OnePulse is a unique, short and sweet, survey app that puts a fresh spin on earning some extra cash by sharing your opinions, and a side hustle you can earn money from whilst sitting on your sofa!
You'll find a mix of paid-for and just-for-fun questions and polls on the OnePulse app.
OnePulse is a tried-and-tested app I've been using for years. It's quick and easy and can be done from anywhere.
You'll be asked a couple of questions or asked to complete quick surveys, every so often, and this legitimate and easy-to-use app could pay you for your time, so it's a useful little side hustle idea.
The questions and short surveys you'll receive on the app, usually take less than one minute to answer and are very quick to complete. The questions, known as 'Pulses' and are micro-surveys consisting of up to 3 questions and cover a range of different subjects, and the topics of the Pulses could be, for example, your impression of current events in the news or could be seasonal, for example, questions about where you're going to do your Christmas shopping and if Santa's Elves will be making an appearance in your house!
They'll often ask you about your shopping habits, and you'll often find that some of the world's biggest brands use the app to gauge interest in new product releases they may be developing. For example, a recent pulse was from a well-known coffee chain asking opinions on whether you'd buy particular sandwiches that they are developing. I've seen similar questions for several different food manufacturers, supermarkets and other retailers.
The idea of this app is market research; it's a way for companies and brands to get feedback on products, such as your favourite hot beverage; eg do you like a skinny latte or a frothy cappuccino, and would you pay more for a caramel flavour version, or one using vegan link etc, plus it's also a way for other organisations to get feedback on your views on current affairs. Although you might not always be made aware of who is asking your opinion, you may often find that the press or research companies use this app for feedback and research. Often, the polls give valuable feedback to interested parties on the way the app users, and therefore the nation, are feeling towards certain situations such as elections, political parties, and other relevant news stories that benefit from getting feedback from the general public.
Your answers are confidential and you’ll always be completely anonymous so data privacy isn't a problem.
The app concept is that it's not all about paid Pulses; there are normally lots of just-for-fun questions with playful titles to draw you into taking part, than there are paid Pulses, however, it's still worth completing these anyway, even though you don't get paid for them as although it may feel like kind of a waste of time, each question you answer awards you points and the more Pulse completions you do, the more points you earn, and when you reach a certain point total you move up a level and this increases the amount you are paid per survey.
As the app is American, you will be paid in US $. You start at 25 cents per paid survey, and as you answer more questions and you move up levels, an additional one cent to the amount you earn per paid question. I've been using the app, on and off, for about 5 years, and I currently earn 38 cents per paid question.
The Onepulse app will pay for each paid survey and once you hit the minimum cash-out amount of $20, you can cashout. You'll get paid by PayPal and the payment normally hits your PayPal account within a couple of minutes of requesting your funds. The payment will be in USD, and once you log into your PayPal account (via desktop), you can easily exchange that $20 into £'s and then either withdraw it to your bank or spend it directly from your PayPal account.
The paid and unpaid Pulses can come through at random times; you never really know when you'll receive an incoming pulse survey. I've had them come through randomly throughout the week and also at unusual times, such as 2 am on a Sunday morning.
There are normally only a small number of people able to participate in each Pulse, so it is a case of being fast and hitting the take part button as soon as possible. There is normally about a 5-10 second pause for the app to get going once you hit the participate button, and if lots of people are hitting the button at the same time you may encounter laggy performance of the app, and the app kind of hangs, which can be annoying, but if the rest of the community is hitting the same button at the same time, that's not surprising!
If you get onto the app and the spaces are filled up, you might find yourself on a waiting list, and if someone drops out of taking part, you might then be able to perform the task, if not you'll be told the Pulse is full.
This app is not going to make you rich, although it has paid over $5 million to users to date, but the income helps out; after all, every penny counts during a cost of living crisis. If you answer as many questions as possible, I'd say you could probably cash out once a month on a busy month, realistically every other month, it really depends on the number of paid Pulses being sent out, but even cashing out every other month is worth $120, which is just under £100, (as I write this), and that's a decent chunk of extra money in your pocket every year. You can cash out once every 30 days.
As with all income, if you earn over £1,000 of extra income per year, you'll need to declare your income to the HMRC and will need to fill out a self-assessment to pay any applicable tax. There is more information about side hustles and the HMRC in this blog post.
You can download the OnePulse app here
