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TABLE OF
CONTENTS

Online Paid Surveys: Why Do Companies Use Them? 3

How To Spot A Legitimate Survey Website 4

Why Join PanelPlace? 6

Maximizing Survey Earnings 7

Common Issues And Solutions 9

List Of Legitimate Survey Programs 11

Glossary 13

PanelPlace About Us 15
Online Paid Surveys:
Why Do Companies Use Them?
Marketing is big business. Companies want to understand what consumers
think about their products. A deep understanding will allow the company to
better meet consumers’ needs and ultimately, generate more sales. Thus,
companies are willing to spend millions on research and development with
one central goal in mind - to find out what consumers will buy.

One of the fastest and cheapest ways to find out is through online paid
surveys. With the use of the internet, companies are able to quickly roll out
and collect real - time feedback from genuine respondents. It also proves to
be far cheaper than any other forms of consumer research.

It’s Cheap
In this digital age, obtaining feedback via online is easier and cheaper
for companies.

It Offers Quick Results

Online surveys can be rolled out quickly, which allows companies to
get feedback fast.

It Can Be Easily Segmented

The surveys can target audiences based on the needs of the market
research

They are Willing to Pay for Your Opinions

Think of this as a thank you gift in exchange for the survey-taker’s
genuine opinions and precious time.

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How To Spot A Legitimate
Survey Website
A quick Google search for paid surveys will show you endless pages of
results. But, who can you trust? How can you tell the reputable companies
from the shady ones?

Based on our firsthand experience, we have compiled a list of things to look

out for before joining a survey panel!

Research No Upfront
Membership Fee
Before joining a survey website, it is
important to do ample research to ensure Be cautious of paid survey
that the panel is reliable and legitimate. websites that ask for a
There are a few things to look out for: registration or
membership fee to join as
• How long the panel has been in a survey respondent.
business Legitimate survey
companies offer free
• Whether they are part of any memberships. They pay
market research associations you for doing surveys, not
the other way around.
• Feedback from members

• Sending support message to

experience their customer
service firsthand

Although this might not guarantee that the

panel is legitimate, it does increase the
chances that it is.

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Does Not Guarantee Quick Provides Company Information
Earnings & Contact Details

Only scam websites will guarantee Before you sign up with a survey
quick and high earnings of a couple of website, take a close look at their
hundred dollars for a short survey. company and contact information.
Contrary to popular belief, earning If a survey website does not have a
from paid surveys requires effort and clear profile online, it should set off
some patience before you accumulate a couple of alarm bells. In short,
a desirable amount. make sure the company is reliable
before giving up your personal
information.

Only Emails You Survey Related

Opportunities

If you’re already signed up with a

survey company, look through the
emails they’ve sent you. Emails
should always be related to survey
opportunities, and not the
promotion of other products or
services. If you’ve been getting
consistent offers to buy or try
Does Not Ask for Sensitive
certain things, they are probably not
Information Nor Disclose Personal a legitimate survey company that
Information focuses on market research.

Paid surveys won’t work without some

disclosure of personal information, but
there is always a borderline. Having a
detailed profile will no doubt, improve
your chance of qualifying for a survey,
but sensitive information should not be
part of that requirement. Avoid survey
sites that ask for you for your pin
numbers and read through the
company’s privacy policy on
information dissemination to ensure
your personal information is protected.

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Why Join PanelPlace?
Find it too troublesome to go through
the steps to identify reliable survey
panels?

Take advantage of platforms such as

PanelPlace and eliminate the tedious
process altogether.

PanelPlace act as a bridge between consumers and

market research entities.

In other words, we do not conduct surveys, but rather, help

users go through the tedious process of reviewing and
filtering out trustworthy survey panels so they can enjoy the
surveys straightaway.

You have our assurance that the survey panels we

recommend you are legitimate and well-respected survey
companies that have a rich history of conducting regular
market research for renowned corporations worldwide. We
also provide monthly promotions and latest tips on paid
surveys to help you increase your earnings.

