Site Review: YouData
For the past few weeks, I’ve been putting together a big post on some of the best survey sites around. It’s been a bit time consuming going through each of them, but there’s one site that I thought I’d share with you today since it’s hands down the easiest way to earn a little extra cash. It’s called YouData and frankly, unless you hate free money, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be a member.
Basically you log on each week and view any ads that you qualify for. They generally pay out at around $0.15 to $0.25 each and once you’ve viewed all of your available ads, that’s it. It takes ~60 seconds to view all of my ads each week and in exchange, I generally get about $1. Now, we’re not talking about making millions obviously, but do the math.
$1 per week for 60 seconds of your time. That’s $52 a year for 52 minutes, or an average of $60/hr. If you’re making $60/hr in your current job, chances are this wouldn’t interest you, but seeing as how I certainly don’t make that much and I doubt many others do, this is a sweet little source of side case. Of course, this is predicated on the basis that you’ll qualify for $1 worth of ads each week, but I’ve been safely earning around that rate for the past two months so far.
The best part is that payments are automatic. Most of the other sites that I’m reviewing have a minimum cashout threshold and once you reach it, it’s up to you to request the payment. Not YouData. Every Friday, they automatically send whatever you earned the previous week via Paypal. No minimums, no extra steps on your part to ask for the money, no hassles.
My much longer post on earning some extra cash isn’t going to be ready for another week or two as I’m trying to be as thorough as possible, but I thought I’d share this site with ya now since I’m still searching for the freebies today.
EDIT: As mentioned in the comments, YouData requires a user to have a cell phone in order to sign up. My bad for not mentioning that earlier. Seeing as how I signed up a few months ago, I simply forgot.
WOW….Love making money without getting out of bed….$2.23 first time. Hope this continues. Thank for the hook up:-)
Suh-weet! Just signed up and made $2.98!!! Love it! Thanks a lot Goob!
it says it pays out on friday, but i am new to this..its almost 7pm est…and my account is still not showing the money…what about anyone else?
FYI, I did have to load the Adobe 5-stack software, which I did even though my mac gave me a warning that I was giving them unrestricted access to my internet activity.
Great news! I checked my email, and YouData deposited $1.57 in my Pay Pal acct. I was supposed to get $1.60. Wonder where the 3 cents went? But the money was there!
Thanks, Goob, for letting us know about this. You’re the BEST!
i take back my comment about asking…lol…they send you an email telling you that your money is now in your account. and they took 3 cents from me too Jean. don’t know y.
Jean, the .03 was the fee that PayPal charges. Some sites that pay you to do surveys, etc. will pay this fee themselves. YouData takes it out of your earnings.
Oh, yeah, the fee amount will vary with the amount to be transfered via PayPal.
here is a stupid question. how do you get the money youdata puts onto paypal? does it go onto my card that paypal has on record automatically or do I have to request it?
I am LOVING this!! Thanks Goob! I signed up last night and made $1.75. I figure since I love to shop on ebay, I’m going to keep everything in my paypal account and use it toward anything I buy on ebay
Great stuff!
Thanks Goob! I got paid $2.50 for 1 week work less than 5 min!!!! AND…it was actually FUN
thanks, goob. saw this site listed in our paper (the tennessean) a few months back and put it on my never-ending list of sites to check out. finally got around to it and upgraded it to my shortcut favorites folder. i check it pretty often and have to say i love the little presents you’ve given me before, on, and after my birthday. keep on with the good work. i love your site. as for this youdata thing, of COURSE i will take the free money and it’s been really, really super easy. can’t wait for your big post on the free money sites.
okay, you need a cell phone, okay, you want my email address, but now I MUST have a paypal account? Sounds like a ruse to get people to start using paypal again!
I love this site, thanks so much for the info. I already had a paypal account and sign up was so easy. I’ve emailed my friends with the link too. By the way, I love your site! Thanks for making the freebies so easy for us.
just a little info…..I too signed up for this, I was excited to make a little money for free. It was easy but today my spyware ran a check and quarantined “30″, yes 30 spywares! and the only conclusion I can come to is it has to be YOUDATA! So just Beware!
Angela Fletcher, it’s not a stupid question. Once your money is in your PayPal account, you can use it for online purchases at auction sites and online retailers that accept PayPal. Otherwise, you can go into your PayPal account and tell it to send your PayPal balance to your bank account PayPal has on file for you. I think somebody mentioned earlier that you can also have PayPal send you a check, but there is a fee for that.
I just signed up – I love it.
Earned $2.16 day one!
ty Anianna. I have been wondering about that.
GOOB I am having trouble getting past the sign in process. I am stuck after that. My computer seems to freeze. I can’t click on any of the five choices. I know that I’m blonde, but thats by choice. Help Me Please
I love LOVE love this site! I signed up the other day and had my hubby sign up so were makin double the money!
I was wondering if anyone knew of any other sites worth lookin into? Just no scam sites! Thats why I love HIF there is no worry if its a scam or not it really takes the irritation out of everything!
Malibu, what browser are you using? Internet Explorer or Firefox? Whichever one it is, try the other just for the signup process.
I’ve glad so many people got their money this Friday. I told y’all this site was great
I just signed up and used your name as the referral. Already made $3.01. Thanks! I bet you are raking in a bunch of cash from referrals, eh Goob???
Goob, First I want to thank you for your website. I have been leary of trying to get free products on line, but I feel somewhat more confident with you checking them out first.
I was very skeptical about the YouData site, as I have been unsuccessful in such sites before. They were always way too time consuming for no profit. I just joined Wednesday and there was a deposit in my PayPal account already!Oh, and I did use you as a reference.
Thank You!!!!
Just received my first payment! Thanks!
I just wanted to put in my 2 cents,this is pretty good at first but after a while it will taper off.I have been doing this since feb. and my payment on friday was 17cents
youdata.com is my 2nd favorite website, next to heyitsfree.net !
Goob, do you recommend any other “survey sites”? I mean, do you personally use any others?
I agree with Angela. I got 14 cents this week. That is only 13 cents to paypal.
I just signed up for Youdata last week, I got $1.11 for the week… not bad for the small amount of time it took. It’s like someone walked up to me and handed me one dollar bill, a dime and a penny. Thanks!
I too, cannot click on the ads. I did the download, got all signed up, even immediately received a text giving me an activation number. I don’t want to switch my browser to sign up again, I’m already signed up. What’s up with that lady with her eyes wide open???! Kinda freaky lookin