I basically came to this site to see what everyone felt about this company. I have have experience a lot of the same problems. In order for survey spot to be successful, they are going to have to treat their members fair. I will be checking on this company to see if anything changes.

Survey Sampling International, the parent to SurveySpot, Opinion World, Opinion Outpost and others is one of the worst survey companies. If you are a member or decide to join, beware! There will be many, many occasions the surveys will error and you will not be paid -a lot of time invested for free, and then one day you’ll find yourself locked out, unable to redeem your rewards. The only explanation you will receive if even that, you have violated their terms of service. Hint: You never did. Don’t be afraid to report them. Beware of these companies. *You can find this same info posted over the Internet by countless individuals, these are by far not my words alone.

I happen to like Survey Spot….I really do….It just seems to take a very long time reaching that 1000 point threshold for a 10.00 cashout.
The site is fairly easy to navigate. The Member’s Area tells you everything you need to know. All your points, surveys taken, and status of your surveys is right under your balance information. You can always (well most times) access available surveys here even if you didn’t get an Email invite.
I find that the surveys tend to run on the long side. A survey posted at 15 minutes to complete will take 25 to 30 minutes most times so be aware. Most surveys that I’ve taken award you with 50 points upon completion. On a few instances, I was invited into a 100 point survey, but they tend to fill up quickly and even if I am able to start the survey, I get disqualified midway because they’ve already filled their quota.
I have cashed out several times through Paypal option. Never had a problem. No wait. The money was credited to my account instantly. A little patience and the right demographics will take you places on Survey Spot.

I have only three successful surveys, because I was have strolling problems on
my pages. This will be the only job that have, so I am working to succeed. I do think SurveyStop will be my only company. I am 79 years old, and I thank you for giving me an opportunity to work. Sincerely, Sarah S. Mitchell

SurveySpot has been constantly making changes to it’s site in the past few months, but these changes have been mostly in the website design and navigation.

There haven’t been many changes in frequency of surveys or point values. 100 points is still $1.00. I receive about 5 surveys invitations a day and alot of those are only for 50 points (50 cents) and even more are for only sweepstakes entries which I do not bother with. The length of most are 10-20 mins and at only 50 cents a pop, it can be hard to build up to the $10.00 cashout. However, one of SurveySpots best qualities is that when you request cashout VIA Paypal, it’s sent to your Paypal account IMMEDIATELY.

I noticed when I cashed out today (for $12.00) that my last cashout had been in April, meaning it had taken me about 3 months to earn $12. Of course, I’m not the most dedicated survey taker, so I’m sure someone with the time and attention span could reach that point quicker.

3. SurveySpot $647 (1000 points = $10 minimum pay out) (PayPal) (Invokes) (product tests) (Joined: 2008-01-30) ($629 received) [Last cash out: 1-31-11]

I am truly shocked at the number and intensity of negative reviews for SurveySpot, long one of the top legitimate survey sites online. From my perspective of having been a member of SurveySpot and at least 50 other sites for the past three years, they are still near the top; although, it cannot be doubted that they have suffered a severe “hiccup” since December 2010. They have now revamped their entire website and I think most of the problems have been addressed, but I accept the possibility that I may be one of the fortunate few that has continued to do well with them. My last cash out was on January 31, 2011 for $50. Previously, I had cashed out for another $50 on October 6, 2010. That’s about $50 every three months or so, which is really good for any survey site.

Out of 81 surveys attempted since January 1, 2011 I completed 14 for 3000 points ($30), which have been credited. I currently have 3900 points ($39) waiting to be redeemed. I have four “Beer studies” valued at 300 points each (1200 = $12) that have not yet been credited as the study is still ongoing. That’s $51 in less than five months (14 weeks), or, over $10 per month on average. The average survey site, out of my top 30 “keepers” earns me $8.63 per month; however, much of that comes from writing assignments and moderation fees from survey sites that pay me to help with their blogs, review websites (like here), etc. so any site that earns me at least $5 per month is a “keeper”. SurveySpot qualifies as a “keeper”, has always been near the top and I don’t expect that to change any time soon.

