• 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 vouchers (cash in USA and Canada) or use them to buy tickets in the monthly lottery where you could win cash prizes.

Visit testandvote to get further details and register.

Available in the following countries:

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

Rest of the World Japan, USA, Canada, Australia Mexico China Russia Brazil Peru Chile Argentina.

Your Say - Singapore based but require participants worldwide to share their opinions on products and services and by participating in surveys conducted online, by phone, or in-person.

In return they offer

Join YourSay today and you could be a winner in their "US$25 Fortnightly Giveaway"

STOP PRESS - I can confirm this company is 100% genuine as I won one of their quarterly prize draws and received my choice from a list of prizes all worth several hundred dollars. I'm now the proud owner of a 30GB Creative Zen vision:M

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.

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

• Germany - Deutschland
• Denmark - Danmark
• Finland - Suomi
• Italy - Italia
• Norway - Norge
• Spain - España
• Sweden - Sverige

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 check.

They seem to be fairly active. I'm receiving at least 2 or 3 surveys every week at present.

Contrary to appearances suggested by the name, American Consumer Opinion is made up of consumers worldwide who have agreed to participate in surveys over the Internet. Occasionally, these consumers are asked to participate in mail surveys or telephone surveys, but generally the surveys are all conducted over the Internet.

As a panel member, you will participate in several surveys a year, typically. The average survey will take 10 minutes or so to complete, and the questions are usually easy to answer.

Panel members can expect to receive a "screener" (a short questionnaire) every six weeks or so.

All registered members participate in a monthly drawing to win $250 in cash awards, just for being a member.

If you answer a screener (a short questionnaire), you will be entered into a drawing for cash awards and when you participate in a survey (a longer questionnaire), you will always receive some type of incentive in the form of a free product to test, cash, a check, or a gift.

Incentives typically range in value from $4 to $25, per survey, depending upon the length of the questionnaire and the time it takes to complete it. If a survey is extra long, then the award could be $25 or more. Participants in online focus groups generally receive more than $25.

I've received many payments from this company

Opinion Outpost is a survey research data collection company. They work with leading marketing research companies all over the world as well as many Fortune 500 companies.

You earn Opinion Points for each survey you complete. The number of Opinion Points possible will be displayed with each survey invitation or on the opening page of the survey. Opinion Points are redeemable for cash.

The Refer-A-Friend option allows you to invite friends and family to join the research panel at OpinionOutpost.com. You earn Opinion Points for each person you refer who joins the panel and completes at least one survey.

Panel members must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the United States or Canada to participate and join the panel at Opinion Outpost.

Survey Spot Internet panel allows members to share with researchers their opinions on products, services, or issues of the day. To thank members for their participation, SurveySpot draws $US10,000 in cash awards each month. Panelists receive one entry into the prize pool for each survey they complete.

In addition to being entered into the sweepstakes drawings, some surveys provide individual rewards, usually in the form of cash. Whilst this means you don't get paid for every survey, you do have a good chance of winning. SurveySpot recently awarded one lucky winner $10,000 for a Hawaiian vacation and I've received 2 cash prizes from past surveys!

They need participants from USA, Canada, U.K. and Australia

Survey Savvy pay $3 cash for completed surveys and also earn from referring friends - $2 for survey completed by your referrals, and $1 by their referrals.

What is particularly good about this company for non US residents especially, is that you can request payment at any time (no minimum), let the cash accumulate if you wish to save on bank charges, or even make the checks payable to somebody else if you wish to make a dollar payment.

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
• Australia
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Denmark
• Germany
• Japan
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Sweden
• Switzerland

Note that in USA and Canada, Ciao has merged with paid survey site, Greenfield Online so you'll need to sign up with them here if you're a US resident or here if you're in Canada. US Hispanics can join the Hispanic Campaign