Buzzback

[LapisLee]

I have earned $13 with Buzzback (http://www.buzzback.com/) and they are a very legitimate survey company that has my complete respect. Their surveys only come about once per month and pay from $3 to $10 and take from five to 20 minutes to complete. Here is some additional information about them.

About Us (http://www.buzzback.com/about-us)

Since April 2000, Buzzback Market Research, headquartered in New York, NY and now operating in Europe, has provided full service online market research solutions to our clients. At BuzzBack, we develop and implement new tools and technologies to provide fast, meaningful and actionable insights via more efficient and engaging consumer experiences.

Buzzback Panel (http://www.buzzback.com/panel)

Our panel is our secret weapon—it's how we bring our clients closer to consumers. Our dynamic database of over 650,000 respondents allows us to conduct most studies quickly and efficiently – even overnight. In addition, we‘ve built custom proprietary panels for clients who want spontaneous access to key customer groups or difficult-to-reach targets. We can also work with your registered consumer list, and/or recruit from your web site. We adhere to standard research practices established by CASRO, the ARF, ESOMAR and the AMA.

The following BuzzBack tenets help us make the quality and integrity of our sample second to none and have earned us our strong reputation for creatively and consistently delivering high quality and often hard-to-reach targets.


BuzzBack can pull sample from our panel to match a variety of requirements, including U.S. census representativeness. Typically, clients have such specific and targeted usage and psychographic requirements that U.S. census matching is unnecessarily beyond the pale of project requirements, especially as the effort has associated cost implications.

BuzzBack's respondent panel is organically grown, sourced from both traditional and non-traditional sample suppliers. Non-traditional suppliers include general and targeted double opt-in permission marketing lists, client CRM databases, and client websites. All panelists have agreed to participate in the BuzzBack panel.

Our panel has grown through the course of work and projects commissioned by clients; however, natural attrition is aggressively managed (via unsubscribe requests, frequent email address changes and repeated non-response to survey invitations). Additionally, basic profile details are updated annually (and available for manual update at any time).

For all client studies, BuzzBack locks out respondents who have participated in previous studies on a 30-day basis, and deploys category exclusivity for about 6 months. We do not market our panel to other research companies or to other marketing partners (unless by specific client request).
FAQs (http://www.buzzback.com/respondent-faqs)

Terms of Use (http://www.buzzback.com/site/termsofuse.php)

Privacy Promise (http://www.buzzback.com/AboutUs/privacypolicy.aspx)

Contact Us (http://www.buzzback.com/contact-us)

For general inquiries please email us at info@buzzback.com.

For information about our tools and services, or how to use BuzzBack for your business, please email us at sales@buzzback.com or call us US 646-519-8010 or Europe +44 (0) 20 8622 4422.

You can also download a PDF of our brochure (http://www.buzzback.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/0/edc65a39e30117b273ffb1d57de72f3f/misc/buzzback_brochure.pdf).

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For questions about BuzzBack please review our FAQs or email us at support@buzzback.com

[LapisLee]

Here is a little something to get you started.

We will pay you $5.00 to complete this new survey.

Hi, We are conducting a new BuzzBack survey now and you are invited. Everyone who qualifies and thoughtfully completes this survey will earn a check for $5.

Getting started is easy. Just click the link below or copy and paste it into the address window of your browser.

(Link deleted)

Please note: This survey is by invitation only. If you did not receive an invitation directly from BuzzBack you are not eligible for compensation.

As always, your privacy is assured and any information you share with us is delivered to our survey sponsors as anonymous data. BuzzBack's privacy policies have been certified by TRUSTe. BuzzBack is an online market research firm and a member of the American Marketing Association. All responses are used for research purposes only.

[BuzzBack is best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Macintosh or Windows PC].

Thanks for participating!

Sincerely,
Carol & The BuzzBack Team

http://www.buzzback.com

[eddieMX07]

Yesterday Buzzback sent me a paid survey that I qualified for. The survey only last 20 minutes and it paid $5. This is only the three paid survey invite I receive from them ever since I joined their panel. Hopefully this will lead to more survey invites. Only time will tell.

[eddieMX07]

gee i just tried to take there survey from the link here and they are full, how would i join it,

I think you are talking about the link in Lee's previous post. Of course that project will be closed because that link is weeks old.

