Valued Opinions Reviews and Features

Valued Opinions

6 Research Drive, Shelton, Connecticut  06484 US
Tel: 1-888-257-7030   Contact: https://www.valuedopinions.com/contact
Operated by: Dynata

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KEY FEATURES:

> How Valued Opinions works
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> More than surveys
> Is Valued Opinions legit?

Valued Opinions is an online survey panel where members can earn cash and gift cards in exchange for participating in paid surveys and product tests.

Most surveys offer rewards of between $1 and $7 per completion. A minimum account balance of just $10 is needed in order to request a reward.

Joining is Easy

You can register a free Valued Opinions account within minutes - simply enter your name, address, email address and desired password on the registration page. If you prefer, you can link your Facebook account and register using the details stored there.

You’ll be prompted to fill more information in your profile after you’ve registered - and doing so will improve your chances of being eligible for a wide range of surveys.

Complete the Basic Profile, Receive $1.00

After registering with the site, you will be e-mailed an offer to complete your account profile (which takes 6 minutes) in exchange for $1.00. This will help kick-start the number of surveys you will be eligible to complete. After completing the basic profile, you can also complete additional profile information regarding your household, shopping habits, etc. which will help you qualify for even more surveys.

Reward Amounts

Valued Opinions surveys typically reward between $1 and $7, although at times you may be sent unpaid surveys to help with identifying your unique interests. The typical survey takes 15-20 minutes to complete, however the estimated time is always outlined beforehand.

For every survey completion, you will receive "cash" deposited into your account immediately after completing a survey. This can be converted into a wide range of rewards.

Survey Rewards

Your Valued Opinions earnings can be redeemed for the following rewards once a minimum of $10 is collected:

• Magazine subscriptions - 1-year magazine subscriptions to Cosmopolitan, ELLE Decor, Food Network, Magazine Midwest Living, and Women's Health for $15 in rewards.
• Restaurant gift cards - Dominos pizza, Chili's, and Restaurant.com available in $15 or $20 denominations.
• Airline miles - Get 600 Rapid Rewards Points for $15 in rewards, or 825 points for $20.
• Retail gift cards - Options include: Amazon.com, Apple, CVS Pharmacy, Fragrance.net, Macy's, Target, and the Home Depot, each in $20 denominations.
• Pack & Go gift card - this one $25 gift card can be redeemed at a Chevron, Texaco, Airbnb or Southwest.

These rewards apply to USA members, though are very similar in other countries.

Rewards Redemption

Electronic gift vouchers are typically delivered within 24 hours of request. It can take a few weeks for rewards such as magazine subscriptions to take effect and be mailed to your physical address.

More Than Just Surveys!

Valued Opinions offers various types of ways to participate on their panel. Although online surveys are what they primarily offer, you may also be given opportunities to participate in diary studies (which are surveys that span multiple days and involve logging information), and you may be selected to test products from home.

Join the Debate on Social Media

Valued Opinions surveys regularly poses questions for its community members on social media. To share your opinion and interact with other members, follow Valued Opinions on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Member Badges

Valued Opinions offers a unique program which involves its more active members collecting "badges" for their level of participation. There are 5 levels that can be achieved with mini tasks that must be completed: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.

As your badge levels increase, additional achievement points are awarded, which can be found in the Survey History section. These will display as a 'community achievement'. Bear in mind that you can be downgraded to a lower tier badge if you don’t remain active on the website.

Valued Opinions Monthly Red Cross Donations

Every month, Valued Opinions donates $10,000 of its profits to the American Red Cross. By participating in Valued Opinion surveys regularly, you are helping make the lives of those affected by disaster and emergency all over the world, a little bit easier.

Is Valued Opinions Legit or a Scam?

Valued Opinions is a legitimate online survey site that has over 3 million members worldwide and was established in 2004. The panel is available in over 15 languages across more than 20 different countries and abides by the strict rules laid out by the Market Research Association and the Market Research Society, making them a safe website and not a scam. Valued Opinions guarantees that the information you provide to them remains secure and every piece of data is kept anonymous and confidential.

Although the Valued Opinions website is safe to use, your personal experience with the program may vary. As with any survey site, it's helpful to consult other people's opinions via the Valued Opinions reviews below, before joining.

Eligibility: USA residents must be 13+, UK residents must be 16+, Australia residents must be 14+. Other countries that Valued Opinions accepts membership from include: India, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Venezuela, France, and Ireland.

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Valued Opinions Reviews (378)

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May 5, 2013 by Diana from United States

Until recently, my experience with Valued Opinions was positive. HOWEVER, at the start of April 2013--WITHOUT WARNING--the company changed its policy on reward redemption--noting the rewards are in the form of dollars, not points--deciding to not only charge $5 for cashing out via a Visa Promo Code (not an physical card, mind you, but a CODE) but also lowered the increment of the visa promo code from $30 to $20--resulting in a 25% reduction in the value of the amount actually received.

What is most egregious is that the company did not provide advance notice of the policy change (to the best of my knowledge) nor did it grandfather in the rewards earned under the previous policy.

Valued Opinions at the very least should have allowed its members time to cash out rewards earned under the prior policy. This lack of notice and the magnitude of the devaluation in already-earned rewards causes me to not recommend it.

May 5, 2013 by Diana from United States

Just a word of warning to perspective panelists--if you want to cash out the rewards you've earned, Valued Opinions just implemented a new policy (which unacceptably applies to rewards earned under the prior policy as well) that if you want one of the more useful rewards--like an Amazon GC or Visa Promo Code--you will be charged a 10% fee ($2 on $20) for the amazon card and a 25% fee ($5 on $20) for the Visa virtual 'card'. Neither of these amounts are justified by reality imo--especially the 25% fee on the Visa code--which is NOT a physical card you can use in stores, but merely a code (card number which expires in 6 months). Completely unacceptable and unreasonable imo.

April 29, 2013 by Jennifer from United States

Never in life have I seen a company that charges you to redeem rewards! There is no reason for them to pass the cost on to survey takers when Amazon does not charge fees for buying gift cards.

This company also conveniently disabled Facebook comments before applying this change.

April 29, 2013 by barbara from United States

Valued Opinions used to be great to do surveys for.Now they want to charge $5.00 extra to redeem a $20.00 visa card.I am disappointed that they are charging this much to redeem a visa card.

April 14, 2013 by Stephen from Australia

I have have had very negative experiences with Valued Opinions. Reward vouchers claimed in November 2012 have not arrived and when questioning this in late January 2013 I am finally told that the replacement was sent in early February 2013. When I did not receive a replacement by early March 2013 I enquired again and was then told the voucher was ordered but not sent in February 2013.
I am then told in early April 2013 that the voucher had been posted on 2/4/13 but as of 14/4/13 nothing has been received and there are now no replies to emails, Facebook messages etc.
In addition, when answering survey questions there is a greater than average (compared to the other 5 on line survey companies I use) chance that you will be screened out of a survey but after answering several questions and at times almost at the end of a survey.
I would suggest avoiding any contact with this company.