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Ace The Game:
Maximise Your Survey Earnings

1. Complete Your Detailed Profile

This allows you to qualify for the maximum number of available surveys.
If your situation changes, it's important to update your PanelPlace profile.

2. Create a New Email and Check It Regularly

We recommend you get yourself a new email and dedicate it for receiving
surveys. To further organise it, consider creating separate folders for each
survey panel and have emails automatically directed to each respective
folder. Do try to check your email regularly and attempt any survey
opportunity that arises as most tend to have an expiry date or maximum
participant number.

3. Sign Up With As Many Survey Panels As Possible

This will maximise your revenue streams and help you earn more!

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4. Join a Vibrant and Growing Survey Platform

• Which one? Of course, we’d say to join us at PanelPlace.com; it’s

completely free! PanelPlace exists to link survey takers (that's YOU)
with legitimate survey panels.

• You can choose from a wide variety of reliable survey panels we have
pre-filtered for you. You’ll get a central dashboard where all your survey
panels information is consolidated for you. You can easily do surveys,
monitor your earnings, and get instant notices of new surveys the
moment they become available. Since popular surveys can fill up their
quota quickly, getting instant notifications will definitely help you earn
more!

5. Our Best Tip: Use SurveyEx

Here's a tool we’ve developed to help you complete surveys more

efficiently.

SurveyEx is a survey consolidation tool that helps users make the most of
their time; survey opportunities are consolidated in a centralised platform,
providing easy and convenient access via mobile or desktop.

Here are the benefits of using SurveyEx:

• Survey opportunities consolidated in one central location.
• Survey information readily available and accessible.
• Receive instant notifications so you’ll never miss a survey opportunity
again.
• Access surveys across various different devices.
• Quickly find your favorite surveys using customised filters.
• Easily contact your survey panels for help using our shortcuts.

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Online Surveys:
Common Issues and Solutions
Paid Survey Scam Disqualification from Surveys

Although paid surveys is a Surveys are usually targeted at

genuine opportunity, it has been people with certain demographics in
widely exploited with thousands particular countries. You might be
of different scams out there. As disqualified if you do not meet the
mentioned, you should either do requirements. There’s no point in
in depth research, or take lying about your location or
advantage of sites like demographics as it can be easily
PanelPlace, where survey uncovered and your account might
companies have already been even be banned! Updating your
filtered for you. personal profile regularly with
accurate details will help panels to
filter and send the more relevant
surveys to you.

Language Problem

Receiving survey questionnaires in

Most Surveys have a Quota languages that one doesn’t know
is another issue that most users
All or most of the surveys have encounter at some point. All they
quota control that needs to be need to do is to contact the
followed. Once the quota is relevant survey panel and advise
filled, the survey will be closed. It them regarding the language
is therefore, advisable to preferences. This will help survey
respond to survey invitations as panels to send questionnaires in
quickly as possible in order not the language you’re most
to miss out on the opportunity. comfortable with and can better
understand.

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Payment not Received

In cases where users don’t

receive their rewards after
redemption, they should be
mindful and contact the
survey panels for a update on
the payment status. Before
doing that, users should allow
enough time for the panels to
process redemptions and
send out payments.

Earnings Expectations

It’s important to note that

although paid surveys is a
legitimate form of earning
some extra income, it will not
make you rich overnight.

Be realistic about your earning

goals and adopt the mindset
that you’re doing surveys for
the fun of it as well! After all, it
costs nothing to join survey
panels, and you’re essentially
trading just a few minutes of
your time for some extra
pocket money.

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List of Legitimate
Survey Programs
To help you get started, the PanelPlace team has compiled a list of reputable survey
panels for your convenience! Join PanelPlace for more of such reliable and legitimate
survey panels that you can start earning from!

