According to Surveoo, you can earn up to 8 euros for each completed survey, or the equivalent in dollars.
Eight euros for a single survey? That’s rare. I’ve been testing sites like this for years and have rarely come across any that pay that much (I’m talking about most of them, not all). I’m not saying Surveoo is lying, just that it’s a bold promise. And a bold promise should be verified before you give them your time.
Still, I like the idea itself, because you don’t need any qualifications or special skills.
You get paid for your opinion, you take surveys whenever you feel like it, and what you earn adds to the income you already have. It’s not much, but it’s something.
But is Surveoo legit? Is it a safe place to earn money, or is it a scam? And if it’s legit, is it really worth it?
I’ve gone through the entire site from top to bottom, and below I’ll show you the answers to all these questions, plus everything else Surveoo has to offer, so you know right from the start what to expect. The decision to join the panel is entirely up to you.
What is Surveoo and how does it work?
S. GOBERT EURL, a French limited liability company with a sole owner, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Registry, is the company that operates Surveoo.
But just because a company is registered in Paris doesn’t tell you how much the site pays or how much work you have to put in for that money.
I also checked the WHOIS record. The domain surveoo.com was registered on May 7, 2020, through Amazon Registrar, Inc. (I noted the date just as a reference, not as a sign of good or bad). I don’t know how interested you are in these details about the domain and the company behind it. But I looked into everything so you’d have all the information you need.
On Surveoo, you take surveys about products, services, and brands and get paid for them, as you saw above.
Does it pay you? Yes, you get paid for the surveys you complete.
It’s clearly legitimate. Whether it’s worth creating an account is another matter entirely.
To settle this debate, you need to understand how the site works. And I think the best way to see this is through the ways it lets you earn money, because that’s where you’ll find out how much time and effort it takes to earn money on Surveoo.
Surveoo doesn’t have any surveys of its own. They all come from partner providers, and most of the ones I received were from CPX Research (and I’m not talking about a small majority). So, if you click on a survey and end up on another site, that’s normal. Does that confuse you? No, it’s just another site hosting the survey. And surveys remain the main way to earn money here.
The path to earning money has four steps, and you follow them the same way for every survey:
- Log in to the member dashboard and see all available surveys right away.
- Check the reward and the estimated time, which are displayed right next to each survey from the start (I really liked this, because you’re not left guessing).
- Answer the screening questions, which the provider uses to verify that you’re the right person for the survey.
- Complete the survey and receive the promised reward if you qualify. If not, move on to the next one.
However, there’s no guarantee you’ll pass the screening, so not every survey you try will result in money.
The offer, on the other hand, is decent. I counted about 21 surveys in my account when I tested the site, ranging from 3 to 18 minutes in length and paying between $0.10 and $0.97, enough to give you a good chance of earning something every day. But the official page says you can earn up to 8 euros or $11 and up to $263 per month. And from what, exactly? From surveys paying less than a dollar, where you’re not even guaranteed to qualify. I think it’s very unlikely you’ll reach those amounts. Not with rewards of just a few dozen cents. Not when my test didn’t show anything even close to that.
If you want to compare, I’ve also written reviews of Ipsos iSay and GreenPanthera. Read them and see which one suits you best.
Missions and bonuses
Log in to your member account and click on “My Bonuses” in the left-hand menu. This is the second way to earn rewards on Surveoo.
There, I found a list of bonuses, each with its own conditions (as shown in the image above) and a small reward you receive when you fulfill them. Most of them ask you to take surveys or perform certain actions on the site, and among them I came across these four:
- Add Surveoo.com to your phone.
- Subscribe to push notifications.
- Come back tomorrow and complete a survey. This one just requires you to remember, the others you can check off right away.
- Click on a link in a daily email.
And how much do they pay? Between 2 and 10 cents in most cases, meaning fractions of a dollar that won’t fill up your account.
They’re small. They’re also easy, because many of them can be completed with just one click, so you shouldn’t have any trouble collecting them. But they do run out. Some are unlocked only after you reach a certain threshold as a Surveoo member, so when you run out of things to collect, just check the page again in a few days to see if anything new has appeared (it might, but it’s not guaranteed).
However, this page doesn’t look the same for everyone.
If you go to “My Bonuses” and don’t find anything, you haven’t done anything wrong, because the bonuses don’t seem to be available in all countries.
