Join PineCone, Take Surveys & Earn Cash

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Earn extra cash for taking surveys at home!

If you’re interested in earning a little extra spending cash or enjoy testing new products, apply to become a PineCone Research panelist! These spots always fill up fast so don’t delay!

With PineCone, take surveys from home in your free time and earn $3 for every survey you complete. They’ll never send you surveys you don’t qualify for, so you don’t waste your time!

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’ll need to fill out the form with your information so that you can start receiving survey opportunities.

Here’s what readers have to say about PineCone Research

I love Pinecone! I’ve already cashed out over $50 and I just started a couple months ago!


Pinecone Research is by far my favorite survey company out of a few that I am a member of.


Pinecone is a great survey site. One of the many beefs that I have with other survey sites is their long drawn out and boring surveys. Nobody wants to waste time just to find out that you didn’t qualify for it!

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Comments 24

  1. $$$$$

    The Pinecone surveys are a great way to try new products and express your opinion for at least $3 per survey. It’s always nice to have a few extra dollars.

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Awesome! Thanks for the great feedback!

  2. Renee

    They have recently changed their format, and now you answer questions and will be directed instantly to a survey, if you qualify. I don’t think I’ve qualified for anything under the new format! In my opinion, it was much better the old way.

    • ashley

      I agree! I’ve had the same experience lately. I liked pinecone because it was different from other companies, but now that the format is changed to qualify it’s no better than the others.

    • Ashley

      I feel the same way Renee! I liked the old format much better. But, I actually took a survey today that I qualified for, so here is hoping you get one soon 🙂

      • Holly

        Agreed, l dont even mess with them anymore. Just a waste of time for me

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Thanks for the honest review Renee! We sure do appreciate it!

    • L.G.

      I thought it was just me getting screened out all of a sudden. That sucks that they are doing that now. I hate getting halfway through a survey and getting screened out and getting nothing for it.

    • Stephanie

      I am in the same boat. Before the changes I was getting 6-8 surveys a month. Now I am lucky to get 1-2 a month. Kinda bummed they changed things.

    • brittany

      I’m the exact opposite.. It seemed I was rarely getting survey opportunities, but now I’m getting a chance to do them regularly.

  3. lisa

    I went all the way through an entire survey like I used too, and at the end it told me I didn’t qualify. Made no sense. I liked the old way much better, too.

    • Mbro

      Ditto! Took one yesterday didn’t qualify. Old way so much better to earn extra $$

    • Sara

      The exact same thing happened to me… I thought I went through a whole survey, only to find out I don’t qualify. Waste of time…

      • brittany

        Basically they just have you do the household questions and the paid surveys at the same time. Once you fill out the household survey you find out immediately if they have a survey for you to do versus having to fill out the household questions and then wait for a survey to come later.

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Bummer! Sorry to hear that! 🙁

  4. tahaji

    I participate in Pinecone also. The last email i received a few days ago said they are still in the process of transferring all of the surveys over to their new process and as a result there are only a few survey’s available so they fill up quickly. It said the volume of eligible surveys should increase again once they have completed the transfer process.

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Thanks for sharing your experience! Good to know!

  5. joni

    they always say I dont qualify

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Darn! Hopefully next time!

  6. CookingMama

    I signed up for their surveys several years ago, was told that I had been accepted and that I could expect emails from a specific email address and to add it to my contacts so that it didn’t get dumped into spam, blah blah blah, but I have never received a single email since then. So disappointing!

  7. CM

    I use to qualify daily but since they changed their process I hardly qualify. I got an email saying everything was transferred over now to the new system. I hope it’s a better experience for others…

  8. Daniibeth

    How long after you fill out the questions do you find out if you got accepted? I got the email. Followed the link to the questions and then if I was accepted I would get a Welcome email. How long does that Welcome email take?

  9. AnnieL.

    Also i use to be a huge fan of them. And racked up extra money quickly to use that year for vacation. But like alot of others have said on here the new site is pointless, I don’t make it to the actual survey most of the time and get bumped out ” because they are not looking for that demographic ” right now. A pain..oh well, I enjoyed pinecone for a couple years now not anymore.

  10. Rebecca

    I’ve only​ not qualified for one survey since they switched, still get a couple a week​.

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