If you want to join Buzzback then click here (http://c.buzzback.com/C/(pdbuxb45m3kv2u55iwqiazuz)/SignUp.aspx). Since your new to Buzzback, fill out the information below "1st Time Survey Respondents". After that you will have to fill out a short profile and then you have to wait until they send you a survey invite with a link.

[LapisLee]

Damo36: I just recently joined the Buzzback research panel and i just got completed my first survey with them today. I would like to know if any others have joined this panel and what they think of them.....thanks

[tidyclean]

Just did my 1st survey from Buzzback for $5 - Ya Hoo & I Qualified !! How does it work after completed - Do they just send out a Check ?? Thanks !!

[LapisLee]

Just did my 1st survey from Buzzback for $5 - Ya Hoo & I Qualified !! How does it work after completed - Do they just send out a Check ?? Thanks !!
You'll get a check in about a week or so. There is no way to track surveys or payments on their website.

[DAMO36]

I just completed a $3 survey and after i finished the survey i wanted to track the surveys that i have completed so far with this company. I couldn't find anything or anywhere that i could do this. Does anyone know how they can track the surveys they have completed??....i also did another $3 survey a few weeks ago and was also wondering how i can track my payment.

[LapisLee]

I just completed a $3 survey and after i finished the survey i wanted to track the surveys that i have completed so far with this company. I couldn't find anything or anywhere that i could do this. Does anyone know how they can track the surveys they have completed??....i also did another $3 survey a few weeks ago and was also wondering how i can track my payment.
They do not allow you to track the surveys that you have completed or the payments that they send. Crazy huh?

[DAMO36]

They do not allow you to track the surveys that you have completed or the payments that they send. Crazy huh?

That is kinda weird....i love being able to track down the surveys i've completed....as long as i get my check though i won't complain....i have heard some positive things about BuzzBack so i won't panic about my payment just yet...

[LapisLee]

That is kinda weird....i love being able to track down the surveys i've completed....as long as i get my check though i won't complain....i have heard some positive things about BuzzBack so i won't panic about my payment just yet...
If it's any comfort to you, ACOP also does not track surveys or payments for you as well as a few other companies.

[LapisLee]

Another sweepstakes I won't win, plus they take forever to send out checks.

Take this survey and get entered in a sweepstakes to win one of three $100 prizes.

Hi,

We are conducting a new BuzzBack survey now and you are invited. Everyone who qualifies and thoughtfully completes this survey will be entered to win one of three $100 prizes.

[vwilliams55]

I too took a survey from Buzz back. This was several weeks ago and I have not received payment yet. I did not even know how payment would be made. Thanks to this site now know it will be by check. I hope I get it soon. You sure cannot track anything.

[maplaver]

I too took a survey from Buzz back. This was several weeks ago and I have not received payment yet. I did not even know how payment would be made. Thanks to this site now know it will be by check. I hope I get it soon. You sure cannot track anything.

they DO pay. i've received a check from them :D just wait!!!

[tidyclean]

Yes - I just received my 1st $5 payment from them by check. I had emailed them about it and they told me it can take between 8-12 wks after the study closed to receive payment. It took mine Exactly 12 wks to receive it...:rolleyes: Another thing when the check came in the mail - I had no idea from where it came from, and knowing that Buzzback still owed me, I pretty much figured it was from them...

[maplaver]

Yes - I just received my 1st $5 payment from them by check. I had emailed them about it and they told me it can take between 8-12 wks after the study closed to receive payment. It took mine Exactly 12 wks to receive it...:rolleyes: Another thing when the check came in the mail - I had no idea from where it came from, and knowing that Buzzback still owed me, I pretty much figured it was from them...

well that's weird... mine said BUZZBACK in big letters in the check!!!
the one I always have trouble figuring out who is after I threw out the envelope is NFO MYSURVEY cuz the check doesn't say that name but something like TLC or some other 3 letters!

[tidyclean]

well that's weird... mine said BUZZBACK in big letters in the check!!!
the one I always have trouble figuring out who is after I threw out the envelope is NFO MYSURVEY cuz the check doesn't say that name but something like TLC or some other 3 letters!

You got me Stumped Now Maplaver !! :rolleyes: Now you got me thinking about that check - then it must be from somewhere else. I just can't imagine where, I have NONE coming other than the one from Buzzback for $5.

