My name is LapisLee and I have been taking paid online surveys for 18 months. During this time, I have been keeping records of my online paid survey earnings. I spend an average of two to three hours per day taking surveys. This Top 25 Paid Survey Site Lists is based on my own experience, and is meant to help people interested in taking surveys online to get off to a good start and minimize the time spent researching quality paid survey panels.
Top 25 Paid Survey Sites Introduction
Here are the amounts that I have earned from my 25 best paid online survey sites. I have earned $2468.84 in 18 months from 25 survey sites, which is $137.16 per month. The average survey site earned $5.49 per month, but that does not take into account how recently I joined some sites. My actual receipts are $2344.02, which is $130.22 per month.
As you can see, the dominance of the top three sites, SurveySpot, GlobalTestMarket and OpinionOutpost, remains unchallenged. ValuedOpinions is still the absolute best place to earn Amazon gift certificates, which I love because I buy CDs, DVDs and also electronics with my earnings. Greenfield Online remains static due to a lack of paid surveys for me so far this year, but, surprisingly, is still in fifth place. The bulk of my earnings came from the first six months after I joined and I have only earned $9 so far this year. HCD, DSP, SurveySavvy, ACOP, and MySurvey.com remain very steady earners, but Surveyhead has been pulling up fast behind them after only six months. Another one to watch is Toluna, formerly Your2Cents, which has really put together an exciting interactive website where you can earn points by giving opinions and taking polls. The only other noteworthy site to mention is MyView’s first appearance on this list after just five months.
My Current Top 25 List as of August 3, 2009
- SurveySpotLast Month’s Rank: #1
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $399.80
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Interactive Surveys, Product Trial Surveys
- Payment Options: cash via Check, PayPal coming soon
- Joined: 2008-01-30
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $5
- Total Payment Received: $389.90
- GlobalTestMarketLast Month’s Rank: #2
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $304.50
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check, PayPal coming soon
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 1000 points = $50
- Joined: 2008-03-01
- Total Payment Received: $304.50
- Opinion OutpostLast Month’s Rank: #3
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $251.50
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check, PayPal coming soon
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 50 points = $5
- Joined: 2008-02-04
- Total Payment Received: $242.50
- Valued OpinionsLast Month’s Rank: #4
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $161.15
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Amazon Gift Certificates
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $20
- Joined: 2008-02-18
- Total Payment Received: $140.15
- Greenfield OnlineLast Month’s Rank: #5
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $108.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Invoke Interactive Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal or Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $1 for Paypal, $5 for Check
- Joined: 2008-02-18
- Total Payment Received: $107.00
- HCD Research+2Last Month’s Rank: #8
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $96.35
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 1000 Points = $10
- Joined: 2008-02-27
- Total Payment Received: $87.65
- Daily Survey Panel-1Last Month’s Rank: #6
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $95.75
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: no minimum
- Joined: 2008-06-08
- Total Payment Received: $95.75
- SurveySavvy-1Last Month’s Rank: #7
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $89.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $1
- Joined: 2008-03-01
- Total Payment Received: $88.00
- Surveyhead+8Last Month’s Rank: #17
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $85.15
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $25
- Joined: 2009-02-05
- Total Payment Received: $45.00
- American Consumer Opinion-1Last Month’s Rank: #9
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $85.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $4
- Joined: 2008-03-31
- Total Payment Received: $85.00
- MySurvey.com-1Last Month’s Rank: #10
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $80.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 1000 points = $10
- Joined: 2008-02-02
- Total Payment Received: $80.00
- Your2Cents/Toluna+1Last Month’s Rank: #13
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $76.27
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $10
- Joined: 2008-3-01
- Total Payment Received: $70.00
- Socratic Forum-3Last Month’s Rank: #11
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $71.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $10
- Joined: 2008-03-28
- Total Payment Received: $70.00
- Pinecone Research-3Last Month’s Rank: #12
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $69.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: No Minimum
- Joined: 2008-04-03
- Total Payment Received: $69.00
- Mindfield Online-1Last Month’s Rank: #14
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $65.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check or PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $5
- Joined: 2008-2-01
- Total Payment Received: $61.00
- Netverdix-1Last Month’s Rank: #15
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $64.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: No Minimum
- Joined: 2008-04-04
- Total Payment Received: $64.00 ($50 from contest)
- Epoll+3Last Month’s Rank: #20
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $50.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Points redeemable for Cash via PayPal or Gift Certificates
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 3500 points = $5
- Joined: 2008-02-19
- Total Payment Received: $50.00
- Global Opinion Panel / Synovate-2Last Month’s Rank: #16
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $50.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial Surveys
- Payment Options: Points redeemable for Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 5000 points = $5
- Joined: 2008-05-02
- Total Payment Received: $50.00
- LightSpeedLast Month’s Rank: #19
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $50.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys and Product Trials
- Payment Options: Points redeemable for Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 575 points = $5.00
- Joined: 2008-04-02
- Total Payment Received: $50.00
- ClearVoice-2Last Month’s Rank: #18
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $42.70
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Amazon Gift Certificate
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $10.00
- Joined: 2008-02-28
- Total Payment Received: $40.00
- Viewpoint ForumLast Month’s Rank: #21
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $34.67
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Points redeemable for Cash
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 375 points = $10.00
- Joined: 2009-01-21
- Total Payment Received: $34.67
- MyViewLast Month’s Rank: Not Ranked
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $33.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $25.00
- Joined: 2009-01-21
- Total Payment Received: $26.00
- Elite Opinion-1Last Month’s Rank: #22
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $30.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Points for Cash redeemable via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 575 points = $5
- Joined: 2009-03-11
- Total Payment Received: $30.00
- Buzzback-1Last Month’s Rank: #23
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $27.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: No Minimum
- Joined: 2008-03-01
- Total Payment Received: $19.00
- Great Apparel Research Board (U30/GARB)-1Last Month’s Rank: #24
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $25.00
- Types of Surveys: Product Trial Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: No Minimum
- Joined: 2008-04-01
- Total Payment Received: $25.00
TOTALS
Earned: $2468.84
Received: $2344.02
Last updated: August 03, 2009
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Could you refer me to this:
http://viewpointforum.com ?
Apparently that’s the only way they are taking on new members. That, or have them contact you, which I think is highly unlikely … thanks!
Love your site!
Sorry. The referral program has temporarily been suspended.