I’ve made hundreds of pounds a month since the age of 13 thanks to my easy side hustle – I can do it from anywhere
A TEENAGER has claimed he makes hundreds of pounds a month due to a side hustle which is so easy he can do it from anywhere.
Ben Thornbury, now 18 from Wiltshire, first started filling in online surveys when he was just 13 and still at school.
He initially thought it was a scam but now spends a few hours a week filling them in.
Despite his reservations he decided to do some research and eventually took the plunge and Googled “top survey sites” before signing himself up.
Ben told Business Insider: “At the time, the website I was using was Swagbucks.
“I was earning more than £100 a month, which is a lot of money at 13 – especially because I wasn’t really doing a real job. I was just at home ticking boxes.”
His parents were wary at first, also thinking he could be involved in a scam but he said he eventually “proved them wrong”.
Due to most of the websites requiring people to be at least 16 before they can sign up, he had to wait before the money started rolling in.
Ben though said this was a good thing, saying that otherwise you’d just have loads of youngsters filling in surveys “completely randomly”.
He revealed that he now uses a website called Qmee which he can use on both his laptop and mobile.
Ben said: “On that site alone, I’ve made more than £200 in a month filling in surveys for 10 hours a week. I could make so much more than that, but I just don’t have the time.”
He also uses a site called Opinion Outpost which he said was good but you needed to have at least 100 points – equivalent to £5 – before you can take the money out.
However, he said that it was quite easy to achieve that within a day of using it.
Ben said he preferred Qmee because it offered “the most engaging surveys for me” and also had a well-designed app with “great graphics” to keep him engaged.
The lad revealed the topics the surveys covered varied but his favourites were ones about household items, food and games.
He added you could be asked what you had for breakfast and where you got it, or you could be shown a loading screen of a game and asked how it could be improved.
Ben said that most sites let you pick the topics you cover, adding that it was better to be genuinely interested in the survey because it was important for you to succeed in doing this to make some money.
He said your quality of response can affect your future on the platform.
Ben warned that if they think your responses are rushed, they could give you fewer surveys to complete and could even get banned.
The lad said: “The best thing is that I can do it from wherever I want. I’ve done it at home, on the bus to college, and sometimes I even do it in school.”
He added it was a great way for anyone to make a bit of extra cash and could be good for people who are stuck at home or just struggling to find work – and you don’t even have to go through an interview process to get started.
Ben has been using some of the money into helping his local community.
When he was 14 he stated a Facebook group to do just that and he funds planting seeds in flower beds, trees and cleaning up the area with the money he makes.
Ben said: “I’ve now got two sheds full of equipment that I’ve bought for the community – things like leaf blowers, brushes, and wheelbarrows. They’re literally stacked to the brim.”