Valued Opinions is an England based, International online survey panel owned by Research Now PLC. Being a leading online fieldwork and panel specialists, Research Now own online panels across Europe, North and Latin America, Asia and Australia-Pacific, 36 countries in total. With it mass network of online panels, it has build up a strong database of over 2 million of valuable members worldwide.

With a clean and simple outlook, this online panel does not really provide a very fun and rewarding experience, at least not for me. Being an oversea owned panel, I guess Asia or in my case Singapore might not be their key target market, period. Since the day I joined in mid 2008, I have not received much invites and those that I did are usually hard to get qualified. Perhaps it just my luck, as it was stated in the website “survey comes up where a client needs the views of someone who, for example, lives where you do, and then you will be put forward for invitation. It is then down to a little bit of luck as to whether you are one of the few hundred people who are asked to take part”.

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Update Aug 2012
Apparently, it seem like the amount of survey that I received from them remain the same. On average, I will get 1 survey invitation every month and 2 if in better luck. I guess you will have a greater opportunity if you are located in US or UK. 

So I have wrote this review, in hope that you might have much better luck than me in getting any success to earn extra cash from home with them.

However, it is still a trusted panel that provides quite a few attractive ways to rewards the members. For each survey complete, a reward of between S$2 to S$5 will be given and up to S$50 for specialist surveys. The money will then be stored in your account until it reaches the minimum redemption amount. Redemption can be in 2 choices, either in the form of gift certificate or as donation to a participating charity. For new member, they will stand a chance to win themselves an iPod Nano when signing up (no longer apply).

The image on the right show the history of the rewards that I earned since 2009. It not really a lot, since the survey invitations are limited. And apart from the benefits mention above, most thing have changed. The rewards payout is between $0.75 to $2.75 from what I've experienced, and the minimum redemption amount is $20. Currently the only option available for redemption is the Cold Storage Voucher. Plus the option to donate your earning to the charity foundation is also no longer valid.

What I Like About It
You can still redeem shopping voucher from Cold Storage which is the only choice currently. There isn't really much to do on their website, so all you need to do is wait for invite in your email and complete the survey through the link provided. Will save you some time.

What I Don’t Like About It
The chances of getting online survey invite are very low. And no referrals program to enable the possibility of earning more rewards. Apart from that, rewards are not redeemable for cash which has also made it even less attractive.

General Details:
Registration: Free
Targeted Region: Singapore & International
Age requirement: 16 yrs and above
Reward Program: Reward dollar System; accumulate for redemption, S$.75 - S$5 per online survey and up to S$50 for specialist surveys, minimum dollars require for redemption is S$20
Items Redeemable: Gift certificates from 7-11, Giant, Guardian, Starbucks Coffee and Cold Storage.
Referral Program: No referral program
New Sign Up Lucky Draw: Win an iPod Nano for new member sign up only.

Overview
Although Valued Opinions may have limited offers, but it will all add up if you have enough luck to get any success from it. So no harm joining as it is free and you have nothing to lose. Best of luck!

I really hope they will increase the number of invites and the options for redemption in the future. If not, they going to lose a lot of their Singapore members. So if you are not from here, sign up with them now. As you will definitely get more earning and rewards choices.


If you are unfamiliar with the concept of paid online survey and wish to know more, please refer to Introduction to Online Survey.