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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November 3, 2011 by Era from United States

They don't send as many invitations as the other companies, perhaps one a week. But I always qualify, and have accumulated enough points to cash out a few $25 giftcards! They are one of the only places that offer giftcards to Land's End, where I like to shop for my son's clothing, so this helps. The surveys aren't too long, and are usually interesting topics.

September 5, 2011 by Rachel from United States

Solid and do what they say they will. Surveys are unique and easy. Easy peasy. I've been with them for years and cashed out hundreds of dollars worth of stuff.

July 14, 2011 by Nancy from United States

harris poll seems to present more interesting topics than other survey sites - and fewer of the horrible boring grids! i like being able to go back and correct entries on a previous page and also very much like seeing results (on an aggregate basis) from survey-takers for that survey

July 13, 2011 by Aaron from United States

I signed up about 5 months ago, and I used to recieve about one offer a week. Of those surveys I recieve, i've only qualified for a couple. Now, the incentives per survey were good, but there just wasn't enough to amount to anything. I'd recommend to others because it's actually legit, but I think that you have to be the individual they are looking for and to be someone who can wait for their pay-off.

July 6, 2011 by I from United States

I was with Harris for several years. Their pay rate is not great, I probably cashed out couple of times with $5 amazon card. Surveys often are long.
Last year I changed a job, moved cross country and was way too busy for some time to take any surveys. Last week I got new survey from Harris, took it and found out that all my previous points expired. There was no warning email from them, nothing at all. Why did they send me new invitation, I have no idea. I contacted their customer service, but it's a joke, just some copy/paste reply about their rules. I did not take surveys from other companies also during my move/settling at the new place and all of them were great at reactivating my accounts with full point values.
Bottom line: there are better paying companies, but if you choose Harris watch out for the points expiration.