E-Rewards

This used to be a respectable business, but now they make excuses for never giving more than 25 cents credit for lengthy studies. Their «member services» no longer exists, since any message to their «Contact Us» only gets an automated reply with a promise of a response that never comes. Stay away from this scam.

I use e-​rewards exclusively to supplement my Southwest Airlines freq flyer account. I looked back at my last year (’14) and was able to get ten months worth of redemptions at 500 points a redemption. They offer multiple ways to answer the surveys via mobile or desktop. A lot of people complain about the small rewards for the prescreening surveys, but once in a while you get the full payment. I mention this becuz in my own experience this site at least compensates you regularly compared to other survey sites
For me I’m not a frequent traveler to get globs of points from traveling so I look for other means and this site along with the checkpoints app really helps.
To access this site it requires you to signup via one of their partners so make sure that is the reward you want becuz you may not get other rewards. I know the southwest option does allow you to redeem for retail gift cards to Macy’s, iTunes, bestbuy, GameStop, and others.

I have been ripped off several times by surveys on e-​rewards that promise, for example $ 7.00 for a 20 minute survey. I answer a multitude of questions for 10 minutes or so, only to be told I don’t qualify to continue. Only 25 cents is credited to me. Hello!!! I’ve completed half the survey already! Lately, this tactic is being used more and more frequently. Qualification shouldn’t take more than a minute or two. Allowing someone to complete half the survey is blatantly cheating the survey takers.
E-​rewards indicates that they can take up to 5 days to respond to your questions/​issues. (5 days is excessive if you value your customers. And, many times, they take LONGER than 5 days to reply).
There are fewer and fewer options for redeeming your rewards. (They just lost Best Buy.)
If you are willing to spend a lot of time working this process, you can pick up a few things for free. But, if you do the math, you’ll find that your time really isn’t worth what they «award» you. YOU are working for THEM for nearly free.

E-​rewards is actually a pretty good gig. You answer surveys on line and earn money towards rewards. That is easily worth 4 Unilocal Stars to me.
I have done enough surveys (usually a couple per day) on a regular basis to have earned free magazines through the mail,
rewards and my favorite – free $ 25 Ticketmaster gift cards I can use to buy concert tickets online.
Some of the surveys are kind of lame. Most – if you don’t fit the actual demographic criteria they are looking for – will throw you right out (nicely) and you may get .25 cents for your trouble. However, once in a while, a good one will come along and you can earn $ 7 or $ 8 but it will usually take 20 minutes or so.
E-​Rewards is smart. They learn about you & your hobbies and likes & dislikes. I get a lot of travel, banking and cell phone satisfaction surveys. One time I actually qualified for a survey where I was mailed free shampoo & conditioner to try and evaluate. That was one of my favorites.
The only reason I deducted 1 Unilocal Star from E-​rewards is that if you do not jump on their surveys – especially the good ones – almost right as soon as they hit your inbox, you will get a message that they have received all the input they need and the survey is no longer valid. That can be a bummer when you know you only have a little bit of time to hit your email and just check it quickly, like when you are on vacation.
Still, I have acquired some nice things I have earned from this company and I think they are one of the better ones to sign up and belong to, as far as not getting spammed by them. They have the ability to offer some interesting things to earn credit for and always send what you pick from your choices right away. Yay, I’m a fan!