Inbox dollars is a scam. They will pull you in by offering $5 to begin and another $7 for completing some other tasks. It all goes downhill from there. I quickly realized that filling out countless surveys. I really gave them a try, I tried and tried and tried. Finally I snapped and said “No More!” What happens is that once you start a survey and it could be 15-20 minutes of filling questions, they will reject you based on answering a question as “no”. So you could answer “yes, yes, yes” for multiple questions and after 20 minutes of tedious (and yes, boooring!) questioning you are rejected from survey by punching one lousy “No”. Then they offer “sweeps” which is a raffle ticket that will never win you anything, pathetic! So, after seeing what a sham I got myself into I just decided to get my $30 by strictly opening the “paid mail” and using “paid search”. I had opened the account with them 1.5 years ago and finally was able to collect my $30 (actually $27, they even take $3 for “processing fee” – a final slap in the face) after countless hours of filling surveys and opening stupid paid mail. They pay 2 cents per one paid e-mail so yes it will take a while. I will be closing my account with inbox dollars now that I recovered a small fraction of what my time is actually worth, and I recommend staying clear from them and finding another way of making $$$.
Like other sites we tested, InboxDollars is a survey aggregator. So clicking on a survey opportunity typically redirects you to a third-party site. In most cases, I was led to a typical survey setup: starter questions about my age, gender and ZIP code, followed by either a disqualification or questions on a specific topic. A few survey topics I covered include McDonald’s, insurance and grocery stores.
In my opinion, Inbox Dollars is a scam. After registering and wasting hours upon hours to make a few cents I started receiving a swarm of emails, 83 in one day to be exact, from the companies I was questioned about in the surveys. Not to mention an abundance of calls from unknown numbers. What an invasion of privacy! This is not worth the hassle. Be smart and don’t fall for this one!

Dear Dave, You should contact LiveChat for more assistance but an account can be deleted/removed for inactivity on the account for a period of 6 months or more of if the account was in a violation of the terms. Accounts are never randomly deleted without cause so if you reach out to LiveChat they can review and escalate your inquiry if further review is needed. We have more information in our Terms of Membership: http://www.inboxdollars.com/pages/terms
Another good news that, survey invites are sent frequently, and disqualification rate is very low in One Poll. You’ll receive a good number of invitations in a week to participate in surveys, and you’ll be eligible to participate in many of them. Also, the surveys in One Poll are arguably the shortest surveys you’ll find in the market, as well as the most fun to participate in. Surveys take between 2 – 10 minutes, and most of them are very interesting.
I reside in Jamaica. I am at a disadvantage in securing paid surveys because of my location as the so-called first world countries receive all the choice survey sites leaving the crumbs that fall from the Master’s table. The survey field needs to be leveled. Because of the advent of IT capability, the world is just one community. Everyone is aware of what goes on everywhere.
First, thank you for providing this extensive list. I wanted to offer a quick follow up. After reading your post I decided to give Survey Junkie a try and I’ve already closed the account. Yes, I can tell it’s well organized and it is definitely a user-friendly platform. The problems I experienced were first that not one of the surveys they emailed me about were available. I did, however, complete several surveys from the site itself and I found them to be lengthy – in itself, not a problem, but 3 out of 5 told me I didn’t qualify after I’d already invested 10 – 12 minutes filling out the forms. They got more than enough information from me to be useful which is an old and highly unethical trick in market research – which happens to be my background. All in all, it was a LOT of wasted time.
Fabletics is a breakthrough athleisure brand founded by Don Ressler and Adam Goldenberg, in partnership with Golden globe award-winning actress Kate Hudson in 2013. Fabletics uses cutting-edge technology to track consumers’ preferences and offers a monthly membership model. Members benefit from discounts of up to 50% on trendy and stylish athleisure apparel in addition to personalized customer service.

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It seems like IBD has made several changes that benefit them financially and ends up taking away more of the minimal amount of money you earn to begin with. I have always wondered why they only allow a person 20 spins over a 24 hour period. Especially and in light of the fact you are lucky if 20 spins net you .5-.25 cents. I have been trying Cash Crate. And so far, no complaints. 

