SurveySpot
(34 User Reviews) Posted August 3, 2007Regions of Participation: US, Canada, and United Kingdom
Minimum Age to Join: 18
SurveySpot is a market research panel created by Survey Sampling International, which was founded in 1977. Survey Sampling provides survey solutions for the market research industry in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia, however the SurveySpot panel is limited to the US, Canada, and the UK. SurveySpot membership is free, and once you become a member they will send you survey invitations via email. Rewards for completing surveys vary from cash sweepstakes entries to cash rewards, depending on the study, and each regardless of whether you qualify or not you always get a change to play their instant win game. If you wish to learn more about this panel, including more details on their instant win game, cash rewards and sweepstakes, as well as our tips and comments please visit the Survey Spot Details page.
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August 13th, 2007
I can honestly say that I enjoy every moment being apart of SurveySpot! The survey emails that I do receive are enough to make it to cash-out each and every time. This rating is an 8 b/c this is truely one of my favorite survey programs to do. There are always quality survey emails!
August 13th, 2007
I have never received payment from SurveySpot….I have been entered into sweepstakes drawings, but never won anything, or gotten a cash reward. Maybe it’s just me
August 13th, 2007
This site does not send enough surveys, hard to reach payout. Customer service is not good at all, sent emails, never got an answer.
When i do get a survey, i almost never qualify.
August 13th, 2007
For me personally, I only received payment one time. I have received plenty of surveys, however, qualifying for them has not always been an easy task. I qualified for one paying one….and the rest, which were overly length, only got me an entry into a sweepstakes. This is one I try to do frequently on the ones that pay. I have found it tedious to complete the ones that are length and only reward you with an entry. I think there needs to be a little more payment involve, and less sweepstake entries!
August 13th, 2007
i really used to love this place . i get a ton of surveys from them . they keep you busy and payments are timley.
August 13th, 2007
I enjoy this site a great deal. They seem to send out a lot more surveys than most sites do. The customer service/support is wonderful and FAST!! I never won anything so I do wish that there were less entries for sweepstakes though!
October 3rd, 2007
This has been my “bread and butter” panel. This company really does send the surveys!
Let’s just say that I can’t remember a time that I didn’t receive at least 2-3 surveys A DAY from these folks, however they usually don’t send on weekends, but rather Mon-Fri.
The surveys I receive on average are around 15 minutes long and give out $3. I’ve been a member since January 2007 and have earned $70.00 from them thus far!
You should try them out, you won’t be disappointed!
October 7th, 2007
have filled out hundreds of surveys -have *NEVER* qualified for one that payed even a dollar, never won anything either - not even a way to track how many sweeps entries i have “won” for all my time - beginning to think this is a waste of time
October 10th, 2007
One of the better paying survey sites, at least for me anyway. However the bulk of surveys offer no payment beyond sweepstakes entries and a chance to win prizes. I did win a $50 gift certificate once. I have been pleased with member support and timeliness of payment is better than most. SurveySpot certainly is ranked in my top 3!
October 19th, 2007
One of my favorites of the panels I’m a part of. This one I’ve made the second most amount of money with and, in general, their surveys aren’t too painful/annoying to complete, and I seem to qualify for more than other panels I belong to.
The only downside is the LONG time it can take before the reward shows up in your account, unlike the ones that pay directly to paypal which take three days, tops.
November 5th, 2007
i have been doing this for a while and have never been paid for any of the million surveys i have done.
November 10th, 2007
For me personally this has been a one time payment Survey. I was paid $10.00 to take a Survey for WD40 and one for $5.00 for another lubricant. Both of these were taken the same day, and that was three years ago. I was paid very quickly via a check. I have since taken 20 or 30 surveys that result in a chance to win a prize, basically like a one in thousand chance of ever getting a reward. Not recommended by me.
November 12th, 2007
I really do like doing surveys from Survey Spot. There are a good number of surveys everyday. Unfortunately, for me, I seem to get a ton of sweepstakes surveys and very rarely do I get any paying ones.
I have been with this company for several years and have been paid out several times. They pay promptly and I have never had any discrepencies with the payment amounts I deserved.
I used to get a lot more paying surveys than I have over the past year. I have been at $3 in my account for about 6 months now and I have tried several times to qualify for paying ones, but to no avail.
