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SmileCity

6 Research Drive, Shelton, Connecticut  06484 US
Tel: 877-254-1234   Contact: http://www.smilecity.co.nz/help/
Operated by: Dynata

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PAYMENTS OFFERED

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE

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REDEEMING REWARDS

1,100 minimum account balance required to request $10 Flexi eGift card.

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SmileCity permanently closed on August 10, 2020.

Open to residents of New Zealand only.

Over 125,000 of your fellow New Zealanders are earning rewards for reading emails, completing surveys and shopping online. It's fun and it's FREE! SmileCity was acquired by Research Now SSI (now known as Dynata), in 2015. Dynata is the largest market research provider in New Zealand and Australia.

New Member Signup Bonus

New members automatically receive up to 200 points credited to their accounts.

Unfortunately, SmileCity is no longer operational. Click the button to discover survey panels that are running and are actively looking for new members!

Instantly Redeem Your Points for Rewards

Members of SmileCity currently have a few cash out options such as PayPal, instantly cashing out and receiving a Flexi eGift Card, or donating your points to charity. Flexi eGift cards are essentially many gift cards in one; use it to get gift cards from multiple retailers. When you have just 1,100 points in your account, you can request a $10 gift card. Gift card options include iTunes, Myer and David Jones gift cards. Save up your points and redeem them for a higher denomination gift card, which can be as high as $100. Instantly receive your e-mailed Flexi card immediately after requesting it.

Alternatively, donate your points to a charity of your choice. Make a donation with as little as 1,200 points in your account, and help a great cause!

SmileCity Loyalty Status

With the SmileCity Loyalty Status program, earn even more if you take surveys consistently. The program has 5 categories that are measured by points. If you have over 2,500 points (i.e. you are a silver member) you will receive a points bonus of survey points at the end of each week. The bonuses are as follows:

  • Bronze (500 Points) - No Benefit
  • Silver (2,500 Points) - 2.5% Bonus
  • Gold (5,000 Points) - 5% Bonus
  • Platinum (10,000 Points) - 7.5% Bonus
  • Platinum Plus (8,000 Points per year) - 10% Bonus

Note: to qualify for a higher loyalty status level, you must accumulate the required points total from surveys that you complete. Points that you earn from any other sources, including surveys that you do not fully complete, do not count towards your qualifying total.

Sweepstakes Opportunities

Win a share of the $2,000 yearly cash prize. Once you sign up to join SmileCity, you are entered into the Sweepstakes. Earn more entries by reading emails or completing short surveys. New winners are announced every year.

More Than Just Surveys

Not only does SmileCity offer surveys, they also offer a variety of other opportunities for their members to earn rewards. Earn points for reading emails, taking quick polls, clicking on web links, playing games, and more.

Refer-A-Friend Program

Your family and friends can join SmileCity too! Earn $5 worth of points for the first 5 friends that sign up and complete a survey using your personalized link. Note that the person you refer must join using your referral link, activate their account and complete a survey before you will receive your bonus points.

Eligibility: New Zealand, 18+


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Was good....but now?

July 12, 2017 by Richard from New Zealand

Like many other users of both SmileCity and MyOpinions, out of the blue, after years of membership, I am unable to log in, with a message about my account being terminated due to a breach in their terms and conditions.
It's either a system issue, or the company running these sites is going under. Either way, they have yet to respond to any of my e-mails.

Avoid!!!

May 2, 2019 by annie from New Zealand

Been with these guys for many years and always had regular surveys every week sometimes every day but have not had one single survey invite for over a year now so today I logged in to my account and all my points have disappeared!!!...I have also found this has happened with other similar sites that Survey Sampling International run. I have done nothing to warrant my accounts being terminated to my knowledge so it would be nice to know what the hell is going on.

Bogus

October 9, 2018 by susan from New Zealand

They were good when first started but now they ignore you. If you have points - good luck redeeming them- aka not going to happen. DO NOT JOIN THIS ONE

They wont pay out

May 23, 2018 by Allan from New Zealand

I Joined Smilecity when it first started and did very well with them, managed to redeem lots.
But the last time I tried to redeem $31 from them they banned me. And it looks like lots of other people also have been banned for trying to redeem cash So be very careful of them.