Guest Author Lapis Lee’s Paid Survey Bio
My name is LapisLee and this is my September 2009 update for my Top 25 Paid Survey Panels. I have been taking paid online surveys for 19 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 $2590.47 in 19 months, which is $137.02 per month. The average survey site earned $5.48 per month. My actual receipts are $2416.77, which is $127.20 per month.
As you can see, the dominance of the top three sites, SurveySpot, GlobalTestMarket and OpinionOutpost, remains unchallenged and Valued Opinions is still the absolute best place to earn Amazon gift certificates. Greenfield Online remains static due to a lack of paid surveys for me so far this year, but, surprisingly, is still clinging to fifth place. DSP, HCD, Survey Savvy, ACOP and MySurvey remain very steady earners, but Surveyhead has moved up into 8th place after only seven 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.
My Current Top 25 List as of September 4, 2009
- SurveySpotLast Month’s Rank: #1
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $407.80
- 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: $399.90
- GlobalTestMarketLast Month’s Rank: #2
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $356.00
- 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: $271.90
- 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: $264.10
- Valued OpinionsLast Month’s Rank: #4
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $174.55
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Amazon Gift Certificates
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $20
- Joined: 2008-02-18
- Total Payment Received: $161.15
- Greenfield OnlineLast Month’s Rank: #5
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $110.00
- 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: $110.00
- Daily Survey Panel+1Last Month’s Rank: #7
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $105.75
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal or Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: no minimum
- Joined: 2008-06-08
- Total Payment Received: $105.75
- HCD Research-1Last Month’s Rank: #6
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $97.65
- 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
- Surveyhead+1Last Month’s Rank: #9
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $96.15
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $25
- Joined: 2009-02-05
- Total Payment Received: $70.15
- American Consumer Opinion+1Last Month’s Rank: #10
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $93.00
- 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
- SurveySavvy-2Last Month’s Rank: #8
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $91.00
- 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
- Socratic Forum+3Last Month’s Rank: #14
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $86.00
- 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
- MySurvey.com-1Last Month’s Rank: #11
- 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: #12
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $80.00
- 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
- Pinecone ResearchLast Month’s Rank: #14
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $72.00
- 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: $72.00
- Mindfield OnlineLast Month’s Rank: #15
- 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: $65.00
- NetverdixLast Month’s Rank: #16
- 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)
- Global Opinion Panel / Synovate+1Last Month’s Rank: #18
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $60.00
- 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: $60.00
- Epoll-1Last Month’s Rank: #17
- 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
- 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
- ClearVoiceLast Month’s Rank: #20
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $43.00
- 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 via Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: 375 points = $10.00
- Joined: 2009-01-21
- Total Payment Received: $34.67
- MyViewLast Month’s Rank: #22
- 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 OpinionLast Month’s Rank: #23
- 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
- BuzzbackLast Month’s Rank: #24
- Total Accumulated Earnings: $27.00
- Types of Surveys: Online Surveys
- Payment Options: Cash via PayPal or Check
- Minimum Balance Required for Payment: No Minimum
- Joined: 2008-03-01
- Total Payment Received: $19.00
- Great Apparel Research Board (U30/GARB)Last Month’s Rank: #25
- 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: $2603.47
Received: $2416.77
Last updated: September 04, 2009
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
Have you tried Focusline.com? I joined it about 10 days ago. They have surveys available to take on a daily basis when you log in and they pay via pay-pal once your account reaches $25. So far, I have accumulated a little over $16 in this short time so I have been pretty happy with them. I was just curious if anyone else has tried this site. Great reviews, thank you for the insights!
FocusLine is identical to Surveyhead. There is no need to be a member of both. They are both excellent and offer the same surveys.
Matt,
Yes I have looked into Focusline.com and it appears to be a duplicate of Surveyhead. They even say that they work with them, and I noticed that the available surveys offered are the same. My thoughts on that are probably to either join one or the other but not both. The surveys are tracked so you can only take them at one panel or the other but not both.
So it might make more sense to accumulate your earnings in one of these two panels to reach the $25 threshold quicker.