Thanks for the update - Now I should still be getting one from them yet.

[LapisLee]

I am currently waiting on three checks from BuzzBack:

2008-08-29 $5 should arrive 2008-11-29
2008-09-28 $3 should arrive 2008-12-28
2008-10-20 $3 should arrive 2008-01-20

[eddieMX07]

I have completed and qualified for 3 Buzzback surveys. I received my first check from them on October 9 and I think this reward is for the survey I completed on 7/1 but I hope it is not the reward for the survey I completed on 8/27 because that would mean their reward processing system is messed up.

By the way, the letter I received for them had "Buzzback LLC" and their address on the left so it was I knew it was from them.

[tidyclean]

I have completed and qualified for 3 Buzzback surveys. I received my first check from them on October 9 and I think this reward is for the survey I completed on 7/1 but I hope it is not the reward for the survey I completed on 8/27 because that would mean their reward processing system is messed up.

By the way, the letter I received for them had "Buzzback LLC" and their address on the left so it was I knew it was from them.

Ok Eddie, Then I know for sure that wasn't the check I received from Buzzback...

Then I still have (2) Pending:

8/14/08 - $5
10/27/08 - $3

This is kind of crazy - the long wait for receiving those checks. :cool:

[maplaver]

Ok Eddie, Then I know for sure that wasn't the check I received from Buzzback...

Then I still have (2) Pending:

8/14/08 - $5
10/27/08 - $3

This is kind of crazy - the long wait for receiving those checks. :cool:

I don't worry like that. I don't write down what I'm waiting 2 receive. That is just way 2 stressful... then when I get a check, it makes my day ;)

[tidyclean]

I don't worry like that. I don't write down what I'm waiting 2 receive. That is just way 2 stressful... then when I get a check, it makes my day ;)

It's not that I'm worrying about it - it's my way of keeping track. Believe me if I wouldn't keep track, there's been times when they have slipped up and not paid me. After I sent an email to them letting them know, they apologized for the slip-up and I then received my money for doing the survey. I'm not saying it was from Buzzback but from other survey sites, and for me it's not a big deal keeping a good record of my surveys. I guess I just have a little more time on my hands than most. ;)

[LapisLee]

It's not that I'm worrying about it - it's my way of keeping track. Believe me if I wouldn't keep track, there's been times when they have slipped up and not paid me. After I sent an email to them letting them know, they apologized for the slip-up and I then received my money for doing the survey. I'm not saying it was from Buzzback but from other survey sites, and for me it's not a big deal keeping a good record of my surveys. I guess I just have a little more time on my hands than most. ;)
Seconded. SurveySpot overlooked $43 worth of surveys I completed since August and they are now crediting my account after I emailed them. I will also be happy when I cash that check. It happens all the time and they count on people taking surveys to not keep trrack. Some survey companies never credit you for surveys that you have completed no matter how many times you email them.

[maplaver]

Seconded. SurveySpot overlooked $43 worth of surveys I completed since August and they are now crediting my account after I emailed them. I will also be happy when I cash that check. It happens all the time and they count on people taking surveys to not keep trrack. Some survey companies never credit you for surveys that you have completed no matter how many times you email them.

I used to keep track of all of them but now I don't. I feel so much better this way especially now that I'm also working outside of home!!!

[LapisLee]

I used to keep track of all of them but now I don't. I feel so much better this way especially now that I'm also working outside of home!!!
If I had a job making $10 an hour I would completely forget about the $1200 I have made taking surveys over the past nine months.

[tidyclean]

If I had a job making $10 an hour I would completely forget about the $1200 I have made taking surveys over the past nine months.

Oh, that's completely understandable Lee, and you've done quite well. Keep up the good work. I've also made a little over $1000 in around 5 mos. just being home & a housewife and kind of retired. :)

[LapisLee]

From: Lee New [mailto:lapisconnection@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:59 PM
To: Support
Subject: Suggestions

Get PayPal! 10-12 weeks is way too long to wait for a $5 check.

Support to me
7:13 PM

We understand your frustration, and will let you know if this becomes a payment option for us.

