Opinionworld - Become a member of OpinionWorld and receive regular invitations to take part in interesting surveys and opinion polls. Each time that you take part you have the chance of winning instant prizes, entries into the monthly prize draw, and the opportunity to support charities. Cash payments are also made on some surveys with payment made individually by Paypal rather than having to reach a minimum payment, even if you only earn £1!

Available in UK, Spain, Germany, Italy Netherlands Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway

GlobalTestMarket has a very active survey division and requires participants worldwide over the age of 14. The views of those under 14 may be sought but the invitation will go to the parent for the child to complete.

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 always earn 2 or 3 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 $0.05 and you need 1000 points to qualify for payment by cheque.

They seem to be fairly active. I'm receiving almost surveys every day at present. For full details and registration form, visit GlobalTestMarket

Available worldwide and very active in most of Western Europe

Lightspeed Consumer Channel are an international research company and have been one of the more active over recent years. Until recently the only reward for completing surveys were entries into prize draws. Now however they've revamped their scheme so that you still earn prize draw entries for completing qualifiers but whenever you complete a survey you also earn points exchangeable for cash or a range of high street vouchers. There's no long wait to get rewarded - In the UK for example, you only need to earn £5 to claim.

Lightspeed also operate in

• Ireland,
• the Netherlands,
• France
• Germany
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Belgium
• Germany
• Italy
• Sweden
• Austria

• U.S.,
• Canada,
• Australia,
• Japan
• China
• South Korea

IPSOS Interactive Services is one of the world's leading market research agencies. By joining their research panel, you'll earn points that can be exchanged for High Street vouchers. One of the more active panels - I receive survey requests most weeks from this agency. They are also one of the best for sending out new products to test. Earnings build up pretty quickly - I recently took a look at the balance of my account and discovered I'd earned £60 since I'd last logged on!

Whilst originally targeting UK residents over 18 plus US (over 30) US (under 30) and Canadian residents they are now recruiting in Mexico and much of Europe. Just click on the relevant link below to find out what's on offer in your country.

• Germany - Deutschland
• Denmark - Danmark
• Finland - Suomi
• Hungary - Magyar
• Italy - Italia
• Norway - Norge
• Spain - España

MyTNS.com offers you the chance to participate in online research and earn points exchangeable for vouchers or in the case of the UK, Nectar Points. I receive regular surveys to complete and even when you don't qualify you still earn a small number of points. They are one of the best sites when it comes to longer duration surveys (eg a few minutes once a week for a month or every day for a week) which pay pretty well and for product trials.

Available to UK residents and also residents of Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, USA and Canada, although different rewards apply for each country and not all countries are accepting new members at this time. Check back regularly if your country is not currently recruiting.

Opinion Square offers you the chance to earn OpinionRewards Points (exchangeable for a wide range of gifts, gift certificates and charity donations) or entries into sweepstakes worth up to $10,000.

Available in the following European countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Finland.

One of my personal favourites is Media Transfer which pays you MT's which you can exchange for goods from their partner sites. In the UK for example, this means Amazon.co.uk whilst in other European countries you get Globoforce certificates, exchangeable for a wide range of high street and online vouchers. Whilst the amount of points can vary, I've received several surveys to complete (enough to qualify for payment several times and even a basket of quality toiletries for one series of surveys) and even if you don't qualify you usually earn a few points for taking pre-qualifiers.

MediaTransfer are particularly in need of women over 35 but all adult applications are welcome. They require participants from most of Europe plus the USA, Russia and Japan to take part in the surveys.

Originally conceived as a site where you could publish your opinion on products, services etc. Ciao is one of the more active free to join paid survey sites. The amount earned will depend on the length of the survey and your country of residence. In most countries Ciao pays cash for surveys with entries into big prize drawings for every survey taken, even if you don't qualify.

Currently actively recruiting in the following countries:

• United Kingdom
• Ireland
• Poland
• Austria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Portugal

• 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 Test&Vote 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 gift vouchers or use them to buy tickets in the monthly lottery.

Visit testandvote to get further details and register for the UK site or click on the relevant country below:

• United Kingdom,
• France
• Belgium
• Austria
• Switzerland
• Denmark
• Ireland
• Poland
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Sweden
• Czech Republic
• Germany,
• Greece
• Norway
• Spain
• Finland
• Italy
• Russia

KNOTs is a little different from most of the survey sites listed. Not only is KNOTs available in much of Europe, but you also have the choice of taking your awards in vouchers from any of the countries participating, so if you're planning to holiday in Europe or have friends or family abroad you can opt for vouchers from the appropriate country. Currently KNOTs Club is operating in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands so providing you're over 16 years old and live in one of these countries you qualify.

consumer-opinion.com need consumers for online surveys on the internet and product tests. The amount of remuneration is generally related to the length of the questionnaire and although most surveys take about ten to fifteen minutes, some take just one or two minutes. Cash out at just 10 euros, direct to your bank account.

