COMPANY INFORMATION
Global Market Insite
1100 112th Avenue NE
Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98004 USA
Email: Contact Page
- Minimum Age to Join: 14
- Rewards: Market Points Redeemable for Cash
- Minimum Points for Redemption: 1000 points / $50
- Regions of Participation: International
GlobalTestMarket Panel Information
GlobalTestMarket is an international global consumer research panel that was founded in 1999 by GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.). They have also been an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau since 2004. GMI conducts market research studies on a global level, and they currently have more than 1400 market research clients in more than 60 countries worldwide. This allows them to provide a global solution for companies that wish to conduct online consumer research across multiple countries. They survey studies include the following topics:
- Movies
- Restaurants
- Automobiles
- Consumer products
- Current events
- And many other topics that may interest you
Membership to their panel is free, and they offer market points redeemable for cash for members that participate and complete their online survey studies. In addition, some of their surveys are rewarded with sweepstakes entries for their daily and montly cash drawings.
How to Earn Money with GlobalTestMarket
- Get started by joining the Survey Panel and complete your profile surveys.
- Be sure to complete your profile surveys as this will qualify you for more paid survey opportunities.
- After joining you can find information on current studies by checking your email for survey invitations, and by logging into the GlobalTestMarket member’s area and clicking on the surveys tab.
- Then just complete surveys and earn points. Most surveys average anywhere from 35 to 250 points in pay for completing a survey. In addition if it turns out that you are not qualified for the particular survey study, they will usually reward you 5 points for your efforts.
- In addition a select number of surveys are rewarded with sweepstakes entries.
Payment Terms
- 1000 minimum points (Equivalent to $50 USD) required to request your earnings
- Payments are sent via a Check in your local currency, when available. If GlobalTestMarket cannot mail you a check in your local currency, they we will send you a check in U.S. dollars.
- It usually takes 4-6 weeks from the date of redemption for your check to arrive if you live within the United States, or 6-8 weeks if you live outside of the U.S.
Conclusion
GlobalTestMarket is a solid Market Researh company offers market points redeemable for cash for most of the survey studies you complete. Plus, they offer a nominal reward for each cash survey you attempt but do not qualify. Also GlobalTestMarket does a good job of providing numerous studies for their panel members which makes their 1000 point redemption threshold easily attainable.
Average User Ratings for GlobalTestMarket
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Don't Waste Your Time
I have been with Global for several years, although I must admit that I just delete there emails these days. I hardly ever qualified for any surveys but it took a good 10 minutes to decided that I am not qualified, which is annoying.
GOOD COMPANY
I’ve been a member for about 3-4 years and it took awhile before I started getting surveys on a regular basis. Presently I think I’m getting too many and most I don’t quallify for or they’ve reached their quota, but you are entered into their sweepstake contest as an incentive.. In addition, they ask too many questions before you are disqualified. On the other hand, I like the quality and subjects of those I manage to complete.and most surveys aren’t too long. It takes me a few months to reach 1000 points, earning $50. I think I’ve made about $250-300 since joining, not much, but since I wasn’t getting that many invitations it didn’t matter. Overall I like the company and if you are one of the luckly ones that qualify for most of their surveys, you can earn a nice sum.. .
One of My Top Survey Panels!
This panel is an enjoyable one and I recieve the most surveys from them which are a mix of surveys for points and surveys for sweepstakes entries. The points per survey are usually 35-40pts each and I probably qualify for half of them. As a plus, in some cases, you still recieve 5 points if you don’t qualify. Sometimes though, I will get a survey for points at 1 or 2am and by the time I get to my inbox in the morning, the quota is filled, which stinks! I have gotten a lot of surveys about video games and movies and have been shown upcoming products to review. The surveys are pretty enjoyable but be ready to go through repetitious questions when it comes to qualifiing for a sweepstakes survey. My advice is answer all or as many of the survey invites you recieve because the more you take, the more you will be sent in the long run.
Customer support is pretty good if you get the right person. Out of the three times I’ve emailed CS, twice I got the same rep who didn’t even get close to answering my question and considered it “resolved.” Someone else with more sense ended up taking over my question which I was happy for!
Pretty good
GlobalTestMarket (GTM) hosts a wide variety of survey topics from several survey companies. On average, you will receive 5 – 10 survey each week and, in my case, I qualify for about a third of them. They have a points reward system and on average their rewards are fair, but about half of them are sweepstakes only rewards. In general, I do the points rewards and, if I have some spare time left, the sweepstakes ones. Cashing the points, however, can take a while, since they only pay out after you have reached the 1000 points ($ 50.00) level. But the frequency of surveys is high, so usually you will get to that 1000 points mark relatively fast. GTM hosts a rather high number of OTX surveys and, as mentioned in several paid-survey forums, these surveys should be avoided. OTX is very interested in your opinion, but eventually you are being disqualified or there is an error just when you are about to finish a survey, so you are not rewarded for your work. Fortunately, GTM mentions that they are hosting an OTX survey and these are sweepstakes only, so I usually delete these right away.