Thanks for contacting us,

The BuzzBack Team

[tidyclean]

I total Agree with you there Lee - Paypal is the only way to go. I wish all these sites would offer it. That waiting around for a check forever is just nuts - it's like they are hoping you will forget about it so they don't have to pay you.

[Trish]

I have been with Buzzback for about a year they only send invitations maybe once a month.After you have completed a survey they will send you a check sometimes it can take up to a month to receive it,but they are good for it.

[tidyclean]

I have been with Buzzback for about a year they only send invitations maybe once a month.After you have completed a survey they will send you a check sometimes it can take up to a month to receive it,but they are good for it.

Hi Trish,

I finally got my 1st payment of $5 from the survey I took on 8/14 - Just received my Check today. So you all do the math on how long it took me to get paid. Close to 4 mos. - Way to Long. :eek: They surely need to get Paypal..

[DAMO36]

I'm still waiting for a couple of checks from buzzback too!!!.....expecting a $10 and a $5 from surveys i did at least a month and a half ago...let everyone know when and if i receive payment...
:rolleyes:

[LapisLee]

Hi Lee,

Checks are automatically processed and sent 10-12 weeks from the date a survey closes. These checks should be going out soon.

Thanks!

--the BuzzBack team

From: Lee New [mailto:lapisconnection@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:47 PM
To: BuzzBack Online Research
Subject: Re: FIVE Dollars NOW

I am still waiting for this payment. It's been 10 weeks.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:45 AM, BuzzBack Online Research <support@buzzbacklive.com> wrote:
We will pay you $5.00 to complete this new survey.

Hi, We are conducting a new BuzzBack survey now and you are invited. Everyone who qualifies and thoughtfully completes this survey will earn a check for $5.

Getting started is easy. Just click the link below or copy and paste it into the address window of your browser.

http://c.buzzback.com/C/Login.aspx?ulink=3306223165540293&lang=en

Please note: This survey is by invitation only. If you did not receive an invitation directly from BuzzBack you are not eligible for compensation.

As always, your privacy is assured and any information you share with us is delivered to our survey sponsors as anonymous data. BuzzBack's privacy policies have been certified by TRUSTe. BuzzBack is an online market research firm and a member of the American Marketing Association. All responses are used for research purposes only.

Thanks for participating!

Sincerely,
Carol & The BuzzBack Team

http://www.buzzback.com

[LapisLee]

Hi Lee,

Checks are automatically processed and sent 10-12 weeks from the date a survey closes. These checks should be going out soon. Thanks!

--the BuzzBack team

From: Lee New [mailto:lapisconnection@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:47 PM
To: BuzzBack Online Research
Subject: Re: FIVE Dollars NOW

I am still waiting for this payment. It's been 10 weeks.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:45 AM, BuzzBack Online Research <support@buzzbacklive.com> wrote:
We will pay you $5.00 to complete this new survey.

Hi, We are conducting a new BuzzBack survey now and you are invited. Everyone who qualifies and thoughtfully completes this survey will earn a check for $5.

Getting started is easy. Just click the link below or copy and paste it into the address window of your browser.

http://c.buzzback.com/C/Login.aspx?ulink=3306223165540293&lang=en

Please note: This survey is by invitation only. If you did not receive an invitation directly from BuzzBack you are not eligible for compensation.

As always, your privacy is assured and any information you share with us is delivered to our survey sponsors as anonymous data. BuzzBack's privacy policies have been certified by TRUSTe. BuzzBack is an online market research firm and a member of the American Marketing Association. All responses are used for research purposes only.

Thanks for participating!

Sincerely,
Carol & The BuzzBack Team

http://www.buzzback.com
I just received a $5 check from BuzzBack for a survey that I took on August 29, 2008. Now I am witing on two more $3 checks from September 28, 2008 and October 20, 2008. Needless to say, the time from August 29 until December 29 is a bit longer than 10-12 weeks, unless the survey took a month to close. At least they paid eventually.

[LapisLee]

Another survey company is now offering sweepstakes!

Take this survey and get entered in a sweepstakes to win one of three $100 prizes.

Hi,

We are conducting a new BuzzBack survey now and you are invited. Everyone who qualifies and thoughtfully completes this survey will be entered to win one of three $100 prizes.

Getting started is easy. Just click the link below or copy and paste it into the address window of your browser.

