Harris Poll Online Reviews and Features

Harris Poll Online

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KEY FEATURES:

Harris poll is one of the oldest and most prestigious polls in the world, operating for more than 45 years with a focus on the US and Canadian market. Have your say on matters that affect you and see the results from the surveys you complete. You can compare experiences, opinions and more to people who are both like and unlike you. Occasionally, the studies you contribute to will be published in national and international media outlets. The Harris Poll is a member of the National Council of Public Polls (NCPP), the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO), the Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR), and the European Society for Opinion & Marketing Research (ESOMAR).

Electronic Rewards

Harris Poll offers their members the opportunity to earn points, known as HIpoints in exchange for their participation. Once you earn 1250 points (worth $10), you can request an e-gift voucher from places like Amazon, iTunes, Starbucks, Walmart, ESPN, and more. You may also be entered into sweepstakes after each completed survey for even more chances of winning big.

Get Disqualified, But Still Have a Chance to Win!

If you attempt to complete a survey, but are disqualified in the process, you will receive an entry into the Harris Panel Sweepstakes. You will be also be offered the opportunity to try qualifying for other available surveys.

Survey Lengths

Online surveys typically take anywhere between 5-25 minutes to complete. Short surveys will take around 5 minutes, and very long ones are around 25 minutes. These reasonable survey lengths will keep your attention and prevent you from getting bored too quickly! There are special surveys on offer as well including special focus groups, telephone based surveys, and even surveys about independently downloaded software. Common survey topics, however, range from fashion to movies to shopping habits.

Participate Often

Expect to receive between 3-5 online surveys a month.

Earn Points

Even if you are disqualified from completing a survey, expect to receive around 15 HIpoints! The amount of points you get per survey varies depending on the length or complexity of the survey.

Download the App!

Harris Poll now has an app, available on iOS and Android. The mobile apps will require you to login with your Harris credentials. Using the app allows you to see survey opportunities, take surveys, participate in special research programs and access your rewards. Turn on your notification settings for the app to receive new survey opportunities in real time.

Cashing Out

After you have reached 1250 points, you are able to redeem your HIpoints for e-cards and gift vouchers. Most people who participate, reach this threshold after completing around 10 surveys. Rewards include e-cards or gift vouchers from Amazon, iTunes, Starbucks and more.

Rewards Processing Times

Redeem your rewards and receive them within 15 business days. They will be sent to your e-mail account. Most rewards will be credited to your account within 10 minutes of your participation, but occasionally it may take as long as 24 hours for the credit to appear in your account. If you are redeeming your HIpoints, you will receive your e-code within 24-48 hours of cashing in your HIpoints. If you have cashed in for physical merchandise, you will receive your merchandise via USPS within 7-14 business days. All costs of rewards (including shipping and handling) are covered by Harris Poll, unless you are redeeming products using an e-certificate.

Chances to Win $10,000 Every Quarter

HarrisPoll gives away a $10,000 USD prize every quarter to one lucky winner in their Histakes - the Harris Poll Online Sweepstakes. You earn an entry if you have been disqualified for surveys, as well as for actions like participating in short surveys that may not award points. Winners names are published on the HIstakes winners page and this list is kept up to date.

Eligibility: Canadian residents, 13+.

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Harris Poll Online Reviews (215)

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October 27, 2013 by Karen from United States

I have been with Harris Poll for several years now. They used to create their own polls and you usually had good chance of getting points from them. However, last year they started using different materials to see if you qualified for surveys through a website, called Samplico. I rarely qualify for anything now but when I do, I have to fill-out the full survey to qualify and sometimes at the end they say I did not get the points for it. If something doesn't change soon I will be quitting this website.

September 16, 2013 by Seth from United States

I have been on Harris Poll online for many years and have found that they have become more and more frustrating to work with. Their current emails invite you to preliminary questions to see if you qualify for a survey. These preliminary questions can take 10-15 minutes as they often send you to third-party sites which may dump you back out after a few more questions. When it works correctly, they will award you 15 points for trying and offer you an option to try again. However, recently there have been many times where you get to the third-party site and start answering a survey with specific questions often taking between 20-45 minutes of your time. Then some error occurs and they send you back to the Harris Survey page with a message saying that you did not meet the requirements, sorry Charlie, no points, check your email for future surveys. I wonder if this is on purpose so that the third-party site doesn't have to pay up for the referral. I have written to their customer service and only receive the usual scripted response. I feel I am wasting my time with this company and will probably use up my points and drop out.

August 11, 2013 by Ella from United States

This is not my favorite site, not even close. I get tons of survey offers, but can't qualify to save my life. I have been a member for 1 year, and cashed out for a $20 gift card once. Most of my points come from the 15 charity points they give you just for trying.
The site is very tedious, you are worn out before you even get to the survey. All those boxes to check. Ugh!

July 21, 2013 by Robert from United Kingdom

One of the worst, if not the worst interface of all survey companies. Horrible copious amounts of check boxes and grid style pages on every survey which take ages to complete.

The survey rewards are extremely low and the screen out rates are incredibly high and often when over 20% into a survey, thus wasting your time.

The mobile app is an utter waste of time as never any survey's available.

June 2, 2013 by John from United States

I have been a member of Harris for many years. They used to have good rewards, but now all you can get is online vouchers. I have gotten three vouchers from other survey sites within 24 hours. But for Harris I received an email saying that I would receive my voucher within 15 days. Are you kidding me? The surveys get harder to qualify for and pay less every day. I probably will just quit this site.