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ladymissell

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I don't understand how people are making such great money from this site - I signed up three weeks ago and I've done every survey they've sent me and I've still only earned £2.83!!
 

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I don't understand how people are making such great money from this site - I signed up three weeks ago and I've done every survey they've sent me and I've still only earned £2.83!!

Are you just doing surveys they email through to you or are you regularly checking the site?

I've had it for 14 months and have earned £368.17 which is pretty good for an online survey site!
 
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I don't understand how people are making such great money from this site - I signed up three weeks ago and I've done every survey they've sent me and I've still only earned £2.83!!

Its very rare for Prolific to email a study. You have to check the site, and studies fill very quickly. The best way is to either set up a page monitor (although these aren't working so well since the site was upgraded) or keep a tab open and look for the little 1 to appear. Also, make sure that you have filled in all of the 'about you' questions to make sure that you are getting the most studies.

I get several studies a day pop up, but they are often full within a few minutes, even if they have a thousand or more places. It really is a case of faster finger wins :)
 

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I don't understand how people are making such great money from this site - I signed up three weeks ago and I've done every survey they've sent me and I've still only earned £2.83!!
I've just done a quick check and I make around £350 a year from PA which stacks up well with the Minertaur's £368 in 14 months so that seems a reasonable target to aim for without being stuck to the PC all day. As others have said it's no use waiting for e-mails, I've literally never had one from PA, I just leave my spare laptop running on the site when I'm home and do one if I notice it pop up. There is an alarm app if you use the Chrome browser called Prolific Assistant which sometimes works although it can alarm for surveys that you're screened out of so it's not 100%
 

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I've just done a quick check and I make around £350 a year from PA which stacks up well with the Minertaur's £368 in 14 months so that seems a reasonable target to aim for without being stuck to the PC all day. As others have said it's no use waiting for e-mails, I've literally never had one from PA, I just leave my spare laptop running on the site when I'm home and do one if I notice it pop up. There is an alarm app if you use the Chrome browser called Prolific Assistant which sometimes works although it can alarm for surveys that you're screened out of so it's not 100%
Yep I have my “play” laptop open on the home page and they just pop up. I only get one email per month I’d say. Have made £5 today!
 

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I joined Prolific on Sunday and I've made £21.95, which I am super chuffed with. That was 24 surveys, hardly took any time to do, were all interesting. I've only been checking occasionally too to see if there are studies so pretty happy with that :p
 
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Ok well there's def something gone wrong with my account then, I have had the webpage open and it still just shows the cup of tea and says 'waiting for studies'....there's never anything in there! wonder why??
 

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Ok well there's def something gone wrong with my account then, I have had the webpage open and it still just shows the cup of tea and says 'waiting for studies'....there's never anything in there! wonder why??
I would email Prolific Academic to check your Account is ok. There must be a problem if no studies are showing up at all.
 

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Ok well there's def something gone wrong with my account then, I have had the webpage open and it still just shows the cup of tea and says 'waiting for studies'....there's never anything in there! wonder why??

When you open prolific it shows studies, but once you login it does only show the surveys you are eligible for. The waiting for studies is what it should show if none are available and as soon as a survey is available for you it will appear.

I have noticed a decrease in studies i can take in recent times. Hope this helps.
 
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I've barely had any studies in the past month. There are studies listed before I log on but I must not be matching the required demographics.
 

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Well thanks for your tips on here, guys, I'm working from home today and have had the Prolific page open in another tab and have had a load of surveys through and made about £15 in the last hour or so!
 
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I've barely had any studies in the past month. There are studies listed before I log on but I must not be matching the required demographics.

Same! I made £24 in a week and haven't had a single study since then. So annoying cause I really enjoy them too!
 

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Well, the amount of studies usually varies throughout the academic year. I am still seeing plenty of studies listed but they are not available for me so it must be demographics.
 

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For those that cash out with Circle: how long does the money take to go from Prolific into your Circle account on average?
 

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The Paypal charges are a pain but cashing out in a bigger amount does reduce the impact a bit and it is reliable.
 

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