by Andrew Porter

Created on: April 12, 2010

Global Test Market is one of many survey web-sites that I have tried in my search for ways of making some extra money when I have some spare time. In my experience it is one of the best and does give a reasonable payout for the amount of time involved. It is an American web-site and payment is in US dollars, but this is not a problem for people in the UK or other countries and with the UK currency currently very inexpensive compared to the dollar this is perhaps an advantage.

I have been using globaltestmarket.com for several months now and they have invited me to do quite a few well paid surveys and now I have earned almost £100. The surveys are paid in "points" where one point is $0.05 and a survey may pay 35 to 100 points on completion or 5 point if you don't qualify, so even when I don't qualify I don't get the feeling of disappointment and wasted time that I get with some other sites.

I estimate payment per hour to be about $8.00 to $10.00 (i.e. about minimum wage in the UK), but this will depend on how fast you are at doing these surveys or whether you are doing something else at the same time. Minimum payout is 1000 points (i.e. $50.00) which sounds quite high, but it doesn't take long to reach this amount. When you reach 1000 points or more you can request a cheque (i.e. check) which will arrive within a few weeks.

The web-site is easy to navigate and is similar to so many other survey web-sites. Registering is quick and easy and once you have registered emails will start arriving inviting you to participate in the surveys. Clicking on the link in the email will take you through to the survey and you account will be credited on completion so you only need to log into your account occasionally to check your points balance or request payment. The surveys vary in length, but generally take between ten and twenty minutes and can be on a very wide range of topics, but many are about consumer products and advertising.

In my opinion this is probably the Best Survey Site available at the moment. The payments are in the form of real money rather than vouchers, which is also an advantage.

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