Hotspex is not a bad survey site, but if you're looking for lots of cash with little effort, Hotspex isn't it. Hotspex sells itself on fun rather than on incentives. I agree with the other reviewer. Some of the reviews here are obvious astroturf. I've never seen so many reviews use the word 'innovate'.

I do several surveys and this one is the worst. I don't understand any of the positive rankings. Their surveys are so annoying and you don't really get anything out of it. Survey police needs to check this ranking out, sounds like maybe the Hotspex folks have pulled a fast one and loaded up the positive reviews.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this survey company and they actually went out of their way to send me a birthday wish!

I was so please and therefore would like to return the favor and rate Hotspex.

I love this survey place. HotSpex's surveys are the best. I look forward to them coming in. Who cares about the incentives, I just like giving my opinion on things. They are the nicest people. I received a Birthday wish from them. I thought how caring of them. No one compares to Hotspex. You are the best. Keep up the great work.

It is funny but very poor incentives

I signed up with hotspex about four months ago. Yesterday I received my free Ipod Touch($300 Retail) in the mail. I have gotten good and rapid(within the same minute once) responses to my questions from their customer service, and I received my prize one week ahead of schedule. I definitely feel that Hotspex values their panelists for more than just their information, they want you to have a good overall survey experience.

I have never really considered using their points.com exchange but I imagine it would be good for those who collect airline miles. I do like the ease of their charity exchange(most have no minimum donation so its really easy even if you dont have 1000 points) and the fact that they plant a tree for each survey. I am a big fan of the prizes in their raffle style point exchanges and can tell you I won so it is possible, but you gotta be in it to win it.

I love this site, they always have fun surveys for bux which you can buy raffles or exchange to charities or points for prizes. I never win anything and i just recently won the Lost seasons 1 - 3 on DVD. I was told to wait 2 weeks for my prize to get here, and i got it in like 3 days. The people at customer support are extremely nice and so very helpful. I am going to get all my friends involved with them as well. I highly recommend HotSpex to anyone.

Speaking from personal experience this is one of the worst survey sites around. I do have to give them credit for the fact you can donate your points to charity. Thats what I did with my points right before leaving them. If your looking for a site to put some coin in your pocket or for nice prizes then this is NOT the place for you. Surveys are boring and the reward value is low to nothing. Yes you can possibly win in their drawing, but the odds are slim to none. The survey questions at times seem strange. I wasn't sure what they were trying to survey for. Oh well I won't waste my time here ever again.

You can cash in your rewards (bux) for 1) a chance in a monthly drawing, chances to win monthly draws (raffles), donate them to charity, or use points.com to exchange them for airline frequent flyer miles.

The only realistic choice is to convert them on points.com. There is a conversion function that can tell you how much hot spex bux will get you on the various programs available on points.com. For example, 300 hotspex bux gets you 118 USAir dividend miles. I recomend you check out your rewards before deciding to jump into HotSpex

These are probablt the most fun surveys to take because they include photos of product packaging and it's interactive, however if you're doing surveys for cash or rewards, Hotspex is NOT the way to go! You get minimal points for surveys instead of cash, and it will takes months to even get enough points for a simple gift certificate which yo have to go through another site to get. Surveys aren't very often -once a week at best.

Hotspex is the most trendy survey company

I enjoy taking the surveys on this site.

they make taking the surveys fun

This is one of the best survey sites that I participate in. The surveys are so fun. It is a very unique Survey Panel. I have to say this is my favorite Survey Panel. I cannot say enough about HotSpex. The are really interested in your opinions, thoughts, etc.. They also support so many great charities. I am proud to say I am a member of HotSpex.

I have been a member of this site since 2002. I look forward to doing all the surveys. In fact I would like more. They have great prizes to be won, although I have never won as yet :( I keep trying.

I like the surveys but i wish there was more. I have received a product to sample for my son which he enjoyed.
I know i will still continue to do surveys and i hope to win something off of the site.

Although it is nice to receive a prize the whole idea is to get your point of view across to the people who make the products. I have been with Hotspex for many years and no I have not won anything, but enjoy having my say in new product development. I do agree it would be nice if they offered maybe a small fee for each survey and then mailed out a cheque/used paypal when you reached a decent amount, however maybe they will do this in the future. I will continue to participate and maybe I will get lucky and win something.

I just love this site! I wish there were more surveys and that all survey companies were this fun! They almost make it like a game, though I wish the incentives were a bit better. They are a very innovative company! They help the environment and many other charities! I think it's a great company and proud to be a member!

I know that some say there are not enough surveys or the surveys are pointless or too long. Well they are wrong. Hotspex is a great concept. I really like how the points system is link to points.com, that way I can trade my hotspex points for Aeroplan miles or other reward miles.

Not nearly enough surveys come through to make this worth it.

Not worth the effort for what they are providing.

I don't know, maybe the people that gave this 5 stars got lucky with a drawing or something, but I am not impressed. Takes forever to get anywhere and even well-designed surveys can't make up for that in my view. It's great to have fun - but I also want to earn a reward, not just a 1 in thousands chance at a reward, for my efforts.

Hotspex was only marginally recommended when you only needed around 1,470 points for a $10 gift card through the Points.com exchange. That was when you would have to do around 13 fifteen minute surveys plus take the bonus wheel amounts to reach that level.

