Branded Surveys Reviews and Features

Branded Surveys

343 4th Ave, Suite 201, San Diego, CA   92101 US
Tel:    Contact: https://surveys.gobranded.com/page/contact
Operated by: Branded Research Inc.

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KEY FEATURES:

> How Branded Surveys works
> Earning a payout
> How much points are worth
> Branded Leaderboard
> Is Branded Surveys Legit?

In November 2017, MintVine rebranded itself as Branded Surveys. The company has been running online surveys since 2012.

Branded Surveys is an online paid surveys site that offers users the opportunity to answer online surveys in exchange for rewards including cash and gift cards.

Over 13 million people in the USA, Canada and UK are members of the site and over $62 million has been awarded in payouts.

Take Surveys, Earn Rewards

Branded Surveys provides its members the opportunity to participate in online surveys on its Go Branded website, in a wide variety of different topics in exchange for rewards. Formerly known as MintVine, in 2017, the panel completely redesigned their website and took on the new name, 'Branded Surveys'. Branded offers its members tons of different rewards options and issues gift cards within 48 hours of transactions being processed.

New Member Bonus

New members of Branded Surveys can get a $1.00 (100 point) joining bonus by simply creating an account and taking the profile survey. After completing the survey, 100 points will be instantly credited to your account. That's a whopping 20% of the points needed for your first cash out!

Registration is quick – use your social account or email to sign up. No promo code is required to take advantage of the bonus.

Earn a Payout in as Little as One Week!

Payouts on Branded Surveys range in value for surveys and can be as high as 300 points. If you are not the best fit for a survey, you will still be rewarded with points for answering even a couple of questions - compensating you for your time and inching you forward to your first payout, be it a cash payment, gift card or other reward.

How to Redeem Points

When you complete a survey, you will be rewarded with points and your survey answers will be sent directly to Branded Survey’s market research clients. Once you have earned a minimum of 500 approved points ($5.00 USD), a redemption button will become active in the "My Points" section of your account, allowing you to cash out your earnings and redeem your points.

Rewards

When you're ready to request a cash out from your Branded Surveys account, click the redemption button and choose from over 300 different rewards!

• PayPal cash payments
• Bank transfer - USA only
• Amazon gift cards
• Pre-paid virtual credit cards
• Gift cards including: eBay, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Chipotle, Airbnb, and more!

You can get paid directly to your bank account, allowing you to get your hard earned cash even faster! Upon approval of your withdrawal (1-2 business days), a payout will post to your bank account within 24-48 hours (USA residents only). This withdrawal method was formally known as Branded Pay.

Redemptions take approximately 1-2 business days to process, and all rewards are digital. Gift cards will be issued as e-gift cards, and cash payments will be sent electronically. A valid phone number may be required to verify your identity to cash out your rewards.

Promo Codes

Promo codes on Branded are available for users to input into their member accounts, and will credit accounts with free points. These promo codes are available via special contests and promotions, though they aren't available often.

Survey Lengths

The average survey on the platform takes 11 minutes to complete, but the estimated completion time will always be listed on survey invitations (which are e-mailed, or can also be found listed in your account). Not only can you take interesting surveys, but daily poll opportunities and online focus groups are also offered.

Many surveys, as well as the platform itself, is posted on the gobranded domain name. Go Branded is the same as Branded Surveys - it's simply what the panel uses in their url.

Daily Polls

Log into your account daily to receive 5 points for taking the quick poll available on your Branded Surveys Dashboard. You may complete one poll every 24 hours.

Earn Extra Points

Local Deals are provided by businesses and offer additional opportunities to earn points with Branded Surveys. These opportunities are also listed in your Branded Surveys dashboard. The more points you earn, the more qualified you will be for additional opportunities.

How Much Points are Worth

Branded Surveys uses a very simple points conversion system. 500 points = $5 USD, so 100 points = $1. Therefore, each individual point is worth 1 cent, or $0.01.

If you are located in Canada or the UK, you will receive your rewards in your local currency, converted from USD. For instance, a $10 USD payment issued to a Canadian would be equal to approximately $12.50 CAD. $10 USD issued to a UK resident would equal approximately £8.00.

