LifePoints is a community of over 5,000,000 members from all over the world. Their contribution influences future products, services and brands by participating in data collection and research.  

Take surveys to shape future products and services and get paid for it! Start today, and they’ll give you 10 LifePoints to kick off your earnings which can beredeemed for e-gift cards, PayPal and much more. Collect LifePoints with each completed survey. Occasionally, diaries will be sent out where members are asked to record specific behaviour or habits for a set period of time. Other times you may be offered products for testing. Surveys typically cover health, sport, travel and any other aspect of your daily life and are conducted online 

Open to residents over the age of 14

Norstatpanel is operatd by Norstat, the leading independent European data collector for market research with offices in 12 European countries and has data collection capabilities in 18 countries in total.

As a reward for completing surveys you can choose from a selection of gift cards. In addition, you'll earn prize draw tickets for each survey you take, and four times a year they draw winners. The more surveys you complete the higher your winning chances! The current prizes are: First prize: Travel ticket gift card worth £1000, Second prize: Travel ticket gift card worth £400, Third prize: Amazon gift card worth £80, Fourth prize: 500 Norstat coins,Fifth prize: 100 Norstat coins

They also have a loyalty program. The more you respond to surveys requests, the faster you'll unlock new benefits

PineCone Research doesn't allow you to sign up directly through their site but do occasionally place banner ads around the Internet from time to time inviting new members. This is one of my favourite panels so I'd strongly recommend grabbing the chance whenever you find a banner such as the one you may see above. If there's no banner visible just keep checking back periodically.

Currently recruiting UK residents over 18.

Although new to me Focus Group by Schlesinger has a great pedigree, being the online community of American market research corporation, Schlesinger Associates, who have been around for over 50 years. They have recently expanded their operations and are looking to recruit withihn the UK. You can participate online, from your computer whenever it is most convenient for you; participate on the telephone, at times that are most convenient to you and participate in person, at one of their friendly and informal focus group venues.

You'll earn points for participating in research studies which can be redeemed for a reward. Once you have accumulated enough rewards, you can redeem them for a number of rewards in denominations ranging from £5 to £100. Focus Group by Schlesinger Reward points are Focus Groups’ virtual currency, every 100 points have a value of $1 which can be redeemed once you reach 1,000 points (£10).

Anyone 18 years or older is eligible to join. You can also earn points for referring friends and family members.

Survey Downline is an aggregator site, whereby they get survey requests from other market research companies and then split their earnings with you. This means they usually have more surveys available than the average company. You can also earn a cut for any surveys completed by anyone you refer to build up your income. Payment by Paypal or Facebook credits.

Open to Australia, Canada, United States and United Kingdom

Maximiles (formerly ipoints) is a well established incentive scheme where you earn points from your own on-line shopping plus points for visiting sites, completing surveys and reading e-mails. Earn from purchases of computer products, books, CDs, videos, insurance, flowers, electrical goods and more and choose from a list of products including high street and online gift vouchers, flight vouchers, and vouchers or products from the associate companies including music systems and games consoles or even an iPad.

They have recently greatly increased activity their survey department and I am now getting invitations daily, generally worth in the region of 200 points a time (worth around £1, depending on gift chosen) and they always have quick surveys on the site for 5 points or more.

Points are credited to your account immediately when you complete a survey so you can start spending your points straightaway, and you will even be awarded some points if you cannot complete a survey because you do not fit the required demographic

There are always loads of free points available. I've earned myself DVD's, CD's, Argos and Amazon vouchers and a music system so far almost without buying anything.

If you have a smartphoneMobileXpression will reward you every month. Join MobileXpression today and earn a £10 Amazon gift card after you’ve been an active member for only 2 weeks. Plus, by keeping the MobileXpression software on your mobile phone you will be eligible to claim additional credits each week that can be redeemed for more gift cards!

Long established respected US market research company Opinion Outpost has just launched in the UK so the company are currently recruiting UK residents from a wide range of demographics.

You will always earn Opinion Points for each survey that you qualify to complete. 20 Opinion Points = £1 and you need only accumulate 50 Opinion Points (£2.50) before redeeming. The cash amount is paid to you using Paypal. In addition, some surveys may offer other payments, such as a sweepstakes or other prizes.

In general, Opinion Points will appear in your account within just a few minutes of completing a survey. As long as you are an active member of OpinionOutpost your Opinion Points will not expire. To be an active member simply means that you attempt to take at least one survey every three months.

Their Refer-A-Friend option allows you to invite friends and family not living in your household to join the research panel at OpinionOutpost.co.uk. They will award you Opinion Points for each person you refer who subsequently joins the panel and completes at least one survey.

Open to all UK resident over the age of 18. Limited to one account per household.

• Registration earns you 1,500 points
• Quick votes, each time you take part earns you 15 points (there are always loads of these on the site so visit regularly. They take a matter of seconds to complete.)
• Product testing, registering for each trial earns you 75 points even if you're not selected to take part
• Surveys earn you between 3,000 and 30,000 points
• Referring a friend, for each person who joins because of you, you will earn 500 points
• Subject panels - complete these to get 500 points per subject.

