Tellwut Reviews and Features

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Tellwut

921 Port Washington Blvd, Suite 11 Port Washington, NY  11050 US
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Operated by: Paradigm Sample LLC

KEY FEATURES:

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PAYMENTS OFFERED

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE

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REDEEMING REWARDS

Minimum balance of 4,000 points ($10) required to request rewards. Some gift cards are mailed, others are e-mailed in the form of e-vouchers. The method of delivery is stated in the rewards catalog.

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Tellwut is an online survey site that offers you the opportunity to answer surveys, submit your own surveys and refer friends in exchange for cash and gift cards.

The name Tellwut is short for “Tell us what you think” and is run by a well-known market research company based in New York, USA. To date, over 38 million surveys have been completed on the platform.

How Tellwut Works

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Earn Rewards for Surveys and More

Tellwut is an online community open to residents of Canada and the USA. Members provide their feedback and opinions on various topics through the Tellwut online survey tool and social media platforms. Tellwut members participate in surveys and social media activities, earning rewards while being engaged in the Tellwut community experience. It has been operating since 2010 and the panel grows every day and has over two million members.

A Survey Taking Community

The community aspect of Tellwut helps it stand out from its competitors. It allows you to create your own surveys, answer other members’ surveys and chat about them in a comments section. You can register for Tellwut with your email address, Google or Facebook account. The website will prompt you to fill out your profile as part of the registration process, as this will help you become eligible for more online surveys. Your address information is used to ship your rewards and the rest of information helps optimize which studies you can qualify for.

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Payment and Rewards

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Tellwut Rewards Cash and Gift Cards

Tellwut rewards you with points that can be exchanged for retail gift vouchers and PayPal payments (starting June, 2021). To calculate the value of these points, for USA members, 4,000 points can be exchanged for a $10 Amazon gift card, though a $10 Tango card will cost you 4,500 points and a $25 prepaid Visa debit card requires 13,000 points. For Canadians, a $15 Amazon gift card requires 6,000 points and $25 gift cards to Home Depot, Best Buy, etc. require 10,000 points.

Points Value: $1 in rewards requires 400-550 points. Therefore, 1 Tellwut point = approximately $0.02.

Gift Cards

You can receive gift cards in denominations of $10, $15, $25 for retailers including Amazon, Home Depot, Subway, Sephora, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond, Target, CVS, Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Domino's, and Game Stop. Amazon gift certificates are also available in extra denominations of $50, $100, and $250.

PayPal Payments

Redemptions for $25 PayPal payments are available with 11,000 points to both US and Canadian users. Payments are issued in your local currency and will take approximately 3 weeks to process.

New Member Bonuses

New members of Tellwut will receive 100 reward points immediately after signing up and a further 150 points are awarded for filling in their account information, for a total joining bonus of 250 points. Becoming a survey taker is super easy, and the registration process only takes a few minutes.

Member's Tip! Remember that your shipping information is required to send you rewards and confirm your eligibility to take surveys, so you might as well provide your shipping information to collect your bonus points straight away

Collect Points to Earn Rewards

Tellwut offers points whenever you take a survey. Points awarded can be anywhere from 5-2000 points, depending on the time and effort required, so you potentially have a chance to accrue points fast! For example:

  • Answer a member-generated survey: 5-25 points
  • Create an approved public survey: 10-20 points
  • Answer an external survey: 50-2000 points

Redeeming Your Tellwut Rewards

Tellwut rewards can be redeemed starting at 4,000 points ($10.00), though more rewards are available at 10,000 points ($25.00). Choose from a variety of gift cards options from Visa, Amazon, CVS, Sephora, Walmart, etc., a PayPal payment, or merchandise such as a t-shirt or even a Motorola tablet!

It’s also possible to convert your points into a prepaid Visa debit card. You’ll need to save up at least 13,000 points for a $25 prepaid gift card.

