Harris Poll Online Reviews and Features

Harris Poll Online

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Operated by: The Nielsen Company, LLC

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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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July 2, 2012 by vincent from United States

I've been taking surveys for Harris Poll for about 10 years now. Used to have decent prizes you could cash in points for. I've gotten a few nice things over the years.
Now the best thing seems to be Amazon gift certs.
I've gotten a couple of them at $25 each over the past year.
Like most sites their going down hill with less surveys and smaller incentives.

March 29, 2012 by Laura from United States

I have done surveys with Harris Poll Online for over 10 years. I loved it when they had decent incentives in fact I got a very nice ice shaver that I have used for years. Now the incentives are just magazine subscriptions and gift cards. I have around 11,000 points which I probably cash in for Amazon gift cards and then unsubscribe largely because now after answering a few questions all I get is message that I don't qualify for the survey, I used to qualify for every survey they sent. Don't know what has happened but I don't like the changes and don't recommend them to anyone. I will look for better survey sights to try my luck with. Again after I turn in these points it will probably be adios Harris Poll Online unless things change quickly.

February 24, 2012 by Rebecca from United States

I've never had a problem with Harris Poll before. Takes a long time to get enough points to cash out, but once you do cash out everything goes smoothly. They USED to only ever send you surveys that you actually qualified for, you'd always get at least 30 points after answering a few questions.

Well...that has now stopped. Now I've been answering what feels like FULL length surveys and not getting ANY points whatsoever afterwards, just a screen that says Sorry you did not qualify for this survey. This to me, is a sign that more bad changes are yet to come. Why would I want to take a full survey from this company and get no points? I don't like survey sites like that.

January 25, 2012 by Tracy from United States

Harris was one of the first online panels I joined. While it takes quite awhile to earn anything decent, I've never had any problems with them. No glitches, they never shut down my account and I have received every reward I ever redeemed with no problems. If only SurveySpot, Ipsos, MarketViewResearch and others could say the same.

November 25, 2011 by Terry from United States

Great site. Few, but very good survey opportunities. Incentives are fair, but with many choices.