COMPANY INFORMATION
Survey Sampling International, LLC
International Place
6 Research Drive
Shelton, Connecticut 06484
Email: Contact Page
- Minimum Age to Join: 18
- Rewards: Points redeemable for Cash via PayPal
- Minimum Points for Redemption: 1000 points / $10
- Regions of Participation: US
SurveySpot Panel Information
SurveySpot is a online paid survey panel that was created by Survey Sampling International, a market research company that was founded in 1977. Survey Sampling provides survey solutions for the market research industry in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia, however the SurveySpot panel is limited to the United States.
Membership to their panel is free, and when you become a member you will begin to receive survey invitations via email. Each survey invitation will usually include the topic of the survey and and the incentive offered. Some of their surveys offer cash rewards and others offer an entry for their $25,000 Sweepstakes plus one instant win game play.
How to Earn Money with MySurvey.com
- Get started by completing the quick registration process.
- After joining you can find information on current studies by checking your email for survey invitations. Each Survey Invitation will list the topic, estimated time to complete the survey, and the reward offered.
- Then just complete surveys and earn cash rewards. While not all of their survey invitations offer cash rewards, each completed survey will at least give you an entry in their sweepstakes and a chance to win an instant reward. If you only want to take the cash paying surveys, be sure to pay attention to the incentive offered in the details of the emailed survey invitation.
Payment Terms
- 1000 point minimum ($10) required to request your earnings
- Payments are sent via a PayPal
Conclusion
While not all of SurveySpot’s surveys offer cash rewards, they do send a large amount of survey invitations. Once you have taken several of their surveys, you may find that you are receiving enough surveys from them that you can afford to be “choosy”, and only attempt the cash paying surveys.
Average User Ratings for SurveySpot
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GOOD COMPANY
If you like doing surveys, this is the company to join. You will receive survey invitations everyday and I mean everyday. Most of them are for sweepstake emtries with no points, which is alright if you really lilke surveys. They tend to be too long and sometimes boring for the incentive they offer. .The quality and subjects vary which at times are interesting.. I always urge anyone interested in joining a survey panel that Survey Spot should be one of the first companies to join. Even though some of subjects are long, but the questions are easy to answer. I also think Survey Spot is a good company for beginners to learn some of the “ins and outs” on how surveys work.
My Favorite No More
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.
SurveySpot used to be one of my favorite companies, but my experience with them has gone down. This company sends a lot of surveys, most of them sweepstakes. The non-sweepstakes used to reward you with money, but now they are using a point system, in which 100 points equals $ 1.00. And this switch resulted in lower earning potential per survey. It used to be $ 2 – 3 per survey, but these days most of the surveys earn you 100 – 150 points, while the amount of time you spend on those stayed the same. Also qualifying for those points survey is somewhat more difficult than in the past. I still do all the points surveys and the occasional sweepstakes, but I am not enjoying this company as much as I used to.
Unable to login or contact
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.
this site is a ripoff
i just spent 25minutes going through a survey that was down to age, income etc., in other words all but done, gthen was told i didn’t qualify, or they had enough. that is about the third time this year it has happened to me
They cheat you
I have been with survey spot for several years. I made a decent amount of money until they switched over to this points system. I am going all the way through the survey, complete it, get the message that my account will be credited for the points. Then when I check the survey history, it says I didn’t meet the criteria. Or the survey isn’t even listed. I have been emailing them constantly about this, but they won’t send an answer, or even acknowledge my email. I get several surveys from them everyday, but I am not wasting my time. I won’t get credited if I complete it.
High Hopes, Little Reward
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.
Long surveys for little (if any) money
Overall, these are a waste of my time.
1.) They used to be on a cash basis, and you’d see actual dollars if you completed surveys – depending on their customer who submits the survey. And you knew how much they were paying. But now it’s on a point basis. Bottom line is that you have to build up points and you get too little cash to make it worthwhile.
2.) Many of their surveys are TOO LONG. They aren’t well written and the questions are redundant. They may say that it takes 20 minutes to complete. Maybe that’s for the people who wrote it and are familiar with the questions.
3.) Another big gripe is that many times the surveys go through a long list of questions to qualify you first. This might take 5 minutes just to get qualified – and if you aren’t, you get nothing. This leads me to believe that SurveySpot doesn’t have any standards for the surveys they accept. They need to make them short and sweet. My time is too valueable to screw around.
My advice: don’t waste your time with these people. Time is money. If you’re willing to work for 10 cents an hour, go ahead. But the agency that’s churning out these surveys is getting paid a lot by their customers and they need to pay us a decent rate for our time and opinion. They say “your opinion is valueable to us.” Right. Show me the money!
Since they went to point system a good site
I had originally joined this site 1 1/2 years ago and quit because they weren’t profitable. I rejoined them 6 months ago and have been happy with the results. Recently they switched to a point system where 100 points=$1.00
PROS: They send surveys directly to your email and the points per survey vary. I am satisfied with the amount of surveys i receive and my completion rate is about 65%. I also have received various products from them to try which I always find fun. In addition they use paypal as a payout option once your account reaches $10.00. Once you cash out the money is available immediately in your paypal account. I’ve had to use customer service once and while it did take 5-7 days to get a reply to my question it was nice that I did receive a reply as well as an answer to my question. Also when you attempt a survey whether you complete it or not you are able to win an entry into their sweepstakes. The number of entries you receive into the sweepstakes varies by the number of entries you win when you play the instant win game. This game you play is either a scratch card or a slot machine. During the month of January 2010 they offered a 50 cents incentive for completing surveys and I was able to complete many of them. I’m hoping that they offer this incentive again sometime soon.