Branded Elite

Branded Elite is Branded Surveys’ rewards program. There are three levels of membership depending on your monthly survey activity. The badge levels are Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each badge level grants members the opportunity to earn weekly bonus points.

As you take surveys throughout the month, you can advance through Bronze, Silver and Gold badge levels. You must meet the minimum survey requirements each month to keep your badge through the next month.

• Complete 2 surveys per calendar month for Bronze
• Complete 10 surveys per calendar month for Silver
• Complete 25 surveys per calendar month for Gold

Earn Weekly Rewards

As a Branded Elite badge member, you can earn a weekly bonus when you complete 12, 20 or 30 surveys per week (Monday-Sunday). Your bonus is a percentage of your total approved survey points for the week.

• When you complete 12 surveys per week, you can earn a 5% bonus as a Bronze member, a 10% bonus as a Silver member and a 15% bonus as a Gold member.

• When you complete 20 surveys per week, you can earn a 12% bonus as a Silver member and a 17% bonus as a Gold member.

• When you complete 30 surveys per week, you can earn a 14% bonus as a Silver member and a 19% bonus as a Gold member.

Re-qualify to Keep Your Badge Status

To maintain your badge color, members are encouraged to keep participating. Note that badges are subject to change on the first of each month if there was minimal participation for the duration of the month.

Branded Leaderboard

Increase your daily payout by getting on the Leaderboard. The Leaderboard tracks the Daily Top 50, Weekly Top 50 and Monthly Top 20 performers and rewards members for their survey completions.

• Daily Top 50 leaders = 50 points
• Weekly Top 50 leaders = 200 points
• Monthly Top 20 leaders = 300 points

Remain Active to Win Daily, Weekly & Monthly Prizes

Remember that for every survey you complete, you will get submitted into a daily, weekly and monthly random prize drawing. Win up to 50 extra points in a daily drawing, 500 points in the weekly drawing and 1000 points for the monthly drawing. The more you participate, the greater number of entries you will receive for the drawings.

Generous Referral Program

Log in to your Branded Surveys account to retrieve your unique referral link which you can share with friends and extended family members to earn extra points. Earn up to 500 bonus points (worth $5!) for each friend referred, based on your current badge status and the badge your friend earns. You can earn points twice for the same referral! First, when they earn a silver badge, and again if they achieve a gold badge.

Benefit Your Friends

Your friends also benefit by using your referral link! Upon signing up, they have the chance to earn up to 500 bonus points. They'll receive a 200 point bonus if they reach Silver badge level, and 300 points if they become a Gold badge holder.

Alternatively, Branded also offers an affiliate program for website owners and influencers who are able to drive a large number of sign ups to their site.

Take Surveys from Your Phone

Branded Surveys offers a mobile app that is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, giving both iPhone and Android users the opportunity to take surveys from their phone.

The app functions almost identically to the Branded Surveys website, making it intuitive and easy to use. Receive survey notifications directly onto your phone via push notifications, instead of having to sort through email. When you receive a push notification from the app, simply click the survey alert and you will automatically be brought to the survey start page.

Use the Branded Surveys app just as you would the website - take surveys, check your account balance, and redeem your rewards whenever ready.

Is Branded Surveys Legit?

Branded Surveys is a completely legitimate paid survey site and is not a scam. Although users of the site may have different experiences interacting with the site and taking surveys, the operating company is a credible market research firm that has issued over $60 million dollars in rewards to its members - confirming that Branded Surveys is legit.

You can learn more and find out what Branded Surveys users think of the platform in the reviews section below.

Eligibility: USA, UK, Canada residents 16 years of age and older.

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May 1, 2023 by peter from Kenya

easy to use and when you need assistance, they are ready to offer.