They simply haven’t reached your country yet.
Refer a friend
If the people you refer don’t complete surveys, you won’t see any money from Surveoo’s referral program.
It’s the last way to earn money on the site. If you haven’t come across something like this before, a referral program is designed to promote the platform (you bring in people, they give you a cut).
I logged into my account dashboard and found the invitation tools in the main menu, under the “Referrals” or “Sponsorship” tab. There you’ll find a link generated just for you (in the format ://surveoo.com). Copy it and send it to whoever you want, whether friends, family, or post it on social media. When someone clicks on it and creates an account, the system automatically links them to you as a referral. In the official documentation, it’s also referred to as a “godson”, which is a word I didn’t expect to see on a survey site.
But just signing up doesn’t get you anything. You have to be active and respond to surveys. And how much do you get out of it? Ten percent of what they earn, as payment for bringing them to the site.
I compared each of their promises with what actually happens, and I didn’t find a single one that held up in the end.
- They promise to help you reach the withdrawal threshold faster. The threshold is $35, which is pretty high, and the commissions barely make a difference.
- They promise 10% of everything your friend earns. Ten percent of $0.50 is about 5 cents per survey.
- They promise unlimited invitations. True, but an inactive user brings you nothing.
- They promise 10% for life, but most users leave after 1 to 2 weeks because they’re disqualified from surveys too many times, and that’s the end of your commission’s “lifetime” (short, as you can see).
So who should you invite? People who actually want to earn money on Surveoo. We all have a friend who signs up out of politeness and never logs in again, and I think that’s the only condition that matters here, because without it, you won’t get anything out of this option.
I wouldn’t send the link to just anyone.
How do you get paid?
$35. That’s the minimum withdrawal amount for my account (set to the U.S.), regardless of the method used.
I found that strange, because in other regions I’ve seen the threshold set at $20 or 20 euros. As far as I know, the $35 applies only in the U.S. and the U.K. Why? Because that’s their strategy. In places where surveys pay a bit better (the U.S., for example, compared to Eastern Europe), they raise the bar higher. They raise it so it takes you much longer to reach the threshold. They also raise it to keep you on the site for as many months as possible before you can request your money.
You won’t find the same threshold or the same methods everywhere, so check what’s shown in your account before making any decisions.
In short, the payment methods are as follows:
- Direct bank transfer via SEPA or SWIFT. It’s not available in every country, but it is available in many where most survey sites don’t even offer it, and I think that’s their biggest advantage.
- PayPal, with funds sent directly to your digital wallet.
- Prepaid Visa (a virtual card that works anywhere online).
- Gift cards.
On the United States version of the site, I found PayPal, Bank Transfer, PayPal USA, Virtual Visa, Physical Visa, Venmo, Instant Debit Transfer, and Cash App. For gift cards, I found Columbia Sportswear, The Cheesecake Factory, Old Navy US, Hotels.com US, Bath & Body Works, Crate & Barrel, Krispy Kreme, Red Robin, Taco Bell, Starbucks US, Best Buy USA, and a whole lot more (I’ve listed just a few to give you an idea).
Every completed survey earns you money that is added to your balance. How do you withdraw it? When you reach the threshold, choose a method, enter the amount you want to withdraw, and you’re done. But what we’re all really interested in is how long it takes to get your money. Surveoo says it takes up to seven days for the funds to reach your PayPal account or bank account. And don’t expect to see the money the moment you request a withdrawal.
The system itself seemed pretty simple to me.
I liked the withdrawal methods, they’re convenient. I’d just like a much lower threshold, because at $35, you have to wait a long time after you’ve earned it. If that matters to you, check out FireFaucet or TimeBucks, which have low thresholds and pay more.
How much money can you make?
They say, in the ad on the official website, that we could earn up to $11 for a single survey.
Eleven dollars for a survey? I don’t think that’s possible. After completing the surveys, I checked my account and found amounts ranging from $0.10 to $0.97, even though you’re normally supposed to earn between $0.50 and $1.50 per survey (none of them reached a full dollar). Maybe it was just a bad day.
It’s the same story with the monthly cap. It says you can earn up to $263 per month (some promotions even list $340), but for those who take surveys only occasionally, the reality is $10 to $20 per month, because eligibility restrictions exclude you from many surveys. And the number displayed, which you see in your local currency, is the maximum per survey, not the average. How often do you come across surveys that pay the maximum? Very rarely, in my experience.
