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Branded Surveys

343 4th Ave, Suite 201, San Diego, CA   92101 US
Tel:    Contact: https://surveys.gobranded.com/page/contact
Operated by: Branded Research Inc.

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REDEEMING REWARDS

Once you have earned a minimum of 500 points, you will have the option to redeem your points for cash or gift cards. Choose any amount over $5.00. Gift cards are awarded in $5.00 increments. Alternatively, choose PayPal or a bank transfer for payment. Redemptions are processed within 1-2 business days.

In November 2017, MintVine rebranded itself as Branded Surveys. The company has been running online surveys since 2012.

Branded Surveys is an online paid surveys site that offers users the opportunity to answer online surveys in exchange for rewards including cash and gift cards.

Over 13 million people in the USA, Canada and UK are members of the site.

How Branded Surveys Works

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Take Surveys, Earn Rewards

Branded Surveys provides its members the opportunity to participate in online surveys on its Go Branded website, in a wide variety of different topics in exchange for rewards. Formerly known as MintVine, in 2017, the panel completely redesigned their website and took on the new name, 'Branded Surveys'. Branded offers its members tons of different rewards options and issues gift cards within 48 hours of transactions being processed.

New Member Bonus

New members of Branded Surveys can get a $1.00 (100 point) joining bonus by simply creating an account and taking the profile survey. After completing the survey, 100 points will be instantly credited to your account. That's a whopping 20% of the points needed for your first cash out!

Registration is quick – use your social account or email to sign up. No promo code is required to take advantage of the bonus.

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Payment and Rewards

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Earn a Payout in as Little as One Week!

Payouts on Branded Surveys range in value for surveys and can be as high as 300 points. If you are not the best fit for a survey, you will still be rewarded with points for answering even a couple of questions - compensating you for your time and inching you forward to your first payout, be it a cash payment, gift card or other reward.

How to Redeem Points

When you complete a survey, you will be rewarded with points and your survey answers will be sent directly to Branded Survey’s market research clients. Once you have earned a minimum of 500 approved points ($5.00 USD), a redemption button will become active in the "My Points" section of your account, allowing you to cash out your earnings and redeem your points.

Payment threshold: Receive a reward with a minimum of 500 points ($5.00) in your account.

Rewards

When you're ready to request a cash out from your Branded Surveys account, click the redemption button and choose from a wide variety of rewards:

  • PayPal cash payments
  • Bank transfer - USA only
  • Amazon gift cards
  • Pre-paid virtual credit cards
  • Other gift cards including: eBay, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Chipotle, Airbnb, and more!

You can get paid directly to your bank account, allowing you to get your hard earned cash even faster! Upon approval of your withdrawal (1-2 business days), a payout will post to your bank account within 24-48 hours (USA residents only). This withdrawal method was formally known as Branded Pay.

Redemptions take approximately 1-2 business days to process, and all rewards are digital. Gift cards will be issued as e-gift cards, and cash payments will be sent electronically. A valid phone number may be required to verify your identity to cash out your rewards.

Promo Codes

Promo codes on Branded are available for users to input into their member accounts, and will credit accounts with free points. These promo codes are available via special contests and promotions, though they aren't available often.

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Survey Taking Experience

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Survey Lengths

The average survey on the platform takes 11 minutes to complete, but the estimated completion time will always be listed on survey invitations (which are e-mailed, or can also be found listed in your account). Not only can you take interesting surveys, but daily poll opportunities and online focus groups are also offered.

Many surveys, as well as the platform itself, is posted on the gobranded domain name. Go Branded is the same as Branded Surveys - it's simply what the panel uses in their url.

Daily Polls

Log into your account daily to receive 5 points for taking the quick poll available on your Branded Surveys Dashboard. You may complete one poll every 24 hours.

Earn Extra Points

Local Deals are provided by businesses and offer additional opportunities to earn points with Branded Surveys. These opportunities are also listed in your Branded Surveys dashboard. The more points you earn, the more qualified you will be for additional opportunities.

