Established in 2000, Pure Profile operates in many countries around the world, including Australia and New Zealand. They pay only in cash, direct to your bank account, rather than vouchers or gifts. You even get paid if you screen out of a survey.

You may also be paid for visiting websites and viewing video clips, all targeted specifically to you.

Open to Australian and New Zealand residents over the age of 13.

Your Opinion gives you points and chances to win for every survey you complete. When you have enough points, you can exchange them for cash via Paypal, phone credits or donate to one of the featured charities.

YourOpinion is owned and operated by The Leading Edge Pty Ltd, an Australian based market research agency and are members of the AMSRS (Australian Market and Social Research Society) as well as AMSRO (Association of Market and Social Research Organisations). Over 100,000 Australians have joined the community and are helping shape the future decisions of major international organisations.

Sign up now for the chance to win $1,000 or a Mac Book Air.

Open to all residents of Australia aged 14+

• Registration earns you 1,500 points
• Quick votes, each time you take part earns you 15 points (there are always loads of these on the site so visit regularly. They take a matter of seconds to complete.)
• Product testing, registering for each trial earns you 75 points even if you're not selected to take part
• Surveys earn you between 3,000 and 30,000 points
• Referring a friend, for each person who joins Toluna because of you, you will earn 500 points
• Subject panels - complete these to get 500 points per subject.

You can either exchange your points for a range of vouchers or use them to buy tickets in the monthly lottery where you could win cash prizes.

See our international paid survey pages for Toluna panels from outside Australia

GlobalTestMarket has a very active survey division and whilst it requires participants worldwide over the age of 14, they are currently actively looking for new Australian panel members. If you've got children under 14, you may receive requests for their opinion but the invitation will go to the parent for the child to complete, rather than to the child direct.

You earn "marketpoints" each time you respond to a survey request - the closer you fit the demographics for the survey, the higher the points earned but you'll often earn 2 or 3 or at least a sweepstake entry even if you don't qualify at all. A typical survey of 30 questions that takes approximately 12 minutes to complete will earn 60 to 80 MarketPoints. You can also earn extra points when you refer others. Each point is worth US$0.05 and you need 1000 points to qualify for payment by cheque, which will be converted and paid out in AUS$.

They seem to be fairly active. I'm receiving 2 or 3 survey invitations nearly every day at present and have received several payouts. For full details and registration form, visit GlobalTestMarket

Also recruiting in New Zealand.

My Survey is owned by Lightspeed Research which is one of the world's leading online market research companies that reward you for voicing your opinions simply by participating in surveys.

By becoming a member of My Survey Australia, you may be asked about your thoughts on topics ranging from entertainment, food products to health care and financial services.

When you participate in surveys, you earn points redeemable for gift vouchers or cash deposits via PayPal. Plus,each time you participate in a survey, you also earn an entry into the quarterly My Survey Prize Draw. Refer friends and when the person you referred confirms their account, you will earn 200 points.

Open to all residents of Australia aged 18+. Note that they use a geographic filter so you can only answer surveys whilst in Australia. They are currently particularly in need of male participants.

The Your Voice Online Panel is run by Survey Sampling International [SSI], the premier global provider of sampling solutions for survey research with more than 6 million consumer and business-to-business research respondents in 54 countries.

As a thank you for your time spent expressing your opinions, you are rewarded with points. Each time you complete a survey you earn points; the amount of which depends on the estimated time that the survey will take to complete. Both the points and survey length are clearly outlined in the survey invitation emails. These points can be redeemed from your choice of a wide range of gift vouchers or you can support your favourite charities by donating your points. The redemption list is constantly researched and updated to ensure it has broad appeal. Examples of WebShop Vouchers include Myer ($20 for 200points or $50 for 500 points), Harvey Norman ($20 for 200, $50 for 500), Target ($20 for 200, $50 for 500) and the charity Ammado.com ($5 for 50 points, $10 for 100 points) but vouchers and denominations are subject to change.

In addition, you are first entered into the prize draw just by completing the registration survey and you also earn one entry into the prize draw each time you complete a survey. Prize draws are conducted once every three months and the Australia winner has a chance of winning a cash prize from the quarterly prize draw.

Please note that you need to be aged 14 or over and, living in Australia to be a member of the Your Voice Australia Online Panel. Membership is not restricted to one per household but each panel member will require a different email address

The Your Voice Online Panel is run by Survey Sampling International [SSI], the premier global provider of sampling solutions for survey research with more than 6 million consumer and business-to-business research respondents in 54 countries.