How it works: Pinecone Research is owned and operated by Nielsen, the billion-dollar data and measurement company responsible for TV Nielsen Ratings. With Pinecone Research, you earn $3 per survey, which typically take 15 to 20 minutes to complete. The downside to Pinecone is that they often have strict demographic requirements, which means that you may not qualify depending on your age, education, race or other profile factors.
How it works: Vindale is one of the oldest, most well-known, and most highly-rated survey companies around (boasting an “A” rating from the BBB and a great Trustpilot score of 8.1). The only thing that keeps this site from ranking higher on my list is the minimum cashout amount, which is $50. It can take a good amount of time and dedication to hit that mark. Still, the company provides high-quality surveys with good payouts, which makes Vindale a great choice for users who plan on filling out surveys regularly but less attractive for those who are thinking about just dabbling.
First, thank you for providing this extensive list. I wanted to offer a quick follow up. After reading your post I decided to give Survey Junkie a try and I’ve already closed the account. Yes, I can tell it’s well organized and it is definitely a user-friendly platform. The problems I experienced were first that not one of the surveys they emailed me about were available. I did, however, complete several surveys from the site itself and I found them to be lengthy – in itself, not a problem, but 3 out of 5 told me I didn’t qualify after I’d already invested 10 – 12 minutes filling out the forms. They got more than enough information from me to be useful which is an old and highly unethical trick in market research – which happens to be my background. All in all, it was a LOT of wasted time.
Not a “scam” in the sense of the word, but really not a way to earn any type of money. If you can find the companies that do the surveys and do them on your own with out sites like this you will make a substantially bigger amount of money. The “scam” is they take 90% (if not more, to be honest probably 99%) of the survey payout for themselves. Its the same for the “offers”, they will take the majority of the offer from the company, and give you a small percentage, And if that was not enough, they also take a percentage of your payout. This should be illegal as it is criminal to do this to people.
This is also a common survey site used by Kenyans who work online. The survey site pays Ksh. 325 for every successful survey completed. The good thing with it is that you can claim you money once you hit Ksh. 1000 hence you do not have to wait too long to make a withdrawal. Triaba pays using Paypal. You can download their app from Google Play or App Store which helps you get more survey jobs.

Be sure to update/check your mailing address so that your payment is mailed to the correct location. Next, you need to select your preferred payment option – either a traditional cheque from InboxDollars with its logo, that you can easily cash or deposit into your bank account, or ePayments, which include Merchant eCards( that can be redeemed in-store or online), Prepaid Visa and Donations.

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Mind Swarms has two type of surveys. In majority of the surveys, you’ll be asked 7 questions; while in a few others, you are asked only one question. To answer the survey, you read out the question, and you proceed to give your honest answer, while recording yourself. The 7 questions survey pays $50 per survey; while the one questions surveys pay $10. This makes Mind Swarms literally the highest paying survey site.
There are also some minor surveys called “Trait surveys” which you can take from time to time to boost your trait score. In these surveys, you’ll simply be providing more personal information about yourself, relating to ethnicity, health and medical condition, religious beliefs and viewpoints, political view points, purchase preferences etc. The good news is that, you not only boost your trait score by answering these trait surveys, but they also pay you. You’ll earn anything between $0.03 – $0.10 for each trait survey.

For every survey invitation, you’ll be told how long it’ll take, as well as how much you’ll earn. Apart from taking surveys, you can also earn via product testing. Once in a while View Banks send out product that you’ll use and give your opinion about. You earn cash for the test, and you also get to keep the product. You can also earn from their “mystery shopping” assignment where you can be tasked with shopping around for insurance quotes or calling your bank. These are high paying tasks, which can net you as much as £130.
How it works: LifePoints is the survey platform of a company called Lightspeed, which is owned by Kantar (one of the world’s largest market research and consumer data analytics firms). The platform was formed as a merger of two of the company’s other products, MySurvey and Global Test Market, and gives users a variety of ways to earn points that can be redeemed for cash:
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