How much you earn depends on how many surveys you complete and how much the site pays for them. You don’t choose how many surveys you’re shown. You also don’t choose which ones you qualify for. What’s up to you is to answer honestly and consistently every time, because Surveoo has a system that checks whether you’re telling the truth. If your answers don’t match up, you’ll receive fewer and fewer surveys, so telling the truth is the easiest way to keep them coming (you have to remember a lie, but not the truth).
But to be fair, Surveoo pays decent rates and offers plenty of surveys to choose from, many of which pay above average compared to other survey sites, so you have a good chance of earning money regularly.
Just don’t base your expectations on that $11 ad.
Surveoo Trustpilot
Up until about 20 euros, this site makes a good impression.
Signing up is easy, the interface is user-friendly, you finish the first surveys quickly, and the points add up like in a game, so it’s hard to find anything to complain about at first. Almost all the positive reviews I’ve read come from here. And this is also where the story takes a turn for the worse, as the tone changes when people get close to the minimum withdrawal threshold. I found 39 reviews on PissedConsumer and a rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, with 71% negative and 29% positive (I did the math, which means about 28 dissatisfied people and 11 satisfied ones).
I’ve read the complaints, and almost all of them are about money and accounts, with the same issues coming up once you hit 20 euros:
- PayPal payments that sit “pending” for weeks on end.
- Rewards that never show up in your account, even though the survey is complete.
- Sudden disqualifications from surveys.
- Accounts closed on the spot, along with the entire balance in them, on the grounds of “fraud detection” (this seemed the worst to me, because you lose the very money you earned by completing the surveys).
- Support that doesn’t respond or keeps you on a loop with an automated assistant.
Why does everything fall apart right at 20 euros? Because that’s where the payout is supposed to start. Because that’s where you already have a balance to lose. When the same story comes from different people, at the same amount, I think the problem lies in how the rewards system is set up, not in anyone’s bad luck.
I also looked for the Trustpilot rating. I couldn’t find it.
The site has over 20,000 reviews there, but the score is hidden, and in its place is a consumer warning, after the company violated Trustpilot’s rules. It also states there that several fake reviews have been deleted.
I can’t tell you how many people are satisfied there, because without an overall score, we have nothing to go on. And what about the remaining five-star reviews? I wouldn’t count on them.
If you’re signing up here for the money, think twice before you earn 20 euros, because complaints about withheld earnings directly affect your payouts and account stability.
Red Flags you should never ignore
You request a withdrawal, and instead of receiving money, you’re asked to verify your identity over the phone or provide your card details directly so they can “verify your account.” Several users report on Trustpilot and PissedConsumer that this is exactly what happened to them (this is an accusation, not something I’ve been able to confirm myself, but it sounds credible because different people are reporting the same thing). Why would a survey site need your card information to send you money? Well, it doesn’t. This tactic is commonly used in phishing and data collection, not in payments.
I then read the terms and conditions for Surveoo and its sister sites, checked out the reviews, and found plenty of reasons not to spend a single penny there:
- The clause in Section 8. If the company ceases operations, any balance under 20 euros cannot be claimed under any circumstances.
- The clause in Section 19, which gives them the right to close any account for any reason, without any liability, resulting in the immediate loss of any unredeemed rewards.
- The network of clones. Surveoo shares the same SIRET number with identical websites, such as KingOpinion, OpinionPartner, WorldEoo (and the list goes on), and the privacy policy and terms of service have a blank space exactly where the company’s name should be: “The company, EURL.” These are mass-produced templates, and it seems clear to me that no one has either legally reviewed them or filled them out properly.
- The address for legal notifications is a Gmail account: [email protected]. For a company registered in the EU, this is very strange.
- The reviews on Trustpilot. The folks at Trustpilot hid the site’s rating and deleted the fake reviews because they violated the rules, which shows that someone tried to artificially inflate the company’s reputation in a coordinated effort.
And I didn’t just pull this out of thin air, but found it in their public documents and on Trustpilot. When we run surveys, we expect that at least the funds collected will be ours, but here the terms clearly state that the company can keep them, and when withdrawing, according to user reports, you risk handing over your data as well.
Who can use Surveoo?