As a thank you for your time spent expressing your opinions, you are rewarded with points. Each time you complete a survey you earn points; the amount of which depends on the estimated time that the survey will take to complete. Both the points and survey length are clearly outlined in the survey invitation emails. These points can be redeemed from your choice of a wide range of gift vouchers or you can support your favourite charities by donating your points. The redemption list is constantly researched and updated to ensure it has broad appeal. Examples of WebShop Vouchers include Mitre10 ($20 for 250points or $30 for 375 points), Barkers ($20 for 250, $50 for 625), iTunes ($20 for 250, $30 for 375) and the charity Ammado.com ($5 for 63 points, $10 for 125 points) but vouchers and denominations are subject to change.

In addition, you are first entered into the prize draw just by completing the registration survey and you also earn one entry into the prize draw each time you complete a survey. Prize draws are conducted once every three months and the New Zealand winner has a chance of winning a cash prize from the $2,500 prize draw.

Please note that you need to be aged 15 or over and, living in New Zealand to be a member of the Your Voice Online Panel. Membership is not restricted to one per household but each panel member will require a different email address

MyOpinions gives you points and chances to win for every survey you complete. When you have enough points, you can exchange them for cash via Paypal or donate to one of the featured charities. Sometimes you will be able to answer a single question Quick Survey at MyOpinions. You can earn extra points by answering these in addition to your regular surveys.

Every survey you complete also gives you an entry into a draw to win $5,000.

You can also earn up to 500 free points every week just by visiting the site and playing the online instant win scratch card

Open to all residents of Australia aged 14+

MyView conducts interviewing across Australia on a wide variety of topics ranging from national health issues, preferred holiday destinations, shopping habits, what level of service you expect from your bank to what brands of shampoo your household might use.

Members are awarded dollars for participating in a study. The number of dollars you receive depends on whether you qualify for a survey, as well as the length of the survey you are asked to complete. If you are invited to participate in a survey, but do not qualify, you will be awarded with $0.50. If you qualify and complete a survey up to 10 minutes in length (approximately 30 questions) you will receive $1.00. For a survey 11-20 minutes, you will receive $2.00; 21 to 30 minutes, $3.00 and so on in blocks of ten minutes.

The types of research studies you may be invited to participate in are:

Online Surveys
An invitation and link to a secure web site are sent to your e-mail address and you will be required to respond using the prompts on screen. On average, the surveys would take about 10 minutes to 30 minutes, maximum.

Group Discussions
Lasting about 1 ¼ hours, a group discussion is a meeting of 6-10 people to discuss issues around products and services. If you attend, you will be provided with light refreshments, and are paid for your time (between $25 and $100, depending on the time it takes). These discussions may be held at a local function venue or in one of their clients’ offices. Sometimes, they also run these discussions online in a chat room environment.

Telephone Surveys
An invitation to participate in a telephone survey will be sent to your e-mail address, with a list of times presented as alternatives for the most convenient time to contact you. One of their friendly interviewers will then contact you and ask some questions over the telephone. On average, this type of survey would take around 15 to 20 minutes.

Face to Face Surveys
As with Telephone surveys, you will receive an invitation via e-mail and choose a time. Face to face surveys can be conducted in your home, at a central location, such as a shopping centre, or their offices. On average, this type of survey takes 20 to 30 minutes. If you need to come to their venue you will receive a minimum of $20 cash for your time.

Membership of the panel is available only to Australian residents aged 15 years of age or older.

Have your say in chat forums or participate in online surveys, group forums and mobile polls while earning reward points for every study you complete.

Each time you complete a survey for Caféstudy you will be rewarded between 5 to 50 points according to the length of the survey. There is no set time as some surveys are short and will only take a few minutes to complete, whilst others are longer and can take up to 30 minutes. Once you have accumulated 200 points, you can choose to redeem that for a $20 AUD/NZD by having funds electronically credited into your bank account.

Caféstudy studies relate to everything from consumer goods, to up and coming films, to advertising concepts that help shape and develop the products and services of the future.

You must be aged 14 years and over, and be either an Australian or New Zealand resident in order to join up.

