In my search for more money-making online platforms, I stumbled upon the Premise app. The promise of getting paid for completing tasks and surveys was enough to get me to install it and see what it was about. But after signing up and going through the account and tasks area, I came away unimpressed.
In this post, I am going to be talking about my experience using Premise. You will find out what type of tasks they offer, their payment method, their terms, and if you can actually make money with them.
So before you go ahead and create an account, read this and know what to expect.
What Is Premise All About?
Premise is a mobile app that pays users to complete small tasks, mostly surveys, photo submissions, and location-based observations. The company behind it, Premise Data Corporation, collects this information and sells it to businesses, governments, and organizations who use it for market research and decision-making.
The idea is, you download the app, sign up, and Premise shows you available tasks in your area and the amount to be paid for each. Complete a task, submit it, and you earn that amount once the task is approved.
It sounds very straightforward on paper, but how it plays out for a Nigerian user is a different story, and that is what I want to break down for you.
Signing Up on Premise
After installing the app from the App Store, I signed up using Google. I was asked to grant some permissions like location, and to “make and manage phone calls”. I had to grant these permissions to move forward with the registration.
Next was to enter my basic profile details like gender, age, and region. After these, I landed on the dashboard and was greeted with a few tasks.
The Task Type And Incentive Offered
The type of tasks I saw after signing up wasn’t surprising at all; I expected something like that. But what I didn’t expect was the amount offered for each of them.
First, there were no paid surveys on my account to complete. The only thing that looked like a survey there was unpaid, and for this, you are asked for additional information about yourself and your household.
As for the tasks, I met three there, but not one of them offered anything tangible. And each required me to look for something or a place, take pictures and videos, and upload them on their platform.
The first task asked that I visit an industrial freight hub in my community and take pictures of it. An industrial freight hub is a place where goods are collected, sorted, and moved between trucks, trains, or ships before continuing to their next destination, like a warehouse or depot for cargo in transit.
I know where a freight hub is in my location, but it is not very close to me. So to get there, I needed a form of transport other than foot. I looked at the task again, and I looked at the amount offered: 300 naira! LOL.
That amount would not even cover the cost of my transport, let alone compensate me for the time and stress of getting there and back.
The two other tasks on the app were not even better. They were both requesting something similar, and with similar pay. I was never going to do such tasks for such an amount of money, so I let them slide.
Premise’s Payment Method
Since I wasn’t going to be completing any tasks, I decided to check how payments actually work on Premise, in case a better-paying task showed up later.
For Nigerians, Premise pays out through mobile top-ups rather than direct cash or PayPal. So instead of withdrawing money to your bank account, your earnings are converted into airtime credit on your phone.
This might work for someone who just wants free airtime, but it is a letdown if you were hoping to make actual spendable income.
Although they said you can contact them to see if more payment options can be made available to you, even if possible, I doubt that will be stress-free.
There’s also a minimum threshold of N1,800 you need to hit before you can redeem anything. And to meet that threshold before a top-up is even possible means you will have to complete around six tasks, if we go by their rate of N300 per task.
Premise Cash-out Terms
Premise also has something called a “cash-out deadline”. Once a task is completed and approved, you have six months to withdraw that money before it is considered “aged.” If you miss this window, Premise can charge you a fee for every year the money sits unclaimed. So if you are not actively cashing out, you could end up losing money you already earned just by leaving it there.
But there is an exception if Premise has not made enough tasks available in your region for you to hit the withdrawal minimum in time. In that case, you can reach out to their support to request a fee waiver or an alternative payout method.
Can You Actually Make Money With Premise In Nigeria?
Based on everything I have shared so far, my honest answer is no, not in any meaningful way.
There were no surveys on my account as of the time of writing this, and if any eventually becomes available, I doubt it will pay something worthwhile for each submission.
The tasks: they pay too little to justify the effort, especially when some of them require transport to locations that cost more than the task itself pays. Even if you push through and complete enough tasks, your reward is airtime, not cash, and you need at least six approved tasks just to hit the N1,800 threshold to redeem anything.
If you have a lot of free time, don’t mind running errands for tasks, and just want free airtime once in a while, Premise might be worth keeping on your phone. But if you are looking for a real side income, this is not it.
My Final 2 Cents
Premise is not a scam; it does pay, just not enough to make it worth recommending as a money-making platform for Nigerians. Considering the low task rates, and the airtime-only payout, there are better ways to spend your time online if actual income is the goal.
If you have used Premise yourself and had a different experience, I would like to hear about it in the comments.