When I first joined Survey Spot about a year and a half ago, I was getting surveys that I didn’t qualify for quite often – then, suddenly, that changed, and I was getting several that I qualified for, along with one big one worth nine dollars. The points started adding up quickly, and before I knew it, I had enough to cash out, but I kept going until I could cash out about 22.00. Even after I cashed out – via paypal, I continued qualifying for surveys and was able to soon cash out about 27.00. This was right before the holidays last year. Now, the only surveys I get are ones with rewards for either 100 points (value of one dollar) or an “entry into whatever giveaway they have”. Since the beginning of this year I haven’t received a survey worth my time, except once, but I didn’t qualify for it. Perhaps I cashed out too much too soon? I had no problems getting the money in my paypal account – within a couple days. I would think that perhaps it’s a bad time of year for qualifying for surveys, except I’ve taken several since the beginning of the year with other places and am doing quite well in qualifying for them.
They have contests going right now, but I believe my chances of winning them are very slim. If I don’t start getting better qualifying surveys soon I plan to quit.
The good aspects of Survey Spot are how you get paid – paypal – and how quickly the money goes into your paypal account. You don’t have to wait weeks and weeks. It’s there almost as soon as you cash out. Bad are the amount of surveys that are difficult to qualify for – sometimes after answering what seems like a surveyload of questions – and for some longer surveys, the small rewards. Support does get back to you within a few days – but sometimes I had to contact twice before getting an answer.
Would I recommend SurveySpot? Yes, I would, but with caution.

I’m not sure yet that this was a good idea, but getting free money to just take surveys seems pretty cool. Some of the surveys are really worth thinking about and answering, some maybe not: where just like everything else in this life, just isn’t worth our time. Hopefully I won’t be disappointed like others that I have read reviews about. I still say it is worth an honest try on my part, I just joined late January 2011. Wish me luck!

I joined this site about a year ago and it was awesome! I got enough surveys to make at least $10 a week. That came out to $40 a month which paid my cell phone plan. But then all of a sudden I start getting all these verify flags saying I do not give honest answers in a timely manner. Okay so I did use to speed through their surveys but not because I was being dishonest, I just happen to read really fast. So I slowed down and STILL I get through the whole survey which sometimes takes me an hour for a survey that is supposed to take 25 minutes and I don’t get paid! I have become so frustrated with this site that I have decided to close my account as soon as I get $10 on my account. That should take forever since I have made 50 cents in one week. I go fast, I go slow, it doesn’t matter, I still don’t qualify. I’m sad because I used to get products to try for free from this site and a steady $10 (at least) a week. Well things always change

I joined a ton of survey sites when I started doing them initially, and most of them I have since unsubscribed from for various reasons. I didn’t start up with surveyspot until a few months into trying to do the survey thing, and I really wish i had found it sooner.

Although it is sometimes troublesome to be bombarded by the amount of surveys you get from surveyspot, they are usually very quick on disqualifying you rather than stringing you along if you dont meet the requirements, and the surveys are usually reasonable in length. Not to say I don’t have success here; on the contrary, I have more success completing surveys at surveyspot than the majority of other survey sites. This is one of the few sites that has a pretty firm grasp on its survey rankings: 50 point surveys are usually pretty short, 150 longer, etc. This is nice when time is an issue, or if you dont feel like spending a ton of time in front of the computer, and especially nice since most sites seem really arbitrary when factoring time/reward for surveys.

So far i’ve cashed out once for $15 on paypal, and that is money I wouldn’t have otherwise. They give you entries into their $12k prize drawing if you don’t qualify, and i’m telling you, the sites that give you SOMETHING, whether it be points or contest entries at the end of failing to qualify for a survey, are the ones with the best user focused attitude. Surveyspot is consistent and feels like you’re getting what you asked for, no venomous intentions hiding behind this simple, quality survey site.

I’ve been with SurveySpot since mid-2008. So far I’ve made over $300 with them, including two online focus groups.

I’ve had no issues with receiving payment, either through check or by PayPal. The minimum amount to cash out is 1,000 points ($10). They used to send out checks, but now everything is through PayPal, which I find nice because you don’t have to wait for a check to arrive. Payment through PayPal is instant and delivered right to your account the same day (in my experience). You have to be a verified PayPal member to receive payment that way (meaning you need to link one of your bank accounts up to PayPal and have it verified). They also offer WebShop vouchers now, but I don’t have any experience with that.

I’ve done two online focus groups through them and several product tests. The products were mainly food (macaroni and cheese, soup, etc.) and some beauty products (lip balm, makeup, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc.).

SurveySpot has gone a bit downhill these days. Surveys are less frequent, and when there are surveys sent to my inbox, they’re usually only 50 points each. Sometimes I get surveys that are not worth any points at all (just sweepstakes entries). I rarely get 300-500 point surveys anymore and even when I do, they fill up very quickly or are very long and tedious to complete. Qualifying has also gotten much more difficult, even for the 50 point surveys. I very rarely get invites to focus groups.