I take an average of 5 or more surveys from this site a day, but most of them are just for sweepstakes and the game. I have never won anything from them, but do know a few people who have.
November 13th, 2007
I joined Survey Spot in March, 2007, and so far I am very pleased with them. I get survey invitations from them nearly every day, and about 1/4 of the invitations I get are cash compensation surveys. I don’t always qualify for their surveys, but I qualify often enough that I’ve successfully received and cashed out over $100 since I’ve joined.
The only complaint that I have is that there is that the member area doesn’t have much information in the way of the number of surveys I have completed, or how many sweepstakes entries I have. Their website is simple and clean (a good thing) but not very feature rich (a bad thing).
Overall, though, I rank Survey Spot as my favorite survey/research panel company (I’m active with around 9, belong to about 20).
November 16th, 2007
After taking a survey on this site I was directed to an ‘instant win’ page. Afer playing a game (scratch off…you have to match three numbers) I saw that my three numbers matched. I didn’t get a ‘winner’s email’ though nor was I taken to a page saying what I won. So I emailed them (seven times over a two week period) and NEVER received a response.
I was disappointed.
November 21st, 2007
Think that could have something more to atract the eye and survey takers.
December 11th, 2007
everytime i get an email from surveyspot, they tell me the survey’s been closed. this has happened 3-4 times. and i check my email everyday. a waste of time.
December 19th, 2007
I just got a $27 check from them so I am pleased. I do wish that they would have more paid surveys, but I do believe that is coming because I receive more paid surveys now than I did this time a year ago.
January 4th, 2008
I have noticed that people seem to think poorly of this survey, mainly because they’re only getting sweepstake surveys.
While this is true in some ways, people recieve different survey types depending on their location. SurveySpot does send paid suveys once in a while, but not often. However, for a medium-length survey, you might get paid 5-7$ which is good compensation.
Also, surveys that have NO cash or sample rewards bear a HUGE resemblence to ISPOS surveys, (you can read my review on the I-PSOS review page,). Basically, if you don’t qualify for sweepstake surveys, you still get an instant win chance. So if your taking one of those surveys, you want to try to not qualify for it. Why? The only bonus is an extra sweepstakes entry, but in the bonus instant win game, you normally win either 5, 10, 100, or 500 chances in the draw. One extra chance is really pitiful compared to that.
Paid surveys send you checks that come within weeks, slow yes, but they do come. I reccomend that you only take paid surveys when they send those to you, and not any of those sweepstake draws. Still a great panel though.
January 5th, 2008
I joined about a year ago and have had many surveys sent to me but it seems that i never qualify or it has closed i have gotten to do a few and been paid within two weeks over all i think they need to do some adjustments to there web . sandy in canada
January 26th, 2008
Interesting variety of surveys, and participants may have as many as 20 a week. Only a few pay cash, but payment is quick. Each completed survey enters you into a drawing and if you do enough occasionally prizes are won. Very good customer support; they just paid all participants for a survey where the data was lost.
February 27th, 2008
I have read some of other’s reviews–and I agree with a LOT of them…
I have been asked by friends to send them survey links to join–
I DID NOT and WILL NOT IN THE FUTURE send them a link to a (in my humble opinion) WAY BELOW PAR survey site.
I almost never qualify for them, and the ones that I do qualify for have a “chance” at winning a sweepstakes…
Funny how ANYONE you know who “enters” by taking a survey NEVER wins ANYTHING on this site–making it a big waste of time…
March 13th, 2008
Pros:
-Surveys are very often. I get about 1-3 surveys daily! Some are just sweepstakes while others are worth money, usually $3.
Cons:
-Bad member’s area. It should at least say the total amount of sweepstake points I have. Also, besides the 25,000 grand prize I still don’t know what else I’m entering for.
Payout takes 4-6 weeks. So far I have 6 surveys rewarded starting from Feb 10, each worth $3. I havent requested payment yet though.
In conclusion, I say try this site. See how often you get paid surveys. Maybe you’ll get even better results than I did.
