail which has only just been sent.
Anyway to summarise, ciao-co.uk = good ciao-surveys.co.uk = bad!
I never agreed to 10p rewards or wanting to win sweepstake entries, ... ...if you think you're signing up to ciao.co.uk you may also be agreeing to their lowly sister site which is definitely not worth the time or effort. And if you try and unsubscribe from the ciao-surveys invitations it redirects to ciao.co.uk to change your settings, I still want surveys from ciao, just not from ciao-surveys grrr. ...
andie2005 25.03.2008
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Advantages: the money Disadvantages: tedious and VERY long!
...the pricier ones whilst I had the chance!!
Just to add...I have put that I would recommend these however negative I sound, as at the end of the day, Ciao is a site to make money on and these are just one of the numberous ways of doing so! ...
debs_89 14.09.2007
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