One of the problems with SurveySpot is the abundance of technical errors. I’ve encountered a lot of errors with them since I’ve been a member of their panel. It’s frustrating because you’ll spend a large amount of time (sometimes up to an hour) on one survey and get to the end only to reach the dreaded “flag page” (a page with different flags from various countries on it) saying that there was a technical error, you “don’t qualify,” or you’ve already taken the survey. It’s highly irritating and has been happening more and more in these recent months. I know many others have encountered the same issues and it’s very discouraging. I highly recommend doing their surveys in Internet Explorer and not letting the survey sit for a long time (like an hour) because you will almost always get the flag page at the end if too much time is taken to finish the survey and not get credit. At the other end of the spectrum, if you rush through a survey, you may also get the flag page. This has been my experience with them. Even if you take your time answering the questions, yet don’t take a huge amount of time and don’t leave it sitting, the flag page seems to occur more often than it should. Sometimes it seems to just be a random occurrence.

I’ve contacted their customer support several times regarding those “flag pages” and technical errors. I have gotten a response a few times (usually several days or a week later), but it’s usually just a generic answer saying “they’re working on it.” If I have a specific question, they usually don’t address it. So, customer service isn’t the best.

I really want to like SurveySpot more, but the increase in technical errors recently and the amount of surveys I don’t qualify for is a bit discouraging. I used to get a lot more surveys from them (and surveys for higher points), but not so much anymore. I don’t focus on them as much as I used to and have since put my efforts into other survey sites. I still attempt to qualify for surveys they email me and go on the website to click the “take a survey” button to see what’s available for me, but I always seem to end up disappointed. Hopefully they will improve in the future and send out more surveys to me that are worth more points. Maybe it’s just my demographic or just bad luck. I still recommend giving them a try, though. Maybe you will have better luck than I have with them.

I have been a member of SurveySpot for over a year and it is one of my favorite and most profitable survey sites. They send me at least 3 or 4 surveys per day. Some of them only award a sweepstakes entry and no incentive so I just delete these without attempting them. The great part is that SurveySpot tells you beforehand what the reward is going to be. Even though there are a lot that don’t pay anything there are still many that pay a fair reward. Occasionally I get the opportunity to take an interactive session which is a 60 or 90 minute online session where you answer questions about different products with a moderator present. These can pay anywhere from $10 to $25 and are definitely worth the effort. The only problem I have with SurveySpot is their customer service is not that great. Several times I have had problems with surveys (ie technical difficulties or not getting awarded properly) and sometimes I don’t get a decent response back. Although these problems are annoying the benefits from being a member far outweigh any negatives that I have experienced. I would definitely recommend joining this site.

Anyone else having issues making a claim? I have been trying for about a week now and keep getting error codes. I have gone through the claim checklist and everything is correct. I even contacted them and they are not responding to me. I have been a member for about 7 years now and have never had any problems. Just wondering if it was just me or the website.

I just spent 25 minutes filling out a survey and got the message that they have enough respondents. Well, they should say that at the beginning. I didn’t qualify for some reason and wasted almost a half hour. They got their answers and I didn’t get paid. This is the worst as far as being a MORAL company. There are many others that are decent. I am not going back and forget about contacting them. Ridiculous, they should be taken out of business. They play people for fools.

The fact that they pay by paypal, and very quickly, is fantastic. They send tons of surveys, and although most of them are for pointless sweepstakes entries, I get a few paying ones a week. After being a member for close to ten years, I’m giving up on them as soon as I reach the next $10 payment. The reason is very simple: They don’t know the difference between qualification and classification.
I completed about five surveys recently that, during the “final classification questions” (their words, not mine) to group my answers with other respondents, I have gotten sudden pages claiming that I don’t qualify. This is after finishing 15-30 minute surveys. When I brought this to the attention of customer service, I was simply told “We’re sorry you did not qualify to complete the entire survey.” Qualification questions come at the beginning of the survey, not when the survey has already been completed. So they’re getting completed surveys they claim they don’t have to pay for. If I don’t qualify, fine, but they need to decide that before the survey has actually been taken. I’m done giving my time for free.

I’ve never won any sweepstakes or drawings, and of all the surveys I’ve taken, few paid any points.

I have been a member of SurveySpot for over 4 years. Every improvement they make to their site makes the best of the best when it comes to the way they do business. Achieving enough points for a payout is without question one of the easiest sites to participate in. I love their automatic payment system. Immediately, after you cash out, the money is placed in your paypal account. No waiting 3 to 8 weeks to receive your money as other survey sites do. You payment is placed immediately into your paypal account. I wonder, why other sites are not willing or able to do this.
Great job SurveySpot!