March 20th, 2008
I love this site. I receive about 2-3 e-mails a day and on average the surveys are about 15-20 minutes long. $3.00 is the average I have received from most surveys, but I have also received $10.00 and even $15.00 before. Since December I have cashed out about $130.00, which as a student is a wonderful amount of extra money. I usually request a check bi-weekly and the checks arrive within 2 weeks of requesting them.
I have read some of the previous reviews and others have mentioned that they do not qualify for many surveys. I do not qualify for all the survey either, but I do qualify for a good share of them.
I have recommended this site to a few friends and they love it to. You have to be patient though, because initially I did not receive too many surveys, but it seems that the more you take, the more you start to receive invitations. Also, it takes 4-6 weeks sometimes for the cash reward to show up on your account, but be patient, because it will.
April 2nd, 2008
this is a very good site i get almost daily surveys that pay 2 or 3 dollars i recommend it if you want to earn an extra income and have fun at the same time
April 5th, 2008
You will receive tons of invitations for them. However most of them you can’t get anything. Just a game, a game you will never get anything, I think.
But they pay really fast. It took several days for me to get my first check: 5 dollars though.
April 7th, 2008
Very legit!
April 26th, 2008
Lots of surveys (most of them sweepstake rewards) for which I qualify about 1 out of 3. This still means that I get money about once a week. Occasionally they have big reward surveys for which you can earn up to $ 20.00. It takes a while for your rewards to be posted, but the payout is fast, within 2 - 3 weeks. Definitely recommanded.
April 27th, 2008
SurveySpot offers both paying and prize only surveys. For both types of surveys, you get an equal chance to win a prize whether you complete the survey or are rejected. It seems the more prize only surveys I take, the more paying surveys I am offered.
Surveys are e-mailed to you but you can visit their site for more surveys randomly chosen based on your profile. I have found more than a few paying surveys this way.
Most paying surveys are from $1 to $5 but have been as high as $50. After completing them, they will creditted to your SurveySpot membership account within 4-6 weeks. After accumulating a minimum of than $5, you can request payment which should arrive within 4-6 weeks. My last payment showed up in the mail on the 9th day.
Here is a very important tip. When you completing a cash paying survey, make a record of the survey #, the date completed, payment amount, and a few words describing its purpose. Examples (TV, movie trailer, beverages…). If your membership is not credited after 6 weeks, contact them with this information about the missing survey(s) and they will get it fixed.
I do not know why this survey panel is one of my favorites. Maybe it is because the surveys often take less time than is stated in the request. Possible it is playing the slot machine to win a prize. Perhaps it is completing prize only surveys on their site in the hope the next one will be for money. Either way this survey panel provides a variety money paying surveys, which is my number one incentive for taking so many.
May 10th, 2008
Interesting surveys, short and fun. You can go directly to their site and find surveys both paying and just for fun ones.
I had only surveys paying 5 or 6 dollars after a long series of just for fun surveys. Money is sent by check in a few days but takes a long time to appear in your online account. You have to commit with their site and be very patient waiting for paid surveys. The flip coin is that their are diminishing your chances for invites from other sites that pay every time!They cross check surveys with those sites.
May 12th, 2008
I recieve frequent survey invitations, qualify for some, find most of them interesting, clear, and unambiguous, and regularly request checks, which are always sent in a timely manner. This is one of my favorite survey sites.
May 14th, 2008
I absolutely LOVE surveyspot surveys!!! In 6 weeks, I made over $75 and I didn’t even complete all the paid surveys they sent me. Yes…they send LOTS of surveys (I get about 10 per day) and many of them are for scratchers only. However, I only do the short, 5 minute or less surveys, which at times takes me to a paid survey for which I qualify. They take 4-6 weeks to post payment, but once you cash out, payment arrives within 2 weeks. In the last few weeks, I have noticed I’m receiving larger payout surveys. They also have surveys for my teen daughter that seem to have a higher compensation for shorter surveys. She enjoys them. I suggest joining SurveySpot, but don’t waste time doing the non-paid surveys that last more than 5 minutes.
May 23rd, 2008
I have never received payment for any of these surveys only inclusion for drawings. Time consuming with little result for me.
June 1st, 2008
If you spend some time taking surveys and choose the ones that have a monetary reward, it can add up quickly. Over the summer I had about $125 from taking surveys, plus you can qualify to win more money through sweepstakes