Online Survey Sites to Check Out
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
Philippines
March 2, 2017 4:43am CST
I saw an online survey site mentioned in a post here, so I googled it. From reading their website, Mobrog sounds similar to GlobalTestMarket, so I might sign up.
When researching online survey sites that accept international members, I always search forums and blogs based in the Philippines by Filipinos. I want to read about their good and bad experiences so I'll know what to expect.
One blog was by a stay-at-home mom who listed her current earnings from several online survey sites. I wrote their names in my notebook to check out later: Ann-Kate (now Surveyon), iPanel, AiP and ViewFruit.
I also browsed PanelPlace and took note of Toluna.
Then I remembered emailing YouGov last year to inquire about their site. I will reread that email and research that site again.
I keep telling myself I will join more survey sites to add to GlobalTestMarket. Now I have 7 sites to research and choose from, so no more excuses!
I prefer online survey sites that pay through PayPal, but I'm also open to receiving Sodexo Gift Certificates/Vouchers because Sodexo is accepted as cash payment at big supermarkets when buying groceries here in the Philippines. You just have to ask the cashier first before lining up.
If you're a member of any of these online survey sites, may I know your experience with them?
If not, how do you research online earning sites? What convinces you to finally join?
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27 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
2 Mar 17
I don't waste my time on survey sites...you go thru all the questions to find out they don't need/want me LOL!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
i get screened out, too, at globaltestmarket, when i don't fit the demographics they prefer. i would prefer swagbucks or bing rewards since i search a lot, but they're not available to filipinos yet.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
2 Mar 17
@hereandthere I use Swag for all my searching.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill i know i will definitely join swagbucks if it ever becomes available in the philippines.
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@garymarsh6 (24004)
• United Kingdom
4 Mar 17
Some of the sites are good but the survey sites can be a bit of a con. You answer questions for about ten minutes they they tell you sorry you do not qualify for the survey but you have already answered many of their questions. It is a bit of a con really!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
some sites like globaltestmarket give you 5 points when you're screened out. but i've also experienced getting a glitch midway and had to abandon them.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
25 Mar 17
That's why I gave up on newvista in the UK, despite it being a good payer on the seemingly rare occasions when people qualified. I know someone who got the £50 twice but I got fed up with the rejections. We writers get enough of them.already! I find YouGov much better.
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@MGjhaud (23228)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
I'm not a part of any of those that you mentioned above. I stopped doing surveys a long time ago but i do micro-tasking on Spare5. That's the only earning app i have.
Sometimes i get curious whenever i see new earning apps/sites so i usually just read reviews first and the How-It-Works part.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
@MGjhaud no bidding? the rate is fixed? do they pay immediately once you've completed the task?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
when i read about any online earning site, i always check if it accepts international members and if it pays through paypal. i actually think your demographics is good for survey sites, but if you don't have the time or patience to answer long surveys, you'll probably give up on them.
what tasks do you do on spare5?
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It also pays through PayPal. 
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
8 Mar 17
@hereandthere So you are there also already? Though, nothing beats the interaction and firendships made here.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
8 Mar 17
@SIMPLYD i'm not at literacy base, but i'm aware of that site and read the posts here talking about it.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
if you mean literacy base, probably not. 300 words is hard!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
@Beatburn true. i tell myself that if i lived in the us, i'd join a lot of online earning sites. hehe. i know i'd benefit from swagbucks and bing rewards since i search a lot, but they're not available to filipinos/philippines yet. oh, well.
you can also read my interaction with joy within this post about a microtask site called spare5.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
i don't think so. you need several and a variety of online sites because you can get bored doing the same thing. however, i also feel that some demographics get more surveys than others.
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@Beatburn (4286)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
@hereandthere And location, too. Sometimes, I wish we were a first world country.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
You are really everywhere, even in survey sites hehehe!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
i only have one at the moment, globaltestmarket, and i get screened out a lot, so i want to add one or two more. i just have to research those 7 survey sites first - eenie, meenie, minnie, moe! hahaha!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
@sunrisefan but you and your wife give of your time and talent to serve so many people
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
@hereandthere I admire you for being able to attend to these sites. It even takes great effort for me to be here in Mylot :)
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
true. that's why i want several. like mylot, i just consider them as "future money"
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Mar 17
You just reminded me about YouGov! I only did the surveys that were given to me (they have mini surveys or questions, but I believe it's not for money) . . . they were pleasant and not time consuming. However, it does take a long time to get to pay out this way (which I believe was in the form of gift cards). I think I am 75% there to pay out, but have not returned in a long time.
There was another one that look a long time . . . Paid Viewpoint. Slow to get to payout but the surveys are easy (maing about "you") and not time consuming as well.
