LapisLee’s Top 25 Paid Survey Panels List (January 2010)

I have earned $3301.54 in 23 months from 25 paid survey sites, which is $143.55 per month. The average survey site earned $5.74 per month. My actual receipts are $3048.67, which is $132.55 per month

This being the start of a new year I would like to comment on a few gripes I have from last year. My number one survey site, SurveySpot, has switched over to points and there have been great difficulties in crediting surveys during the transition. I have faith that they will work out the kinks soon. They will now be paying via PayPal and are also awarding 50 points for every survey completed during the month of January.

GlobalTestMarket is still my number two best site, but they are now offering surveys for sweepstakes, which are simply not worth my time. Surveyhead continues to be a steady earner, but I am finding that the only thing that takes them longer than crediting surveys is waiting for them to pay you when you cash-out. I requested $26.90 on December 3, 2009.

Greenfield Online is now part of Toluna and it remains to be seen whether this is good or bad; although, few will miss the many problems that Greenfield Online had with crediting surveys or the many surveys for sweepstakes. A sign of the times is that I received a Greenfield Online survey from Toluna that paid $0.33 just today!

Some say that MySurvey has slowed down in the past few months, but I find them very steady, enjoy their test products and currently await another check for $40. Mindfield has greatly disappointed me this year because I have not been credited with $11 from nine surveys that I completed between August 21 and December 7. Another disappointment has been Lightspeed and Elite Opinion, the business survey site of Lightspeed, which have failed to pay me after repeated inquiries. Finally, I have lost all faith in Datatelligence after they reneged on their original offer of $10 for the chocolate study and sent me a very cheap MP3 docking station/alarm clock that was allegedly worth $20. That was regifted to my elderly father for Christmas.

My Current Top 25 List as of January 6, 2010

SurveySpotLast Month’s Rank: #1 Total Accumulated Earnings: $445.80Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Interactive Surveys, Product Trial SurveysPayment Options: cash via PayPalJoined: 2008-01-30Minimum Balance Required for Payment: $10 / 1000 pointsTotal Payment Received: $431.80GlobalTestMarketLast Month’s Rank: #2 Total Accumulated Earnings: $408.15Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 1000 points = $50Joined: 2008-03-01Total Payment Received: $356.00Opinion OutpostLast Month’s Rank: #3 Total Accumulated Earnings: $342.30Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via Check or Amazon gift certificatesMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 50 points = $5Joined: 2008-02-04Total Payment Received: $333.50Valued OpinionsLast Month’s Rank: #4 Total Accumulated Earnings: $224.30Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Amazon Gift CertificatesMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $20Joined: 2008-02-18Total Payment Received: $201.15SurveyheadLast Month’s Rank: #5 Total Accumulated Earnings: $177.05Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via PayPalMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $25Joined: 2009-02-05Total Payment Received: $129.15Greenfield OnlineLast Month’s Rank: #6 Total Accumulated Earnings: $132.52Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Invoke Interactive SurveysPayment Options: Cash via PayPal or CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $1 for Paypal, $5 for CheckJoined: 2008-02-18Total Payment Received: $125.00MySurvey.comLast Month’s Rank: #7 Total Accumulated Earnings: $122.45Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 1000 points = $10Joined: 2008-02-02Total Payment Received: $80.00SurveySavvyLast Month’s Rank: #8 Total Accumulated Earnings: $117.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $1Joined: 2008-03-01Total Payment Received: $114.00HCD Research+4Last Month’s Rank: #13 Total Accumulated Earnings: $113.55Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 1000 Points = $10Joined: 2008-02-27Total Payment Received: $97.65Pinecone Research+2Last Month’s Rank: #12 Total Accumulated Earnings: $111.00Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial SurveysPayment Options: Cash via PayPalMinimum Balance Required for Payment: No MinimumJoined: 2008-04-03Total Payment Received: $111.00Daily Survey Panel-2Last Month’s Rank: #9 Total Accumulated Earnings: $105.75Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via PayPal or CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: no minimumJoined: 2008-06-08Total Payment Received: $105.75Socratic Forum-2Last Month’s Rank: #10 Total Accumulated Earnings: $103.00Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $10Joined: 2008-03-28Total Payment Received: $100.00Consumer Research (Gongos)-2Last Month’s Rank: #11 Total Accumulated Earnings: $100.00Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckJoined: 2008-03-28Total Payment Received: $100.00American Consumer OpinionLast Month’s Rank: #14 Total Accumulated Earnings: $97.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $4Joined: 2008-03-31Total Payment Received: $97.00TolunaLast Month’s Rank: #15 Total Accumulated Earnings: $90.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $10Joined: 2008-3-01Total Payment Received: $90.00Global Opinion Panel / SynovateLast Month’s Rank: #16 Total Accumulated Earnings: $90.00Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial SurveysPayment Options: Points redeemable for Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 5000 points = $5Joined: 2008-05-02Total Payment Received: $80.00MyView+1Last Month’s Rank: #18 Total Accumulated Earnings: $86.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via PayPalMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $25.00Joined: 2009-01-21Total Payment Received: $86.00Mindfield Online-1Last Month’s Rank: #17 Total Accumulated Earnings: $77.00Types of Surveys: Online Surveys, Product Trial SurveysPayment Options: Cash via Check or PayPalMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $5Joined: 2008-2-01Total Payment Received: $71.00LightSpeedLast Month’s Rank: #19 Total Accumulated Earnings: $70.00Types of Surveys: Online Surveys and Product TrialsPayment Options: Points redeemable for Cash via PayPalMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 575 points = $5.00Joined: 2008-04-02Total Payment Received: $65.00NetverdixLast Month’s Rank: #20 Total Accumulated Earnings: $64.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via PayPalMinimum Balance Required for Payment: No MinimumJoined: 2008-04-04Total Payment Received: $64.00 ($50 from contest)Elite Opinion+3Last Month’s Rank: #24 Total Accumulated Earnings: $55.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Points for Cash redeemable via PayPalMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 575 points = $5Joined: 2009-03-11Total Payment Received: $45.00Epoll-1Last Month’s Rank: #21 Total Accumulated Earnings: $55.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Points redeemable for Cash via PayPal or Gift CertificatesMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 3500 points = $5Joined: 2008-02-19Total Payment Received: $55.00ClearVoice-1Last Month’s Rank: #22 Total Accumulated Earnings: $50.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Cash via Amazon Gift CertificateMinimum Balance Required for Payment: $10.00Joined: 2008-02-28Total Payment Received: $40.00Viewpoint Forum+1Last Month’s Rank: #25 Total Accumulated Earnings: $34.67Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Points redeemable for Cash via CheckMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 375 points = $10.00Joined: 2009-01-21Total Payment Received: $34.67Datatelligence-2Last Month’s Rank: #23 Total Accumulated Earnings: $30.00Types of Surveys: Online SurveysPayment Options: Amazon Gift CertificatesMinimum Balance Required for Payment: 1000 points/li>Joined: 2008-03-01Total Payment Received: $30.00

TOTALS

Earned: $3301.54
Received: $3048.67

Last updated: January 06, 2010

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