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PineCone Research Paid Survey Signup Link

Sun — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:25:39 +0000

Here is the new PineCone Research signup link that I just received.

In case you are not familiar with it, PineCone Research is an online research firm that gathers consumer opinions on new or existing products. Once becoming a member, you can participate in their studies and receive compensation for your time. The payout is $3 for each completed study. Though the amount isn’t high, the payment is guaranteed as long as you finish the survey, which usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes. This is different from other online surveys which always perform a screening and you will only be paid after you pass the screening and complete the survey. And because payment is guaranteed for members who participate in the online surveys, the door to a PineCone Research membership isn’t always open, which is also different from most online survey providers. Registration is usually done through links that PineCone send out to existing panel members during their recruiting period. If you are interested in becoming a member, you can use this new signup link to register. To find out more about PineCone Research and other paid online survey providers, check my paid survey reviews post.

In addition to PineCone Research, I also use MyPoints to earn points for free by simply clicking advertisements they send to me every day. For each click, I can usually earn 5 points that are accumulated. I can also earn more points by shopping through MyPoints or taking up some offers, but I am too lazy to do that, so most of the time I only got free points. MyPoints also have surveys for 50 points per completed survey, but you have to qualify first.

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PineCone Research Paid Survey Signup Link

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Sun — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:04:41 +0000

I am not sure how trustworthy this is, but decided to share it with everybody who wants to give it a try.

I got this email last night from a survey website that sends me surveys everyday (I think I registered with them before) but I never took any, but this one certainly looked interesting:

A client has engaged us to survey consumers about their attitudes and behaviors when it comes to real estate. If you qualify for and complete the survey we will email you a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate within two weeks of the closing of the study. You will be asked a few qualifying questions. If you pass them you will then take a 20-25 minute survey.

It’s the promise of a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate that got my attention and I thought it won’t hurt to try it out. After a 10-question screening, which I did pass, I got another 60 questions mostly about mortgages, and in the end, I was told again I will receive the gift certificate, though I don’t know if eventually it will come. But just as last time when I tried ScriptLogic software for a $5 gift card, it could be real.

If you want to take the survey, use this link.

Update: This offer has expired. However, there are many other surveys that offer cash compensation, including GlobalTestMarket and Survey4Profit. Check out my paid survey reviews page for details.

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Paid Survey Sites: My Review

Sun — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:12:21 +0000

I joined many paid survey panels back in June and July before I started this Diary, trying to collect some extra money in my pocket once in a while. At the beginning I really had fun doing some of the surveys and was happy to get paid for a few bucks for 10 to 20 minutes of time. I never thought I will make it a big deal but I love free money (well, they are not really free because you do have to spend some time), big or small. I just take whatever comes to me (will you take the survey if it pays you $2 for 20 minutes of your time?). Actually, at one time, I felt I didn’t pretty good, making more than $100 in a month. In the last couple of months, however, the pace slowed down. Also, I no long spend as much time as I used to on surveys recently as this Diary takes most of my spare time every day.

If you have time and want to make a few bucks on the side, you can definitely try doing some paid surveys. With some luck, you make some nice spare money

Survey Adventure

Survey Adventure is like an aggregator of paid survey sites. Though Survey Adventure, you can do paid surveys with such survey providers as Panda Research, Inbox Dollar, Opinion Outpost, and Survey Spot (one of my favorites). If you like the idea of having one site manage your survey, then you should check out Survey Adventure. Once you complete the registration process, you can start to earn money by doing surveys immediately.

SurveySpot

This is so far my largest resource for free money and it’s also one of my favorites.

Multiple invitations on an almost daily basis
Has more cash-reward opportunities than any other survey providers I am using
Relatively easier to qualify for full survey than other places as well
Payout amount from $3 to $10, with $3 being the most cases
Reasonable amount of time for each survey (10 to 20+ minutes)
Minimum payment $5 and have to request the check
Customer service not very good (once I sent them an email for a survey related question, they didn’t response for more than 10 days and when they did response they told me they lost my original email and asked to repeat it. I then decided to forget about it)
No Paypal service

Greenfield Online

I used to use it a lot but not recently though it had earned me more than 100 dollars so far

Multiple invitations every day, but almost all of them only reward sweepstake entries
Payout amount is low, many only pay $1 for 20+ minutes, which I think not worth the time
Once in a while, they have interactive survey opportunities (real time, takes about 60 to 90 minutes) for $20 to $25 if qualify
Difficult to qualify (sometime I felt I was rejected with apparent reasons)
Has problems with recording the survey results
Good customer service, quick response
Length check processing time (6 to 8 weeks to get the check) and have to request the check
Paypal not available yet

GlobalTestMarket

Another one of my favorites

Survey invitations quite often (several a week)
Rewards points which can be redeemed for cash
Points per survey usually range from 50 to 75 points in most cases
1 point = 5 cents, second highest among providers I use that reward survey points
Guaranteed 5 points even don’t qualify for the full survey
Minimum payment 1000 points and have to request the check

Your2Cents

It’s an OK place

Only sends cash-reward invitations, but not many
Rewards vary even qualify ($1 to $3, $1 to $5, or $1 to $10)
$1 bonus reward towards next completed survey for filling out your profile (total 6 profiles)
You only know how much you will get at the end of the survey
Have to request the check, no Paypal service
$5 minimum payment

Pinecone Research

Another my favorite provider

Once join the panel, automatically qualify for their surveys
However, not many opportunities
Pay $5 for every survey (though I completed every survey, it seems that they issue the check even before I finish the survey)
Automatic payment, no request needed
Paypal payment now available

Brand Institute

Another good provider

Usually pays $2 fixed amount, no matter how long the survey actually takes
Most surveys are about 30 minutes
Not many opportunities (once or twice a month maybe)
Many surveys (at least those I took) are medicine related
Automatic payment 6 weeks after completing the survey, no payment request needed
Pay via Paypal

American Consumer Opinion

I only got a couple of invitations when I first enrolled. Didn’t get any in the past 2+ months. Cash only rewards.