This was the very first survey website that i signed up with and I feel that they’ve been they best to me. I’ve made $82.50 since April 18th 2010. The surveys come very often, about 4 or 5 per day! I qualify for most of them and i don’t have many technical issues. I use Google chrome and I feel like it’s inferior when i’m filling out surveys. Google chrome is my favorite web browser and it’s way faster and more efficient than any browser I’ve ever used but I’ve had about 3 or 4 surveys stop working at the very end when I’m supposed to get paid. Most surveys are worth between 50 points to 300 points which adds up quickly when their minimum cash-out threshold is only 1000 points ($10.00)

If you’re planning on using this website, or any survey website for that matter, I would recommend setting up a filter in your e-mail account to automatically send the surveys worth any points to a designated folder. I do this with all of my survey sites that i sign up for and it really makes it faster and easier to check my email for surveys worth any money.

I have been doing surveys with Survey Spot for three weeks now and am a dollar away from cashing out for the 7th time. That means I have made almost 70 dollars in three weeks! The money is put into my paypal the second I push the button, which is nice, but I have come to realize that now that I have completed so many surveys, the amount of paying surveys I recieve seem to be few and far between. This is good to make a quick buck, but once you hit the 50 dollar mark you will only get 2-3 paying surveys per day IF YOUR LUCKY.

SurveySpot is the best paid survey website I have been a member for 28 days and have $45.00 in my paypal account

I have been a member of this survey panel for only a couple months now, I consistently recieve good survey offers worth a good ammount of points, but for the couple months I have been a member I havent been able to request a payment due to some “maintenance” going on in their site. I hope this is going to be resolved soon, but like I said Ive been waiting 2 months! Ive sent email after email with NO response. If something isnt done soon Im leaving this site.

You won’t reap any spending money from this joke of a website. They try to get you to fill out fairly long surveys for next to no points, or even to be allowed to play a cheesy slot machine or scratch off for sweepstakes entries.
TRUST ME, do not waste a second of your life with Survey Spot.

So im sure anyone reading these knows the ins and outs of Surveyspot. I think it is great and just started it a couple months ago via BigSpot. I have already made close to $100 and just today i recieved a survey worth 3000 points, yes i said three thousand. It said it will hit my account in 4-6 weeks which i trust because i have done this before. 3000 points = $30. yes the survey was 2 hours long (had to watch 2, 1 hour full episodes) but it was worth my time. I am always paid and get at least a few surveys a day worth points and i make roughly $10 every other day. I love it!

When I first started taking surveys a few months ago, SurveySpot was receiving stellar reviews across the board on multiple rating sites. Once I signed up, I was thrilled with the amount of surveys I was receiving (usually several per day, plus more once I logged into the site). I was able to qualify for and complete about half of them even in the beginning, and I was content at the time to start with just being rewarded with sweepstakes entries – after all, I was new, and I had read that many sites wouldn’t start offering real incentives until I had proved myself committed with a steady track record.

However, after a few months, nothing has changed. I seldom receive any surveys offering anything more than sweepstakes entries. Of course, in January, the site has been offering 50 points for every completed survey, but I’ve found that’s not entirely true – 50 points are only being rewarded to those listed up front with the incentive – if you’re still taking the extra surveys you might find on the site, or the random email invites with no reward mentioned, you’re out of luck. I found that to be downright misleading, especially when I realized I had completed several of those surveys with nothing to show for it.

I have seen others complaining on not being rewarded after completion, but fortunately for me – eventually – the few 50 point surveys I did complete this month have been added to account (some listed as “Goodwill” points where the survey number was apparently lost?). I’m still attempting most of the 50 point offers for the remainder of January, but after that, I highly doubt I’ll waste my time on anything more from them aside from the few-and-far-between surveys that actually offer points. I’ll stay registered for a bit longer to give them a chance to work out these unfortunate kinks.

I have been trying to login in to my surveyspot account. The password does not work so I used the link to request my password but get an error message. When I try to use the surveyspot website to contact them I do not get a response after 2 months. I have tried to contact them three times.

SurveySpot had been my top rated survey site for the past three to four years. I guess I have earned a couple of thousand dollars during that time, which includes winning a couple of their sweepstakes. In the past I rated Member Support as one of the best. However, SurveySpot changed their site last fall and the changes, with the exception of adding PayPal, have not been for the better. Survey Spot has gone to a points system but the paying surveys have been few and far between. The one plus for Survey Spot is that you don’t have to wait on receiving a survey invite by email but can log into the site and might get lucky to participate in several surveys…you just have to wade through the non-paying ones. I have been absolutely disappointed and disgusted with member support. I had unclaimed money remaining in the old system and getting help from member support was pretty much in the form of no support. After at least a dozen emails I finally called corporate headquarters ( finding the number took a great deal of searching) and got the matter resolved. At the writing of this review I have about five surveys I have completed for money, but the amount has yet to be credited to my account. Some survey completions date back to October. Survey Spot is still worth the effort, at least for now, but be aware the new Survey Spot leaves a lot to be desired.