AIP online surveys are conducted by AIP Corporation. This panel was only opened in December 2009 so this is a great chance to get in early when they are fewer members. You'll receive invitations to join a survey through your registered E-mail address and earn EPoints when you complete the survey. EPoints can be redeemed for cash or gift certificates, including Amazon, Argos, Boots, M&S, Sainsbury, Asda and more (see site for full list). 100 EPoint is worth £1.00. You'll need to earn 500 EPoints for voucher redemption.

The panel offers the usual online surveys plus product testing and focus groups.

Open to any resident in the UK who is 16 years of age or older.

In return for giving your opinions on the TickBox panel you could win prizes such as vouchers, weekend breaks or gadgets for the home. Your views and ideas are then collated and used in a variety of ways including media coverage across press, radio and TV.

GfK have just reopened their media panel and would like to invite you to take part in a study to give your opinions of programmes shown on television and radio, and the websites you visit.

The answers that you give are important in deciding what TV and radio programmes are made and what websites are produced. It doesn't matter how much TV you watch, how much radio you listen to or how often you access the internet, it's what you think and feel about the TV programmes, radio and internet that's important in this survey.

The survey is available every day. It only takes a few minutes to complete, and it's your chance to share your thoughts and feelings with the programme producers themselves.

Sign up now and you will be able to start giving your opinions from tomorrow. If you complete a questionnaire at least 10 times per month you will be entered into a monthly prize draw with over 4,000 cash prizes totalling almost £15,000 to be won and a top prize of £1,500. Every three months you will be entered into a loyal lottery draw, with a total prize fund of £8,500 per quarter and a top prize of £4,000.

Unlike other sites offering prize draws instead of guaranteed payment, this one has enough prizes to stand a real chance of winning on a regular basis. I tend to get a few wins every year and I only tend to complete 3 surveys a week. With more discipline I'm sure I'd win more often.

Before you can participate you'll need to fill out a short survey about you and your household. Fill this in and you will receive 5 tickets towards your entry into this month's prize draw.

GfK only open their panel to new participants a few times a year so if you're interested you do need to act quickly. Get started by visiting GfK

Originally conceived as a site where you could publish your opinion on products, services etc. Ciao is now also one of the more active sites offering paid surveys. Ciao pays in cash, with a threshold of just £5, direct into your bank account.

Open to residents aged 14 and over.

As a member of Springboard, you will have the chance to make your opinion count in boardrooms, government and the media. You earn Survey Dollars redeemable for cash or charity donations and will be entered into the £1000 Prize Draw just for joining. Most of their surveys award between 50p and £2.50 if you qualify and complete them. Open to UK residents over the age of 16.

Specialist Panels

Parents Panel - If you have children between the ages of 6 and 13 you can help make children's television better by joining their parents' panel. They need your opinions on the programmes and channels kids watch. Click Here to join this new panel.

Politics - UK voters needed.

Gamblers - UK citizens age 18 and over who have gambled on online slot machines in the past six months are needed for a new Gambling Panel.

Talk Panel need your views on a whole range of products, services and issues that impact on all of us. They will invite you to take part in surveys on a wide variety of topics that are of interest to you. Depending on your profile, you could receive anything up to 4 invitations per month, lasting on average 5 to 15 minutes.

The company run monthly prize draws ranging from Amazon vouchers to iPods. The value of the prize draw on offer may vary from survey to survey but you will be informed of the prizes on offer and the terms and conditions when you are invited to take part in the survey.

To say thank you for joining, you are automatically entered into a monthly prize draw for a 160GB iPod!

Launched in 1986, Nielsen Homescan 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 270,000 households in over 100 countries worldwide.

Business Opinions requires the views and opinions of a wide range of the business community. This means Business Opinions isn't for everyone as they are only looking for the opinions of professional people (eg business owners, those in management positions, professionals in such sectors as engineering, teaching, medical, legal, IT etc.)

As you might expect, this means that they only pay out in cash, rather than vouchers, gifts etc. You can cash out at just £20. Within each email you receive, you will be told how many credit points (Each point is worth 1 pence) completing the survey is worth. This will range depending on the survey length as they reward you more for the time spent on each survey.

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!

Also available in Spain, Finland, Netherlands Denmark, Sweden and Norway

Synovate is a world-leading provider of market research, information and analysis, with over 50 years of experience. By joining their panel you not only make your opinions count and improve products and services used by millions of people every day but you earn rewards each time you participate - In just the past year, Synovate has awarded panelists over £630,000 in cash and prizes. They typically offer several surveys every month. Participation for all surveys is voluntary and most surveys take less than 15 minutes to complete.

Open to UK residents, 16 and over.

Open to residents of UK, US and Canada

MySurvey.com (formerly MyTNS.com) offers you the chance to participate in online research and earn Nectar points or MySurvey points exchangeable for Amazon vouchers or charitable donations. I receive regular surveys to complete and even when you don't qualify you still earn a few Nectar points (usually at least 35). 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 70 other countries including Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, USA and Canada, although different rewards apply for each country.