(link deleted)

Please note: This survey is by invitation only. If you did not receive an invitation directly from BuzzBack you are not eligible for compensation. As always, your privacy is assured and any information you share with us is delivered to our survey sponsors as anonymous data. BuzzBack's privacy policies have been certified by TRUSTe. BuzzBack is an online market research firm and a member of the American Marketing Association. All responses are used for research purposes only.

[BuzzBack is best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Macintosh or Windows PC].

Thanks for participating!

Sincerely,
Carol & The BuzzBack Team

[LapisLee]

Thank you for answering our short survey on information about PayPal.

Next week we will be starting the process of paying you through PayPal and since you indicated you already have a PayPal account, please ensure your BuzzBack email address is listed under your main account (you can list up to 7 email addresses), that way we can insure you receive your cash to your main account. Once we have transferred the cash to your account PayPal will notify you!

Some information about PayPal:

** Recipents of payments through PayPal can electronically transfer their money to a checking account, send money to friends, or shop online.

** No more paper checks, no more depositing checks at the bank.

** Faster and safer for the environment.

If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact us

Thank you
- The BuzzBack Team

[tidyclean]

That would be So Cool !! :rolleyes: They were always so Slow at sending out checks - I still have (2) pending. Of course since I joined I only Qualified for (4) total for payout.

[LapisLee]

LapisLee: I can't wait to start reviewing Buzzback for the various survey review sites that I am a member of because you do not pay for completed surveys in a timely fashion. It's been five months since I completed these surveys and you have not paid me yet.

http://www.yourfreesurveys.com/wordpress/

http://www.yourfreesurveys.com/forum/

http://www.online-paid-surveys.net/

http://www.surveypolice.com/

Hi Lee,

I am very sorry about this, we processed payments for those 2 surveys you took in September and October and somehow your check did not go out. Would you be at all interested in receiving these payments through PayPal? We are looking to move toward PayPal as payment for our studies since it will be a faster and easier process for everyone involved. Please let me know if this is something that interests you as a way to resolve this problem.

Thank you, and again we are sorry for the delay

--The BuzzBack Team

LapisLee: No problem. Please send payment to my PayPal account.

One last thing. When we pull lists of people to send payment, we pull from our database of survey respondents so it will go to whatever email you registered with BuzzBack. The good news is PayPal allows you to add more than one email address to your account. So if you could add this email to your PayPal account, it would ensure that you can get this payment and future payments for BuzzBack surveys. Thank you for your cooperation, please let me know when you have added this email to your account.

Thanks!

--the BuzzBack Team

LapisLee: I can change my current email address that I use for survey invitations to my PayPal email address, but there is no option for adding an additional email account. Is that what you would like for me to do? I don't check the paypal email as often as this one.

Ok, I see this has changed. Thanks a lot. I have added your name to our list of people to pay. We are currently setting up our bank account with PayPal so we can get this new payment method going, It will happen sometime next week.

Thanks again,

--The BuzzBack Team

[tidyclean]

Yes Lee, I hope both you & I get our payments as well as others who are waiting. It seems like with Buzzback if you don't email them about it you just might not receive your money for completing those surveys. Always have to keep on your toes with them. :cool:

[maplaver]

Thank you for answering our short survey on information about PayPal.

This week we will be starting the process of paying you through PayPal and since you indicated
you already have a PayPal account, please ensure your BuzzBack email address is listed under your main account (you can list up to 7 email addresses), that way we can insure you receive your cash to your main account. Once we have transferred the cash to your account PayPal will notify you!

Some information about PayPal:

** Recipents of payments through PayPal can electronically transfer their money to a checking account, send money to friends, or shop online.

** No more paper checks, no more depositing checks at the bank.

** Faster and safer for the environment.

If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact us

Thank you
- The BuzzBack Team

[LapisLee]

Thank you very much for crediting my account with the two $3 surveys from August and October 2008, now I would like to know when this survey that I completed on March 5, 2009 will be credited to my PayPal account. Thanks.

Hi Lee,

We are glad the PayPal payment worked out well for you! Our payment window for our surveys is 10-12 weeks from the date a survey closes. As we transition and hopefully move completely toward PayPal in the future, we hope things can run smoother and faster with our payments. Thank you for your participation (and patience),

--The BuzzBack Team