Review of GlobalTestMarket

The GlobalTestMarket is a global company as the name indicates, recruiting members in many countries, including Russia. It gives points for surveys. Each point is worth $0.05, while most of the surveys give between 30 and 40 points.

The GlobalTestMarket used to give fair rewards, screen outs were rewarded with 5 points and all surveys had a monetary value. However, lately they decided to save money and screen outs give only an entry to sweepstakes. Their sweepstakes, similar to other lotteries, reward one person for the work of others. The chances to win are less than to be involved in a traffic accident. It doesn't stop the GlobalTestMarket to send more and more surveys with a reward of three entries into sweepstakes. Apparently, there is always someone who will participate, hoping to win.

Even considering the latest changes, it is still a good company, paying when one reaches a balance of 1000 points. It is achievable during two - three months on average. Many surveys in the UK are cinema related, so to qualify one has to tick that they are regular cinemagoers.

The money comes in the form of cheque outside the US and the GlobalTestMarket pockets a few dollars by offering below the market exchange rates into the local currency.

However, despite all their small tricks, one can still earn a fair payment for performed work, compared to others. Highly recommended!

Review of Springboard UK

Springboard UK claims to be "one of the UK's leading online research communities." They are not, but who cares, as long as they give the opportunity to earn some cash. They do set cash values for their surveys, which is more straight forward than some other companies, which will give a reward of 300000 points and somewhere in the small print state that it is equivalent of £0.25.

Some surveys are rewarded with a prize draw, but I always avoid these, as chances to win are non-existent. The surveys come usually about two a month. The average value of each survey is £0.50, But there are some for £0.25, £0.75 and £1.00.

One cannot redeem less than £25, so the Springboard UK figured out that with the average earnings of £1 a month not many people would stay so long to redeem anything. However, they were wrong. I stayed several years, duly filling in the 50p surveys. It was not such a hard job - most of them could be done in 10 minutes or so, while I was waiting for a train, flight, etc.

After several years, I looked at my balance and saw that it well exceeded the required £25. The redemption page gave me two options - Paypal or cheque. Great, I chose Paypal and got a confirmation email, which stated -


Congratulations! You have now successfully redeemed your Survey Cash!
If you chose to receive a cheque, you should expect to receive it within the next 6 - 8 weeks.  

If you choose to receive your payment via Paypal, you should expect to receive it within the next 3 to 4 weeks.

Three weeks passed, then another three weeks, yet another three weeks and so on. There was no transfer and I decided to write to the customer services. The confirmation screen stated that they would get back to me within one working day. Needless to say that they didn't do it within this timeframe. In fact, they never did (so far). Their confirmation email said -

Thank you for emailing support. We have received your ticket and will respond to you shortly. Thank you for your patience and your continued interest in our panel.

'Shortly' is a relative term. How long is shortly -  a day, a month, a year?

Since then I can't see any reference to Paypal anymore on their website. Are they preparing a cheque for me? Am I the only customer who dared to redeem £25 from this 'leading UK company'?

They did pay after several months, but the surveys definitely changed. Most of them nowadays are worth only 25p.