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My top five paid survey websites for UK residents
Since January 2009 I have joined over 20 paid survey websites that are open to UK residents. After 8 months I have been paid at least once, sometimes more, by most of them. I refer to sites such as: Global Test Market, Lightspeed, Valued opinions, OnePoll, MySurvey, Toluna, Ciao survey, Synovate, Ipoints, Adpaid etc.
Now I want to introduce you to what I consider the best five. The main criteria I have applied are: a) they are a genuine paid survey website; b) the payment per survey is reasonable, and c) the survey length is shorter than most others.
Number 1: globaltestmarket.com
Global Test Market, like the name, is an international market research company that pays members for participating in their market research.
Signing up for an account is very easy. You just need to provide an email address and a password. Then you need complete 8 short surveys on your profile to qualify for more opportunities. For British citizens you can also join it via some cash back websites, such as ecasher.co.uk, cashinbag.co.uk.
You can only participate in its survey after you receive an invitation via your email.You get MarketPoints for completing most surveys or are given a couple of entries to its daily and monthly sweepstakes.It has lots of survey topics and the survey design is user friendly. Normally it takes about 15-20 minutes to complete a survey, then you can get 5-50 MarketPoints immediately. The value of MarketPoints is fixed against the U.S. Dollar at 5 cents per MarketPoint.Upon your successful completion of the survey you automatically receive 3 Sweepstakes entries. By completing a survey that you are not eligible for you will receive 1 Sweepstakes entry. When you have at least 1000 MarketPoints you can redeem your MarketPoints for a cheque sent by post and that's equal to $50.
Number 2: uk.lightspeedpanel.comLightspeedpanel.com was founded in 2000 and is owned by WPP, one of the world's leading communications services groups. In addition to the United Kingdom panel website, it has panels across Canada, North America, and Asia Pacific.For people from the UK the website link is http://uk.lightspeedpanel.com/. Do remember you can also join it via some cash back websites, such as pigsback.com, cashinbag.co.uk.Like Global Test Market you can only participate in its survey after you receive an invitation via your email. You get Lightspeed Points for completing most surveys or are given numerous entries to its Prize Draw. The credit of a survey is from 80 to 250 points. By the way if you cannot complete a survey you still at least get one entry to the Draw.On the Lightspeed site you can redeem your points for cash, which is paid to your PayPal account. You have to have at least 115 points and that's equal to 1 pound.You can also get online gift certificates, such as Amazon or HMV e-vouchers. In this case you need at least 550 points to get a 5 voucher.Number 3: valuedopinions.co.uk
Valued Opinions is a market research company, which is a member of The World Association of Market Research Professionals and a company partner of the Market Research Society.You can get a free membership if you are over 16 years old or over, and you are resident in the UK and Northern Ireland.
After you sign up an account the company will send you email to invite you to participate in its paid-surveys. Normally their surveys are about business services and product uses, which take 15-25 minutes to complete.Before you start a survey you would be asked a few questions. If you are qualified you can continue, or you will be cut out. The value of a survey is from 0.50 to 2.5. It mainly depends on the length of the survey. By the way if you are not qualified for the survey you still can get a chance for its quarter prize draw.If your credit reaches 10 you can redeem your earnings. The rewards of Valued Opinions are vouchers of retailers, such as amazon.co.uk, Tesco, M&S, etc.Number 4: onepoll.com
OnePoll is a paid survey website, which undertakes a wide range of market research projects, working on behalf of companies from various sectors within the UK and around the world.Signing up for an account is quite easy. It just takes minutes to fill a form about you. Do remember you can get 2.5 credit for signing up. You also can refer 5 friends and get 5 credit, even if your referrals don't sign up.Unlike most paid-survey websites you don't need to get any invitation. What you need to do is to log onto the website and click 'surveys available for you', and start to participate in.There are two kinds of survey on OnePoll: one is named 'paid for survey', another one is named 'competitions survey'.Typically it pays 5p, 10p or 15p per 'paid for survey' and you also have a chance to win an Amazon voucher or a gift for 'competitions survey'.Mind you all surveys have expiration time, especially the 24hr survey will not take long.Upon your successful completion of the survey, your account will automatically be credited.Payout is at the 40 level and will be paid directly to you. You have three options: cheque, BACS and PayPal.Number 5: mysurvey.com
MySurvey is a well-paid survey website, that is owned and operated by the market research firm TNS, one of the largest market research firms in the world.Membership of the Great Britain panel is open only to residents of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) who are 16 years of age or over. For people from these areas the website address is http://uk.mysurvey.com.It's very easy and it takes just a few minutes to sign up. Do remember you can take part in its survey just after you receive its invitation. Normally you can earn Mysurvey points by completing their surveys. The invitation will tell you what your reward is if you complete the survey and how long the survey will take.
Before you start a survey you would be asked a few questions too. If you are qualified you can continue, or it will stop you. Incidentally even you are not qualified to complete the survey you still will be credited 10-20 points. Your points sometimes will be credited on your account immediately, sometimes take a few weeks.Usually their surveys take 15-20 minutes to complete and the rewards are between 80 and 250 points.If you download Mysurvey Messenger to your computer you can get 100 bonus points. You also have a chance to invite your friend and get 100 points.
You have 3 choices to redeem your points.1. You have at least 1000 Mysurvey points to redeem to Amazon voucher or Capital Bond. It will take 2-6weeks to deliver.
2. You have at least 500 Mysurvey points to transfer to your Nectar card.
3. You have at least 500 Mysurvey points to make a donation.I hope you find this article useful.
