Nine genuine paid survey sites for non-US residents
It's really frustrating when you try to sign up to a survey website then find membership is not available in your country. People outside the USA are mainly affected by this problem. During the period January 2009 to January 2011 I have joined over 30 paid survey websites and have been paid by most of them many times. Here is a selection of the 9 genuine paid survey sites, which are free to join and accessible to non-US residents. I have ranked them according to one criterion namely accessibility.
1: Globaltestmarket.com
Global Test Market, like the name, is an international market research company that pays members for participating in their market research. They accept members from all around the world.
Signing up for an account is very easy. You just need to provide an email address and a password. Then you need to complete 8 short surveys on your profile to qualify for more opportunities. Do remember 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. 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. When you have at least 1000 MarketPoints you can redeem them for a cheque, which will be in your local currency and is sent by post.
2: Globalopinionpanels.com
Global Opinion Panels, also known as 'Synovate', is a paid survey website, which operates in 46 countries and has questioned millions of consumers for more than 50 years.
Same as Global Test Market you need to receive a survey invitation via your email. You get points for completing its surveys as well as one entry into the quarterly sweepstakes. For the members in the UK You have to have at least 9000 points, which is equal to £5, to redeem a cheque or to your bank account.
3: 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. It mainly focuses consumers from the USA, Canada and the European countries. In November 2010 mysurvey.com and lightspeedpanel.com combined to a new MySurvey site.
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. Even you are not qualified to complete the survey you still will be credited 5-20 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.
On the new Mysurvey site you have many choices to redeem your points. For example, for the members in the UK you can redeem your points for cash, which is paid to your PayPal account. You have to have at least 345 points and that's equal to £3. You can also get online gift certificates or high street vouchers, such as Amazon or HMV e-vouchers or Bhs voucher, just to name a few. In this case you need at least 550 points to get a £5 voucher.
4: Toluna.com
Toluna is a community website which purchased Ciao surveys website in June 2010 and accepts world wide membership. As a member you can vote or participate in surveys for many categories. Currently you can earn 15 points per vote and for some temporary votes you can earn 120 or 150 points. You can participate in the surveys via your email address or just through the website. The rewards are from 1000 points up to 6000 points, even more. It depends on the length of the survey or the sponsor.
You can also make your own polls, topics and create opinions to get point bonuses. You can convert your points into Prize Draw tickets, discount vouchers or high street coupons, which will reach you by post in 2 months after your request. In the UK panel currently 80000 points are equal to a £15 voucher.
5: Adpaid.com
Adpaid is a daily international survey website. It mixes paid to click, paid-survey, paid email and cash back styles in one. As a member you can receive a few survey invitations every day. Their surveys are no different from most survey websites, but the rewards are fixed to $0.80 or $0.60 per survey. The payout threshold is as low as $3 and can be transferred to your PayPal or Alert Pay account within 7 days.
However you must reside in one of the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
6: 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 around the world. In addition to UK panel other main countries they have launched in are USA, Spain, Italy, Germany and France. Here are the web-sites: www.OnePoll.us, www.OnePoll.es, www.OnePoll.it, www.OnePoll.de and www.OnePoll-fr.com.
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’. In the UK panel you can get £2.5 credit for signing up and get 5p, 10p or even more per ‘paid for survey’; you also have the chance to win an Amazon voucher or a gift for ‘competitions survey’. Upon your successful completion of the survey your account will automatically be credited. Payout is at the £40 level and has three options: cheque, BACS and PayPal.
7: Valuedopinions.com
Valuedopinions.com is a survey panel for people from the USA, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. After you sign up an account the company will send you email to invite you to participate in its paid-survey. 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, otherwise it would stop you. In the UK panel the value of a survey is from 50p pence to £2.50 depending 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 quarterly prize draw. If your credit reaches £10 you can redeem your earnings to retailers’ vouchers, such as Amazon, Boots, M&S, just to name a few.
8: Pureprofile.com
Pureprofile is an Australian-based research company, but offers membership to anyone over the age of 13 around 77 countries. Once registered, you will automatically receive an activation email with a link to confirm your membership. Different from most survey websites you will rarely get any survey invite from Pureprofile. To take part in a survey you need access the site and click a red banner “Next Button”. Then you will find if you have a survey to answer or not.
In the UK panel the rewards are calculated in pounds and pence. Depending on the survey length the rewards start from 5p to £2.00, £2.50 or even more. If you are not qualified for the full survey you still can get a 5p reward. Once your earnings reach £25.00 you can redeem them into your nominated bank account via BACS. Then Pureprofile will send you an inform email letting you know when the payment will be made. Usually it would take 30 days to complete.
9: Pineconeresearch.com
Pineconeresearch.com is a well-known international survey website. Generally you must have a referral in order to join, but occasionally the site allows new members to join without any referrals. The completion of the first survey assignment is a key to active membership on the site. Those who do not complete the survey are not asked to take part in subsequent surveys. All survey notifications will be sent to you via e-mail. The survey award is at least $3 or more. There is no minimum pay out, your earnings will be deposited into your PayPal account within 24 hours of completing or the cheque will be sent to you by post.
I hope you find this article useful.