May 1, 2023 by Noemie from United States

I have been taking surveys with Branded Surveys for a little over a year and I think it's time to finally leave a review based on my overall experience thus far. For about the first 9 months, I was able to rotate the site between a couple of others and still maintain the Gold Elite badge with varying weeks of being able to meet the bonus tiers of 15%, 17%, and 19% depending on my free-time. The bonus points feature is by far the best aspect of taking surveys here and I find it to be worthwhile considering it wasn't rare that I could get an additional 500 points by the end of the week which always falls on Sundays here. Every now and then, I would run into an issue with a survey in which a technical mishap would occur such as late disqualifications or outright/blatant thievery of your time by the external survey platforms. I was hardly ever able to get screenshots in time, but became accustomed to making lists of the URL for every survey I would attempt and this was usually sufficient as Support was always able to get it resolved quickly and apply the missing points so no complaints there. I was able to make between $25+ per week which was more than sufficient since it was a site I rotated with others. There were times where the other sites would be super slow, but Branded always remained a site I could rely on more heavily during those times. The site did have its own slow periods, but I was always able to work around that while still finding the site enjoyable to use.

Right around Thanksgiving 2022 all the way to February 2023, it reached a point were hardly any surveys were available from week to week and I chalked it up to the wave of Holidays creating a void of survey opportunities due to people being on vacation or other behind-the-scenes things going on. From March 2023 onwards, I am now finding the site to be a complete waste of time due to: the lack of survey opportunities every single day from week to week, surveys requiring upwards of 30+ mins of your time for essentially pennies (20 points for 20 mins, 6 points for 9 minutes, etc.), super late disqualifications or blatant thievery being on higher and more excessive levels that seem strategic or predatory, and the consistent deception as it relates to a survey stating (for example) estimated time to complete is 7 mins and then you are shown 20 mins when you attempt to the survey OR (my new favorite, but not really) when you click on a survey that shows 100 points - 7 mins and the amount of points changes either prior to taking the survey or immediately after.

I don't know if it's because Branded Surveys now has a user base that far exceeds the amount of survey opportunities, but there was a time where it wasn't unusual to see surveys for 100, 200, 300, or even 400 points and it wasn't unusual to see surveys that offered a fair amount of points in exchange for the time required. I can barely complete 5 surveys in a week and never, ever am able to reach the bonus tiers of the 15%, 17%, or even 19%. This site is no longer a site I care to visit often and the only reason I'm still on it is to maintain my Gold Elite badge status although it doesn't amount to much when I'm offered nothing but predatory low point time wasting 30+ min surveys or surveys that I simply do not qualify for so see "Oops looks like you didn't qualify!" on a loop. I have begun clicking "Skip" on a ton of surveys now because I refuse to force myself into taking surveys that ultimately are not worth my time and could provide more points, if they wanted to. Kudos to the third party survey sites that offer amazing points with a fair time exchange - the radio music surveys are by far my favorite for this.

All in all, Branded Surveys will most likely end up being a distant memory or used as a backup option only. It simply isn't fun anymore nor is it good use of my time when the site is moving in the direction it is. There are better sites out there and I implore everyone to research since this is based on my overall experience and may not be reflective of every user on Branded Surveys.

Edited April 28, 2023: I am officially done with Branded Surveys and will no longer be taking surveys on their platform. Also downgraded my two star rating to just one star since it appears that all of the elements mentioned in my original review that have contributed to their downward trajectory is not only widespread, but seems strategic.

April 29, 2023 by Shaun from United States

I have been a member of Branded Surveys for about year and a half and recommend them above any and all other survey sites out there, especially Qmee! Today I became a Silver Badge member and completed a few more surveys to get 502 points and the $5.02 hit my PayPal in under 3 minutes instantly! Love these guys!

April 29, 2023 by Ricky from United States

As a retired person I have lots of free time. Until 30. days ago I didn't know you could get paid for giving opinions. Prompt payouts are nice. Not getting rich but I made my cigarillos money spending down time doing it. So far a little over 60 bucks. Some are making much more.

April 28, 2023 by Jane from United Kingdom

I keep getting emails telling me that I have surveys to complete but when I log in there's nothing there. Recently a few surveys have started appearing again but less than normal and the Survey Circuit has disappeared completely. Could this be because I recently had a survey rejected? I do try to complete surveys honestly.