COMPANY INFORMATION
LightSpeed Research
180 Mt Airy Road, Suite 100
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Email: US Contact Form
- Minimum Age to Join: 18
- Rewards: Points Redeemable for Cash or Prizes
- Minimum Points for Cash: 575 Points/ $5 via PayPal
- Regions of Participation: International
LightSpeed Consumer Panel Information
The Lightspeed Consumer Panel was established in 2000, and is owned WPP, is one of the world’s leading communications services groups. With the help of their panel members, they collect information about people’s preferences for products, services, and marketing programs (such as TV advertisements) for their worldwide. In addition to the U.S. panel website which is review here, they have panels across Canada, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Membership to their panel is free, members can earn lightspeed points for completing online surveys. Members redeem these points for cash via PayPal or choose from a wide selection of prizes from their online catalog. In addition members that attempt a survey study but do not qualify to complete the survey will receive an entry into their $5,000 Lightspeed Sweepstakes.
How to Earn Money with LightSpeed Consumer Panel
- Get started by completing the online registration process.
- Then be sure to login to the members area and complete the profile surveys in the Surveys About You Section. You will not earn LightPoints for completing these, but you will increase your chances to be invited to more surveys that do reward you with Lightspeed Points. Plus you get an extra entry for the $5000 LightSpeed Sweepstakes for each profile you complete.
- After joining you can find information on current studies by checking your email for survey invitations, and by logging into the LighSpeed member’s area and clicking on the Members tab. The email invitations will indicate the number of points that can be earned and the approximate time required to complete the survey/
- Then just complete surveys and earn points. Most surveys pay anywhere from 75 points to 300 points, but some more in depth surveys and product trials have higher rewards. If you do not qualify for the survey study, you will still get in an entry in their $5000 sweepstakes entry in exchange for your effort.
Payment Terms
- 575 Opinion Points = $5.00 and this is the minimum to receive payment via PayPal.
- Cash Payments are distributed via PayPal and are usually processed within one business day. Points can also be redeemed for prizes or gift certificates which can be chosen from their online rewards catalog.
- Lightspeed Points expire in two years after they were issued. If your points are in danger of expiring, they will usually send you an email a month in advance to alert you.
Conclusion
LightSpeed delivers lots of survey invitations and they conveniently offer payment via PayPal. They have an excellent member’s area, and the only place where they really fall short is that their compensation can be a bit low sometimes for the effort required to complete the survey.
Average User Ratings for LightSpeed Consumer Panel
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Great Panel!
I have just recently joined Lightspeed and I’m already almost to the minimum pay out! After I signed up it took a little bit to start recieving surveys but now I get one about every other day or so and they’re 50-150 points each! When you answer all the screener surveys in the begining, you are awarded several entries into their $5,000 sweepstakes. You also get entries when you complete a survey as well. The quality of surveys has been good so far. I’ve only had one that I thought would never end. You get to give your opinon on what you thought of the survey at the end which I think is good. Overall, this panel is in my top three and I look forward to continuing with them.
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Best so far!
I’ve been participating in online surveys for a few months now, and this site currently ranks #1 in my list. I receive a handful of surveys each week, and qualify for most of them. I have already cashed out once in such a short time! I’ve rarely had any technical difficulties with the site, and was paid (by PayPal) in just a few short days of claiming my reward.
I’m a very happy client! Be sure to fill out as many of their screeners on your profile as possible – once I did that I received quite a few more qualifying invitations.
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Not for Non-US Citizens
Back in 2007, I joined LightSpeed Consumer Panels. As a Canadian, I got about 6 surveys in total, and I am not amused by the lack of surveys for people who are not American. Though their surveys were very well done, and weren’t too lengthy, the lack of inter-nationality is very upsetting, as I am unable to redeem anything, and I am losing my patience with LightSpeed. They should simply advertise as an American only and be done with it, as a 2-year veteran, I think I should be entitled to far more opportunities, regardless of my country. That’s my experience with LightSpeed Consumer Panel.
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Can be inconsiderate of time
I have been with Lightspeed for several years. Most of the time my experience has been good; however, there are times that on a long survey (over 15-30 minutes), you get 10-15 minutes into spending your time on the survey, then you are suddenly told you do not qualify and will be entered into their monthly drawing. You are then dropped out of the survey.
They need to find a better way of screening potential survey takers earlier in the process so they are not dropping people out after spending serious, valuable time on the survey.
That is not only irratating, it wastes the time of the survey taker.
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great company
I recieve survesy for myself and my children almost daily and often more than once a day. Rewards are paid out on time and quickly. I enjoy the surveys and the length of the surveys are not too long.
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Better than most in my experience
The Lightspeed panel is a decent site. I’ve earned 8 rewards, and I’ve only been a member since 8/1/09. I receive surveys for me and my child. They are easy to answer, but a few are too long.
Sometimes, I can spend 10-15 minutes on a survey before finding out I don’t qualify, but that is stated up front. A helpful thing about this site is the time of the survey is also given up front, so you can skip them if they are too long.
In my experience, I’ve earned points and rewards faster on this site than any other. They don’t waste your time like other survey sites, and they frequently send surveys. Just be honest about yourself, and you will receive many surveys. The only thing you invest is your time.
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The best Survey site I've found yet!
I have been a member of LightSpeed Panel since 2007. I receive a few surveys a week and qualify for most of them. However, there have been times where i spend over 10 minutes on a survey only to find out that i didnt qualify for it, but even though i didnt qualify i still got entered into a sweepstakes. Most surveys i take have been really fun to complete, some are for me and some are for my children to take. I enjoy this survey panel as it is the best ive found yet. It is very easy to rack up points and you can do so fairly quickly. You get to turn in your points for giftcards, paypal cash, merchandise,ect. I have earned $100 in amazon gift cards and $20 in paypal so far. Also this panel has found another way to keep their panel members happy by making the redeem amount lower. You used to have to have at least $5 worth of points to redeem and now i can redeem my points if i have only at least $1 worth of points. I have always received my redeemed items in a timely manner as well. This survey panel is a all around great site to be part of. I make sure i complete all my surveys from this panel first before i go onto my others.
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LightSpeed Panel is my favorite survey panel!
I have been a member of lightspeed panel since before 2006. I totally enjoy this survey panel it happens to be my favorite panel ever. I get a handful of survey each and every week and i qualify for almost all of them. If i dont qualify they alway put my name into a sweepstakes drawing. It is very easy to gather up points, and the points add up quicker than any other site ive tried. I have already cashed in my points for $155 worth of amazon e-certificates, and a $5 paypal amount. Some surveys can take you just a few minutes and others up to 30 minutes but the points you receive in return are well worth your time and effort.You can choice what you want to turn your points in for, gift cards, e-cerificates(which when you redeem for these you almost immediately receive your code to plug into the site and you can add your amount to that site right away), merchandise, and you can even give to charity if youd like. I love this panel it is #1 in my opinion. If a problem ever arises all you have to do is contact the panel with an email and they’ll get back to you in a timely manner as well. What more could one ask for. I love this survey panel and will continue to do surveys for them for as long as i can.
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