You can either exchange your points for gift vouchers or use them to buy tickets in the monthly lottery.

Visit Toluna Influencers to get further details and register for the UK site.

By joining the iPoll panel and providing your feedback on products and services, you will have the ability to shape future products and services. Once you register on their site and tell them a little bit about yourself, your preferences will be matched to unique survey opportunities. Take as many or as few surveys as you’d like and earn rewards for your input. The more survey opportunities you participate in, the more rewards you earn!

In addition to online surveys, you can participate in quick polls, test prototype products and discover your local area with real-world missions. The survey topics range from trending news and opinions, to your favourite TV shows and brands.

iPoll offer a diverse reward program to thank you for your time including such rewards as cash viaPaypal, Amazon gift codes and Apple vouchers. In addition to these rewards, you can also donate your reward to a wide variety of global charity organizations.

iOS and Android apps also available.

PopulusLive is the online research community from Populus, one of Britain's leading opinion research companies. Their clients would like to know your views on a range of different subjects - from brands to politics, from your favourite products to your views on the latest news.

For every five minutes you spend taking part in their research, they'll pay you £1.

When you join PopulusLive you'll also be joining an online community where you can connect with other members to exchange views and ideas.

Open to UK residents aged 16 or over

Contrary to appearances suggested by the name, American Consumer Opinion™ is made up of consumers worldwide who have agreed to participate in surveys over the Internet. Occasionally, these consumers are asked to participate in mail surveys or telephone surveys, but generally the surveys are all conducted over the Internet.

As a panel member, you will participate in several surveys a year, typically. The average survey will take 10 minutes or so to complete, and the questions are usually easy to answer.

Panel members can expect to receive a "screener" (a short questionnaire) every six weeks or so.

All registered members participate in a monthly drawing to win cash awards, just for being a member.

If you answer a screener (a short questionnaire), you will be entered into a drawing for cash awards and when you participate in a survey (a longer questionnaire), you will always receive some type of incentive in the form of a free product to test, cash, a check, or a gift.

Incentives typically range in value from £3 to £25, per survey, depending upon the length of the questionnaire and the time it takes to complete it. If a survey is extra long, then the award could be £25 or more. Participants in online focus groups generally receive more than £25.

I've received many payments from this company

Say So Rewards offers the opportunity to complete a new survey each day

GfK have just reopened their media panel and would like to invite you to take part in a study to give your opinions of programmes shown on television and radio, and the websites you visit.

The answers that you give are important in deciding what TV and radio programmes are made and what websites are produced. It doesn't matter how much TV you watch, how much radio you listen to or how often you access the internet, it's what you think and feel about the TV programmes, radio and internet that's important in this survey.

The survey is available every day. It only takes a few minutes to complete, and it's your chance to share your thoughts and feelings with the programme producers themselves.

Sign up now and you will be able to start giving your opinions from tomorrow. For every questionnaire you complete you earn points which you can use to enter into one of the many prize draws running. Based on how many surveys you complete a week; you will receive automatic entry into either the bronze, silver of gold tier of the weekly prize draw. You just need to complete one survey to qualify for the weekly bronze draw

Unlike other sites offering prize draws instead of guaranteed payment, this one has enough prizes to stand a real chance of winning on a regular basis. I tend to get a small win or two most months and I only complete an average of 3 surveys a week. With more discipline I'm sure I'd win more often.

GfK only open their panels to new participants a few times a year so if you're interested you do need to act quickly. Get started by visiting GfK

IPSOS Interactive Services is one of the world's leading market research agencies. By joining their research panel, you'll earn points that can be exchanged for High Street vouchers. One of the more active panels - I receive survey requests most weeks from this agency. They are also one of the best for sending out new products to test. Your rewards can build up surprisingly quickly. I recently looked at my account and was delighted to discover I'd built up a balance of points worth £60 which was prompty converted to Amazon vouchers.

Available to UK residents over 18 plus US and Canadian residents plus much of Europe (see European page for current European requirements).

There are also monthly prize draws for members who take the time to attempt a survey or research project but are unable to complete it after being screened out. There are ten £50 prizes each month.

Sign up at New Vista

Open to UK residents, 16 and over.

Valued Opinions, (formerly The Mobile Channel) pay you for every survey that you complete, (typically with between £1 and £2). The value of the reward can vary from 25p for taking part in a text poll, to £50 or more for attending a focus group. When your account balance reaches £10, you can exchange it with a gift voucher for one of a range of well-known high street and Internet shops, including Amazon, HMV, Tesco and WH Smith. I receive several surveys every week from this company, earning enough for a payout nearly every month as well as test products.

Open to residents 16 and over.

Opinionworld UK - Become a member of OpinionWorld and receive regular invitations to take part in interesting surveys and opinion polls. Each time that you take part you have the chance of winning instant prizes, entries into the monthly prize draw, and the opportunity to support charities. Cash payments are also made on many surveys with payment made individually by Paypal rather than having to reach a minimum payment, even if you only earn £1!