Open to all residents of Australia and New Zealand aged 16+

Launched in 1986, Nielsen Homescan Australia Consumer Panel offers you the ability to influence the products you see on store shelves when you go shopping, and now has a panel of over 10,000 Australians (270,000 households worldwide). They send you a hand-held scanner designed to read barcodes on items that you buy. Just scan them before putting your purchases away, then once a week, the scanner transmits your purchase data to Nielsen Homescan Australia Consumer Panel - free of charge. In exchange for this information you earn gift points, redeemable toward gifts offered in their catalogue.

Open to all Australian residents over the age of 18 with a landline telephone.

New Zealand Panel also available

With Fat Cat Rewards, Australian members earn Cash Rewards completing offers, entering Competitions, taking Surveys, and Product Sampling. You earn $10 just for registering and can earn up to $50 per survey.

New Zealand panel also available.

Surveyhead was founded in 2008 by the founders of goZing.com, one of the first and biggest online paid survey opportunities. In 2005, goZing was acquired by GreenfieldOnline and is now part of Ciao. Today, Surveyhead’s parent company, United Sample, works with corporations and market research firms around the world to help them gain competitive intelligence through online surveying. By joining this new panel, and in exchange for providing your opinion, Surveyhead will pay you a cash reward via PayPal for each survey you complete plus $5 just for registering. Open to Australian residents over 14 plus residents of UK, USA and Canada.

Opinion Matters is an online community of Australians who want to voice their opinions. Members participate in surveys on such topics as Product Development, New Advertising Campaigns, Political Polling, Social Issues.

• Prize Points: Multiple entries into the quarterly $1,500 Draw
• Cash Points: Redeem for Cash or Donate to Charity. Cash points earned per survey average between $2 and $10.

Every time you complete a survey you earn points worth between $2 and $10 or can select more Prize Draw entries. You can also earn 20 points (equivalent to AU$2) for every referral you make.

Valued Opinions Australia is a service which rewards YOU for taking part in market research surveys online. By becoming a member, you will be invited to complete surveys for genuine market research purposes. For every survey you correctly complete, you will typically earn between AU$2 and AU$5), and once your balance reaches AU$10 or more, you can select your reward from a choice of stores or charity donations.

• Men should join the male panel and
• Women should join the female panel

Valued Opinions New Zealand is also looking for participants and has several different panels to join. Male participants should join the Valued Opinions New Zealand Male Panel whilst women should join Valued Opinions New Zealand Female Panel.

Join The Great New Zealand Business Survey for your chance to win the major prize of $15,000 cash which is drawn every 6 months. On top of that they have weekly prizes including cash, gift vouchers, travel and more for participating in various research projects. As a member of The Great New Zealand Business Survey they'll contact you from time to time about products, services, offers and to seek your opinion and feedback on various topics. Every time they make contact you'll earn more competition entries into the major and/or weekly prize draws.

Opinions Paid offer a range of surveys to take part in including:

• Concept Evaluations - these are to provide manufacturers with direction for the development of new products
• Product Evaluations – we send product to your home for you to evaluate. You the receive a survey online to complete. These surveys provide manufacturers with an indication of how appealing a product is and how likely it is to succeed.
• Usage And Attitude Studies – these are usually quite long, and consider a specific category in detail, such as laundry. These surveys provide manufacturers with an accurate view of there market, so they understand how you use their products and what’s important to you.
• Satisfaction Surveys – these usually include lots of statements that you have to rate. They are to help business understand how happy you are with the service they provide, what’s important to you and how they can improve the service they provide.

OpinionsPaid offer a variety of rewards through a points based system called Zoints. You receive Zoints for completing surveys, referring friends to become members, and by being loyal panel members. The surveys will vary in length & you will receive a different number of Zoints, based on the length of the survey.

Most surveys should not take more than 15 minutes to complete, however there will be surveys that take longer. Before you begin the survey they include an estimation of how long it will take, so you can set aside the appropriate amount of time.

• Movie Vouchers from Village/Greater Union
• Coles Myer Gift Vouchers – that can be used Myer, Target, Coles, Bilo, Liquorland, Vintage Cellars, 1st Choice, OfficeWorks, Baby Target, Country Target
• Woolsworth/Safeway Wish Cards – that can be used at Caltex Fuel stations, Woolworths, Safeway, Big W, Dick Smiths, Dick Smith PowerHouse, Tandy, BWS, Dan Murphy, Woolworths/Safeway Liquor, Woolworths/Safeway Homeshop, First Estate.
• Bunnings Warehouses Gift Vouchers.
• Harvey Norman Gift Vouchers.

