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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 (1514)

5 Star Reviews (709) 46.8
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4 Star Reviews (223) 14.7
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3 Star Reviews (121) 8.0
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2 Star Reviews (109) 7.2
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1 Star Reviews (352) 23.2
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no payout

January 30, 2019 by howard from United States

I have $30 worth of points @ have no way of cashing out no reply to my emails no way of getting help disappointed

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on January 30, 2019

Hi Howard,

I would be happy to assist you with this, if you could please reach out to us at [email protected] and ask for Hanna.
Sinking Ship

January 28, 2019 by Xendria from Canada

I used to have nothing but good things to say about this site a year or so ago, but now I can't find it in myself to give them a compliment on anything.

Everything good about them has worsened, I can't even say they're just like most other survey sites now, because I think they're worse than that.

Surveys mess up constantly for me on there now, and dealing with their new customer service makes me want to rip out my hair, whereas before I'd be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and had much patience in dealing with them when there was a rare problem.

They also can't handle negative feedback on the support section of their site and are quick to bury them, as well as give the same contrived responses that half the time make me wonder if they even bothered to read anything I, or others, have said. This includes when they respond to people on here.

Surveys are no longer paid well, and badge bonuses might as well not exist, as it's very difficult to complete the amount of surveys per week they want you to do, not to mention worsening it for people who already -earned- their badges was a rather underhanded move.

Such a shame, as they used to be one of the best. I think if they felt they were losing too much money by being so generous with their survey takers, they should of only brought on small changes, not these drastic ones that just make it an awful time all around and no longer worth visiting.

Time to move on to greener pastures.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on January 30, 2019

Hi Xendria,

We apologize for any negative experiences you've had while we made some changes to our new loyalty programs.

I also apologize for any lack of customer support that you've experienced, and if there's anything specific you'd like to point out, please reach out to [email protected] and ask for Hanna.

We thank you for your honest feedback, as this can only help us get better!

Lies and Going downhill faster

January 22, 2019 by Doug from United Kingdom

Given up, any survey > 40pts is "Already filled", and you're offered a 20-30pt for 20-40 minutes, ie about .5pt/minute. What a joke

They don't pay

January 21, 2019 by kara from United States

What's the point of doing half "my" surveys for them? I get $10 every other time I submit 4000 points. I have tried and tried to explain, and for nothing. For the past eight surveys, I was paid four times, although my rewards list says all the points were withdrawn.

I tried three times to reason with them. But I couldn't prove what I did not get, and the person there said something about its being in my spam,. S/he said it two separate months. It wasn't, but how would someone else know?

So I tried three times, and last week I was owed $10. My list says it was paid. Not to me it wasn't.

I don't like to think they're shysters, and something occurred to me: I don't think English is their first language. The emails just have that sense about them, and the time stamps can be at 4am on weekends. I could be wrong, but it explains a lot.

It's not a good way to do business. I'm done making money for them, and done begging. They're not MintVine.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on January 23, 2019

Hi Kara,

I'm sorry you had an unsatisfactory experience. Could you please reach out to us at [email protected] so that we may investigate what happened further? Please ask for Hanna when you write in! Thank you and I apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused you.
No longer worthwhile

January 15, 2019 by Rick from United Kingdom

Sadly this site is no longer worth the effort. Too many surveys get recorded as 'not qualified' despite the survey itself saying it was successful, and when you query it you get given a derisory 5 points or so in compensation (for a 150 point survey). That on top of the removal/downgrading of the perks for high-performers, and having to skip through dozens of low paying surveys that no-one in their right mind would bother with (e.g. 10 cents for 20 minutes - seriously?) mean there's no point continuing. Shame really, as I've been here since the Mintvine days when it was great - I'm now just waiting for my final points to approve before I'm outta here.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on January 15, 2019

Hi Rick,
We are so sorry to hear that you no longer enjoy taking surveys with us. We have overhauled our reward system and as such, we have altered our point payout for disqualification to be dependent on the overall survey points rather than a flat point value. This is to give everyone proportionate credit for the duration and point value of the project.
However, if you experience an issue with a survey please reach out to us at [email protected]
We apologize for any inconveniences this has caused you, and thank you for using Branded Surveys.