i.Think Panel, located at www.iThinkPanel.com, is a market research website that claims they “want to hear what you think” and they will reward you just for giving your thoughts and opinions.
Market research companies are paid by companies and large corporations to conduct surveys, discussion groups, and panels, collect a large sample of data, and then report it back to their client company.
You will earn credit for each research task you fulfill until you can redeem them for your chosen rewards. There is no charge to become a member of i.Think Panel and you may opt out of your membership at any time.
How Does It Work?
After you fill out all of the registration information, including a working email address, surveys and discussion group invitations will be sent to your email address. You can participate in as many or as few of the invitations as you wish.
After you complete your survey or discussion group, iThinkPanel.com waits to hear confirmation from their client company that the survey was successfully completed, and then you will receive your credit.
Once you reach a minimum of $35 in credits, you will be able to redeem your credits for a reward. The rewards include Amazon gift cards, iTunes gift cards, magazine subscriptions, and virtual currency such as Farmville credits.
Or, if you choose, you can donate credits to a charity that is partnered with i.Think Panel. But all regular prize redemptions require at least 3-4 weeks for fulfillment.
What You Should Know
iThinkPanel.com warns its members that their client companies want “honest, thoughtful opinions.” Because of this, they will disqualify anyone whose answers don’t make sense, or who finishes a survey too quickly.
In fact, they embed something called “attention questions” into surveys to make sure people aren’t just randomly filling out answers.
The reward for any given survey is different, as is the estimated time required to complete a survey, but this information will be given to you before you begin any survey so you can choose to take it or not.
I am highly offended, disappointed and many other words!
In many ways this makes me want to quit doing surveys altogether! its kind of devastating to the heart knowing youre getting jerked out of money and hours you put in!
I filled out a survey about two months ago. A reward 6.00 USD was promised for a project which included installing an app on a mobile phone. So i entered my no. and got that app on my phone. It is still installed and working properly. The app collects data of visited internet pages, sth. like that and it sends them regularly. you can also send manually to test it. And it works, i see that because i can see in the app menu when data was sent last time. my mobile got slower doing that time and after a while i asked the support how long i should keep it and when i will get my reward. This was the reply: "As stated in our terms and conditions it can take up to 4-6 weeks to post onto the account." After 2 months now the survey shows as invalid in my account on i.think.panel. The standard reply: " the survey marked as invalid by the client, the incentive will not be credited to your account". But nobody ever told me that anything was invalid before. I met all requirements. So if you take part in a long time project, it is very likely that you will never get an reward, also if you fullfill all the tasks and they tell you that they are not responsible, its some nameless client!! I asked them what they will be doing with my phone data and got no reply, also i never got an explanation about how to deeinstall the app completelely!
I have had similar problems as Validated with installing apps and getting less than promised incentive! Also doing a survey for an hour and being logged out at the end to "reverify" signing back in nd not being given my due incentive!
I wouldnt rant on this site if I did nothing but answer honestly and put in the TIME!
They are outsourced and they skim off peoples earnings on top of getting paid from the companies who pay for THEIR "services"
I am in limbo I put in $75 worth of hours of surveys and I will be lucky to have gotten the 1 gift card I received!
Not worth it! STAY AWAY!