In case you haven’t tried it yet, here is the scoop on NPD’s latest addition Sweepland. NPD has spiced things up a little by adding a new sweepstakes system they call sweepland. Now for each survey you complete you get the usual sweepstakes entries for the daily, monthy, and quartely sweepstakes plus 25 sweepland points and a chance to spin the sweepland wheel. They don’t have Vanna White, but it is still entertaining. The wheel contains prizes ranging from $500 instant winner to additional sweepland points ranging from 25 to 500 points. Once you earn your points, then the real strategy begins, how to use them. They have a menu of prizes, and you must bid your collected points for a particular prize for a chance to win. They give you details such as number of prizes per item, percentage of people bidding, etc, so you gotta be savvy on how you spend your points. I tried a couple of times but haven’t won yet, anyone else given this a try?
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well it depends on the percentage of people that want that same prize. The lower the % the higher the chance that you’ll get it. What I’m going to try to do its save up a lot of points, and I mean a lot. This will ensure that I have a really high chance of winning.
Hey, I’m so glad I found this blog! I just got an email from Sweepland saying I was the big winner in June – $5000?!?!?!? I joined NPDOR in 2000 mostly because I like giving my opinion on things. I never thought I would win. I must admit, though I am super excited if this is real, it makes me a little nervous. They emailed me a tax form I need to fill out. I see that AJ has won before so maybe you can tell me, did you do any kind of research to make sure you weren’t sending your SSN to a scammer? What was the name of the company who you sent your info to?
Carrie,
How exciting! While, I must admit that I have never won a prize that big, NPD is a legit company. Marden-Kane is the company contracted by NPD to help administer the SweepLand program, and they also handle the prize distribution. They are a very well know company, and here is a link that shows that NPD (NPDOR) is a client.
http://www.mardenkane.com/clients.cfm
There should be some reference to them on the email you received. Also here is a link to their contact page: http://www.mardenkane.com/contactus.cfm.
It has phone numbers on it, and maybe someone there can verify you winning status.
Be sure to come back and let us know if it all works out. Good Luck!
Whoot Whoot!!! Someone has won the big prize!!!! Congratulations. or however you spell it. If only I had sent my info I would have a touch screen pc at home right now. I’ve heard of many people winning since I found out this blog. Right now I think it’s legit.
how much did u bid?
Carrie,
What Jim says is true. It was mardenkane that I sent that information to. And I did look around to make sure that it was legit. We even called on it because we were wondering why you would be charged 1,000 for a weekend getaway.. And they told us they would only charge us taxes on what we spent. It is very legit! You’re very lucky you won that!! Congrats!
do anyone know where to complete the surveys for the points
Joao,
You must be an NPD member to receive the surveys. These surveys are rewarded with points that can then be used at the Sweepland site. Membership to NPD is free. Here is a link to the
NPD Registration Page.
Just wanted to follow up to let everyone know that I got my check and the bank accepted it with no problem! Thanks, everyone, for being so helpful and answering my questions. The money is basically already spent since we had a bunch of work done on the house last month – not exactly a sexy use for the money, but it definitely helps out. Thanks, guys!
Carrie,
Thanks for updating us, and congratulations on your big win!!!
Well its good to know that some people do win the big money. Congratulations. I should of sent my paperwork for my touchscreen pc. >=\ o well. im sure who ever got it deserves it. Congratulations once again. What are the chances that I will win again?
I have tried severals years and I have not won anything. I will keep playing for another year. If I don;t win, I will stop. However, it wis awfully FUN.
Hi Everyone!
For all the winners — did you bank thousands of points and then use them? Or did you use a couple hundred? I usually don’t bank more than a thousand, then I distribute them among several prizes. What was your winning strategy? Thanks!
Well my strategy is to bank as many points as I can (usually more than 1 thousand) and try to win one of the prizes that people want the least. i wait until there is something i really want. last time i won the Touch PC but i didnt send some paper work so i didn not receive it. *sighs*. but there’s always another time
Does anyone know an estimate of how many points in total are in play? I just would love to calculate my true percentage of winning! I’ve banked up close to 1,000 but i just dont want to let go of them without knowing more info!
I’m still with NPD still havn’t won same as I posted in july I’m wondering if the people who say they won is legit…Also like Brian you can’t be from the south I don’t belive anyone from the south ever wins.
I have been with NPD and Sweepland for almost a year I havent won anything yet because I was building up my points I just entered all my points in the House season 1-5 Im a huge fan I know Im going to win Ill let you all know what happens….. Peace and Love…. Good luck to all who play in Sweepland
So I entered all my points, about 1,000+ and I didn’t win. I think next time I’ll enter twice as much. This will keep going untill I win. Good luck every1
My computer won’t load sweepland, what can I do to let it load?
idk man..it doesnt load in the beggining when u play the game..or it doesnt load the website?
You need to download a more recent version of Internet explorer like 7 or 8! good luck
Thanks to everyone for their posts here. I’ve been with NPD for about 3 years and have saved up about 3,000 points now. I usually put in 10 points here and there, but have never won. On a few occassions, I’ve put in 200-300 points when they offer things like 5 $100 Gas Card Winners, but haven’t won entering that many points either.
