Hi there and thank you for reading Survey Royal. Today I want to talk about a specific survey panel called Toluna. In
this review I am going to tell you what I liked, What I did not like and I also have a free surprise near the end of this article. Toluna is also a survey panel where you can take surveys for money and is Toluna save to use?
Survey panel: Toluna
Run by: Toluna Group
BBB Rating: B+ (Click here for more information)
Registration: Free
Point system: 3000 points = $1
Payment threshold: 60000 points, but it is hard to say as it changes per country.
Pay via Paypal: Yes
Rating: 7.5/10
More on Toluna
To answer you in short Toluna is not a scam and read on to understand why I say this. This is a survey panel has a couple of features that a few panels have such as a community where you can create your own polls. You can make money by filling in surveys, participating in polls and product testing. Product testing is a good way to make money from a survey panel and it can also be very fun to do.
What I liked
- You earn from $0.5 up to $6 points per survey. The longer the survey, the more points you will get per survey.
- Registered with a positive rating from the BBB (Better Business Bureau).
- Get 500 points just for signing up.
- Different methods to earn. You can join in product testing, mini polls.
- They also have a referral program
What I did not like
- Points expire after a year. Sometimes we want to save that money for when times get tough, but when you find out that your points has expired, it can really be a huge disappointment. I do not know why this is but it surely is not nice. Maybe they have a good reason for this.
Should you join Toluna?
They are not a scam, so personally I think they are safe to use and they are also free to join. You will not make millions from Toluna, but before you get negative, let me tell you something. There is not one survey panel that will make you enough money to brag about. Now why do I say this?
You need to join several panels to really get the most out of this. For most survey panel there will be competitions, special bonus surveys which will give the highest payouts and more. . . .
Once you have registered to some of the panels, you will see which ones will pay you the most. If you found those then stick with them. When you join a panel, they will generally ask you a couple of questions. It might seem like a waste of time, but it is very important to fill in the right information.
This information will then give them your profile as it will show them what type of surveys they can send you. Some types of surveys pay more than average depending on the information you gave them. I am not sure on what type of information will give the highest payout or most surveys but I do recommend that you give an honest profile of yourself as they will be able to figure out if you lied to them.
If you are positive that you can gather 60000 points in a year’s time (which is very possible), then I think you are save to join Toluna, but then you have to be active with their surveys to build up your earnings. It is very important to read the terms & conditions of Toluna and all the other panels as well.
Other panels that I reviewed
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People always say that a panel is a scam if a panel does not send surveys or pay them, but they never realize the possibility that they might have broken an agreement to their conditions and this is why it is so important to read their conditions before you start.
There is so many mistakes that people make that are costing them a lot of opportunities with higher paying surveys and this is why it is so important to know them. There are also a lot of other ways that will make you more money such as focus groups and product testing.
I have also learned a couple of skills on how to make more money money from surveys. This is the main reason why I created Survey 101 training guide here at Survey Royal. This guide will tell you all you need to know about surveys and also how you can make the most money out of them.
My final word
Toluna is definitely not a scam. I have seen so many people making money from them and the biggest reason why people are not making money from them is because of a couple of mistakes that they are making. There mistakes are very obvious, but I still see so many people that are falling into this trap. Please fee free to share your story below if you have any questions.
Wow, thank you for such valuable information! I wasn’t sure about surveys, but I feel like I can make an informed decision about joining! You really seem to know your stuff 🙂
Hi Jaylon
Yes they are worth the join. It is best to join as many as you possibly can to really reap the benefits from online surveys. 🙂
Great review, very honest and lots of info on Toluna. I hate doing surveys so I wouldn’t pick this to make money online. Hopefully I can make much more money from WA and my site 🙂
Hi Tim.
It really depends on how much money you want to make and also how you want to make it. Affiliate marketing is great if you are willing to create a website and to write articles on it. Some people hate writing, so then I would recommend surveys. Surveys is also 100% free to do and no cost is involved.
Wealthy Affiliate is also one of the best Affiliate marketing training platforms out there.
Thank you for this post on Toluna. I have never heard of them and will possible join. It’s too bad the points expire after a year.
Yeah that is my only problem with them. Maybe it is their way to keep the members active inside their panel, but that should not be a reason not to join. Thanks for the comment 🙂
Thanks Viljoen for providing this facility. It’s very useful to be able to check out a review of a survey panel prior to signing up. All survey panels are not the same so it’s great to know what to expect. I haven’t heard of Toluna but as you rate them at 7.5 they are certainly worth checking out.
It is a good survey panel and there is a lot of other people that will agree with me on it. Thanks for getting in touch.
Hi Viljoen!
Very detailed review!
I have joined some survey panels and I think I’ve registered a Toluna account before.
Most of the them don’t have a lot of surveys frequently.
Which panel do you recommend?
Hi Sylvia
That is why I recommend people to join as many survey panels as they can. This will increase their overall survey invite rate and earnings. I would recommend that you look at my earnings report to see which panels are worth joining now 🙂
I believe I have joined Toluna before, along with many others, but I rarely got picked to take a survey. I have no idea why I was not getting picked so I eventually gave up. Maybe I will have to look into it further. Thanks for the great information. 🙂
Hi Amanda
Some survey sites have a very low invite rate for their surveys, but there are a couple of things that you can do increase that invite rate. You can start by updating your profile so that you can get more surveys. You can also make your profile more diverse and I also recommend that you join more survey panels. this might just help.
ok well im still wanting to know why do they need to know how much Household Yearly Income (Gross) can you answer that one?
pls
I think this is related to your spending habits. If you have a low yearly income, then you will not spend that much and this is data that they can use.
I just joined and I think it is great. I was wondering if you have to actually pay out of pocket for the prizes though?
Thank you Viljoen for very valuable information. I have never done surveys or rather, I have never gotten paid. Perhaps it is because the ones I picked I never finished or I picked a scam. A site looking for personal information. I will say though it is boring to keep filling in the same info over and over and let’s face it they want to SELL ME something and hopefully something big like a walk in bath tub or life insurance etc. Wealthy Affiliate I have heard nothing but good things about and it is listed as one of the most popular Affiliate companies. I may just join that one. Thank you for so much good information.
My pleasure Gunilla 🙂
Hello there,
This is very helpful, Thank You!
I joined Toluna few days ago and wasn’t really sure what it is all about or is it for real that you can earn $$$ by just joining and participating to the surveys etc. as my colleague just introduced me to this. Anyways, i do understand now how it works and will continue and be active whenever im free at work. lol
Thanks alot Viljoen 🙂
60000 in a year? that is $20 correct?
Thanks for the information.But is it safe to give my paypal id
Only your Paypal email will be sufficient. Do not give any other information.