What I liked about both sites is that the surveys are not like the typical, long boring surveys - you don't get the run around either. However, they are not places you spend a lot of time in, so you get what you get at that time.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Mar 17
@hereandthere I know YouGov sends you the emails, but I'm not sure about PaidViewPoint (but when you get there, on both, it will say if it a survey is available to you or not). It's really different from the normal surveys, so I don't really understand where any money comes from - but well, I guess it somehow does.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
so both yougov and paidviewpoint sends you an email and you answer it? that's the kind i like because i don't like going to sites to log in.
that's why i want a few more since they're slow and i get screened out.
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
3 Mar 17
I'm disappointed by this survey sites because they will always say I'm not qualified
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
i only have globaltestmarket for now. they always give 5 points when you're screened out of the survey.
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
27 Mar 17
I've never joined any survey sites.. maybe when I'm not too busy anymore I might try ..
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
28 Mar 17
online surveys tend to test your patience, so i'd say your patience is better spent on your numerous endeavors. hahaha!
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
1 Apr 17
@hereandthere I'm afraid, I have ran out of patience .. I feel that I owe it to myself to have short patience these days ..lol .. part of the very ungraceful ageing process ..
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
I don't know any sites out there besides clixsense,now I don't do that site anymore because they no longer accept paypal.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
25 Mar 17
I am only active on two. YouGov is a very important polling organisation in the UK and I have been paid by them a number of times with no problems. The other one I do is PaidViewpoint, which I joined on a referral from someone at Bubblews. Most of their surveys pay very tiny amounts, especially outside the US, but they take very little time at all. They also have occasional first-come-first-served surveys which pay much more if you're quick, sometimes just for answering one question. They pay by Paypal and I have received a payment.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
26 Mar 17
thanks for that. yeah, sometimes i don't feel like opening the email from globaltestmarket yet, then by the time i did, it's 'closed.'
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Mar 17
i joined survey compare, panel place, viewfruit, and that other one that i have about $11.+ already. surveys keep me excluded because of my age.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
8 Mar 17
i only have one globaltestmarket, it's slow because i also get screened out, but i'm always paid. which of those surveys have paid you?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Mar 17
@hereandthere VF, and GTM also excludes me, like panelplace. i receive notifications about surveys, but always excluded because, "how can i comment on surveys about traveling, and my age as well"?
@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
I joined 3 survey sites before, iP, VF and GTM...
I had cashed out a few times on iP... Once at GTM and never on VF... I got discouraged with VF when I had completed the survey and I didn't get my points.
There were times when the survey on iP is also given in GTM and vice versa, so if you had already answered and completed in one, you can no longer answer on the other.
I haven't visited those survey sites for quite some time now.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
were you ever paid by ipanel, viewfruit and globaltestmarket? did they pay through paypal?
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
@hereandthere ipanel and gtm, yes, they paid me thru PayPal...
I wasn't able to reach the minimum points in VF.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
11 Mar 17
I am from the United States so I can do many survey sites but I know out of the US there are less options. I do GlobalTestMarket and Toluna. I do many others as well but I am not very active on any of them. I earn better on the survey sites but I like mylot more so this is where I spend most of my free time.
@maezee (41985)
• United States
2 Mar 17
Nice. Let us know how they go! I have heard of Global Test Market but never used it. I think some of the surveys I do on other sites come from there. I keep meaning to join Ipsos but have been putting it off. Already a member of Opinion Outpost, SurveySavvy, Treasure Trooper, Cash Crate, Swagbucks.... I feel like that is enough for now. Theres a website out there I believe called SurveyPolice that is a good resource for learning which sites are scams and whatnot. Let us know how it goes!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
i think it's the same way here. some of the survey sites seem to be "related" to each other. i just want to add one or two more online survey sites since i always get screened out due to demographics, but they have to be sites that are available to filipinos/philippines so i have to research them first.
@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
Same as @AbbyGreenhill I have wasted too much time to discover at the end of the questions that they did not need my survey.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Mar 17
I'm too careful, I never join anything until I have honest reports from firm friends, kist be careful, there are a lot of scams going on. On FB they have been talking about the scams that lure you to give your info and why not to do it. Good luck.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
i'm careful, too. i don't join easily. i don't want to leave my email address everywhere.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
2 Mar 17
I tried MoBrog because a friend referred me. To be honest, I don't like it. Why? Because the moment you answer te survey it will tell you the survey is done when I haven't finish it. So I disregard that. And beside, there is no option for your to enter you PayPal account once you registred.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Mar 17
was your friend ever paid by mobrog? did you tell her about your experience with mobrog? what did she say?
