NPD and Sweepland
February 14, 2007 NPD and Sweepland User Reviews
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?
March 1st, 2007
I do not seem to get a ot of survey from NPD, am I doing something wrong?
March 1st, 2007
Probably not, NPD sends me about 2 to 4 surveys per month, and I noticed it comes in waves. So I may get two in one week, and then not get any for a couple of weeks. You might try updating your profile in the members area, and make sure it is complete, if you are not at least getting a couple of surveys per month. If you are looking for another panel that hosts an instant win game, I would also suggest surveyspot. They send a lot more survey offers than NPD, and they always seem to have many surveys listed in the members area.
March 12th, 2007
I have been with thew NPD for almost an year now, all that new sweepland points and the wheel of “fortune” are great, but i have never heard of, or met anyone who’s won any of them surveys, etc If the survey is interesting and i concentrate on it, i normally get 25 point, if its something i dont have much to say about i get 15… always the same result
I want to believe that this is real, but i cant…
March 12th, 2007
I haven’t won yet either but they do have a winner’s list which can be found here (NPD winners list). They have a lot of members so the odds are that you probably have to dedicate a lot of points per drawing, just like a lottery to win. I have recieved anywhere from 25 to 100 points for completing surveys, and I generally just take the surveys that are interesting to me.
April 7th, 2007
Has anyone actually met anyone who has won anything from this so called contest?
April 7th, 2007
I have to be honest, I have tried three times, dedicating 500 points for the $100 draw with no luck. Not sure how many points are needed to actually have a chance of winning either. They do have a winner’s list as I indicated in the previous blog. I too would be interested in hearing from someone that has actually won, and the number of points they used.
May 1st, 2007
I have been a member of NPDOR for quite a while (couple years at least). I just won a weekend getaway. I believe I only entered like 20 points. I put a few more points on the prizes I really like and at least a few (2-5) on everything, I figure if you skip a prize you can’t win it.
May 1st, 2007
I should revise my comment and say I just received the notice email. I will post how it works out. I actually stumbled onto this site because I wanted to check-out Sweepland’s validity a little bit. It looks legit. They use Marden-Kane, Inc. to administer the prizes, as far as I know a fairly well known company in that biz.
May 2nd, 2007
Joshua, thanks for the comments. Look forward to hearing to hearing how it works out, and have fun on the getaway! Always good to get confirming feedback like this.
May 15th, 2007
I received my vouchers for two nights stay at a Marriott in the mail. My only complaint is that not all Marriott hotel locations are available, but there are a lot that are.
June 15th, 2007
I won a $5.00 check on the instant win game at Sweepland.
June 15th, 2007
Its always good to hear comments from other panel members about prizes they have won. It just proves that joining the right survey panels can be rewarding.
June 15th, 2007
I was just checking out their’s too, because I happen to notice that there were a lot of people from certain areas, and then I just looked up a couple names on Switchboard.com to see if they were actual people, which they may be, but none of them were listed, at least of the ones I looked up. I just find it a little odd that they have all these prizes, and they have constant winners, but they don’t have any way to communicate with the other users. Just seems a little odd to me.
June 16th, 2007
I can understand your doubts, but I have to believe that their are contest winners based on the feedback of this blog and that Marden-Kane, Inc is administrating their prize distributions. Marden-Kane, Inc actually list NPD as a client on their site, along with other reputable big names like the NFL and America Online.
June 30th, 2007
I just joined that site and for those who won, how long does it take for them to announce if you did? The one I entered just ended today, but I haven’t seen whose one yet, so I was wondering.
July 11th, 2007
I just received info that I have won a weekend getaway, but we sure have to give a lot of personal information to get the actual prize mailed to us. Is this really legit? I have filled out a lot of surveys, plus I have tried to win various prizes. I was very surprised when I “won”.
July 23rd, 2007
I just won the 100$ prize and i got an email telling me that it will be sent in eight to ten weeks. I dout anything eill come but theres always a chance when/if it comes I’ll post =]
July 24th, 2007
Another weird question. Whenever you finish a survey and do that game, has anyone gotten anything out of that? No matter WHERE I put the ball, it ALWAYS lands on extra points. Every single time.