CONS: You can also log into there site to take additional surveys but most of the surveys here are for entries into their sweepstakes. I complete a number of them but have never won anything. I prefer the points surveys over the sweepstakes any day.
OVERALL: I think this is one of the better sites and would definetly recommend it. You get a decent amount of surveys to complete and can make decent money completing them.
Best Ever
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!
Legit company with lots of PTs
Surveyspot are a legit survey company and they really pay check/paypal to me.they send many surveys daily(most of them are reward sweepstakes).Many of the surveys fill up quickly,so you need to hurry complete them.Survey Spot send out interactive surveys and product testing opportunities as well,I like PTs very much.They pay anywhere from $10 to $50. Regular surveys generally range from $1 to $5.I had earned 400$ from them.
My only complaint with them is that their site was not stable recently and I couldn’t login in.I hope it solves quickly.
Survey Spot offers 4 ways to win; check/paypal,sweepstakes and instant win.i had never win sweepstakes.Hope next time i will be the lucky guy:)
Waste of your time!
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.
Do not bother with this one!
I have been a member of Survey Spot for several years. I have been attempting to contact them for quite a while regarding the loss of points in their changeover. To date I have sent 4 emails and despite the promise on the website that they will respond in 72 hours, I have yet to hear from them at all. I have also been attempting to check my current balance and I keep getting a message saying that there is “maintenance” going on.
Most of their surveys do not offer points, but the opportunity to play a “game”. I have never won any prizes in this game. If I ever get enough points to cash out, I am unsubscribing from this one.
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.
something has occured
as someone else noted, can not log-in into my acct. in the past 7-10 days as of 4/16/10. email them to see if they were still there? response back was that my acct. has been terminated with no warring and no explanation on why? have an email in asking for better explanation and to have my acct. turned back on. like doing surveys with them. would cash out every 3 months for $100 or so. hope my request is granted?
SurveySpot is the best paid survey website I have been a member for 28 days and have $45.00 in my paypal account
Fun surveys, No compensation
You will find Fun surveys here, most laid out well. The site will redirect you to other surveys too. But in the entire time I have been registered I have completed several surveys but only have entries in a sweepstakes to show for it. None of the promised rewards (points) for completed surveys have ever shown up in my account. Go ahead and sign up if you just like to take surveys. Try another site if you really want to get paid
Quick Cashout, Few Surveys
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.
5 STAR SURVEY SITE
SurveySpot has definitely been one of my top earners, if not THE top, in my list.
It’s easy to sign up and you almost immediately start receiving survey invites VIA e-mail. SurveySpot used to have cash-reward system paid by Check but now have recently switched over to a Points-for-cash system with the option of being paid VIA PayPal.
I very much enjoy the changes and feel they have made Survey Spot a better website.
The surveys usually range between 5-20 mins, with some as high as 60 mins. The rewards range from sweepstakes entries or point rewards of 50-200 points, or occasionally up to 400 or higher.
The points for cash system is very simple as 100 points is equal to $1. To make a claim you need a minimum of 1000 points and unlike other survey sites, the money is sent immediately to your PayPal account after you request it! Just make sure the address you register with is the one associated with your PayPal account.
THEY^ DONT GIVE YOU YOUR POINTS
many times i completed the 400 and 300 point media surveys which drag on way past the estimated time frame in the invites. I complete them and when the page comes to go back to survey spot for me to receive my points ,the site CONVENIENTLY finds an error and i get nothing …i contacted survey spot with undeniable proof of this since i saved the invites and urls stating i finished the surveys AND THEY STILL spout bs….the typical “we’re sorry, we see you have not completed this survey” WTF are you serious it was there in black and white . Now they arent all bad but i had been using them for years and these experiences ruined them for me . I get nothing on their end . the only surveys i actually do get points from ( without the site conveniently failing) are the 25 min 100 point surveys that are hardly worth the dollar anyway.
/rant ……UGH!
Pretty Good.
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.
TERRIBLE DOWNHILL SLIDE
If you have the patience of a frigging saint, let Survey Spot test it. I have been a member for 5 years. Since the change, their rewards have declined dramatically. Now I can’t get ANY of my earned money. I’ve been trying to claim it for months, but no answer to any of my inquiries. They are toast in my book. They should no longer be supported by respondents. Other formerly decent survey sites took this same dive. You know who they are if you’re doing surveys constantly. Please, everyone, support the ones who pay fairly and consistently. Boycott those who don’t. It’s long past time to DUMP THIS DOG!
Quickest Paying Survey Site
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!
New to it and hooked
I signed up for survey spot months ago but never actually participated in any surveys. I started yesterday and have already earned 1000 points which is $10 not much yet but I beleive that if i do a survey when bored a few times a day then i can make steady money. I like that they email you stating how many points the surveys are worth and the surveys come often. Only negative thing is some questions in a survey can be repetitive.
few surveys pay
I’ve never won any sweepstakes or drawings, and of all the surveys I’ve taken, few paid any points.
Disappointment
I started out last year really liking SurveySpot, but have had some problems recently with a couple of surveys…………..request their help, never ever hear from them. Other survey sites I participate in will answer almost immediately and fix the problem if there is one. These guys don’t seem to really have a member support dept………