American Consumer Opinion Reviews and Features

American Consumer Opinion

604 Ave H East, Arlington, Texas  76011 US
Tel: 1-800-262-5974   Contact: [email protected]
Operated by: Decision Analyst, Inc

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KEY FEATURES:

> How ACOP Works
> Reward Options
> BBB Accreditation
> Is ACOP Legit?

American Consumer Opinion, also known as ACOP, is a research powerhouse. They have paid out 35 million dollars in rewards to 7 million members worldwide who have taken over 20 million surveys.

The American Consumer Opinion panel was originally created by Decision Analyst in early 1986. Decision Analyst is a member of the BBB and holds memberships with many prestigious marketing associations.

Join to Take Surveys and More

Take paid surveys and participate in product tests and focus groups with American Consumer Opinion. Join the site by navigating to the ACOP website and become a member by creating an account using your Facebook, Google, or Apple account, or simply your email address.

Once you have entered a few personal details, you will be sent a confirmation email to the email address you registered. After you’ve completed this, you will be transferred back to the American Consumer Opinion dashboard and you will see a list of surveys you’ll be eligible to take.

Participate to Earn Rewards

Every survey you see listed on ACOP's website will show the number of points you can earn for completing it. You can either log in regularly to the website to check for new survey opportunities, or opt in to receive emails whenever a new survey becomes available. Alternatively, you may provide your cell phone number in order to be notified by text when a new paid survey becomes available.

Once you've participated in just $10 (1000 points) worth of online surveys, you can redeem your points for a cash reward or a gift card of your choosing.

Rack up Points

Each time you take a survey, you will earn points for your opinions. Screener surveys (short surveys) are worth between 5 – 50 points, or an entry into a monthly draw, and are 20 questions or less. Longer surveys offer points ranging from 100 – 5,000.

Great Reward Options

As a panelist of ACOP, you must have a 1,000 point minimum balance ($10 worth) to redeem your points. Once you have reached this minimum, you may redeem your balance for the following options:

• PayPal: For most countries, use PayPal to cash out your earnings in a simple and easy manner. If you decide to use PayPal as your cash out option, make sure your PayPal email matches the email you used to sign up with American Consumer Opinion.

• Hyperwallet: Like PayPal, Hyperwallet is a user-friendly payment platform that operates in 170+ countries. Allow 8-12 weeks for payment and receive a confirmation email once your money is available.

• Sweepstakes Cash Out: Use your points toward sweepstakes entries that give you a chance to win a variety of lucrative prizes. (Note that once a sweepstakes has been entered using your points, you do not get your points back, even if you are not selected as a winner).

• Charity Donations: Choose to donate your money to a variety of credible charities.

American Consumer Opinion Surveys

ACOP offers online surveys to its members that are interesting and quick, with the average survey taking approximately 10 minutes to complete.

In addition to online surveys, participate in other research opportunities such as product testing, focus groups, and judging the newest advertising campaigns. You can expect to receive invitations for participation from American Consumer Opinion several times a year.

Household Surveys

A few times a year ACOP sends out a survey that pertains to each household. The survey asks what products and services you use on a day-to-day basis. If you participate in this survey, you will be more likely to receive additional future survey invitations, which can translate into earning more points!

Prize Draws

If you attempt to complete a survey but are prevented from doing so (i.e., you are disqualified), you will automatically receive an entry into the Monthly Screener Drawing. Prizes can vary, though they typically consist of $100 Amazon gift cards. Winners lists are published monthly and are accessible directly from your ACOP account dashboard. In any given month, $500 worth of prizes is usually awarded.

Invite Friends to ACOP!

American Consumer Opinion is always looking to grow its family worldwide. If you know a family member, friend or co-worker who would enjoy sharing their opinions in exchange for great rewards, then refer them to ACOP using your unique referral link (available in your account). Each time you successfully refer a new member, you will receive an entry into a monthly draw worth 5,000 points! Currently, recruits from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany and France are permitted.

BBB Accreditation

American Consumer Opinion's parent company, Decision Analyst, is a member of the Better Business Bureau of Arlington, Texas (and has been for over a decade). They maintain a solid BBB rating.

Is ACOP Legit?

American Consumer Opinion is not a scam and is a legitimate online survey panel run by Decision Analyst - a credible market research firm. The ACOP website has been online for more than 20 years and with millions of survey takers worldwide, BBB accreditation and over $35 million in payments issued to members, ACOP is a safe and legit survey site.

Although some users may have varying levels of success with the website (i.e. users outside of Western nations may not be invited very often to complete surveys), it doesn't mean that the panel itself is illegitimate. American Consumer Opinion is available in 11 different languages in over 200 countries.

Eligibility: International members accepted, aged 14+. Limit of one person per household.

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American Consumer Opinion Reviews (335)

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July 19, 2015 by Elizabeth from United States

ACO is one of the best survey sites that treat members properly and reward on time as described. Great Member site!

July 9, 2015 by Wallace from United States

These guys take months to pay you on surveys. No kidding, I waited over 3 months for my points to come off of "pending". To make matters worse it takes a couple of months to actually get a check from them. All told it could take you almost 6 months to get paid. I'm done with these guys.........

June 17, 2015 by Lezlie from United States

The fluctuations of available surveys is similar to many other survey sites, and then qualifying for then varies as well. The one factor that makes me question whether to remain a member is on the unpredictable payout time frame. The last payout request I made took three months to be completed. Would like to stay with them as they are one of the few that have low payout thresholds (those at $50 can take a year and a half to two years to reach that payout level). So, I will stick with them and see how the payout goes the next time. I'm hoping for the best (bad habit of mine).

June 15, 2015 by Eden from United Kingdom

I was on this site for just over a year and only completed about 13 surveys over that time which isn't very good. When you get to 1000 points you can redeem, unfortunately this just takes too long and is not worth the time. Especially when 1000 points equates to $10. In the end I decided to unsubscribe as was only on 525 points after a considerable amount of time.

June 10, 2015 by Ella from United States

I have recently heard from the company, they told me that all payments have been delayed for months, so I believe some of the reviews towards the end of May are possibly untruthful.

Why would a representative from the company tell me something like that, if anybody is able to get paid as quickly as some are claiming?

I won't say they are not telling the truth for some reason, but does it not seem strange that about 99% of reviewers are waiting months on end for payments, and yet they get theirs faster than you can blink, and even the company says that isn't happening? If it's true, it's very strange indeed.

Updated:

I find it strange that one recent review on March 20th says that they got their check within 2 weeks of cashing out, when apparently nobody else has, including me.

It took 2 months for them to approve my last survey for 90 points, and then I had to wait nearly another 2 months for the check.

What I don't understand is why I can't get paypal. Last time I cashed out it said I would have to get a check because of some paypal verification, but next time I would be able to, but that did not happen.

The March 20th review also says you can get your points up quite quickly, but they state they had been a member for a year, and was only cashing out for a little over $10 after 1 year. That does not sound quickly to me.