Your participation in these surveys also support charities. At the end of each survey questionnaire, you'll be asked to choose from a list of charities to which they will donate cash.

Currently recruiting in both Australia and New Zealand.

Join 'The Great Australian Survey', complete a short 5 minute survey and go into the draw to win $30,000, with regular opportunities for further draw entries.

Join 'The Great New Zealand Survey', complete a short 5 minute survey and go into the draw to win $5,000, with regular opportunities for further draw entries.

LiveTribe (formerly Qualified Opinions) want your opinions and we'll reward you for them. Join their panel by completing the registration survey and you'll be in the running for a chance to win some great prizes. One lucky member will have the chance to win prizes of their choice to the value of $1,000,000 – or you can simply take the cash if you can't decide!

LiveTribe is a leading supplier of public opinion to the international market research community. As a LiveTriber members are able to join in surveys, competitions, polls, focus groups, interact with other members and more. With connections to your favourite social network sites, it has never been easier to get rewarded for opinions. Chance to win $50,000 dollars every month, promotional cash giveaways i.e. Giveaway $1000 a week for 10 weeks as well as thousands of syndicated lotto tickets to give away for participating.

Accept an invitation to complete one of the paid online surveys and you'll be entered into the monthly cash prize draw. Increase your chances of winning, every invitation you accept to complete a survey gives you another chance to win the monthly cash prize.

Each time you complete an online survey you have the chance to instantly receive a $50 cash bonus for your opinion. There are hundreds of cash bonuses to be won.

When you reply to an invitation to take part in a survey you get a free syndicated entry into Saturday night lotto (10 lines) - guaranteed. Your opinion could be worth more than you think! They'll give you an additional 10 line syndicated entry for each survey you participate in.

Stick Around For More Chances to Get Paid for Online Surveys You get an automatic entry into each $1000 monthly cash prize draw just for staying a member of LiveTribe and get an extra entry into the monthly cash prize draw for every person you refer that signs up with the panel.

The LiveTribe research panel is also available in New Zealand, and is coming soon to south East Asia.

BrandLeaders participants earn reward points for every survey they answer and those points can be cashed in for either instant rewards or used to enter into prize draws for product or cash.

• Completion of one survey category = 4000 points
• Completion of any additional survey categories = 2000 points per additional category
• Completion of one survey category by 5pm AEST 31/5/07 = 2000 points
• Referral of a friend = 2,000 points
• Completion of all ten survey categories = 3000 points (on top of points earned from individual categories that are filled in and early entry)

W Ratings Corp. conducts interviews with active customers via the web, phone, mail, fax or in-person. You may be interviewed by any of those means. Incentives vary depending on the number of interviews to complete within your panel. Most panelists receive gift certificates ranging from $5 US to $20 US or more. The gift certificates are from a range of suppliers that operate online or offline.

To be selected as a panelist, you must first become a Consumer Member. You will be asked to complete a survey as part of the process. You must also submit a rating for any company on the M-W Value Leaders Board. (details on the site)You will need about 5 to 7 minutes to complete this online interview.

You must be an individual, 18 years of age or older, and a legal resident of the United States, Canada, the UK, or Australia.

• attend taste tests
• test product delivered to your home
• complete online surveys
• participate in online focus groups

Payments for in-home product testing will be made to your izatso account. Once you reach the minimum withdrawal amount you can then request a payment to your PayPal account or opt for your choice from a selection of gift vouchers.

When you attend one of the taste testing sessions you will be paid in cash on the day. You will be told prior to attending what the payment will be and how long you will need to be there for. Tasting sessions run from 10 to 90 minutes, depending on the study. Depending on the length of the session, the rewards are generally anything from $30 - $55.

iZatso is owned and operated by Direction First Pty Ltd, an Australian based market research agency. We are members of the AMSRS (Australian Market and Social Research Society) as well as AMSRO (Association of Market and Social Research Organisations).

Open to Australian residents aged over 18 only.

Taylor Research Services is an independent, specialist market research company with over 30 years experience, and offer cash or other incentives for assisting them with their research with online surveys and group discussions.

They are looking for New Zealand residents of any age but particularly 30-60 Year olds in Auckland and Christchurch and people living in Wellington.