Pinecone Research (Awesome Survey Company!): Accepting New Panel Members

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If you are interested in earning a little extra money for holiday shopping from the comfort of your own home, you’ll definitely want to head on over and apply to become a Pinecone Research panelist! To get started, go here and answer a brief questionnaire to see if you meet the current recruitment needs. If you qualify, you’ll be redirected to the sign up page where you will need to fill out the form with your information so that you can start receiving survey opportunities.

As I have said many times before, I personally believe that Pinecone Research is one of the BEST survey companies out there! In fact, it’s ranked as the #3 US survey site on Survey Police! What’s so great about Pinecone Research? You’ll earn points for every survey you complete, which can be exchanged for cash and other rewards. Plus, you’ll be entered into their bi-weekly Sweepstakes to win cash prizes!

*Keep in mind that these spots tend to fill up fast, so if you’re interested or know of someone who might be interested, better hurry on over here and apply before the spots fill up!

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  1. Agata

    I love this site! I signed up about a month ago, i have made about $10 filling out weekly surveys. For one survey I even received 2 full sized candy bars to try and rate them which are not even sold at the stores yet ( can’t disclose brand per survey instructions) 😉 The money shows up on your account 1-2 days after completing the survey. Highly recommend!

  2. L.

    I have been a member of Pinecone for about 3 months and have made $15 so far. They pay out fast and have interesting surveys. Opinion Outpost is great too because you only need 100 points to cash out to get $10. It adds up quickly and payment is almost immediate.

    • Sandra

      How do you get $10 for just 100 points? I heard you can get $3 for 300 points….

      • arlene

        You just wait until your points build up. I also do opinion outpost and love it because so many surveys available. I just hit the over 1000 points earned mark, meaning I’ve made over $100 from them! So easy all you do is cash out through PayPal once u reach 100 points=$10.

  3. robin

    I have been with Pinecone for about 2 1/2 years. GREAT company. Good Luck! Highly recommend trying to become a panelist!

    • Sondra

      Hi. I am wondering do you get paid with points or cash for each survey?

      • Kayli

        It’s points that you can redeem for cash. 300 points equals $3.

        • Sandra

          Thank you! You just summed up what I was trying to say in the above portion. It’s $3 for 300 points. I don’t know where people are getting this $10 for 100 points?! They must be giving those people more money…

          • Ashley57

            It references Opinion Outpost in that post – that is a different company.

          • cowgirl3746

            I think they meant the $10 for 100 PTs was that other company they were talking about I believe she said opinion outpost or something? You are right with pinecone tho it is $3 for 300 PTs

          • Brianne

            The $10 for 100 must be for opinion post. The $3 for 300 points is for pinecone. It’s about 300 points/survey. So you will get about $3/survey completed.

  4. arlene

    I believe it goes off of your activity, if you are quick to complete surveys they send them your way some days I get 2 surveys a day! Highly recommend I’ve only been a member for about 2 1/2 weeks and have gotten $21. Already received payment too they are pretty quick to send the checks I was expecting longer but it only took about 4 business days to receive! Surveys are pretty quick too I’ve never spent more than 10 mins.
    Feel free to sign up through my referral link! https://www.pineconeresearch.com/signup/ds762.aspx

    • Chasity

      Used ur link 🙂

  5. Kayli

    I’ve been a member for a couple years now. I do these very casually – I miss some sometimes and only get one or two a week usually, though you can sign up for more, I think. The surveys are easy, probably around 15 minutes each. You get $3 per survey, which is really nice. I just checked and it says that in the past year I have made $123, which is awesome!

  6. Andrea

    Just signed up but didn’t receive my email yet. Does anyone know if it should be instant or if it takes a while?

    • Lydia

      I received an email after I signed up to get more information in order for them to finish processing my registration? Is that the one you’re waiting for?

      • Andrea

        Yeah it’s been about 30 minutes and I haven’t gotten it yet

        • Lydia

          I got mine right away! the email is from Karen Scott! Maybe it went to your spam

          • Andrea

            It sure did. Thanks

  7. Kam

    I joined this site last month when you last posted. I’ve made $12 already! It may not seem much, be it all adds up and the extra money is very helpful.

  8. Esther

    Back in the good ‘ole days they paid $5.00 per survey. Check would just arrive in the mail. They didn’t like that I had a Mac and Not a PC. They kicked me out 🙁 .

    • Lori

      I was with Pinecone for awhile but about a year ago they quit sending me surveys, maybe it’s because I use a Mac? I did email Karen Scott, her reply said that I didn’t qualify for any surveys. Hmmm. Thankfully, I was able to redeem my points.

  9. Amy

    This is a great survey company. I’ve been a member for a few years. They recently paid me $10 for a longer survey that was for both my son and I to complete. I have gotten about 5 products sent to me to try out and give my feedback. If I remember right for the products they send you, you get $3 for the initial survey before they send you the item, then $3 more after you give feedback. I like that they have a Cash option and use Paypal. I use the money I make here as Ebay fun money.

  10. Felicia

    2nd time I’ve tried… no luck!

  11. Karen

    I was a member for quite awhile, and one day I couldn’t log in… I emailed them and they said they discontinued me because I was no longer in the categories they were looking for. I couldn’t even log in and redeem my points for anything. 🙁 I was really disappointed.

    • Renée

      The same exact thing happened to me…I had been a member for years and had tried so many products!

    • Jennifer Day

      Yep, that’s what they do. I got canceled when I went on my two week honeymoon in 2006 because I had missed 4 surveys in one month, due to wedding planning too. Then every time I try to resign back up, they won’t let me, I even tried using a different email and still they refused me.

  12. mom2six

    I didn’t quality again for the 5th time. 🙁

  13. Talie

    I can’t even get in…sad

  14. Brianne

    Love this company! I was accepted a few weeks ago when Collin last posted about them accepting applications. I too have made about $12 already and also have received two product testings.

  15. Trish

    Love Pinecone! Been a member for over a year and have made over about $50 and have $100 still sitting in my account 🙂

  16. Shawna

    I highly recommend this survey company as well! I make about $15-20 a month and get new products to evaluate. This week I got 2 full size packs of diapers for free, plus will get paid $9 in the surveys to evaluate them!!

  17. Melissa

    Well dang, I was too slow. No more openings for people like me right now. Oh well, thanks Collin, I’ll get them next time! 🙂

  18. Jo

    I’ve been a Pinecone survey-taker for several years now. It’s easy to take the surveys, and the $3/per survey “rewards” have over time turned into a nice little stash of mad money for us. Some time ago, I rec’d an email from Pinecone asking for a younger demographic, and I forwarded it to one of my friends with a teenage daughter. They rec’d a fair amount of surveys and would take them while watching TV and she was really happy that I had included her!

  19. Christina Kulkarni

    Thank you! I have tried on a couple occasions to get it in with Pinecone. Hopefully I will this time. I also highly recommend I-Say. I’ve done several product testings with I-say. My most current will pay about $100 with the points and cash provided. PLus they have a fun game at the end to earn credits toward their sweepstakes.

  20. Kaden

    Thank you. I signed up yesterday and it let me into their site and I answered more questions but all I received was blank screen at the end saying Sign up Confirmation and I still haven’t received any follow up email from anyone with Pinecone. Can someone tell me how long do I wait for them to email me to really know what to do?

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