I have used a paid survey site called OpinionWorld many times. I liked the site because they previously paid per survey directly into a PayPal account, unlike other companies which would give points for each individual survey, and once a certain level of points had been achieved these would be exchanged for some sort of reward. However, despite recently receiving a further £1 into my PayPal account, I have noticed a change to the OpinionWorld surveys. Now, many surveys are given points. Whilst there is no difference to the amount earned for each survey as far as I can tell, there is the need to save up to £10 (so ten surveys need to be completed). I should imagine the company has done this to save on administration costs, as well as many people never reaching the payout level.
I personally feel that this is a disappointing change though and as a result I will be much less likely to complete OpinionWorld surveys in the future.
I have also adjusted my OpinionWorld review accordingly to take account of these new changes.
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Weekly Earnings Update - 6th April 2009
Over the last week I have carried out a few surveys. I have also been paid into my PayPal account for two OpinionWorld surveys. I have continued to use Homepages-Friends where I get paid for searching the internet. I am most pleased with my Hubpages Adsense earnings which have grown considerably. This is most impressive considering that I have not submitted any new articles, and such I am getting an increase in income despite writing no new hub.
OpinionWorld: £2
My Homepages-Friends: £0.53
Hubpages: $3.05
OpinionWorld: £2
My Homepages-Friends: £0.53
Hubpages: $3.05
OpinionWorld Payment Update
Yesterday I recieved an extra £2 into my PayPal account for carrying out two OpinionWorld surveys, and I believe I also have more money to come in the future from surveys which I have completed.
OpinionWorld Payment Update
Yesterday I recieved a further £1 from OpinionWorld into my PayPal account for a survey I have previously completed.
The money in my Homepages-Friends account is now up to £7.48.
I also completed a couple of surveys yesterday, one through Valued Opinions which I was screened out of and another from Home of Research which will hopefully lead to a second, paid, survey.
The money in my Homepages-Friends account is now up to £7.48.
I also completed a couple of surveys yesterday, one through Valued Opinions which I was screened out of and another from Home of Research which will hopefully lead to a second, paid, survey.
OpinionWorld
Today I recieved a further £1 into my PayPal account for a survey which I have done through OpinionWorld/Survey Sampling International. This takes the amount in my account up to £9.
Opinion World Review
Another online survey site which I sometimes use is called OpinionWorld. Like most survey websites, to start off registering is needed, which from memory took a little while. Once registered, the email invitations to surveys commence relatively quickly.
I receive on average about 1 invitation a day. However, the majority of these are for small surveys, in which nothing is earned and instead a donation is made to a charity. This charities do change, and I assume that the donations are actually made. In addition there is an entry into a prize draw, but as of yet I have not won anything in one of these.
Approximately once or twice a week, however,emails are sent out which have surveys accompanied by a cash reward. In my experience this cash reward has always been either £1 or £2 but I believe that other rewards are available for different surveys. Unlike other sites there is no need to wait for a limit to be reached before the cash can be accessed, with OpinionWorld the money is transferred for each survey separately. However, like Valued Opinions which I also have experience of, there is a delay before the reward is accessible, which can be up to 6 weeks, but I have always received my cash in the end.
The cash is sent via PayPal, so there is a need to have an account for this (which has to have the same email address as the one you use to register to OpinionWorld. Whilst this is easy, it can be frustrating getting paid £1 and not being able to use it, since PayPal has withdrawal charges which I for one am loathed to pay!
All in all though I would recommend OpinionWorld and have definately not found it to be a scam as I have always been paid on time.
Update: As of August 2009 I have started to receive emails which instead of offering £1 per survey which is deposited automatically into a PayPal accoutn 100 points are earned instead. These points are accumulated until 1000 are reached. Once this is achieved, it is possible to get £10 sent to a nominated PayPal account. Whilst this means that each survey is worth about the same as previously, there is the need to wait for this payout level to be reached, the lack of which was one of the biggest advantages to OpinionWorld. Apart from this all OpinionWorld surveys remain the same, including the option to support a charity after every survey is completed.
I receive on average about 1 invitation a day. However, the majority of these are for small surveys, in which nothing is earned and instead a donation is made to a charity. This charities do change, and I assume that the donations are actually made. In addition there is an entry into a prize draw, but as of yet I have not won anything in one of these.
Approximately once or twice a week, however,emails are sent out which have surveys accompanied by a cash reward. In my experience this cash reward has always been either £1 or £2 but I believe that other rewards are available for different surveys. Unlike other sites there is no need to wait for a limit to be reached before the cash can be accessed, with OpinionWorld the money is transferred for each survey separately. However, like Valued Opinions which I also have experience of, there is a delay before the reward is accessible, which can be up to 6 weeks, but I have always received my cash in the end.
The cash is sent via PayPal, so there is a need to have an account for this (which has to have the same email address as the one you use to register to OpinionWorld. Whilst this is easy, it can be frustrating getting paid £1 and not being able to use it, since PayPal has withdrawal charges which I for one am loathed to pay!
All in all though I would recommend OpinionWorld and have definately not found it to be a scam as I have always been paid on time.
Update: As of August 2009 I have started to receive emails which instead of offering £1 per survey which is deposited automatically into a PayPal accoutn 100 points are earned instead. These points are accumulated until 1000 are reached. Once this is achieved, it is possible to get £10 sent to a nominated PayPal account. Whilst this means that each survey is worth about the same as previously, there is the need to wait for this payout level to be reached, the lack of which was one of the biggest advantages to OpinionWorld. Apart from this all OpinionWorld surveys remain the same, including the option to support a charity after every survey is completed.
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