Gomez Peer has has been around sometime now – although open to members worldwide they are currently looking for more members to join from the UK.

The Gomez Peer is a small piece of software that you download and it then works unobtrusively out of view using your computer processor to test the performance of websites.

Once you become an active member (this isn’t guaranteed, but to give yourself a better chance to become active just keep running the software, their demographics for who they need to use their software changes monthly) you are paid for every hour you run the Gomez Peer + additionally for any processing time.  Payment rates are changing regularly so be sure to check out the Gomez Peer website for payment rates in your country.

They will also pay you $1 for every person  you refer who becomes active.  Their minimum payout is only $5 payable via PayPal. For a more in depth explanation as to how it all works, take a look at their site.

Have been paid many times with this one, so is well worth a look!

Get more info at Gomez Peer

Affiliate marketing has always been a great favourite of ours for earning a little extra cash online, because the principal is simple and you have a far greater chance of earning more than you ever would with the likes of say, paid to click and paid to read email programs.

Affilliate networks like this will more often than not, require you to have an up and running website or blog – well lets face it, advertisers want to know how and where you are going to be promoting them, wouldn’t you if it was your business!

A lot of advertisers will also have conditions of being a part of their program – some will not want you to promote their brand via PPC, others via social networking and so on.

Linkshare has a vast amount of advertisers and partners to affiliate with, the UK program of course has UK advertisers and partners targeted to your demographic.

For the US Version of the Site – Join LinkShare

For the UK Version of the Site – Join LinkShare UK

MyHotSpex is one of the latest paid survey programs to launch and is available to residents of the USA aged 18 and over.

For every survey you take you will earn Hotspex BUX which are points that are earned by completing Hotspex surveys.

• You can spend them on chances to win prizes or
• You can donate them to various featured charities

To take part in surveys you can either visit the site once you have joined up or they will send survey invitations to the email address  you signed up with.

Visit/Join: MyHotSpex

ACOP is probably one of the biggest paid survey companies in the world, and has been around for some time now.  We joined this program a few years ago when it was open to all international members, and we do occasionally receive the odd paid survey to complete, but it isn’t a great money earning program now for international members and ACOP have probably received more interest from companies wishing to pursue American demographics and interests and therefore has become a US only paid survey program.

Join American Consumer Opinion and get Free Cash for taking online surveys. Typically $4 to $25 for each survey you complete. Plus, a monthly drawing to win $250 in cash, just for being a member.

Remember only open to residents of the US.

Visit/Join: ACOP – American Consumer Opinion Panel

This is the US version of GlobalTestMarket – for the International version read the review here.

This US version of GlobalTestMarket offers pretty much everything the international and other country specific versions do, but surveys are targetted more to your demographics and interests in the US.  You earn points in exactly the same way as the main program and the average you can earn per survey is around 30-50 points. Even if you are not eligible to take a survey when you have completed the initial screening questions, you will probably be entered into a prize draw. Points are of course exchangeable for cash. You can redeem your points when you earn a minimum of 1000. 1 point is equivalent to 5c.

Remember this is the US only version of GlobalTestMarket.

Visit/Join: GlobalTestMarket USA

TNS My Survey – Canada are one of Canada’s largest market research companies and they give you the opportunity to take surveys and earn rewards.

For every survey you take you will earn between 10 and 500 points. depending on the length and complexity of the survey in question.  These points are then exchangeable for cash.  They state that more options for redeeming your points will be available soon, such as gift certificates.

Remember this program is for Canadian residents ONLY.

Visit/Join: TNS My Survey – Canada

Dream Mails is the latest paid to read email program added to the site, and after being a member for a few weeks now, have to say it looks pretty promising.  Seem to be sending lots of paid email on a daily basis and there are also other options on site to enable you to earn such as paid to click/visit, paid to promote and they also run contests.

Free Members (including those with the free upgrade) must log in every 90 days to be considered active. Upgraded members must log in once every 6 months to be considered active.

Payments are made via PayPal with MassPay (2% fee & $1 minimum) or AlertPay ($1 minimum for all members):
Upgraded Members get a $0.01 PayPal minimum payout and requests are processed within 48 hours. AlertPay payments are processed within 14 days.

Refer other members to Dream Mails and you can also earn, they offer 1 Referral level at 15%.

Dream Mails do not accept sign ups from the following countries: Angola, Burma, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, North Korea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Western Balkans (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia (including Kosovo), and Zimbabwe.

Visit/Join: Dream Mails

Contrary to the name Global Survey Group is the latest paid survey site to launch for US Residents ONLY who are 18 years of age and above.

They offer the chance to earn cash and/or win prizes for participating in and completing surveys.

Visit/Join: Global Survey Group