Survey Scout Review – Is Survey Scout a Scam?

Survey Scout is one of those names in paid surveys industry that is recognized by most people who make money with paid surveys or trying to. However, a lot of people are not actually familiar with the company and there are many people who actually think Survey Scout is a scam. So, I decided to do a SurveyScout review to shed some light on what really SurveyScout is all about.
I actually got to know SurveyScout about 5 years ago when I was really active in making money online with paid surveys. Like many of you, I had been hearing about Survey Scout on the web and had read a few reviews about it as well. But I still was not sure if it was a legitimate paid surveys site or just another survey scam designed to rip people off.
Now, if you have Been reading my blog for a while, you know that I always say legitimate paid surveys sites are 100% free to join and I would personally never pay to join a survey site and I always advise you to not do that either.
But, I had been hearing so much about survey scout and I was desperately trying to make even more money with paid surveys that I just had to go against my instinct and pay the $34.95 fee to register with SurveyScout. And this is what I found out after getting in.

Is Survey Scout a Scam Or a Real Paid Surveys Site?
Here is the thing, SurveyScout is not actually a market research company that conducts online surveys. Meaning, when you sign up with Survey Scout, you don’t actually get invitation to paid surveys where you can fill out the survey and get paid by SurveyScout.
So, What is SurveyScout?
Basically, Survey Scout is a directory of hundreds of legitimate paid surveys sites. So, basically you are paying that one time fee of $34.95 to get a list of a few hundred legitimate paid survey companies that you can register with for free and make money by participating in their market research studies.
Now, here is deal; you could pretty much find many of these paid surveys sites that are listed in Survey Scout’s database by researching online and also by reading my list of 40+ real and legitimate online surveys sites.
Why Would You Pay to Access Survey Scout’s Paid Surveys Database?
Well, the thing is if you were to search the Internet and find all these few hundred paid surveys sites that are listed in Survey Scout’s database, you could probably find 1/3 of them for free, but, you would have to spend a lot of time. Now, if you are like most people and think time = money, then you wouldn’t want to spend hours and days perhaps, searching all over the web trying to find all these sites.
Not to mention the fact that almost 2/3 of the legitimate paid surveys sites that are listed with Survey Scout can not be found elsewhere on the Internet, no matter how long you search for them and how much time you spend trying to find them.
Would I Recommend Anyone to Join SurveyScout?
I’ll be honest, you should only register with survey scout if…

1. You are really committed and want to make decent money taking paid surveys and you want to join as many paid surveys sites as possible, so you can make more money by participating in more online surveys.
2. You can actually afford to pay the one time fee to become a member and access their database of legit paid surveys companies.

Do Not Join SurveyScout If…
You are just trying to make some extra cash by spending a few hours a week or so taking online surveys, then I would suggest you to save your money. You can use my free list of 40+ legitimate paid surveys sites to register with a few survey companies. You will have more survey invitations that you can handle. Trust me!
Basically, when you pay to register with Survey Scout, you are paying for a huge list of legit paid surveys sites that you couldn’t otherwise find (at least most of them) elsewhere. So, in a sense it does save you money by helping you save a lot of time
So, in conclusion I would say, Survey Scout is not a scam, but it is also not what most of us think it is. It is not a paid survey company, thus you can’t actually make money with them (as they claim on their sales page). But, Survey Scout can indirectly help you make money with paid surveys by providing you a comprehensive list of legitimate paid surveys sites which you can join to get paid for your opinion.