I at first thought this site was a nice site until I received no surveys from them.
Once all the surveys done you get no more in your country and when you ask them
about it. They ignore you really as well@

Hey if you want to take fun surveys, by all means, be my guest. But don't expect diddly squat for rewards. What a joke. Like I'm going to waste my life taking surveys for that 1 in a million chance at winning a sweepstake. Please.

Members of HOTSPEX no longer earn points redeemable for vouchers, music downloads and other points program points as it mentions in the information here. Members can now either donate to charity or "buy" a sweepstakes entry. No Incentive = No Reason to Participate. This rating should drop like a stone now.

DON"T WASTE YOUR TIME, Online surveys are for making money and should be rated for Legitimacy and Incentives ONLY. I am with a few other survey panels and make on average $100 a month total. Ratings should MAINLY reflect how much you make from each website.

Yes they have the best designed surveys that make completing them fun and interesting but at the end of the day....it's all for nothing. There are no gift cards, points.com was cancelled, the prizes you can bid on give you about a one in a million chance of winning. Other then donating your "Bux" to a charity, you get nothing from them. Don't waste your time...seriously.

I joined this survey site a couple of months ago. I have never received a survey from them. I have gone onto their website and completed a couple of surveys on there but have never won a prize. They recently changed things around and I still have not received any surveys. It seems like a waste of time.

Cool fun surveys but your reward is now only an entry into sweepstakes that I have never won. Unless you like wasting your time skip this one. Not sure why it is so highly rated. Maybe because it is not listed in the list of surveys to rate

The old incentive system, which involved exchanging reward points on Points.com, was complicated, but now the only incentives are donations to charities no one has ever heard of and contests for prizes that no one wants. Also they never mailed me a single survey (I only took ones that were available on their home page), and customer service did not respond to repeated queries. This is one of the worst panels out there.

Something has happened with Hotspex... not sure if they are going broke or what... but they don't have as many surveys... their incentives are totally bogus now... and the are not worth your time... I've gone and closed my account with them. They asked why and I told them. They didn't answer my questions about the company issues. I guess they don't want their peps out there to hear anything bad about the company... but we already noticed... see ya hotex

Why is this site rated so high? I used to like this site, but now they're just doing contest draws for your points. The prizes aren't even very good. You can't earn cash or giftcards. The surveys are fun, but what's the point if you can't cash in your points for anything worthwhile? Sweepstakes entries have been pointless for me so far. Very disappointing. I won't be using this site anymore because it's just a waste of time for me.

i loved their surveys but now they just said they are cancelng their partnership with points.com and if i dont use them by the 31st of august they will disappear i cant even get anything off of points.com its not recognizing hotspex this is crap now hotspex is just doing sweepstakes

I have no use for free mp3 downloads, or anything that the point.com system implements. I just need a check. The site is nice with its flash applets and everything, but the pay isn't worth it.

You have to use a third party services like points.com to get any value for your time and points. There are very long periods between getting surveys. While the site is nice and the surveys run well, it seems like NPD. You take surveys but get nothing. I would not recommend wasting your time on this panel until they get their act together and get better incentives to get you to sign up.

I have been with them for a while now and I have only got like 3 surveys and at the end of every one they say they planted a tree! no rewards

They sure have planted a lot of trees for me, which is what I seem to win every "mystery" spin. The only mystery here is who is taking all the money HOTSPEX gets paid for the survey results. What a scam. They pay virtually nothing, and you have to sign up with a HIGHLY questionable site to claim a very meager reward. Of course, most likely your points will expire, or be wiped out, or the points needed to claim your reward will increase. All of these things have happened to me. Don't waste your time, there are plenty of better sites out there.

I feel that they have probably some of the coolest surveys out there. They are designed real neat and fun and interactive; HOWEVER, the incentives are kind of questionable. You receive these points that are supposed to be used for entering into sweepstakes. The other option is to use the points through www.points.com and I have read that they are not a very legit site. Despite the cool surveys, I think that I will quit this site once I get enough to cash out for something through points.com :-(

Fun Surveys / Horible Rewards!

All they do is send a bunch of junk mail to your HotSpex email box.

Nice site to work with but waiting for a survey? Forget it. The incentives are not worthy to mention, Like one said,you have to go to another site to claim. Not worth the hassle.

Hotspex need to give better rewards. You have to go to another site to receive your reward and that can take years you hardly ever get any surveys.

How is the site listed high at all? They rarely have any surveys to take, the website works like crap, and I wouldn't be surprised if they went out of business tommorrow. Stick a legit company like SurveySpot or Pinecone, not Hotspex.

After you finish your initial "fun surveys" you very rarely get any surveys from them at all. So, it might seem like a good company in the beginning but it's absolute crap.

Fun and rewarding!

