Making cash from online survey sites - new MSE guide

Ridiculously, NewVistaLive have now got back to me claiming they have credited me for all the surveys that showed as completed - including a few I wasn't sure about, but excluding half a dozen that I know for a fact I completed - resulting in my points total now being (drum roll...) 4999 points. They pay out at 5000. How incredibly convenient for them.

Another more tetchy email to NewVistaLive, and they have finally credited me for all but one of my completed surveys. That one remaining one rankles a bit, as I know I completed it, but it doesn't really matter as I'm not going to be doing any more surveys with them and I have enough now to get my final £50 cheque.

If the problem is universal, I expect many members won't have noticed and most won't have been keeping notes of the survey IDs they've completed, so assuming they do manage to eventually sort it out I really hope for everyone's sake that all the missing credits are queued rather than lost.

Hi everyone!

just browsing through MSE for other reasons and came across these threads. I thought I would share my experience of market research with anyone wondering how they can make a bit of money out of it.

I am a member of most survey sites mentioned with Ipsos and GTM being some of my favourites and although they make me a fair bit of pocket money which comes in handy for xmas etc. there's still a lot more out there that aren't as well advertised or easily accessible.

has anyone heard of kantar world panels?
I Became a member of their shop and scan panel a while ago now. (they send you a clicker and you basically scan all your shopping and upload every week in return for some reward points)
they offer you 1100 points each week for this, with an added 500 points if you upload your receipts. (you need 10,000 points for a £10 voucher) I know this doesn't sound like a lot, its like, £1.60 a week....I know. BUT....once your a member of kantar, you open up a whole load of opportunities with them if you stay loyal and you upload every week.

From this I have also been invited and joined

consumer pulse
food diary
petrol panel
food on the go

These are all panels managed by kantar and all offer generous incentives.

consumer pulse - offers 500 points per item recorded (this is for things such as clothes, cinema, beauty products etc. anything other than food basically) you have a separate reward account for this. you can earn up to £20 a month in points from this one alone. you also get monthly surveys worth around 2000 points

food diary - is a one off sort of thing where you record a diary of everything you and your family eat for a week. you receive £10 for this for the week which is added in points directly to your shop and scan account.

Petrol panel - you have to log in and record each petrol purchase over the month. it literally takes you 30 seconds. you get 2500 points for this a month (£2.50) this is also added to your shop and scan account.

food on the go - I like this one! this is an app on your mobile. you enter each food item purchased whilst out of the home. so anything from a vending machine, at work, in the canteen etc.... you scan the barcodes with your phone camera or manually enter the items. you get 250 points for your first entry each week and 100 for every other entry. Again this is added to your shop and scan account each week. I think the limit with this one is £20 a month.

this sounds like a lot of work but it really isn't! I scan my shopping every week. input my petrol once a week and record everything I buy on the go through my phone. all in all, it takes me around 30 minutes a month! and I can potentially earn around £50. that's not a bad deal in my opinion.

these panels are invite only, I think I got my invite through panelbase maybe? but you can register your interest in any of their panels through volunteerforpanels.com if they want you they will send you an email referral link. the bonus to this is, your points are all on one account, which makes it super easy to cash out! they only offer voucher rewards, but for a variety of retailers such as amazon, argos, arcadia etc. in my opinion its well worth it and I hope this helps someone who is seriously looking for a way into the market research world.

just a tip though...stay loyal, or they will kick you off the panel.

Is Branded Surveys going down the pan? All badges now only get 5 points for the poll and I don't think they have the poll streak any more which really made it worth doing. A lot of their surveys are now very long, 20 minutes for 20 cents isn't really worth while. I clicked on one just now that said it would be 10 minutes and when the survey opened it said it shouldn't take longer than 40 minutes. I think the gravy train may have moved on.