Now that I finally crested over 1,500 points today for the first time in several months, I log in and find that I now need 2,152 points for the $10 gift card! That's a 50% inflation rate overnight! Maybe I could have gotten that gift card for 1,470 a few weeks ago, but two of their surveys had so many errors in them that they would not complete in IE or Firefox. Emails to their support team led nowhere.

I'm going to stick around long enough to reach 2,152 points so my previous time investment isn't fruitless, but if you were a prospective new member here, I think you're better off looking elsewhere.

While deservedly touted for a panelist friendly environment and the best designed surveys of any company, they must either be really greedy or spend alot producing all of their fancy animations and fun questions. Bux are basically worthless not being able to exchange them for a $10 amazon gift card until you have almost 1500!. Since most surveys pay 100 bux with maybe a little extra won on a bonus wheel don't expect to make any more that $10 a year with this survey site. Fun but not lucrative at all.

Hotspex is really great site lots of bux i get and won 100$ gift card too.website is so cool and clear not like other survey site. Just try it you will love it.

Hotspex is very unique in the fact that it has multiple chances for prizes and has a different and fun approach to surveys. Hotspex surveys are usually just the right length and never boring. I just wish there were more of them!!

The Hotspex website and surveys are the most innovative and fun to use of all the survey companies I've been involved with (and I've signed up with quite a few over the years).
As far as I'm concerned, they are 'Leading The Pack'.

They are legit, and their customer service is excellent.
They also care about others. An area is set up so you can donate all or part of your incentives to those that are less fortunate, or to help the environment!

As far as I'm concerned, this is the way to run this type of company!

The only things I have issue with are that the incentives could be better, and I'd love to get more surveys from them to participate in (when I have the time)!

Keep up the great work Hotspex!!!!

You truly are the BEST!!!!

I have been on here for several years. the surveys are always great and fun to complete. Somedays I wish there was more of them. I have one a prize on there and recieved it fast.
It is legitimate.

Hotspex is a wonderful survey panel to join. They really bend over backwards for their panel members and put their all into making the survey experience an exceptional one. Their customer service is very friendly and genuinely care about panel members.

I have been a member over 2 years.I receive the incentive as agreed.Never have received in there jackpot monthly drawing all though have put in hundreds of points each month after completing there surveys.They haven't made an believer out me yet.

Hey, Ya I have been with this site for about 2 years now and recently I won the hotpot contest I received alot of bux which half goes towards a charity of my choice and the other half I got a $175 Amazon.com Gift certificate. In my opinion this site has fun surveys,great causes and if you stick it out it will pay out.

Hotspex surveys are fun to complete. The rewards Bux are always added to my account immediately, and I can then redeem them at points.com for gift cards and gift certificates from many different companies.

Also, I recently participated in an special Hotspex challenge and earned many extra Bux, which I also received very quickly.

A great survey site!

This panel is real good. They do need to send out more survey's, I hardly get any. They reward Bux, is ok. I use mine for Hilton Honor rewards.

Hotspex is a great site with easy to answer surveys. I won a price and it was sent with 1 week, very fast.

Hotspex is the most innovative survey site I have ever used. The number of surveys they send me are fewer than I would like but all things considered I would rather use this site than any other. Enjoy!!

I have only been a member for just under 2 months, however I have had a lot of fund doing Hotspex surveys. It would be nice if you could cash out your points with paypal as an additional option. I loved the section where you can submit ideas (ideaspex). I also think its a wonderful idea that they plant trees when you complete a survey and you have the option of donating your points to charity (women's shelters, animal rescue, etc.) A great experience overall.

Great Panel to join and lots of interesting surveys to complete. As for their incentive program, I think it is great that you can choose the draws you wish to be included in or you can donate your points to charity. These points can even be converted to points.com.

Rare are there survey sites that respond so quickly to panelist queries and I have always been paid promptly upon request. Recently, I won a Laptop in one of the contests what a great bonus for partaking in Hotspex's fun and at times entertaining surveys.

Be wary of this panel. Yes, they do pay, but their incentives are crap. Unless you win one of their contests, you'll earn maybe 50 cents per survey and you can cash out once you hit like 10 Amazon bucks. Not worth the time. Plus, if their HR department decides you didn't put your full effort into a survey when you actually did, they'll put you on probabtion like me. Basically, if you don't give answers that fit in with everyone elses, they penalize you. Great company huh?

Hotspex is a wonderful survey panel to join. They really bend over backwards for their panel members and put their all into making the survey experience an exceptional one. Their customer service is very friendly and genuinely care about panel members. They always go to every length make sure that panelists are happy and in-the-know. I have been paid, and it was on the same day that I requested my reward. That was awesome considering with other panels, you're usually forced to wait 4-6 weeks until you receive your reward or incentive. I also won a contest worth $250. with Hotspex about 4 weeks ago (Name the New Spicy Burger Challenge!) and I received excellent panel support, as well as a quick and timely check. I would definitely recommend Hotspex to everyone! They're rising steadily to the top and just keep getting better and better.

This site is ok, they do have a good referral system.

It is legitimate, there are better companies, but it is legit and worth joining.

you swap your points to points.com, which is kind of weird.

I have been paid, so I do recommend.

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