Once you have enough points to receive a reward, your order will be fulfilled within approximately 10-15 business days of redemption. Shipping times vary by location, though some gift cards are available in electronic format, and will be emailed.

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Survey Taking Experience

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Where some get-paid-to websites offer a huge range of ways to make money, Tellwut focuses almost exclusively on surveys.

Types of Surveys Offered

Fun polls are created by users (maximum of one posting per week) or are submitted by businesses. Users can log in to their accounts daily to take surveys and do not have to wait for e-mail invitations. You can find the most recent surveys listed in your account under Categories > Most Recent Online Surveys.

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Having said that, you can opt-in to receive email promotions of new surveys if you prefer. Note that Tellwut does not offer an app.

Survey Completion Times

Each Tellwut poll available typically takes less than 30 seconds to complete, and many new polls are available on the website daily. A higher paying survey usually takes between 10-15 minutes to complete. Once the surveys have closed, you may browse through the results to see how your answers stacked up when compared to others!

Survey Availability

Members of Tellwut can simply log into their accounts to take all of the available surveys for that day - invitations to complete surveys are not typically emailed.

Most survey points are awarded directly after you finish a survey, although occasionally some surveys must close before points are awarded. Allow for 10-15 days to receive your points from survey participation.

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Community Features

The community aspect of Tellwut is one of its most unique aspects. If you enjoy socializing with other members of survey websites, you may particularly enjoy this feature of the site.

You don't just earn points for surveys! Just signing up gets you started on your way towards earning rewards:

  • Create your account: 100 points
  • Provide profile information: Up to 200 points
  • Refer a friend: 25 - 400 points

Refer a Friend Program

For every friend you refer to Tellwut, you will immediately be credited with 25 points once your referral signs up and confirms their e-mail address. If you have completed at least 2 external surveys, once your friend completes just one external survey, you will be credited with an additional 400 points!

To start referring friends, simply click the "Refer Friends" button listed under your Friends to grab your unique referral URL which you can share with friends, on social media, etc.

Create Your Own Surveys

Tellwut allows you to create two of your own surveys per week. You’ll earn 10-20 points for each survey created, and it can be fun to see the results of questions that were playing on your mind. If you need to do market research for your own job, this feature may be particularly appealing. Member-generated surveys remain live for 24 hours.

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You’ll also earn 5-25 points for answering member-generated surveys. This is nowhere near what you can earn by answering Tellwut’s own surveys, but members may enjoy the brevity and added variety of member-generated questions.

Chat with Other Members

Member-generated surveys have a comments section below them, allowing you to engage in a lively discussion about the topic, of which there are hundreds.

This essentially makes Tellwut more of a social media website, as much as a surveys website. You won’t earn any points for getting involved in community discussions, but many members appear to enjoy it and they are popular, nonetheless.

Social Media Engagement

On Tellwut's various social media pages (namely Facebook), the company frequently posts opportunities for you to earn additional points. You’ll also learn about some of the more interesting results of Tellwut surveys on Instagram and Pinterest.

Customer service is offered via social media too. All in all, these are nice incentives to follow Tellwut on Twitter and Facebook.

Great Support Staff!

If you ever run into issues with the platform, you can reach out via the contact form online or email Tellwut at [email protected]. They will typically respond within 48 hours!

Is Tellwut Legit or Scam?

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Is Tellwut Legit?

Tellwut is certainly not a scam and is safe and legit. They have awarded over $3,000,000 in rewards to their members making Tellwut a legitimate survey website which you can use to earn rewards and connect with other survey takers. If the community aspect of the website appeals to you, you may particularly enjoy being a member. Check out our SurveyPolice Exclusive: 9 Question Q & A with Tellwut if you'd like to learn more about the platform.

You can also learn more and find out what users think of their surveys site in the Tellwut reviews section below.

