Harris Poll Online Reviews and Features

Harris Poll Online

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Operated by: The Nielsen Company, LLC

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KEY FEATURES:

Harris poll is one of the oldest and most prestigious polls in the world, operating for more than 45 years with a focus on the US and Canadian market. Have your say on matters that affect you and see the results from the surveys you complete. You can compare experiences, opinions and more to people who are both like and unlike you. Occasionally, the studies you contribute to will be published in national and international media outlets. The Harris Poll is a member of the National Council of Public Polls (NCPP), the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO), the Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR), and the European Society for Opinion & Marketing Research (ESOMAR).

Electronic Rewards

Harris Poll offers their members the opportunity to earn points, known as HIpoints in exchange for their participation. Once you earn 1250 points (worth $10), you can request an e-gift voucher from places like Amazon, iTunes, Starbucks, Walmart, ESPN, and more. You may also be entered into sweepstakes after each completed survey for even more chances of winning big.

Get Disqualified, But Still Have a Chance to Win!

If you attempt to complete a survey, but are disqualified in the process, you will receive an entry into the Harris Panel Sweepstakes. You will be also be offered the opportunity to try qualifying for other available surveys.

Survey Lengths

Online surveys typically take anywhere between 5-25 minutes to complete. Short surveys will take around 5 minutes, and very long ones are around 25 minutes. These reasonable survey lengths will keep your attention and prevent you from getting bored too quickly! There are special surveys on offer as well including special focus groups, telephone based surveys, and even surveys about independently downloaded software. Common survey topics, however, range from fashion to movies to shopping habits.

Participate Often

Expect to receive between 3-5 online surveys a month.

Earn Points

Even if you are disqualified from completing a survey, expect to receive around 15 HIpoints! The amount of points you get per survey varies depending on the length or complexity of the survey.

Download the App!

Harris Poll now has an app, available on iOS and Android. The mobile apps will require you to login with your Harris credentials. Using the app allows you to see survey opportunities, take surveys, participate in special research programs and access your rewards. Turn on your notification settings for the app to receive new survey opportunities in real time.

Cashing Out

After you have reached 1250 points, you are able to redeem your HIpoints for e-cards and gift vouchers. Most people who participate, reach this threshold after completing around 10 surveys. Rewards include e-cards or gift vouchers from Amazon, iTunes, Starbucks and more.

Rewards Processing Times

Redeem your rewards and receive them within 15 business days. They will be sent to your e-mail account. Most rewards will be credited to your account within 10 minutes of your participation, but occasionally it may take as long as 24 hours for the credit to appear in your account. If you are redeeming your HIpoints, you will receive your e-code within 24-48 hours of cashing in your HIpoints. If you have cashed in for physical merchandise, you will receive your merchandise via USPS within 7-14 business days. All costs of rewards (including shipping and handling) are covered by Harris Poll, unless you are redeeming products using an e-certificate.

Chances to Win $10,000 Every Quarter

HarrisPoll gives away a $10,000 USD prize every quarter to one lucky winner in their Histakes - the Harris Poll Online Sweepstakes. You earn an entry if you have been disqualified for surveys, as well as for actions like participating in short surveys that may not award points. Winners names are published on the HIstakes winners page and this list is kept up to date.

Eligibility: Canadian residents, 13+.

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Harris Poll Online Reviews (214)

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December 24, 2019 by darius from Canada

It's taken them months to reset my password & username so that I can access my little rewards.
High turnover rate I guess. Collecting money from clients and not sharing it with the the people that do the real work.
Unsubscribed.

July 20, 2018 by Doreen from United States

I hesitate to leave reviews about survey sites because usually survey companies work out their glitches and problems are resolved within a couple weeks. It's been over a month since I tried to cash out earnings with Harris Poll, and I've been a member for over two years. They are now saying the reward has been disabled. I've sent them five different emails. They sent one email with a case number and nothing happened. I sent a follow-up email and eventually received an email nine days ago saying it would be expedited. Still nothing. I told them it's not the amount of the reward, but a question of integrity. I will be unsubscribing from this panel, and am very disappointed in the way they treat their subscribers.

Update: I finally received my earnings so I'm updating it to two stars. I was receiving survey invitations daily despite the issues with payout, so after the payout I still unsubscribed, since this isn't the first time I had issues with the panel.

December 5, 2017 by Jeff from United States

This company can be problematic at times. As a panelist , you will get frequent surveys to do. However , you rarely qualify for them and they tend to be the same ones getting recycled. The surveys pay in points , but not always do they credit as they are supposed to. Also , times listed can be deceptive as some are slow or slow to load.

On the plus side , their rewards site has a decent response time and items redeemed for are received in a timely manner. Their points per item can be a bit on the high side , though.

On the negative side , customer service is essentially non-existent. Inquiries made through the site or Facebook go unanswered as do phone calls to the company. The best you are likely to get is the receptionist answering the phone and sending you to voicemail that says they return calls , but never do.

January 16, 2017 by Steve from United States

I took their surveys regularly for about 10 months and got $120 in Amazon gift cards with no problem. Suddenly I can no longer log into my account using the same information I've used all along. They want me to change my password but I cannot because I don't remember the name of my third grade teacher, ha ha (a secret question I would have NEVER used!) After telling them off a couple of times trying to find out what to do next, they deactivated my account.

September 30, 2016 by David from United States

My wife and I used to do surveys with them, and in the last year we were able to earn $165 in Amazon gift cards. However now, you no longer get 15 points for each survey you no longer qualify for, which means it's much harder to earn points as you only qualify for the 75-150 point surveys maybe 1 out of every 5. The problem is to even know if you qualified, it still takes a good 5-10 minutes of questions sometimes, so you're not rewarded for that wasted time. Also, the Shop Tracker app is completely broken, when installed it asks for your Amazon login and the screen the disappears, so you can never actually login. When I get enough points for my next $5, I'll be unsubscribing from this website.