How Much Points are Worth

Branded Surveys uses a very simple points conversion system. 500 points = $5 USD, so 100 points = $1. Therefore, each individual point is worth 1 cent, or $0.01.

If you are located in Canada or the UK, you will receive your rewards in your local currency, converted from USD. For instance, a $10 USD payment issued to a Canadian would be equal to approximately $12.50 CAD. $10 USD issued to a UK resident would equal approximately £8.00.

Member's Tip! Answer questions as honestly as possible so the data collected is accurate and the surveys you qualify for are relevant to you. This makes it much easier to complete surveys quicker.

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Branded Elite Program

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Branded Elite

Branded Elite is Branded Surveys’ rewards program. There are three levels of membership depending on your monthly survey activity. The badge levels are Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each badge level grants members the opportunity to earn weekly bonus points.

As you take surveys throughout the month, you can advance through Bronze, Silver and Gold badge levels. You must meet the minimum survey requirements each month to keep your badge through the next month.

  • Complete 2 surveys per calendar month for Bronze
  • Complete 10 surveys per calendar month for Silver
  • Complete 25 surveys per calendar month for Gold

Earn Weekly Rewards

As a Branded Elite badge member, you can earn a weekly bonus when you complete 12, 20 or 30 surveys per week (Monday-Sunday). Your bonus is a percentage of your total approved survey points for the week.

  • When you complete 12 surveys per week, you can earn a 5% bonus as a Bronze member, a 10% bonus as a Silver member and a 15% bonus as a Gold member.
  • When you complete 20 surveys per week, you can earn a 12% bonus as a Silver member and a 17% bonus as a Gold member.
  • When you complete 30 surveys per week, you can earn a 14% bonus as a Silver member and a 19% bonus as a Gold member.

Re-qualify to Keep Your Badge Status

To maintain your badge color, members are encouraged to keep participating. Note that badges are subject to change on the first of each month if there was minimal participation for the duration of the month.

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Community Features

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Branded Leaderboard

Increase your daily payout by getting on the Leaderboard. The Leaderboard tracks the Daily Top 50, Weekly Top 50 and Monthly Top 20 performers and rewards members for their survey completions.

  • Daily Top 50 leaders = 50 points
  • Weekly Top 50 leaders = 200 points
  • Monthly Top 20 leaders = 300 points

Remain Active to Win Daily, Weekly & Monthly Prizes

Remember that for every survey you complete, you will get submitted into a daily, weekly and monthly random prize drawing. Win up to 50 extra points in a daily drawing, 500 points in the weekly drawing and 1000 points for the monthly drawing. The more you participate, the greater number of entries you will receive for the drawings.

Referral Program

Log in to your account to copy your unique referral link which you can then share with friends and extended family members to increase your account balance. Receive 50 points as a gold or silver badge holder whenever your friends and family reach the silver badge status. Branded also offers an affiliate program for website owners and influencers who are able to drive a large number of sign ups to the site.

Branded Surveys App

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Take Surveys from Your Phone

Branded Surveys offers a mobile app that is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, giving both iPhone and Android users the opportunity to take surveys from their phone.

The app functions almost identically to the Branded Surveys website, making it intuitive and easy to use. Receive survey notifications directly onto your phone via push notifications, instead of having to sort through email. When you receive a push notification from the app, simply click the survey alert and you will automatically be brought to the survey start page.

Use the Branded Surveys app just as you would the website - take surveys, check your account balance, and redeem your rewards whenever ready.

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Is Branded Surveys Legit or Scam?

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Is Branded Surveys Legit?

Branded Surveys is a completely legitimate paid survey site and is not a scam. Although users of the site may have different experiences interacting with the site and taking surveys, the operating company is a credible market research firm that has issued over $34 million dollars in rewards to its 13 million members - confirming that Branded Surveys is legit.

You can learn more and find out what Branded Surveys users think of the platform in the reviews section below.

Eligibility: USA, UK, Canada residents 16 years of age and older.

