PAYING SURVEY SITES - Place to go to get the low-down

[Judyel]

There are some REALLY awful survey sites, some not too bad and some good ones.

Surveypolice.com is an excellent site - it aims to list all survey sites available and then members post as to their experiences with each site - they are listed in different ways:

What countries they are open to, eg. UK, US, international
Their legitimacy (as far as can be ascertained)
Members opinions and ratings
Who owns them and where their Head Offices are situated

This is a place where you CAN FIND NEW PANELS
You can post and rate what you think along with your experiences eg. how long to payout, do they even pay out, etc. and also add a site if you come across one that is not listed by them.

I do have to say, however, that all opinions are subjective and what I think is pathetic, could be construed by some else to be good - in other words, one man's meat is another man's poison.

Some of the best, in my opinion, are:

Opinionoutpost.co.uk (already mentioned on The Money Shed as being excellent)
Ipoll.com Legitimate, does pay out but surveys take weeks, sometimes, to be credited
Yoursaypays.co.uk Pleasant site, takes about 3/4 months to earn £20, some telephone surveys - pays out immediately
Newvistalive.com Quite good, bit slow, pays out at £25, I think but legitimate
Yougov.co.uk SLOW...... need 5000 points for £50 BUT they are legitimate and do pay within a few days
uk.vivatic.com SLOW but legitimate - pays out at £20 BUT take 40p for processing your request!

Keep away from, in my opinion:

Pureprofile.co.uk Look a 'posh' site BUT taken me three years to reach £25 and have to wait 30 business days,
equates to SIX WEEKS in real terms
Surveynetwork.co.uk Used to be excellent - not so now - at least SIX surveys a day sent for which you jusy keep on
filling in info. and get nowhere.

GlobalTestMarket.com Used to be good but there are lots of surveys with loads of anomalous blurb, telling you how good
then you do not qualify AFTER FILLING OUT LOADS OF INFO. Pays out at 1000 points, I think - about £32

There are, loads of others which I could mention but they are all on SURVEY POLICE - so try it!

 

[Blackpepper1]

Good list.
But I would say that I think GlobalTestMarket one of the better surveys sites. It is my top site earning wise. So far I have cashed out £90 this year and once you cash out you wait only a maximum of 7 days to receive your payment though I usually get it in around 3-5 days max.There are a few screen outs but you do get screened out very quickly and is no worse than any other survey site.
Also the thing to remember with GlobalTestMarket is to keep your Profile up to date as that does help.
NewVista Pays out at 5000 Points which is equivalent to £50. Tried it and found it was taking too long. I may have been able to cashout with NewVista in about two years time at the rate I was receiving surveys from them so I do those elsewhere.
YouGov is again one of the best ones. There are no screenouts with YouGov you qualify for every survey they send you. So far this year I have received one £50 payment from them which took 4 weeks to be paid into my account. I am almost at my next £50 payout with YouGov so for me very profitable and worthwhile.