SurveySavvy

Same as American Consumer Opinion, I haven’t got any survey for more than 2 months. Cash only rewards.

I also joined Opinion Outpost, MySurvey, and Lightspeed Panel, but haven’t made any money from them as they all reward points for completed surveys and the minimum points to redeem for cash is 1000 (except Opinion Outpost which requires 50 points), a threshold I haven’t reached yet. For Opinion Outpost, you will get $1 for every 10 points (that’s 10 cents per point, better than GlobalTestMarket). For Lightspeed Panel, 1150 points can be redeemed for $10 Paypal cash. A $10 Amazon e-certificate costs only 1100 points.

Some Tricks

All other providers will send you an email invitation when there’s a survey available. So if you log into your online account, you probably won’t find anything other than you already knew: your history, what’s available, etc. Not so for SurveySpot and Greenfield. For these two, there are many cash-paying opportunities that are not sent to you by email. That means you have to log into your account quite often to find them. And if you refresh your page, you may see more of those opportunities showing up !

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Brand Institute Survey Review

Sun — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:03:00 +0000

I have signed up with some online paid survey sites, such as Greenfield Online, SurveySpot, SurveySavvy, Your2Cents, and Brand Institute, for more than a month and my overall experience with them so far was OK. Yes, many times I didn’t qualify for the paid surveys and I passed a lot surveys that only rewarded me with a sweepstake entry. I did manage to get through some survey screeners and completed the offer, though I haven’t seen any payment yet.

What seem to be interesting and confusing are those questionnaires from Brand Institute. I have received a total of four invitations since I joined in early July, yet I didn’t qualify for any of the offers. That’s fine. If I don’t qualify, I don’t qualify. However, what bothers me is how Brand Institute selects the candidate. For example, yesterday I got an email from them with a survey invitation and the usual stuff:

We would like to invite you to participate in a short screener. Participation in this screener is voluntary and those qualified individuals will be invited to participate in a paid online survey immediately.

After I clicked the link in the email, I was brought to the disclosure page:

So the study is about “potential logos for a new product? at least that’s what they said in the disclosure. It’s always good to have an idea of what’s the survey is about before starting it. I agreed and there came the first page of the screener.

What? Why my health has anything to do with my ability to evaluate logos? Actually, this was the second time that a Brand Institute’s survey screener began with a list of diseases. I’m in my 30s and what’s the chance for me to have cancer, HIV, or high blood pressure? The first time when I saw the list (I forgot what the survey was about), I chose None. Guess what? I was disqualified. So this time, maybe I shouldn’t be that healthy. OK, I have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Continue.

Isn’t that amazing? I mean if the survey is about medicine or health care, or anything related to health, I can understand why they need to know if I have certain diseases or not, but this survey is for LOGOS!

Seriously, I have to ask them about the screener, which doesn’t make any sense to me.

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Will You Do Paid Survey for Money?

Sun — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:00 +0000

During the internet boom of the late ’90s, you could find all kinds of money-making websits that pay you to simply click links on their websites, or install a small banner on your computer and let it run when you are surfing the internet. Easy money indeed. I can still remember a couple of names, such as Alladvantage.com, Surfing2cash.com, and Utopaid.com. Sometimes it made me wonder how these compaies can make money by paying you do nothing other than clicking some links. Sure the advertisers got some traffic to their sites, but what else did they gain? I never bought anything through those links and I believe I am not alone.

After the internet bubble burst, these companies all vanished.

Now if you want to get some free money, it won’t be an effortless job and the payouts don’t come close to those of the go-go days. Yet, free money is free money.

One way to get a few bucks once in a while is to join some survey panels and do online paid survey. The trick is you have to qualify. These surveys usually come with a screener and you will only get paid if you pass the screen and complete the survey. The payout is anywhere from $2.00 to $6.00 per survey. If you don’t qualify to take the survey, you will get an entry to the sweepstake.

From my short experience (I only started to do survey this month), I like Brand Institute and SurveySpot. Brand Institute only sent me two surveys so far, but they were all paid surveys. I got several survey invitations from SurveySpot, as well as from Greenfield, every day, but most of rewards are sweepstake entries, which I am not very enthusiastic about.

The other one is the so-called paid email. The paid click arrives in your mail box every day and you can earn 3 to 5 cents by clicking the link. I currently use SendEarnings and InboxDollars. Both of them also offer sign-up bonus.

Relatively speaking, paid email sounds easy and requests much less time. Some surveys, on the other hand, can take you up to 40 minutes. That’s kind of long for only a couple of bucks.

If you have some spare time, it may not be such a bad idea of getting some extra cash, like an email from Survey Explosion says:

… if you just want to have fun and make a little extra cash then you can start slowly and put just a few hours per week into this effort.

If you really have a lot of time

… if you want to replace your current job income with survey income then you will need to put as many or more hours into this effort to be successful.

That I will never do.

If you are interested in doing free paid survey for a few extra bucks, take a look at my survey site reviews for more information.

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