SurveyClub is one of the oldest paid survey sites on the Internet and promises to help you make some extra cash on the side. In a struggling economy this would seem like a mirage, but can something like this be for real or is it just too good to be true? We took it for a test drive and are here to report our findings.
What Is SurveyClub?
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SurveyClub is an online market research recruitment platform that was founded in 2005. The goal of the site was to help people earn extra money by participating in market research surveys. SurveyClub also assists companies and organizations by providing services to find out what consumers feel about their products and services. SurveyClub currently has more than 16 million members.
What Is Market Research?
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Market research is the collection and analysis of data about a product, service, topic, and market associated with the same. Primary research can be conducted in person, for example asking people in a mall questions about a particular product or service. Secondary research is where SurveyClub comes into play. Market research can assist individuals and companies in making informed decisions regarding products and services.
How Do Market Researchers Use the Data?
When data is collected through online surveys, market researchers will analyze the data and use it to make recommendations to the organizations that have paid for the research studies.
How Do SurveyClub Participants Earn Money?
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SurveyClub members can earn cash by finding paid research opportunities in their area. Surveys are conducted online. Along with surveys, there are also private panels, clinical trials, online bulletin boards, taste tests, in-home usage tests, focus groups, and mystery shopping sites. SurveyClub members will be connected with available paid research studies.
Who Can Participate Legally in Online Surveys?
Anyone who is aged 13 and older from Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States can participate in online surveys earning cash, free products, prizes, points and gift cards legally. SurveyClub can connect you with some of the largest survey companies in the world.
How Do I Get Paid?
Surveys that are sent to you will consist of a series of questions to see if you qualify for the paid reward. Once you have qualified, you will be required to answer more in-depth questions about the product or service in the survey. Once you have completed the survey, you will be paid for your services. SurveyClub will make payments to participants once they have accumulated $25, and have been requested to pay them. Sometimes participating companies will pay SurveyClub members directly.
Why Do Companies Use Surveys?
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Every company’s goal is to provide customers with the highest quality products and services. When consumers complete surveys, this is a form of feedback that the company can greatly benefit from. They use the data obtained to make their products or services better. Better products and services lead to a higher volume of sales. By providing customers with high-quality products and services they achieve their goals both for customer satisfaction and company profits.
What Are Some Examples?
Currently, there is a food study focus group available, which is nationwide for females between the ages of 25 and 55 which takes a mere 0-5 minutes and pays $115. There is also a general opinion survey available for both men and women nationwide between the ages of 18-99 which pays $1. For 11-15 minutes of your time. There is also a buyers survey for both men and women nationwide between the ages of 13-99 which pays $3 for 11-15 of your time.
What States Are Included in These Studies?
Currently, there are 56 states that are included in these studies. Some of these States identified are:
- Arizona
- Florida
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- North Dakota
- New York
- South Carolina
- West Virginia
- Nevada
About National (Gen Pop) Panels and Custom Research Panels
As a SurveyClub member, you will be introduced to two types of research panels, Gen Pop panels, and custom research panels. Gen Pop or general population market research panels refer to any or all members within a specific country. Custom panels are more specific to a company, brand, or group of people and provide more opportunities to interact with that company. Some examples of custom companies affiliated with SurveyClub are:
- Sprint
- The Discovery Channel
- Crayola
- Comedy Central
These custom surveys can be either branded or blind. Blind means the company name is not revealed. SurveyClub works directly with market research companies.
How Do I Become a SurveyClub Member?
To become a SurveyClub member, simply visit their website and click on the Join Now. Here you will be required to fill out the “Become a Member” form which will create a free SurveyClub account. You will be required to complete your profile including information such as gender, age, education, marital status, zip or postal code, household income and other information. There is also a short questionnaire about your lifestyle and health.
Note: The more personal information you provide will present you with more paid survey opportunities.
Once you have joined SurveyClub membership, they will use your profile information to match you with available studies and surveys in your area. They will be displayed on the “available studies” page.
Upon completion of a study, SurveyClub will deposit the cash into your rewards account. You will have the option to redeem your cash rewards by way of Amazon Gift Card.
SurveyClub Reviews
SurveyClub is free to join, as all legitimate survey panels are. The sign up process is quick and easy. SurveyClub relies on 3rd party survey sites for consistent survey and study supply. These surveys do not pay much compared to other survey sites. Most commonly on average a survey participant will earn between 50 cents and $5 per survey. Focus groups seem to pay the most but are not as plentiful as surveys. However, SurveyClub members have stated that their customer service is impeccable.
Recommendation
Conducting online surveys from home is a quick and easy way to build money. However, it is highly recommended to join several survey platforms for optimum work opportunities such as Opinion Outpost, National Consumer Panel, and E-Poll. Focus groups are the best way to make money through online studies.
Options
There isn’t just one company offering opportunities for paid surveys. You may want to do a comparison of a few of them to see who offers more.
I signed up for Survey Club about a year ago and completed several surveys that were never credited. I completed about 20 surveys and were only credited for 2. Some of the surveys asked me to do in-home product tests for toothpaste and shampoo. I was sent the products and completed the follow up surveys, and I was supposed to be credited $15 after completing the follow up surveys which I never was. I sent an email to Survey Club saying I was never credited for several surveys and product tests, and they said according to their system I never completed any of them, which was untrue.
I just signed up for survey club because i read that it is high paying Survey site. This does not pay and is extremely time consuming.
Total waste of time do not do this, I earned 10 cents in 4 hours. This is a scam do not do this.
Majority of my time was spent being “qualified” for a survey just for them to tell me I wasn’t qualified after I already spent 5+ minutes working on it. Majority of the surveys redirect me to sign up for other survey sites. Out of the several hours I’ve been doing it, I only made like $0.10 because every survey ends in me not qualifying. Or the survey was already expired despite me getting it that same day. Not worth the effort. Create a rule if you used your main email so that it filters away.
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I did one survey for Survey Club that promised a $10 Amazon gift card. I never got it. I wrote to them twice and received no response. They are a SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im so happy to do this
Survey Club is not a good if its your only source of income but if you need a little extra money its alright
Total waste of time.
Survey Club turned out to be a money-making joke. Regardless what open survey/links they provide to your member account, they always open a new page, and usually it’s an expired survey. Okay then, thanks for wasting our time. The same surveys show up regardless refreshing your screen, and then you are forced to log back in. Ridiculous. I got smart(er) and spammed all future surveys and immediately deleted my account.
I ended up looking for another site to try paid surveys on because I signed up to Opinion Outpost thanks to the hype and it ended in me spending so much time per day on surveys that generated absolutely zero for me. I’ve also heard that Opinion Outpost use to be a really great site and recently it’s gone to trash. Well. I’m hoping Survey Club is worth it.
The only two survey sites I’m doing right now are Opinion Outpost, which I feel is the best and Pinecone Research. Pinecone Research doesn’t send you surveys consistently. Opinion outpost is better but I only make between $40-50/mo on it. Anything else I’ve signed up with is supply low in accumulating any money. I haven’t extended myself to study everything out there but I don’t think surveys online brings very much money at all. The reason I’m able to make $40-50/mo with Opinion outpost is that I check their site a lot of times each day and evening to get a jump on new surveys. If $10-15/wk helps with gasoline it might be worth it. It’s helped me out but you can see it’s very low income.
Valuable information. thank you
My wife joined up to Survey Club despite me telling her it was a waste of time.
She quickly realised that i was right and that it just wasn’t worth the time she was spending on it.
She also realised that she shouldn’t have signed up with her personal email address and should’ve created a new gmail account or similar to use, as now she gets so much junk mail from these surveys it’s crazy!