Harris Poll Online Reviews and Features

Harris Poll Online

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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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January 9, 2014 by debby from United States

this use to be a good panel and have cashed in rewards in the past but now i just get the runaround from them, still owe me $20 in amazon credit and will probably never receive

December 11, 2013 by Caroline from United Kingdom

I have been a member for years. At the beginning all surveys were interesting; now I do not qualify for many and it takes far more than 15 days to get even an e-voucher. Harris Interactive do not respond to emails, nor to any 'help' requests via their online site. If you do not want a load of hassle, do not bother with this company.

December 3, 2013 by Edna M from United States

I have been a member for more than 7 months always send surveys, I've already redeemed some of my accumulated points.

November 17, 2013 by FRAN from United States

This was the first site I joined, but it's not the best. Certainly not the quickest in accumulating points (I've cashed out enough points on an average of once a year) and their reward payout time is rather ridiculous. After placing my order for an online voucher I received an email that says my next "status update" should be arriving in 15 days. Status update? It gets worse: so now it's been 25 days since my initial order and I have since received a code to redeem a code for an email to get a code to get another email and wait for a code to get my reward (an iCard gift certificate). So finally I get the long awaited email to redeem my selected gift card and - boom! Sorry, there's "technical difficulties" that are preventing them to process my reward at this time.
"Try again at a later time" and if it doesn't work in 7 business days, contact customer support. This may or may not be Harris Poll's fault, but regardless, after this ridiculously drawn out process, I'm fed up! Forget it - getting the points was okay, redeeming the reward has been a real pain! Other sites are able to pay out instantly for similar rewards.

October 27, 2013 by Karen from United States

I have been with Harris Poll for several years now. They used to create their own polls and you usually had good chance of getting points from them. However, last year they started using different materials to see if you qualified for surveys through a website, called Samplico. I rarely qualify for anything now but when I do, I have to fill-out the full survey to qualify and sometimes at the end they say I did not get the points for it. If something doesn't change soon I will be quitting this website.