Toluna: Take Surveys, Test products, Earn Money!
Wanna be rewarded with cash for taking surveys? Wanna be considered as a product tester and have the opportunity to test out products for FREE?! Then you’ll definitely want to sign up for the Toluna Panel Community! Toluna is an online community dedicated to making your voice heard! By participating in surveys, you tell the world’s leading providers of products and services exactly what you think and you earn rewards! Plus, each month Toluna panelists are considered to test products ranging from household cleaning products, pre-packaged foods, iPads, electronic equipment, make-up, hair care products, toiletries, pet food and pet-related products, beverages, and more! If a product testing opportunity arises, you will either get an email, or will see notification when you’re on the Toluna site… you will then be required to go through a screening process to see if you are eligible to test that specific product.
Here’s how the survey portion works…
* Upon completing the Toluna registration, you will automatically be entered into the monthly $4,500 sweepstakes AND you will receive an initial 500 points!
* Survey Completion: Earn at least 1,000 points, or more, for each survey you qualify for and complete. Points awarded vary by survey. Since signing up, I have received emails on a daily basis to complete surveys valued at 2,100-9,000 points!
* Survey Participation: If you attempt to take a survey, but do not qualify for the study, you will still be rewarded with an entry to the monthly cash sweepstakes offering more chances to win…three lucky winners each month win cash prizes of $2,500, $1,000, and $500, plus two winners snag prizes of $250!
* Personal Interest Survey (Profile) Completion: You can earn additional points by completing the personal interest surveys. Each completed interest survey is worth an additional 600 points. Complete all 15 profiles to earn an additional 2,000 points over and above the points awarded for each profile!
Here’s the best part…the points you earn can then be converted into cash rewards or entries to their monthly $4,500 drawing! Basically, 3,000 points = $1. So when you have reached a minimum account balance of 60,000 points, you can request a $20 check; when you have reached a minimum account balance of 75,000 points, you can redeem your points to go shopping with a $25 VIP Gift pass voucher; or when you have reached a minimum account balance of 500 points, you can submit an entry for the $4500 monthly sweepstakes.
If you are current a Toluna member, let us know what you think and how time consuming the surveys are! Also let us know if you have ever been selected as a product tester?
New Update: Check out this comment from reader Wednesday…
I have been a Toluna member for about a year now, and I really like it. I take multiple surveys a day, and they range from 5-30 minutes. The average survey pays $0.50-$3.00, but occasionally you’ll come across one that pays $5.00 or more. Also, and this is my favorite part, sometimes they’ll send you a product to try, keep, and do a survey on. I’ve gotten a whole line of full-size Herbal Essences products, a 1 oz. bottle of Lacoste perfume, 4 boxes of Quaker Oat cereal, 2 boxes of Stouffer’s stuffing, and 6 rolls of Charmin toilet paper just to name a few!
On another note, if you are a new Hip2Save reader or didn’t have the opportunity to sign up for Synovate last month, here’s another chance to sign up to become a product tester! Synovate, a leading global provider of market research information and analysis with over 60 years of experience, currently has openings for new panelists! Just click here to register. I have heard literally nothing but rave reviews regarding Synovate. Readers have gotten to test out various FREE full-size products and some have reported easily earning $20 in cash + more!
…And one other program you may want to look into is the National Consumer Panel. I discuss this program in detail here.
Remember, with Christmas just around the corner, now is a great time to participate in legit survey and product testing opportunities. You won’t get rich, but you can easily start saving up the money you earn to pay for some of your Christmas gifts and if you’re really diligent, maybe all of them! 🙂
I have been a Toluna member for about a year now, and I really like it. I take multiple surveys a day, and they range from 5-30 minutes. The average survey pays $0.50-$3.00, but occasionally you’ll come across one that pays $5.00 or more. Also, and this is my favorite part, sometimes they’ll send you a product to try, keep, and do a survey on. I’ve gotten a whole line of full-size Herbal Essences products, a 1 oz. bottle of Lacoste perfume, 4 boxes of Quaker Oat cereal, 2 boxes of Stouffer’s stuffing, and 6 rolls of Charmin toilet paper just to name a few!
Yay, I just got a $20 check from Toluna yesterday. It’s funny how different the rewards can be for their surveys – sometimes you’ll get an invite that says “duration: 30 mins, get 3000 points” and sometimes you’ll get “20 minutes, get 19000 points”. I don’t bother with the lower paying surveys (although I suspect those are the ones that get you the product tests, but oh well), I do about 1 or 2 surveys every other day, and I’ve received 4 checks since I signed up with them in April.
I got so tired of the long drawn out surveys and gave up, no thanks. I would rather use my time hanging the wash on the line and saving money that way. It seemed like I would get so far and then I wouldn’t qualify and it was a waste of time. It seemed that I didn’t qualify for a lot of them, It may be because we don’t have many electronic gadgets or watch t.v.
Would like to possibly do one of these…but not sure which seems the most rewarding??? Any more experiences…. 🙂
Pinecone research is great because they automatically send you a check for $3 for each survery you complete. There is NEVER a hassle, or points to redeem, or this for that. It’s cut and dry. Do a survey, get a check for $3 in the mail. Love it.
im involed with several survey companies and toluna is 1 of the best i get checks on a reg basis def 1 to try out happy saving all
Love opinion outpost!
I’m liking opinion outpost too since pinecone research didn’t respond. It couldn’t hurt to try and see if tolunda is worth it.