EarningStation Reviews and Features

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EarningStation

Operated by: massfinity
300 Trade Center, Suite 3590 Woburn, MA 01801
Contact: [email protected]

Note: Earning Station permanently shut down on July 1, 2019.

EarningStation is a loyalty rewards website that enables users to earn cash incentives and gift cards by online shopping, participating in surveys, playing games, watching videos, and much more!

How Earning Station Worked

Complete actions such as taking surveys, signing up for other websites and e-mail lists, clipping coupons, etc. You can easily become a member by using your facebook account, or by filling out a traditional registration form.

  • Complete offers – EarningStation has a wide variety of advertisers who offer many types of different offers, available for completion. These are typically things like trying out new products or services. Most offers will credit to your account within 48 hours of successful completion. Some offers may take longer, especially if there is a trial period involved.
  • Take surveys – EarningStation posts online survey opportunities on their website, and for every successful survey completion, you will earn points. Surveys are typically available daily.
  • Watch videos about all the latest news, entertainment, music and more! You will be rewarded everyday just by watching the daily video, and for every other 10 videos you watch.
  • Shopping – Like most GPT sites, EarningStation lists a variety of different online retailers on their website. Simply click through to the retailer of your choice using EarningStations website, and get “cashback” on your purchases.
  • Referring Friends - EarningStation referral program offers you the opportunity to earn 10% (excluding bonus codes, sweepstakes wins, or account adjustment) of what your referral’s earn.

Payment and Rewards

You can redeem your cash for pre-paid gift cards, Virtual Gift cards and PayPal payments. Gift card options range from restaurants to retail stores. Physical gift cards are mailed, which means it takes between 4-6 weeks to receive the cards. Virtual Gift cards and PayPal payments are the fastest option to receive.

Community Features

EarningStation is a relative new kid on the block, as they were technically established in 2011, but have only really been active since 2014.

Eligibility: EarningStation is open to USA residents 18+ and eligible minors who have obtained parental permission.

EarningStation Alternatives

If you were a member of Earning Station, or are seeking survey programs to earn cash through, there are literally hundreds of websites to choose from. A good starting point is to consult our list of the Top Survey Sites (as decided by actual survey takers) and the Top GPT Sites. Alternatively, here are a few suggestions you may wish to explore. PrizeRebel is surveys-centric, offers PayPal cash, gift cards and more. Branded Surveys offers online surveys, a great referral program, and a $1.00 new member sign up bonus! Tellwut is a fun community where you can take surveys, create surveys and answer daily polls for gift cards.

EarningStation Reviews (36)

5 Star Reviews (13) 36.1
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4 Star Reviews (4) 11.1
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3 Star Reviews (3) 8.3
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2 Star Reviews (1) 2.8
2.8
1 Star Reviews (15) 41.7
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Unethical time wasters

December 11, 2017 by kris from United States

I do not recommend this panel for several reasons. Screen out is very high and prone to happen at the end of a survey. This means that they get to keep your work and not pay out. One of their strategies is to claimed that you've already finished the survey before. They also have a very active forfeiture scheme. If you get tired of not being rewarded for surveys, and take too long of a break, they seize your earnings.

Support is on autopilot, if they respond, they use canned replies. There are plenty of decent survey panels that will make it easy to reach a payout threshold. Save yourself the dismay and aggravation of these iniquitous behaviors.

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EarningStation responded to this review on July 12, 2018

Kris, we apologize if you feel that you have been duped out of your earnings. We wish everyone was able to qualify for every survey, however research companies develop surveys with specific criteria needed to fulfill. Unfortunately, EarningStation has no control over this.

As for the issue regarding your earnings being seized, we do forfeit earnings from accounts that have been inactive for 90 days or more, as stated in our Terms of Use. This process is to ensure that we can continue to provide the highest payouts possible to our active members.
Earning Station Review by a broken legged retiree.

December 4, 2017 by vicki from United States

I am pretty new to all of this. I retired with all sorts of plans for homesteading [yes, I am old, and everyone says I should know better] Then I broke my leg. Stuck in bed. Bored. Extremely low income. I should be getting around pretty well by Spring, which is when I would like to put in my bee hives [ we need to save the bees, guys!] But they cost money that I do not have because I am laid up in bed and unable to make some money. Until I found online surveys. i am using 4, and that should earn me enough to get everything I need for beekeeping before the spring.
My favorite site is Earning Station. For one, Less Dqs'. Also generally decent payouts, and most important, a 15 minute survey is in fact a 15 minute survey [usually] rather than an hour survey as it is on other sites.

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EarningStation responded to this review on July 12, 2018

Vicki, we appreciate your positive feedback. We work very hard to keep our members happy and to offer the best payouts around.
no help

December 1, 2017 by Mary from United States

I'm not even sure there is a way to contact E. S. i tried several times to contact them but i have never received a response from them. There's too many errors, some surveys won't load, videos won't play. Do they have a US based phone number?.

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EarningStation responded to this review on July 12, 2018

Mary, we apologize that you were unable to reach us, we strive very hard to ensure that our customer service team is attentive to every request we receive. We do have a "Contact Us" link on the footer of our homepage to ensure that our members are always able to contact us. We would love if you could give this process another try.
excellent customer support

November 21, 2017 by kelly from United States

I have been a member for a little while now and like most other people have said, it is hard to qualify for surveys but I do understand its because of my demographics and other info that doesn't match what they are looking for. I only have a mobile phone, so I am limited anyway. The video section doesn't work most days. These are just little kinks though. Every morning I go on this site and complete my daily checklist which consists of answering a daily poll, trying a survey, daily video, etc. You do get paid a few cents each for completing these and they do add up quickly. It's easy money. I have cashed out once when I reached $25.00 for Paypal. I could cash out for a cheaper amount if I wanted something other than PayPal. This is a pretty good site. You are guaranteed money every day and they do send you emails that if you open up, you will get a few cents also. People always expect to be able to cash out quickly and if not, stop using a site. Not here at Earning Station. I have the time and patience and also have had good experience with their customer support team. I really do enjoy this site. Give it a try. You will be happy too.


Update: I am updating my review as of November 20, 2917 regarding their Customer Support Team. I now give them 5 stars. I had a slight issue of not being credited for joining a panel through Earning Station. I reached out to them, and was a little confused as to why my account wasnt crediting immediately. Sam C. from Earning Station took care of my situation and reached out to me in a very nice way to let me know what had happened and that he did some research on his own and then credited my account accordingly. I am very pleased by his help. Other Survey sites support teams could learn from him. I highly recommend joining Earning Station. You will be happy you did.

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EarningStation responded to this review on November 14, 2017

Kelly, We appreciate your positive and insightful feedback. We work very hard to keep our members happy by offering a variety of activities that allow them to earn every day.
Great - Join!

September 15, 2017 by donnella from United States

I love this site! I qualify for roughly 85% of the surveys which isn't bad compared to others. The support system is really friendly, and the surveys are fun. I just started doing surveys on Tuesday and I already have $13 and you need $25 to cashout to PayPal. OAN: I won a prize through their Facebook games!

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EarningStation responded to this review on November 14, 2017

Donnella, thank you for being such a loyal EarningStation member. We appreciate your positive feedback words. We take pride in our customer service team responding as quickly and effectively to our members as possible and enjoy rewarding our members every day.