Over 100 countries. That’s how many countries I found where Surveoo is recruiting members, and among them are a few where it’s actually hard to find a survey site that’s really worth it. The exact list isn’t listed anywhere on the site (I got the number myself by searching, they didn’t provide it), so there’s no way to know for sure in advance whether your country is included.
So how do you find out? From the country menu during sign-up.
If your country appears in that menu, you can sign up without any worries, but if it doesn’t, I’d stop right there and not fill out anything else, because I don’t see the point of an account you can’t use.
The sign-up process has five steps, and three of them are the steps listed on the website:
- The “Sign up for free” button in the upper-right corner.
- The survey category, choosing one of six: Tech & Apps, Travel & Leisure, Finance & Insurance, Health & Wellness, Fashion & Beauty, and Food & Beverage. I chose the one that generally suited me best and didn’t spend any more time on it than that.
- Frequency, with three options: “several times a week,” “once a week,” and “occasionally.” Which one? Normally the first one, and that’s the one I went with.
- The form asks for your email, password (minimum 5 characters), and country.
- After confirming your email address, you can log in.
“All done,” you might say after logging in for the first time. Not quite.
The profile is required, and until you complete it, your account is on hold. You can’t take any surveys. You can’t do anything else with it. But it’s easy to fill out, because all the fields ask for information about you that you already know.
The profile has 4 steps:
- First and last name.
- Date of birth and gender.
- Country of residence, where you don’t have to do anything, since you already entered it in the sign-up form (I’ll admit I was glad to have one less field to fill out).
- Home address, including the ZIP code and city.
And only after the fourth step do you get to what we’re all really interested in, the surveys.
Can you use it on your phone?
Open your phone’s browser, whether it’s Safari, Google Chrome, or whatever you have installed, and type in app.surveoo.com.
That’s all you need to do, since Surveoo doesn’t have an app to download. I tried the site on my phone (and it looks great even on a small screen), read everything on it, and navigated through the sections without any trouble.
In the members’ area, you’ll also find instructions on how to add it to your home screen, both on Android and iOS. It’s worth doing, since that way you can access it with a single tap, without having to type in the address.
Why does it matter that it works on your phone? Because you no longer need a computer to earn anything here. You don’t have to wait until you get home, and you don’t have to put off taking a survey until you sit down at your desk. I think for a survey site, that matters more than any app.
But if you go to the app store and search for the name, you’ll come across a few that aren’t theirs.
On Android, I came across “Surveoo App Survey Hints,” which is just a guide created by someone else, not the platform itself. There’s also “Surveo” (with a single “o,” please note), which is a business app from another developer that has nothing to do with Surveoo.
I left both of them there.
Is Surveoo real or fake?
S. GOBERT EURL, the French company that operates Surveoo, only guarantees that you are working with a real, registered business. However, it does not guarantee that you’ll actually receive your money. Surveoo is a white-label survey network, not a source of malware, so it’s legitimate. But how fairly it treats its users is another matter, because rewards sometimes disappear from your account, and the minimum payout threshold of 20 euros is set as a trap.
I was able to sign up without any hurdles, and the registration process was as simple as it gets, I’ll give them that.
What’s the biggest downside? It doesn’t pay out, and we’re not talking about bad luck here. Your account gets banned. Your PayPal transfer gets frozen. And all of this happens right when you’re approaching the threshold, that is, when you’re supposed to withdraw your money. I looked through the user complaints, which can be verified, and the stories are too similar to be a coincidence (and there aren’t just one or two, there are many). So who would I recommend it to?
Only someone who treats their time as something to be thrown away, since the chance of ever seeing that money is highly questionable, and I didn’t take the review scores into account, as they’re artificially inflated.
I have a more forgiving opinion, I’ll admit. To me, as a survey site, it didn’t seem bad, it doesn’t have anything that makes it stand out, but it offers pretty decent rewards and you can earn some money from it. It’s just hard for me to say that with all those banned accounts in mind.
The withdrawal threshold varies by country, as do the payment methods (so those 20 euros aren’t necessarily your threshold either). You’ll need patience anyway, because you won’t qualify for every survey. That’s not their fault, that’s how every survey site works.
So you’re not limited to just Surveoo, I’ve put together a separate article listing the top 7 survey and GPT apps. They all have good earning potential, so you can reach a decent amount pretty quickly.
If you’ve tried Surveoo yourself or have a question or comment, let me know below, because I’d really like to hear how it went for you.