I’m tempted to throw in my 3,000 points for something big, but I’d be crushed if I didn’t win after all this saving. If anyone here won, please post how many points you put in to win – the 10pts here and there method definitely does NOT work.
To the winners — Does the winning email say Sweepland in it or MaryKane?
To everyone else — I have been skeptic of NPD/Sweepland for some time now too but I never thought they were a company that steals your informationa. I just entered my name in the recent Star Trek drawing package and it had a 1% popularity, so i entered like 1,040 pts in it, and im still waiting to hear from Sweepland if I won or not. Carrie how many pts did u enter and at what percentage was the vacation at?
hello,
i have a npd and havnt gotten any surveys emaild to me yet. n winners plz xpln ur strategy
So I have put 1850 points on a prize that closes on 12/16. There are 2 prizes and it is currently at 7%. I will try to post back win or lose. Wish me luck!
I have close to 2000 points…should i enter the 1000 cash or the 2 prize 250?
Kelsi,
With the way things have been going for people (i.e. they hardly ever win anything), perhaps try for the $250 this time. 2,000 isn’t alot of points in the grand scheme of things. There are thousands and thousands and thousands of people playing Sweepland, and the odds of winning ANYTHING are slim to none.
OR…
You could wait until you rack up 4000 points and place 2000 points on $250 and 2000 points on $500.
OR…
You could wait until you get 6000 points and place 2000 points on $250, 2000 points on $500, and 2000 points on $1000.
Hope this helped. Good luck.
Alex
Okay, for starters it looks like several posts over the last month or two were deleted. I’ve posted at least 3 times here, but am only seeing my initial post. I’m also notified of responses via email and am surprised that some of those responses are missing as well. What gives?
Secondly, here’s an update on the points I’ve used. I put 1,000pts against the $250 gas card about a month ago and did not win despite there being 5 prizes. I did so again this week (same deal, same 1,000 points) and did not win again. At the time, the prize board showed that this prize was 1% of entered points and the top prize was 51% ($5,000 cash). So if I am the only person entering on the gas card (unlikely), that would mean there are 51,000 entries for the $5,000 cash. Probably several times that amount.
I’ve been a loyal NPD panelist for four years and never won anything. I don’t think it’s a scam, but if there are hundreds of thousands of points in there at any given time and I’m only earning 20 per survey, there’s very little chance of winning anything in my opinion. I’ve got another 1,000 pts to blow and then I’m done with them.
Justin, Sorry for the mix up. Yes, we had a little glitch with our database that stores the comments and we lost several days of posts. I tried to restore what I could, but as you pointed out we did in fact lose some responses. If you wish to repost anything that was lost, I would be happy to get your feedback up on the blog.
Again, sorry for the mixup and thanks for your feedback.
Hey Jim,
No problem and thanks for the fast response. I just wasn’t sure what happened, but thanks for clearing it up! One more quick update – I used up the last of my points tonight, so if I don’t win anything I’m done. Good luck to the rest of you and please post your story here whether you win or lose!
Justin
well as it looks my 1850 points were wasted I did not win and with what little points I earn from the servey looks like a big waste of time odds are I’ll never win anything ,thinking I’m done also
Well, I haven’t won anything yet, and I’ve lost thousands of points, but I think its kind of fun, it doesn’t take too much time to do MOST of the surveys, so I’m thinking I’ll keep banking points for now (excuse this English major’s run on sentence–grammar in blogging doesn’t count, lol). I hope winners keep posting; it helps me stay optimistic! Sour, I cheering for you to win again!
I have also been a member of NPD for several years, I had a total of around 9,000 points that I saved up threw those several years and I entered all my points at once 4 months ago, I placed 5,000 points towards the $5,000 dollars sweepstakes and the other 4,000 towards the $1,000 dollars sweepstakes and this did not make any difference because I never won.
So in my opinion it just is not worth it.
I believe it is just the luck of the draw. Its kind of like the lottery. If you want to win, you’ve gotta play. Sure your chances are better if you bank alot of points and use them all at once. But you have to look at the big picture too. You can either have a 5% chance of winning by entering in your points to some cool things you might want to win. Or a 0% chance at winning by banking your points, and not playing at all. The only plus side to banking is your chances could go up to maybe %35 or so. There are so many people playing you still might not win. Then like Justin, all of that hard work was for nothing! My strategy is going to be distributing my points throughout the board on things i could really use, or like alot. Im going to do this weekly. Ill let you all know if it pays off
. Good luck everyone!
I won the daily $100 giveaway in december, i opened a bank account and spent my money right away! its great!
Hey everyone I just joined and have one question. How do you get points? I mean is there a way to take surveys? They like send me one every week or one ever few days and I dont get enough points to win. lol Thank you
its legit i won a hundred dollars cash, they sent me a check with sweepland at the top =)
Ok thanks, but how do I get surveys? I just have to wait for them and how long does it usually take between each survey. I know some sites you have to wait a dy or two but they they you this website does not.
Well i’ve saved about 3,000 points right now..but i still dont think that is enough to try to win the “cheap” stuff. idk when im going to use the points..but im still taking these surveys and accumulating points. Eventually when i have a lot i will put them towars a small price..to make sure i win something.
p.s. didn’t this forum moved to another website address or something?
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