Earn Rewards Through Legit Surveys

Back in Manila, I’ve signed up for a couple of surveys since 2010. Most of the time, I was screened out, maybe because I was in the Philippines and most surveys are for North America, Australia or the UK. When we migrated to Vancouver, I edited my profile and updated my address to my Canadian address. I am getting more survey invitations in my inbox now and 3 out of 5 times, I am qualified to answer the surveys.

Since we landed, I have gotten 3 checks already and more than a dozen gift cards from answering surveys. Disclaimer though, this will NOT be a big amount that you can quit your full-time job and just do this for a living, it does add up though and it’ll be a good “allowance” to save up for a rainy day. I normally do the survey whenever I’m doing my website migration, in between loads of laundry or waiting for my son to come out of his class, etc. Might as well do something useful during the lull time right? 🙂

Here are some of the survey companies that I’ve signed up for:

Global Test Market – This is the very first survey that I’ve signed up for back in Manila, one of my complaint before was that they changed their policy with regards to the checks that they are issuing. My very first check with them was converted into peso so it was easy to just deposit it, now it’s only in US or Canadian dollars. But since I am now in Canada, no problem with depositing the check 🙂

Frequency of surveys sent: 4/5
System: Points per survey
Ways to redeem: Accumulate points, redeem through PayPal, Check or E-Gift Certificates
Successfully redeemed: Yes

MySurvey – I’ve gotten most of my Amazon.ca e-gift certificates through this survey site.

Frequency of surveys sent: 4/5
System: Points per survey
Ways to redeem: Accumulate points, redeem through PayPal, Check or E-Gift Certificates/E-gift Cards
Successfully redeemed: Yes

MintVine – This is the newest company that I’ve signed up with, but the fastest I’ve gotten to redeem a reward. Got $10 PayPal since signing up less than a month ago.

Frequency of surveys sent: 5/5
System: Points per survey
Ways to redeem: PayPal, Amazon/Starbucks/Old Navy/Banana Republic/Gap e-gift cards
Successfully redeemed: Yes

Angus Reid Forum – I haven’t gotten any reward from this survey company yet as it has the biggest threshold in the list, with $50. But it is one of the more reputable survey companies in Canada so I’m sticking with it.

Frequency of surveys sent: 3/5
System: Survey Dollars
Ways to redeem: 4,000 Aeroplan Miles, Amazon gift e-card, or cash in the form of a direct bank deposit or a virtual prepaid VISA card through a secure rewards site called Paylution
Successfully redeemed: Not yet

Legerweb – I haven’t redeemed any points yet, but threshold is lower than Angus Reid, at $20

Frequency of surveys sent: 1/5
System: Dollar equivalent
Ways to redeem: Redeem dollars as cheque, donate to an NGO or transfer to AirMiles
Successfully redeemed: Not yet

SurveyLion – No minimum cashout! The first check I got from them was just $9, lol. I was just trying it out if I could cash out and clicked redeem and it didn’t asked me for a confirmation, a message just popped out and said to just wait for the check to arrive, it did after a few weeks 🙂

Frequency of surveys sent: 1/5
System: Dollar equivalent
Ways to redeem: Cash through cheque (by mail)
Successfully redeemed: Yes

Swagbucks – Swagbucks is a little bit different from list, it offer surveys as well as special offers, watch videos and games that you can play in return for “swagbucks” (points). There are tons of opportunity to earn swagbucks but it is too overwhelming for me to check it out everyday. I think people with more idle time on their hands will find this site quite entertaining though.

Frequency of surveys sent: 5/5
System: Swagbucks (points)
Ways to redeem: PayPal, e-gifts certificates/e-gift cards
Successfully redeemed: Not yet

iPoll – I am a member of this survey company since I was in Manila, but surveys were far and very few. I’ve been getting a lot of surveys now though, since we moved. I’m very near the $25 threshold for a cash out.

Frequency of surveys sent: 2/5
System: Dollar equivalent
Ways to redeem: PayPal, e-gift cards
Successfully redeemed: Yes (but in Manila)

Toluna – You can get rewarded for answering surveys and being active in their poll and topics/online community. They also have some test products popping up once in a while. I’ve redeemed Amazon e-gift certificates, and recently through Paypal.

Frequency of surveys sent: 4/5
System: Points per survey
Ways to redeem: PayPal, e-gift certificates/e-gift cards
Successfully redeemed: Yes

Web Perspectives – I’ve signed up at Web Perspectives a few weeks ago, I’ve gotten an Indigo e-gift card after answering a few surveys, so far so good.

Frequency of surveys sent: 3/5
System: Points per survey
Ways to redeem: Air Miles, Indigo/Chapters/Amazon/Cineplex/The Source/Golf Town e-gift cards or donation to Canadian Cancer Society
Successfully redeemed: Yes

Some survey companies accept international members, even if you are not based in Canada, you might want to check them out and see if your country is listed. 🙂 Have fun answering! 🙂

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