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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.

Joining Bonus! Branded Surveys is currently offering a 100 point ($1) sign up bonus to new members. » Click here to claim your bonus!


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Branded Surveys Reviews (1513)

5 Star Reviews (710) 46.9
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4 Star Reviews (222) 14.7
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3 Star Reviews (121) 8.0
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2 Star Reviews (108) 7.1
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1 Star Reviews (352) 23.3
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Missing Points & Missing Redeem Button.

May 12, 2020 by Barry from United States

On May 8th, I completed 2 surveys, [Pear long gerenuk] for 64 points, and [wisteria hot gharia] for 28 points. The points were never credited to the My Points. When I checked the Report Survey Issue, the 2 surveys show as completed. So I sent an email to find out what happened, and customer service person Amit responded, apologized, and said the points were now credited. When I checked the My Points again, it says the 2 surveys were rejected, but they still show as completed in the Report Survey issue. I have sent 3 other emails, with no response from Branded Surveys. Then when I went to do more surveys on May 9th, every survey says it is unavailable for me to take. So I went to My Points to cash them out because I have 6,700 points, which is $67.00, and I don't have a redeem button to cash them out! I feel since this was Branded Surveys mistake, both them and customer service person Amit, are very unprofessional! I just want this resolved, and be able to cash out my hard earned points. I have screenshots of everything also!

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on May 19, 2020

Hi Barry,

We're sorry you experienced this issue - and I am glad that we were able to connect with you to rectify this! Your points should be added, and your redeem button restored. Please reach out to us directly at [email protected] should you need any further assistance with this.
Too much time for such little payout

May 6, 2020 by Ryan from United States

I felt the time spent taking the surveys HOURS was NOT worth the payout received.
They flood your inbox with dozens of potential surveys EVERY DAY. 99.9% of the surveys sent daily are not eligible to be taken because of “quota filled”.
I found it to be A colossal waste of time.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on May 15, 2020

Hello Ryan,

Thank you for sharing your review - and we're sorry that you are experiencing issues with qualifications. Unfortunately, surveys can fill up rather quickly. We would suggest logging into your dashboard.

You can adjust the amount of emails you receive via your email schedule preferences.
Complete waste of time these days

April 8, 2020 by Luci from United States

I used to love this site when it was Mintvine. It was easy to make money and the surveys were worth your time. Now, most surveys have ridiculously low points and there is NO ONE who should waste 30 minutes of their time for a pathetic 20 cents. Its more than unfair it feels like they are just taking the mick now. Occasionally, they will offer a survey for a dollar, only to survey you out after wasting 10 minutes of your time. Perhaps the site just became greedy? Regardless of why, its a complete waste of time these days. Probably won't be too long before Survey Sampling buys them out anyway, since they seem to be buying out every single survey site.

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Branded Surveys responded to this review on April 8, 2020

Hello Luci,

Remember - if a survey does not meet your criteria you can use the "skip" button. We encourage you to update your profile surveys with as much information about yourself as possible so we can match you to better opportunities! You can also check out our Partner Surveys page too!

Should you experience an issue within a survey, please use the "Report Issue" feature located on your "My Points" page - our analysts will review your issue and compensate you for your time spend. Thank you!
more for them less for you

March 20, 2020 by george from United Kingdom

I have noticed that over the last few weeks BS have decided to reduce the payout on most if not all surveys. They have now teamed up with Peanut Surveys and the point values have plummeted surveys can now give less than 1 cent per minute, in fact i was offered a couple were the payout was less than half a cent per min. In addition the survey lengths are a total farce they offer many surveys showing 28 points for 10 mins they are never ever 10 mins when you enter the survey they are at least 15 mins and more likely 20 mins long. I have cashed in my points I thought they could not get any lower but it appears that they have No doubt they will give there usual response to reject surveys that I don' t think have a reasonable payout but there are no longer any surveys that pay a reasonable amount. If higher value surveys do appear they will already have reached the quota or after a while surprise surprise you will not qualify. Personally i dont think they exist they are just bait Please please save yourself the frustration and dont touch them AVOID at all Costs .
Like many other reviewers I have been a site member for a long time and have seen it slip from a good honest sire to the low of the lows. Others have detailed the decline in bonuses for gold and elite members but of greater frustration the ability to earn points. The surveys are no longer even worth trying one today offered me 25 points for a 24 minute survey come on be realistic. Where a survey is offered that is worthwhile for example one from yesterday which offered 32 points for 7 mins yes it was too good to be true the survey took around 20 mins. In addition about 10% or surveys i complete no reward is given if I complain i sometimes get the reward or more often a couple of points. I have read with interest the responses from BS the same thing over and over and over again how they have done a revamp and making out that they are making it better. If the revamp is so good why so many bad reviews.Like others I have reached the point where it is not worth even trying. Avoid this site until they finally get the message and start treating reviewers as people and not using and abusing their goodwill

UPDATE
I have read the response from Branded survey still no questions answered just the same stock answer. The reduction in points for every survey has nothing to do with the so called revamp . The false length of the surveys has nothing to do with the revamp. The missing points has nothing to do with the revamp. Has anyone gained from this revamp apart from BS

not paying completed surveys

March 3, 2020 by paul from United Kingdom

more and more you complete a survey then it says you dont qualify you submit a request and days later you get a rejected email calling you a liar and this is increasing to the point of every 3 or 4 surveys completed- as others have said this is clearly a tactic they are employing to not pay people- the site has gone downhill so much now most surveys are paying 10-20p for 15-20 minutes working out at about 60p per hour- then they reject them so basically you have to take a screenshot of every single survey you do on the last page- if you know it is the last page just to prove you did it because the default position is to say you did not complete it- in over 12 years of being on many panels i have never experienced such dishonesty from any panel and been made to feel undervalued and not appreciated as this one the last few months - i cannot believe the regulators are not investigating their conduct- every thing is a battle and it seems they run a lot of surveys that are already full but let you complete them only to reject you after or say it is full presumably because they dont have the skills or competence to take the surveys down and only run live ones. The rewards are getting less and less you used to get good points one but now every 200 or more point i attempt im told i do not qualify often after you have completed half of it!! I just cannot believe how bad it has become and judging by all the other comments they must be losing panel members hand over fist with their behaviour....