July 24th, 2007
hmm i currently have 1000 points saved up from surveys. waiting for some good prizes to come up. i usually get the extra points no matter where i put the ball also. i think its a very rare occurance to get something else. i think like after every certain ammount of survey’s there will be one lucky person who will win a mp3 player or somethin *shrugs* thats just my theory
August 15th, 2007
yea i did the same thing i just entered 3155 points that iv been saving up for quite some time now hopefully it pays off ill keep you guys posted
August 15th, 2007
WOW! There’s a new game for points. A racing game. The car I got received third place…and 20 extra points. T_T
August 16th, 2007
haha i got first place its a miracle
i think thats the only game that dosnt do the same thing everytime
August 16th, 2007
XD Looks like there’s a first time for everything! What did you win?
August 16th, 2007
it trippled my points from like 15 to like 45
August 18th, 2007
I just won a weekend getaway, and I was wondering if any one else who won it knows why you have to pay taxes on 1,000 dollars worth. It says it’s worth 1,000, but I can’t imagine why it would be worth that much for only 2 nights stay, and breakfast!?!? I noticed that “JENNI” wrote about getting vouchers in the mail,, and if you’re reading this, or anyone else who has won a weekend getaway could please let me know why its worth 1,000? Thanks!
September 4th, 2007
I would be more at ease with the ‘games’ if they simply listed point amounts as prizes. It seems dishonest to me to have dollar amounts up there that they have no intention to award you. I don’t really mind the sweepstakes, since I don’t expect to ever win those. But the ‘games’ are a little annoying. Harris has a much better system.
October 16th, 2007
I think thousands of people do the surveys, and hope they will hit the big one! When you start, you can’t leave, for that reason, I love Sweepland! BUT!, sometime Adobe Flash works, and sometimes it doesn’t. I still get some points, but love to play the game!
October 28th, 2007
I recently received a $100 check I won about a month ago from sweepland. I only entered about 100 points and
January 8th, 2008
I won 100$ at first day I join NPD,
I put 12 points only, but it`s third month now, I do not get anything, they did not answer to my letter. I think wait a little more and then cancel my membership.
January 14th, 2008
Today I got my 100$ check.
Thanks NPDOR, so it`s works!!!
February 1st, 2008
I’ve been completing the surveys for awhile now..it’s fun and I like entering my points to win prizes, but winning anything is probably never gonna happen.
February 16th, 2008
I won $100, but I haven’t cashed it yet…
February 25th, 2008
I just received an email saying I won $100. Has anyone actaully received a check, and cashed it, or is this going to be a fraud?!
March 18th, 2008
> Harris has a much better system.
What is Harris?
Link to their program?
March 18th, 2008
Michael, I am assuming you are inquiring based on Lanin’s comments (comment# 26).
Harris Poll Online is a Market Research Panel hosted by Harris Interactive. Like NPD they also offer points for completing surveys, however unlike NPD you can trade those points directly for prizes; the difference is that these prizes are generally a much smaller value than the ones that can be won with NPD’s Sweepland.
So if you want a sure thing, yes Harris is a good alternative, but if you want to take surveys for a chance to win a large prize NPD is a good choice.
Really, they are both good panels and worth trying out. Here are links to both if interested.
Link for NPD
Link for Harris
March 25th, 2008
I have been doing surveys with them off and on for about 8 months now and was recently notified that I was a $100 winner. Nice surprise. Now I make sure to not miss any of the surveys they send.
March 29th, 2008
The first time I filled out a survey or two I got a lot of points. I didn’t tally them up but I think it was around 300. I entered to win $100. This was back in June 07. I was notified I won. I waited for those 6-9 weeks and I got a check in the mail for $100! I went and cashed it the same day, everything was ligit.
May 13th, 2008
hey this is very interesting…i really enjoy hearing that other people have won things…I hope i win something…like maybe the 5,000 dollars lol i also out a few points in the movie night..but i really don’t care about that one…my thing is I have never really won anything, and I wonder if you win one time…do they ever let you win again?
May 13th, 2008
oh and also how do you get more surveys? does anyone know?
May 15th, 2008
You cannot actually get more surveys than what they send you. You just have to make sure that you do all the surveys they send. Sometimes one a month sometimes more. It just depends. I check my email every day or so for more surveys. An yes, you can win as many times as your name is drawn as a winner.
May 15th, 2008
I won 5 dollars on one of the instant win things and the check arrived in the mail yesterday.
June 27th, 2008
I guess I’m a good “survey taker.” - I get one to two per week. They’re getting to be a nuisance but I keep filling them out. Been on it a year. Never won anything. Still hoping….
June 29th, 2008
i like how they have the 100 prize everyday about
i got an email saying i won does it always take 6-8 weeks to get?
June 30th, 2008
I got mine in 4 weeks. No problems depositing in bank account. Bought me a tank of gas.