Eligibility: Residents of Canada and USA, 18+

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Tellwut Reviews (586)

5 Star Reviews (393) 67.1
67.1
4 Star Reviews (70) 11.9
11.9
3 Star Reviews (37) 6.3
6.3
2 Star Reviews (24) 4.1
4.1
1 Star Reviews (61) 10.4
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pros and cons

May 1, 2016 by Don from United States

On the plus side, they offer a lot of surveys, and tell you the % likelihood of qualifying in advance. On the down side, the number of points required for the value of rewards is rather high based on how long the surveys take. Overall, I will stay with Tellwut, but they will be lower priority to spend my time with than some of the others.

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Tellwut responded to this review on May 2, 2016

Hi Don,
Thank you for your review. Many of our most active panel members are able to redeem for a reward within 2 to 3 weeks. In order to optimize your experience please ensure that you are participating in our user created surveys, we post at least 20 everyday – there is no qualification needed in order to complete these. We also have a weekly newsletter sent over the weekend, where you can earn 50 points. Lastly we have frequent promotions and contests which is another avenue to gain extra points.
"Quality Company"!

April 29, 2016 by Julie from United States

Tellwut offers several ways to earn rewards for participation. Click "Home" daily for 5-10 point random surveys that can easily get you close to 100 points. You only need 4000 to redeem a reward and I find I can do that quickly. There is a daily list of longer "available" survey from 35- 500 and occasionally 1000 points. I jump to the "available" surveys first because like any survey website the quotas get filled fast by serious folks. One day I might not succeed, another day qualify for one or two. They also have "hot topic" that will give you 25 points. If you run into a problem like getting ruled out and you feel you did everything right like answering questions for 10-15 minutes and getting "quota filled", "didn't qualify", be sure to send them the survey number, start/end time and sometimes what happened. The available surveys are external and every time I have had a problem they get back to me by the next day and give me the points if owed. The Tellwut team are serious advocates for us consumers. Be courteous and honest and detailed and they will go out of their way to correct the problem and give you the points. I make good money because I am diligent about checking in and making sure I enter every opportunity they offer. Surveys are becoming my business(I am 75 years old) and like any business you have to work to make it successful. Good luck everyone!

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Tellwut responded to this review on May 2, 2016

Hi Julie,
Thank you for the lovely review. We are happy to have you as a member of our community and we hope you stay in business for a long time!
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April 23, 2016 by Rochelle from United States

We've all done surveys for 10 minutes or more, only to be disqualified. I've done 25-minute ones, slogging through complex questions in great detail, which disqualified me at at the end. That's nonsense. I believe either those surveys are not constructed properly, or the company is using it without paying us.

Tellwut has some of their own surveys, but most are 3rd party. There's a note on Tellwut that surveys can tell if you qualify within the first 5 minutes. If you work more than that on a Tellwut 3rd party survey, then get disqualified, you should email them, and they'll investigate. I'm registered at about 30 companies, and not one other has that sensible policy.

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Tellwut responded to this review on May 2, 2016

Hi Rochelle,
Thanks for writing this review! We will always look into an issue for our panel members and we're glad that you're letting everyone know.
Surveys are fun :)

April 18, 2016 by johnny from United States

Finally got the hang of this site, yes i am disqualified from most of the surveys they present me but there is a LONG list of surveys and you can keep on trying! Plus you can take the usermade surveys for 5-10 pts which are fun and easy!

RUN AWAY

April 16, 2016 by Harold from United States

They spam my inbox with about 8 surveys a day. After clicking on the links, it almost always says "quota filled" or leads to a survey that I end up taking only to tell me after 10-15 minutes that I didn't qualify. I'm not bothering any more. I really don't understand how this site has such high reviews.

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Tellwut responded to this review on April 18, 2016

Hi Harold,

We are sorry that you had this experience. We post at least 20 surveys a day which require no qualification to complete. If you are in a survey for 10 to 15 minutes, and are told that you do not qualify - this is not right, please contact us at [email protected] and we will look into this and reward you with the points that you deserve. Lastly we have an unsubscribe option if you would like to stop receiving emails, please contact us and we will adjust your account.