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Branded Surveys Reviews (1508)

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4 Star Reviews (221) 14.7
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3 Star Reviews (120) 8.0
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2 Star Reviews (108) 7.2
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1 Star Reviews (350) 23.2
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October 29, 2019 by Elizabeth from United States

I have dealt with this survey sight for over five years. Everything was fine until they became Branded Surveys now there's less chance for points. Three times this month I completed a survey and did not get paid, so I reported it and was told each time that there wasn't any missing points. They refuse to pay when a mistake is made by them.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on October 31, 2019

Hello Elizabeth,

We do apologize for any frustration here! If you are not satisfied with the points allotted to you, please reach out to us directly at [email protected] with the survey information. We will be able to provide you with additional details on what went wrong. Thank you!
Will I ever see my payment?

October 20, 2019 by Lorraine from United States

Nothing coming from Branded makes any sense. Since they seem to read the panelists' reviews, I would like to know how they will respond to this absurd. These are the facts:

Nov. 8: I needed to verify my phone number to get PayPal payment on my approved points. After I entered my LANDLINE phone number in the format requested, Branded's system rejected it with the following message: "We cannot allow you to verify your account with a VOIP number." . I tried several times but my HOME phone number was rejected again and again. - I sent a message to Branded.
Nov 9: Received a response from "Amit" stating: "It seems that under this email the account is deleted on July 5th 2018.
Nov.9 I responded to Amit: My account is perfectly active. I have just reached 1001 approved points yesterday and more surveys are waiting to be responded in my email box. A deleted account does not receive daily invitations.
Today, I tried another way to verify my landline phone number. They were supposed to send me a verification code through my telephone. Branded's system responded: "We've sent a 4-digit verification code to (my telephone number) . It begins with the number ..." The problem is that my telephone never rang even though I requested that code 3 times.
Were these people trying to send the code to a landline by texting it? Well, everything is possible in Branded Surveys' world!

Not Doing So Well.

October 18, 2019 by Unigka from United States

I've been a member of Branded for four years.
It used to be a great survey panel. The only gripe was that points took two weeks to be approved and payment took several days.
They have changed their ways recently.

The past two months have not been very good.
It's great that the points are now immediately credited.
And payout now takes up to two days but...
It's becoming harder to get to 1000 points now.
I get over quota, not qualified for 90% of the time i'm there. I used to be able to complete tons of surveys a day.
Lately, surveys have been posted,but when I click on them I get "
This survey is not yet active.
Please try again later."
Why have these surveys up when they are not ready to be taken yet?
That's a big waste of time.

After completing a survey, it will incorrectly tell me that I was either not qualified or its over quota, or its reached it's number. The good thing about Branded is that I can report the survey. Before I take a survey, I make sure that I write the survey name, time, and points. It's extra, but it's important to do this.
When I go to report the survey, all I have to do is look for the weird survey name and time and tap it.
Sadly, I have to report more than one survey a day.
I really hope that Branded gets back to being one of the top survey sites again.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on October 24, 2019

Hello Unigka,

Thank you for sharing your experience with us - as this helps us to better our member experience. You're right - surveys should not deem you disqualified if you've already completed 90% of that particular survey. This is exactly why we have that 'Report Issue' button - so please, continue to use that feature as we make additional progress in this area!
Thank you!
RELIABLE

October 17, 2019 by MUTHUKUMAR from United Kingdom

I am attending their surveys for the past 20 days, as of now I am satisfied with their service.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on October 24, 2019

Hi,

Thank you so much for being a member of our community!
some surveys are too long

October 16, 2019 by Tony from United Kingdom

They say a survey will be only 7mins for 40 points but it always turns out much longer. In fact the surveys are too long for the points. They also take too long to change points you've earned from pending. They do pay quickly though when the cashout is reached. I completed a survey which had dozens of questions which were very similar and It was much too long & to cap it all they only added 28pt.

At least they sometimes give you a few points when you dont qualify. Sadly this does not make up for some surveys completed where you don't get credited. very suspicious

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on October 16, 2019

Hello Tony,

We appreciate you taking the time to share your experiences with us! Once you complete a survey, your points are added to your available balance immediately.
Please ensure that you are using our 'Report Issue' button should you encounter any errors within a survey, so we can compensate you for your time. Thank you!