GlobalTestMarket

GlobalTestMarket - lots of surveys, reliable payer 

GlobalTestMarket is another firm favourite of mine, as it has lots of surveys and the payout threshold of £30 (for the first payout - you can cash out subsequently when you hit £10) is easily achievable within a month or so.

GlobalTestMarket is a US-based company but they have loads of surveys for the UK and European markets. They have surveys on a wide range of topics. Most of the surveys I get tend to be about advertising campaigns, new products and brand ideas, although I've also had surveys about banking, finance, my online and offline shopping habits, services and cars.

They do appear to have a referral program, but it always says it's closed in my region, so I can't say for sure whether you'll be able to refer other people to get extra points.

Surveys can last anything from 5 minutes to over half an hour in some cases, and you'll get anything from 10 to 50 'market points' for completing them (the majority pay 30 points in my experience). You have a huge range of choices for what you do with your points - you can exchange them for PayPal cash, Amazon vouchers, Nectar points and more; you can even exchange them for products, such as homeware and jewellery. I just go for cold hard cash myself: 1087 of them are worth £30 PayPal at the time of writing.

One thing to note is that screen-outs are quite frequent, but they give you 10 entries into their quarterly prize draw each time you do screen-out of a survey.

GlobalTestMarket quick facts: 

• Typical survey length: 10 - 20 minutes 
• Pay per survey: 50p - £1 
• Pays out when you hit: £30 (for first payout, £10 for subsequent payouts) 
• Pays out by: PayPal, vouchers, products 
• Referral program? Not known, maybe in some countries/regions