Panel open to most European countries, but particularly UK and Germany.

As a member of the OpinionBar research panel you will assess websites by different criteria, once every 3-6 months. Testing a website is carried out interactively: you perform various tasks and answer a number of questions - usually multiple choice questions only. You receive points each time you participate in a survey, which can be exchanged for money, varying from 1 to 10 Euro a time. Payment of your earnings can either be transferred into your bank account or you can give the money to a charity of your choice.

Members required from UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

Nielsen//NetRatings is a global leader in Internet media and market research. NetRatings, Inc., part of the Nielsen family, provides the industry's global standard for Internet and digital media measurement and analysis, offering technology-driven Internet information solutions for media, advertising, ecommerce and financial companies. Nielsen family members have been influential in determining the popularity of television programs for over 50 years. This is an opportunity to participate in Nielsen's panel for the Internet. Today, they are asking a select group of people to join the Nielsen/NetRatings Internet Panel to help them chart the course of the world wide web of tomorrow. It's free, it's easy to signup and everyone over the age of 18 years can participate. Panel members are asked to fill out a short profile and download software to receive surveys that will most interest them. Membership is free and all personal information will remain confidential. Members can expect to receive periodic surveys (and more chances to win prizes) via e-mail.

Program is open to residents in the following countries: United States, UK, Germany , Spain and Italy . Depending on country of residents, panelists will receive a sweepstakes entry, Euros, or free software in exchange for joining this research panel. For example, in Germany, new panel members will be sent 10 Euros as an incentive payment when they join the panel, (paid 3 months after their join date). If new members are still active at the end of the first three months of joining the panel, the new members will continue to receive 10 Euros a quarter for every quarter they remain active. This is in addition to the chance of winning 3500 euros in the regular prize drawings.

Meinungsstudie pay up to €7 for completing online surveys and also pay for quick SMS questions. Payable in gift vouchers from Amazon, H&M etc. when balance reaches €20. Open to residents of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, over the age of 14.

"in your opinion" is an international community of consumers operated by mo’web research, an international online research agency, based in Düsseldorf and London. The amount you earn varies depending on duration and complexity of the survey but typically, you can expect to earn anything between €1 and €10 for completing a survey. payable at €20 through Paypal. As a member you also participate in the monthly prize draw with the chance to win one of many cash prizes or even the annual Jackpot of €10000. Prizes currently on offer are a monthly first prize of €500 and 5 second place prizes of €50.

Consumerlink Finland Payments will range anywhere from 50:stä 500 markkaan, depending on the scope of the project.

Consumerlink Denmark - Payment for completing short questionnaires on a variety of topics.

Consumerlink in Spain - Paid in TURYs

Consumerlink France

Many other countries worldwide also have consumerlink sites. Try http.//xxx.consumerlink.com where xxx is the name of your own country or do a Google search for Consumer link and the name of the relevant country.

Trend Scan - Available in Germany, UK, France, Czech Republic, Poland and Spain. Take part in their interviews to accumulate TrendChips for every question answered. Once you have 300 TrendChips (£ 9) in your account, you may exchange them for vouchers from their shopping partners eg Amazon. See the site for current partners.

Trendbox Netherlands

Testraum- German research site paying cash to complete surveys, eg 6 euros for a 30 minute survey.

Bonopolis - German speaking countries. Get rewarded for completing surveys and cash out at 15 euros.

WebTest Austria - German speakers. Collect points with every survey you complete, the number of points earned will depend on the length of the questionnaire. 100 points are exchangeable for a € 15 coupon for Sodexho passport, redeemable in Austria).

Onquest - German site. Available in German and English. . Receive incentives, based on the length of the interview for interviews and evaluations. Appears to be international.

http://www.directpanel.com French survey site. Earn maximiles points with each survey, exchangeable for a wide range of gifts.

Netsonda - Portuguese site. Earn cash for completing surveys and cash out at €15. Monthly draw for all members with small prizes - DVDs, T-shirts etc.

AQ Services International are looking for assessors worldwide to carry out mystery shopping assignments, either in person or by telephone. The amount paid varies greatly. It may be anywhere between $15.00 for a short visit to $400.00 for assignments that take the whole day. AQ Services International is also constantly on the lookout for interviewers, editors and panel members for focus groups.