I LOVE Hotspex overall. Rewards kinda suck with the points sweepstakes thing however they are FUN to take and you can win stuff. I won money from them from a drawing and that made me super happy. I also found that they have special programs you can get invited to within and you can win gift cards as well as 'bucs' to go towards sweepstakes and things. I do think that the sweepstakes are si based on chance and things that that can bite.. take forever to add up and all that... would be nice if rewards came easier or something but hey, it's better than a lot of other sites so I have to say I love it.

as many have said, this is a really good panel as far as visual,how easy,fun and the acceptable length of the surveys. as others have said too, the frequency of getting the surveys could be alot better. the biggest problem i have is the reward side of it. i have to go thru a middle man(points.com) to redeem my bucs and the ratio of bucs to dollars is really bad. you lose alot of bucs in this manner. they do need to change this reward system very much so. the panel is a little overated because of these particular items. if they would remedy these, maybe then they could rate as tops then.

been a memeber since jan 09 and just redeem a amazon gift card got it right away i say it ok i have not had any problems

Hotspex has changed for the worse over the past few months. They use to send about 1-2 surveys per week but here lately I've only received
about 1 per month. The last couple surveys allowed me to get all the way to the end and then kicked it out after I answered all their questions. Not Cool Hotspex!

Just signed up but havn't had the first survey at this time.

They give me surveys about every 2 months. Plus you can only redeem your points for sweepstakes entries and donations.

I can't for the life of me understand why this panel is the #1 panel on the list. Yes, their website is slick and pretty, yes their surveys are easy and have great graphics. BUT: you almost never get surveys from them after your first month on the "team," and your 'bux' only get you gift cards which you have to go through a different website to obtain (when you do finally, finally earn one). This is a nice looking website, but I prefer one that actually sends out surveys, and one that pays cash.

A year ago I had 50,000 plus bucks. They phased out the system and I lost them all. I have been disgusted ever since. Not a good way to reward loyalty.

First of all, barely send it out any survey and secondly i can't see anyone to won anything or to rewards for any genuine points to taken part and to particiapted in their survey and i'm kind of gobsmacked why on earth it's on top of *Poice Surveys* poll!!!
it must be a BIG joke!!!

THE HAVE SOME REALLY FUN AND COOL SURVEYS. THEY DONT HAVE TOO GOOD OF A REWARD SYSTEM. THE ONLY THING I USUALLY GET TO DO WITH MY POINTS IS TRANSFER THEM TO POINTS.COM.

Yes, the rewards are a little weak for this site. But their surveys are quick, and offer breaks and bonus's when they are not. Also, I've cashed out through points.com for $11.00 on my reloadable Starbucks card. I've only invested about an hour (in three months) in their surveys too...

The surveys aren't as tedious as most survey companies offerings.

However, as has been stated, the incentives are pretty weak. In a year and a half I have redeemed 3 $10 amazon certificates.

As has been stated, the reason this panel is so highly rated is because it sends emails to its members encouraging them to rate the panel highly. Much better panels are available.

total wast of time get asurvey once every 3 months

I don't know why, but my Symantec is suddenly blocking Hotspex. I clicked to see what the risk was and it idicated a virus. I don't know what's up, but there are too many survey companies out there for me to risk it.

hotspex is good i thing...thats 1 of 4 my online survey

I signed up and started to look around the different stuff they offer on their site. Too many games to earn 'bux.' Somehow when I went into my account i ended up in someone else's instead. I had total access to their info, their address, etc., and this person lived in Canada! Twice I emailed hotspex to complain about their security. They emailed me once to say they had no idea how that happened. I deleted all my info and closed the account. Too much personal info in these accounts. If they couldn't keep this person's info safe then I refuse to have my personal info with them. They can keep my 'bux', I'm not going back.

they are 1 of the best, however i've only got invited to 1 survey in 2 months they move kind of slow, but the surveys are very interesting and there are a lot of polls you can anwers. In a nut shell very fun, but not enough survey.

I have fun doing the surveys for hotspex. I like the way they go about things. I have actually put my hotspex bux in and won 2 times so far, I won $100 in groceries, and recently the viewsonic8 picture frame. I am not sure why everyone is rating this survey so bad, it is super fun, well at least I think so :)

Hotspex offers some of the most entertaning and interesting surveys- but sometimes an entire month rolls by in between survey invitations.

So I can't recommend this panel.

I think Hotspex is great.I've had a special project and earned a total of $275.00 so far.The usual surveys are fun and usually not very long.I've had nothing but good experiences with Hotspex.Join its Fun,Fun,Fun...

I have always thought Hotspex had great surveys, Recently I won an IMac Computer from hotspex, it was simple to claim, delivered promptly and is such a fabulous prize. Best of all its based in Canada. Hotspex is definately my favourite survey site!

