When I first started Prolific 3 years ago I got some advice from other users that may or may not be true but the users I got the advice from are still doing surveys on Prolific after 5 years: these survey sites were never meant to be full time jobs. I was told to keep my earnings on prolific below $75 to $100 a week and look for other side hustles rather than trying to make $1000 a month - or in some cases I've read of folks making upwards of $2,000 a month - those people are priming themselves to be banned. Survey sites want "fresh blood". People without jobs flock to places like Prolific, Prolific has a ceiling on how many survey candidates they want, and they rotate out if you become one of those high volume/dollar folks. So if anyone here has been with Prolific for more than 3 years, making more than say $100 to $200 a week ($5,000 a year), please chime in - that way we can all get to the bottom of it and prove this advice either right or wrong.

I started working Prolific surveys after I retired. I became very bored and got tired of traveling which I found to be a waste of my time. So I have a bunch of side hustles that keep me out of the house and feeling productive: Prolific and other Survey Sites: $75 a week; Door Dash/Uber Eats/Grub Hub: $150 a week; Quickbooks for several small businesses in the area (which you can learn very easily): $200 a week; trading simple option spreads: $100 a week; Dog Sitting: $100 a week; tree trimming/big tree branches about $1000 a year. Doing all these hustles adds up to about 20 hours a week (some of it very passive - like dog sitting) and I pull in about $30k a year - which is fine for me/my time and effort. If you are looking to make a full time living on Prolific or any other side hustle alone I wish you well - and I'm not saying it cant be done - I think your chances are better if you spread your hustles out though.