Global Test Market is one of the top 3 paying Survey Panels.
In my opinion Global Test Market is one of the top 3 paying Survey Panels. Anyone over 18 is allowed to join this Survey Panel, and start taking surveys. They offer MarketPoints as rewards for each survey they send through email, the Points ranging from 40 to 200 or more. Each MarketPoint is worth 5 cents.
I joined this survey Panel in February, 2008 and have so far earned 14800 MarketPoints ($740) which is an excellent amount to earn from a single Survey Panel, because I qualify for most of their surveys. I would definitely recommend all eligible persons to join this Survey Panel.
They pay by checks. However, checks can only be redeemed once there are at least 1000 MarketPoints or $50 in our Account. They are very generous in sending me surveys and send me surveys almost daily, upto 3 surveys a day sometimes.
I have to say that they have great Customer Service. Once I had some issues with my Market Points, which were not displaying exactly and I wrote an email to Gabriella McNabb, the Director of Global Test Market, and she resolved my issue almost instantly.
I have never had any problems with them.
Whatever I say about this Survey Panel is not enough said and it deserves much more praises and I definitely recommend all eligible people to join this Great Survey Panel and earn fast money.
I cannot compare this Survey Panel with others. They excel in everything. This is really a great Survey Panel to join and earn money, and people should avail this opportunity.
A Favorite, But Losing Ground
I have been a member of Global for three to four years. In the past Global ranked in my top two ( I have earned close to $900) but it is losing some ground because of changes, not for the better. Global used to have only paying surveys but has now added surveys that only provide a sweepstakes entry for completion, which seems to be the bulk of survey invites now. Another troubling aspect…Global used to pay 5 cents for at least attempting a survey, even when you didn’t qualify. That seems to have passed away as well, where now you just get a sweepstakes entry. When you do get a paying survey invitation generally it is for $1 to $5. For those who take surveys for the money only like me, I still recommend Global….just ignore and don’t waste your time on the surveys that offer a sweepstakes entry. It takes a lot longer to get to the 1000 points ($50) needed to cash out…but at least you will get there some day.
Best Points For Cash Site!
2. Global Test Market $408.15 (1000 points = $50) ($10 cash out) (Joined: 2008-03-01) ($356 rec’d) ($52.15 req’d)
GTM is definitely the best points site and you can earn a lot of money with them. The 1000 point ($50) pay out point is reasonable because their incentives are good and they send out frequent email invitations. I have completed 95 surveys out of 223 sent in the past year. Most of the surveys are for 15 to 40 points, but I have completed several for 100, 200 and 300 points. You receive 5 points ($0.05) for attempting a survey.
I am expecting another $50 check from them on February 7 and you can always tell what date your checks will arrive by checking their blog here: http://blog.globaltestmarket.com/.
If GTM had a PayPal option that would make them even better. I am also not very happy that GTM is now offering surveys for sweepstakes and surveys via OTX due to the many problems cited for OTX, such as long screeners, being disqualified after giving a large amount of information and irrelevant surveys in general. Overall, GTM is one the ten top survey sites that everyone must join.
Frequent Surveys-20 mins or less!
GlobalTestMarket is a great survey site that offers frequent surveys that don’t usually take more than 20 mins to complete, which is a big plus for the survey taker like me, who don’t have a large attention span and little time to spare.
Once you sign up, you will start receiving the survey invites by email but they can clutter up, as GTM can be known to send around 10 in a 24-hour period. (Personally, I usually separate the ones for sweepstake entries and toss those as I don’t feel they are worth the time I’d have to put into them.)
Most of their surveys usually reward between 35-60 points, which may not seem like much, but it DEFINITELY adds up quickly and it’s all worth it when you reach the 1000 point mark and get that $50 check in the mail. One thing I don’t like about GTM is that yes, you do have to wait for a check to be mailed, which takes 4-6 weeks. (Paypal would most certainly be a welcome addition here!) And the fact that I often do not qualify to complete a lot of the surveys. But you can’t win ‘em all and GlobalTestMarket gives plenty of chances to try, try again!
