Making cash from online survey sites - new MSE guide

MoonChild91 · 23 May at 11:18AM

Does anyone have any experience with Life Points? I've had them recommended to me but can't find much information on MSE.

mjm3346 · 23 May at 4:14PM

MoonChild91 said:

Does anyone have any experience with Life Points? I've had them recommended to me but can't find much information on MSE.

Recommended by someone you know or just one of many many many many promotional links (many) that have been about for a few months?

They are another incarnation of the old lightspeed panel (Kantar/Lightspeed is a very large group).
I used them years ago but gave up when I cut out several panels as not worth the effort - I did sign up to Life points (to pick up a bonus another site paid if you signed up to LP through their link), but I haven't used them as the rewards are not high enough for me to bother with.

nandrews · 23 May at 7:14PM

I am with LP. Have been since MySurvey and GlobalTestMarket merged into it. It's the same as the majority in my view. You won't get much from them, but you do get the usual amount of time wasting invites (i.e., already closed, ask you again for profile details and reject, or ask many more questions and reject!). If you complain you will be brushed off and if you complain too much for them they'll stop their invites! I think all survey panels are tarred with the same brush!

MoonChild91 · 23 May at 7:25PM

That's good to know! One of my colleagues uses them, but I was dubious about signing up after my experience with Toluna - the only survey site I've ever used, and I thought it was a complete waste of time. I might not bother if they're nothing special!

ozziex99 · 28 May at 8:17AM

I also had a few difficulties with Toluna, seems to be going about

nannyto2 · 29 May at 11:30AM

what are the top 5 paying survey sites right now?

mjm3346 · 29 May at 1:09PM

nannyto2 said:

what are the top 5 paying survey sites right now?

Check the MSE list - but your demographics will affect your earning potential, for example a single 80 year old, with no car, doesn't shop online, no insurance, not responsible for household bills or choosing energy suppliers and living on a state pension with no savings is likely to get very few survey opportunities.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/make-money-surveys/

nandrews · 29 May at 1:11PM

That's a tall order. Because for me it's not those that promise to pay the most (the best). It's more about those that actually do payout what they promise in their invitation! As you may have experienced, too many in fact all will invite you to enter surveys and then reject you, sometimes almost immediately, other times after repeating details from your profile yet other times still when you have answered many questions or even all of them!
So the more steady of them which pay less per survey might be the better bet.
I would suggest www.opiniumresearch.co.uk in that category. Though don't expect a problem free ride.
Consider also Consumerpulse, Shopandscan and Nieslen who are interested in your shopping and also ask for occasional surveys.

dandyhighwayman · 11 June at 9:15AM

Has anyone had any problems with Your Say Pays?
I signed up a couple of weeks ago. I have completed 3 surveys, one for 20p (completing my profile), one for 35p and one for 50p, in that order. On completing the 50p one I checked my account balance and whilst listing all three amounts correctly it had my overall total as 50p.
I emailed support asking what had happened and got this response:

"I can see that you have completed 2 surveys on YourSayPays - the May 2020 Survey and the June 2020 survey, both for 15p each. You have also received 20p for completing your profile.

We haven't run any surveys for 35p or 50p, so could you perhaps be mixing us up with another survey site?"

Aside from the condescending tone this directly contradicts what was in my account yesterday (no, I haven't got sites mixed up) so I signed in to take a screenshot and - lo and behold - my history has been changed to match what's in their email.

Consequently I don't feel that this is a trustworthy site.

nandrews · 11 June at 9:57AM

I've had about three years experience with YourSayPays and the compensation I received was mostly reasonable.
Then I found, like many such sites, I was getting invited to, but reject from, many more surveys than I was able to complete.
So I complained, but after many such reports to them, in very reasonable tones I got:-
"You asked the same questions every time you emailed in, and we provided the same answers each time, there’s nothing new we can tell you.
we are well within our rights to ban you from the panel for aggressive behaviour, thereby forfeiting any money earned. I even mentioned this to you specifically in several emails before we banned you, so you had plenty of warning.

Because of the reason you were banned, you are not entitled to any form of compensation."!!!

So be warned!

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