No longer restricted to U.S. residents; now people worldwide can get paid for completing surveys and other market research work. The companies listed on this page are mainly looking for residents from various parts of Asia. Please note that being included on a panel does not guarantee a company will have regular surveys to fit all demographics.
Before joining any of the programs, consider getting yourself a separate e-mail address. My own personal recommendation is gmail, but there are many to choose from.
You earn "marketpoints" each time you respond to a survey request - the closer you fit the demographics for the survey, the higher the points earned but you'll always earn 2 or 3 even if you don't qualify at all. A typical survey of 30 questions that takes approximately 12 minutes to complete will earn 60 to 80 MarketPoints. You can also earn extra points when you refer others. Each point is worth $0.05 and you need 1000 points to qualify for payment by check in your local currency.
They seem to be fairly active. I'm receiving at least 2 or 3 surveys every week at present.
Test&Vote/Toluna is slightly different from other survey sites I've come across in that you don't have to rely on getting invitations for completing surveys, but have several other ways of earning points or getting free items.
You can either exchange your points for a range of vouchers or use them to buy tickets in the monthly lottery where you could win cash prizes.
Points subject to change and to regional variations.
See our international page for a complete list of available countries.
MySurveyAsia offers you the chance to participate in online research and earn points exchangeable for vouchers or cash (varies by country). I receive regular surveys to complete and even when you don't qualify you still earn a small number of points. They are one of the best sites when it comes to longer duration surveys (eg a few minutes once a week for a month or every day for a week) which pay pretty well and for product trials.
Opinionworld - Become a member of OpinionWorld and receive regular invitations to take part in interesting surveys and opinion polls. Each time that you take part you'll earn points exchangeable for cash or rewards(varies by country).
Join Give Us Your 2 Cents and you can help shape future products and services by participating in research studies. Take a survey every day and get an entry into the 38,000 RR sweepstake.
You must be a Russian resident 16 years or older to enter and participate.
Join Give Us Your 2 Cents and you can help shape future products and services by participating in research studies. Take a survey every day and get an entry into a 5,000 CNY sweepstake.
You must be a China resident 14 years or older to enter and participate.
Contrary to appearances suggested by the name, American Consumer Opinion is made up of consumers worldwide who have agreed to participate in surveys over the Internet. Occasionally, these consumers are asked to participate in mail surveys or telephone surveys, but generally the surveys are all conducted over the Internet.
All registered members participate in a monthly drawing to win $250 in cash awards, just for being a member.
Incentives typically range in value from $4 to $25, per survey, depending upon the length of the questionnaire and the time it takes to complete it. If a survey is extra long, then the award could be $25 or more. Participants in online focus groups generally receive more than $25.
Survey Savvy pay $3 cash for completed surveys and also earn from referring friends - $2 for every survey completed by your referrals, and $1 by their referrals. As you can refer people from anywhere in the world you can still generate a good income just by refering people.
What is particularly good about this company for non US residents especially, is that you can request payment at any time (no minimum), let the cash accumulate if you wish to save on bank charges, or even make the checks payable to somebody else if you wish to make a dollar payment.
International market research company Your Voice is looking for Thailand residents to join their new panel. Each time you answer a survey completed. You will receive points. The number of points depending on the estimated duration of the survey respondents to complete. When you have enough points you can redeem them for prizes. Choose from a variety of gift cards or support charities by donating your points.
You also earn one entry into the quarterly drawing when you register and each time you answer a survey completed and winners will have the opportunity to receive cash prizes.
Open to residents of Singapore and South Korea over the age of 18.
qSample work directly with the market research companies. Their QuestionPro Survey Software is used by over 2000 companies worldwide to conduct online surveys.
They believe that everyone spending their time should be compensated - not one lucky winner. Hence they've structured this program such that the clients pay everyone who take the surveys. That's how they guarantee that you'll get paid. When you receive an invitation to take a survey, the compensation amount will be clearly noted on the email invitation. Expect to get paid anywhere between $1 to $15 per survey, through PayPal. Note that in some cases the clients insist that they use a prize or give-away. In such cases, there will still be a per/completion payout, although it will be nominal - between $.10 to $1, and you'll be entered in to the grand prize.
qSample is not a survey review site. They do not pass your data outside their network. They do not share your information with others, not even with their clients.
You can refer friends to signup with qSample, and earn more cash. For every survey that your friends complete, you get an additional 5% of their incentive. Furthermore, if your friends refer other people, you get 1% of that too.
No matter which country you are from, if someone is conducting market research there, they need you!
Your Say - Singapore based but require participants worldwide to share their opinions on products and services and by participating in surveys conducted online, by phone, or in-person.
Join YourSay today and you could be a winner in their "US$25 Fortnightly Giveaway"
You must be 12 years of age or older to be a YourSay member.
STOP PRESS - I can confirm this company is 100% genuine as I won one of their quarterly prize draws and received my choice from a list of prizes all worth several hundred dollars.