Not worth your time
Global test market will send out a 30 minute survey while only offering 45 member points. Furthermore, once you come to the survey’s conclusion, questions regarding demographics are asked. If you do not fit in their demographic scheme, they will disqualify you from the survey. These questions should be asked ahead of time, instead of at the very end. Honestly, the site wants to obtain information regarding there products without giving you any points or rewards.
This panel has a consistent stream of surveys for their members. I often find that I get at least two to three survey invitations a day from them. Point values very but generally range anywhere from 30 to 100 points. It is not hard to reach the payout level of 1000 points/$50 dollars if you can manage to take several surveys per week. I have been paid several times, and one thing I like in particular is that you can check their blog site to see the status of payments based on your redemption date. The only issue that I have with GlobalTestMarket is that not all of their surveys pay in points, some only offer sweepstakes prizes, but I find that they send me enough of the point surveys that this is not really an issue for me. I usually only have time to take one or two surveys a day from GlobalTestMarket, so this panel works for me. Plus, they have lots of IT surveys which pay well and are interesting. If you are looking for a good panel that pays cash, and can dedicate a little time, this one is a winner.
Most of my surveys have been sweepstakes entrys
I have to say that so far, the quality of the surveys are good. I can’t help but to feel like I am wasting my time with most of what they have sent me though. With a cash out min. of 1000 points, and the rate they send me surveys that are worth points instead of entry into a sweepstakes, it will take a very long time to get my $50. I kinda new that when I signed up for it, so I can wait, but I wonder if anyone on this site has ever won a sweepstakes?
I do get alot of surveys, and if sweepstakes are your thing, then this is a very good site for you.
Too hard to qualify for surveys
I have been an active member of Global Test Market for at least a few months. I have only accumulated about 3 or 4 dollars so far. I receive at least a few survey offers every day but qualify for almost none of them. Many times I have to answer several questions before they disqualify me. When I first started taking surveys with them, it was impossible to tell whether you qualified or not by the wording. I complained to them about this and to their credit, they told me that they would fix this problem and have since made the communication of why I failed to qualify much clearer. Despite this I would not recommend joining this site.
Value Your Time and Good Pay Per Survey
The thing I like about GlobalTestMarket is that it is a very well run survey panel. While I will not say that I qualify for all of the surveys I receive, I have found that they do a good job with their screener surveys so that you do not waste a lot of time if you are not qualified for the survey. I do wish they would offer some nominal cash amount instead of sweepstakes entries if you do not qualify, but I guess that is better than nothing.
I have been a member for about 3 months now, and I have found that if I respond to the survey panels ASAP that arrive in my email, I can usually qualify for about 1 out 2 or 3 surveys. In the past three months, I have been able to get $47 built up in my account and will soon reach the $50 mark required for threshold. I would have reached it sooner, but I usually only have time to take surveys two to three nights per week, so I often misout on some opportunities.
All in all if you like sharing your opinions about new products and want to earn a little extra money, I would say GlobalTestMarket is a good survey panel to join.
great surveys site, but less invitation
i’ve been a member for 2 years. firstly i thought this is same like another survey site that wasting your time. so i not focusing on their invitation. when i got over 1000 market points, i redeem it. im very surprise when i receive the cheque from them. i think globaltestmarket it’s worth enough.
getting worse
been with this survey site for a couple of years now. and was very good when i first joined. even if you didn’t qualify for a surveys you would still get 5 points. but for the last 6 months or so everything about the company has changed for the worse. you don’t get 5 points when you are screened out. you still get a good amount of surveys but its very rare that if i qualify these days. will give it another 3 months to see if they improve if not will cancel.
It's okay.
GlobalTestMarket is the one survey panel that came through for me. I joined over two years ago and recently I checked my account and saw that I had reached the $50 threshold. I redeemed my marketpoints and I am still waiting for the cheque.
I get screened out of quite a few of their surveys, but over time they started sending me more and more. I get one or two every few days usually. Once, for a whole month, I just ignored them, and they piled up in my inbox. I figured it wasn’t worth the time, and I had moved on to other things, such as affiliate programs and such, like Adsense.
But after being paid out, it’s made me reconsider Paid Online Surveys. At one point, I saw the whole affair as laughable. I’ve always thought that seeing as I live in SA, they probably don’t send me that many surveys. Still, like I said: GTM is the one panel that I stuck with. I’ve joined several others, and even though they said they would send me surveys, I got virtually nothing from them for years.
One Of The Worst
Horrible customer service. You end up spendking five to ten minutes answering questions to find out that you didn’t qualify and you get NO points for your time. I joined Global and Opinion Outpost on the same day. So far I have cashed 3 fifty dollar checks from Opinion Outpost and I haven’t even recieved enough points from Global to request a check. Waste of time.