While the surveys are a little different from the others, the lack of survey invitations just doesn't make it worth the effort anymore. I don't care about fun, I care about making money in a reasonable time frame. If you want money don't use this site. I also don't like the fact that it is based in Canada and seems like a lot of the incentives are catered for Canadiens instead of Americans

I have been a member of this panel since December 07 and have only earned 715 bux.... which is very poor considering it will take me nearly 1,800 points to earn a $10 gift card for best buy on points.com.... I don't care how good and fun the surveys are when you're only paying your panel members 10-20 bucks a year to participate. I will consider canceling my membership unless they improve. At this rate they are getting my valued opinions for free. I have WAY better luck with Pinecone Research and SurveySpot. Them two are the best!

I have reached my incentive only once in the past year with HotSpex.com. However, I love taking their surveys, as they are so interesting. As with all surveys, what you buy and how you live (and even where you live) influences what surveys you recieve. So it will be a different experience for each person. But this is one of the best ones I've experienced.

I just won a contest at hotspex. I won Grand Theft Auto Special Edition. For only taking a few minutes out of my day to do surveys that aren't boring, I'd say it's an awesome site.

it is a lot of fun to their surveys. one of the better ones out there for non usa users.

I love doing their surveys. They are alot of fun. Just wish there were more of them.

This site provides sponsored surveys (which pay more) and fun surveys (which pay minimally). I often travel, and despite being invited to complete sponsored surveys, the site prevents me from doing so while traveling. I haven't been invited to complete a fun survey in almost a month. The site is too hard to use, and the surveys are a bit too gimicky; not worth the effort unless you're just looking to occupy idle time.

the surveys are fun to complete, but more of them are needed

I have been a member of HotSpex for a few months now. In that time I have received not one, but TWO requests from them to come on here and give a favorable review. Instead, I am giving an HONEST review. I think it's unethical to try to sway their members into giving positive feedback about them here. Notice the influx of new reviews the last few days?

Also - in my experience I have had very few surveys and still am unable to cash out my points. I can't honestly remember the last time I got a survey.

Overall I think it's a waste of time.

Give them a try

Hotspex is a very unique website! Hotspex is very different from the other survey panels that I belong to! I truly believe that Hotspex really tries to keep their surveys interesting to their panel members, by using their cartoon type characters, humour, etc.!

I also like being able to swap earned rewards to "points.com," with other reward programs!

For a truly different survey experience, I highly recommend Hotspex!

I love this. I always use my points to get Trip Rewards points so I can earn free hotel nights.

To me HotSpex is only for people who just love doing surveys and do not require a whole lot of incentive, (if any), for doing so.

Yes, the surveys from them are fun and unique but that is about it. In 3 months I have only received 1 survey from them. I know a lot of people that say you have to give these sites time afer you join in order to really start benefiting. I'm sorry but time is money and I really don't have that much to waste when there are plenty of sites that are willing to pay. 3 months is ample time. Sure you can donate your points to charity but what good is that when you don't have any?

I have not reached ' payout ' so can't comment on that at all.

I would recommend this site if you like doing surveys. Thier surveys are different from the ones you get from the other survey sites. They make you think and exercise your brain a little. I like some of the unique features of this site like instant pie charts so you can see how many other people feel the same way you do when you answer questions.

why i never won anything by taking survey for them.but i will keep trying for a prize send me anything and i will be happy.................bye bye t.y.

Great site. Can redeem rewards for things from HBC points to gift certificates. The surveys are not too long. The screeners are short. Highly recommended.

I love this site. The surveys are a lot of fun, and you can trade your points on points.com for stuff like Amazon gift cards. They don't send a ton of surveys, but some of them pay a lot of points, so the points add up pretty quickly. I would highly recommend this site. I see some people don't like the trade the points for air miles, etc because it doesn't have a great conversion rate, but there are a lot of other programs you can trade the points for, not just air miles. I find that the gift certificates are just as great as receiving a check, because you can use them as gifts, or to purchase gifts, and there's nothing out of pocket. Have fun!!

I love hotspex.com. Their surveys are fun and interesting. I also think it's admirable that you can donate some of your points to charity; it's the first site I found that does things like that! They have a hotpot jackpot, as well as places to put bids in on prizes (and the prizes aren't half bad ;)).

My only complaint would be that I wish there were more surveys. Ever since I completed the initial ones, I haven't heard anything back!

Out of all the survey sites I'm signed up with hotspex is the best one. I won a prize and was notified right away then I received it within 1 week and they have fun surveys which i like to do alot.HOTSPEX you are the best KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

i haven't won any prizes but they pay in their points quite well, i change my points at points.com with them now but they are great. Many surveys etc.

Just been with them for a short time so really can't determine how the cash incentives are but do know that the surveys are almost always fun to do. I don't get many but it's ok as I don't need to be overloaded with too many surveys.

Hotspex is just one of over 50 survey sites that I belong to, it is one of the more fun sites that I belong to, but the incentives are quite low, and I do not recieve surveys from them all that often, MAYBE once a month or less often at times. They are fun though, even the more serious surveys are fun.

I always like being creative with Hotspex. I do a lot of surveys and get many incentives with other places to make up for the lack of incentives with Hotspex.

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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