Survey Panels Rewards Type

Cash Cheque Voucher E-voucher Lucky Draw Donation

Cash Cheque E-voucher Lucky Draw Donation

Cash Voucher E-voucher Lucky Draw Donation

Cash Voucher E-voucher Lucky Draw Donation

Cash Voucher E-voucher Donation

Lucky Draw Donation

Cash E-voucher

Cash Voucher E-voucher Lucky Draw

Cash Voucher E-voucher Lucky Draw

Cash Voucher E-voucher

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Survey Panels Rewards Type

Cash Cheque Lucky Draw

Voucher E-voucher

Cash Voucher

Cash

Cash

Voucher

Cash

Cash

Cash

Cash

*For more updated rewards per survey panel visit their website.

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Glossary
Survey

A survey is a method of gathering information from groups of people. The participants are asked
questions which allow them to share their opinions, their likes, their dislikes, and their views on a
wide range of subjects.

Paid Surveys

Paid surveys are where the participants earn money for sharing their views. Some survey
companies "pay" by sending you merchandise or coupons.

Online Paid Survey

Online surveys are completed using your internet- connected computer. You will either be
selecting an answer from a list of provided answers, or you may be asked to write a response in
your own words. Sometimes you will be asked to respond to pictures of products, or rate a
series of items in the order of your preference.

Minimum Cashout

Minimum cashout is the minimum amount needed before withdrawal. There is no standard
minimum cashout across survey panels. Minimum cashout varies between survey panels.

Cashout Time

Cashout Time is the time needed for rewards to be fully processed and withdrawn. There is no
standard cashout time across survey panels. This varies between the cashout options available.

Cashout Rewards

Cashout rewards are the total rewards earned from doing online paid surveys. The amount and
type of payment varies between individuals and survey panels.
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Survey Length

Estimated time a survey taker will take to complete a survey. This is important as you will need
to know the length of the surveys to plan your schedule.

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Glossary
Screen Out

Survey takers are “screened out” if they do not meet the requirements for the survey. If a
“screened out” message is shown, rewards will not be accumulated as surveys are deemed as
incomplete. To avoid getting screened out, learn more about the various common issues survey
takers face and how to avoid them!
Check out: http://www.panelplace.com/blogs/common-issues-taking- paid-surveys-and-how-avoid-
them

Quota Full

The survey has received the maximum number of completed surveys, and do not require any more
submissions. This happen frequently when you do not check your email often.
To avoid this, many PanelPlace members have signed up as a SurveyEX member! SurveyEX
allows them to consolidate their surveys and receive notifications once a survey is available!

Survey Invitation

Survey invitations are distributed via email to draw qualified survey takers to complete the
surveys. Your survey invitation should increase as you get more active in responding to them.

Survey Panel

Survey panel is a platform that provide surveys. There are so many survey panels out there that it
becomes difficult to spot a legitimate survey company. We have compiled a list of things
legitimate survey companies will not do.
Check out: http://www.panelplace.com/blogs/8-things- legitimate-survey-companies-will- not-do

Disqualification

There are many reasons why a survey taker get disqualified. One of the many reasons are if survey
takers do not fall under the targeted audience or they are dishonest.

PayPal

An online platform for survey panels to reward survey takers electronically. This is the most
common offered cashout option offered to survey takers.

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 About PanelPlace
PanelPlace is an online platform that connects people with market research entities,
and businesses that want to conduct research studies.

While providing survey takers (like yourself) a reliable channel to access thousands of
legitimate paid surveys, Market Research companies and Survey Panels also experience
greater member's loyalty, higher campaign efficiency and increased brand awareness
through PanelPlace.

Today, we have members from a whopping

number of 45 countries, with hundreds of
Survey Panels like GlobalTestMarket and Trusted by more than 800,000
Toluna partnering with us on our website! market research respondents
worldwide
Always bringing about a win-win situation
for our users and clients, PanelPlace hopes
to become the most well-known name for With over 400 surveys
paid surveys.
panels available foryou.
Visit www.panelplace.com

GET STARTED WITH PAID SURVEYS NOW.

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