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. Your rewards can build up surprisingly quickly. I recently looked at my account and was delighted to discover I'd built up a balance of points worth £60 which was prompty converted to Amazon vouchers.

Available to UK residents over 18 plus US and Canadian residents plus much of Europe (see European page for current European requirements).

Lightspeed Consumer Channel are an international research company and have been one of the more active in the UK 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 a range of high street vouchers. You only need to earn £5 to claim so there's no long wait to get rewarded.

Lightspeed also operate in the Netherlands, the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, France and Germany

Crowdology is an online research community, which rewards members for participating in online market research Surveys paying you for your opinion. Their clients are leading consumer brands, media, advertising, Public relations and publishing companies, who want to measure opinions on a wide range of subjects.

Crowdology surveys are varied and often focus on current issues or fun ideas with most of the surveys ranging from 2 minutes to 15 minutes. Examples of recent polls include, spending and saving patterns in the credit crunch, knowledge of cooking, wasting food, accidental landlords, mid life crisis, things you cant live without on holiday, the pains of looking good, celebrities who wear glasses, the stresses of getting married, frustrations of online shopping, and using plastic bags to save the environment. The amount of money you receive depends on the length and type of survey, from £0.50 up to £10 or more.

panelbase.net was first launched in 2004 and has become one of the fastest growing research communities on the internet. For every survey that you complete, you will be rewarded in one of two ways. Some questionnaires will carry rewards between £0.50 and £3, which is added to your panelbase.net account. In addition to receiving cash, other surveys may include entry into prize draws where you could win anything from a case of wine, to an iPod or a plasma TV. As soon as you reach the redemption threshold of £10 (you get £3 just for signing up) you can withdraw your money or convert it to high-street vouchers.

• World Wildlife Fund
• British Red Cross
• Oxfam

Anyone aged 16 years or older with access to the Internet, a land line or mobile phone can join the panelbase.net research community. As they conduct research in a variety of ways (via the Internet, telephone, SMS, product testing, focus groups or postal) you can participate in a range of surveys that are not solely reliant upon you having access to the Internet.

Opinion People is an international online access panel, inviting you to participate in online studies covering current issues and get involved in the development of future products and services. You get paid for your input and also get the chance to win great prizes.

After registering with opinion people and filling in a few personal details in the basic profile, you will receive your own electronic account which will be credited with your first 7 bonus points. You will then receive a further 10 bonus points for the special profiles (Household, Internet & Technology, Job & Career, Cars & Motorbikes, Travelling, Health & Wellness, Finance, Media Use, Interests & Hobbies). 1 bonus point is equivalent to 10p. When you have accumulated a total of 150 bonus points, you will receive a pay-out of £15 direct to your bank account.

Valued Opinions, (formerly The Mobile Channel) pay you for every survey that you complete, (typically with between £1 and £2). The value of the reward can vary from 25p for taking part in a text poll, to £50 or more for attending a focus group. When your account balance reaches £10, you can exchange it with a gift voucher for one of a range of well-known high street and Internet shops, including Amazon, HMV, Tesco and WH Smith. I receive several surveys ever week from this company, earning enough for a payout nearly every month as well as test products.

Open to residents 16 and over. Also available in Ireland

Whilst not available to everyone, if you're an IT or Business professional in any business sector (includes most people running their own business) one site I'd strongly recommend is QNA. Once you join QNA, every survey you take earns a financial reward. You can either collect it personally in the form of Amazon or Virgin vouchers or donate it to one of their partner charities. Unlike other sites where you might wait weeks for payments, you can expect to receive your Amazon vouchers within an hour of completion (working hours only) with Virgin vouchers being posted out to you the next day! The one I completed yesterday has already paid me £5 and took no more than a couple of minutes to complete.

An online survey will carry an incentive of £5 or £10 (the typical online survey will be worth £10) with telephone surveys paying £5 to £10 and face-to-face interviews or focus groups offering a reward of £25 to £75

As a member your name is placed in the QNA Monthly Draw - whether you have completed a survey in that month or not. The prize is usually a typical "must-have" techno-gadget such as the latest iPod.

Find out more from QNA Surveys

• 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:

• Ireland
• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Italy
• Russia
• Spain
• Austria
• Switzerland

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 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 £3 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

GlobalTestMarket has a very active survey division and requires participants worldwide over the age of 14. 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 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 2 or 3 survey invitations nearly every day at present and have received several payouts. For full details and registration form, visit GlobalTestMarket

MobileXpression is a new market research panel designed to understand the trends and behaviors of people using the mobile Internet. Are the most popular sites on the Internet also the most popular sites on the mobile Internet? Where are people surfing to and what mobile applications are they using? These are the kinds of questions MobileXpression can answer.

In order to participate in this research community, members install software on their mobile phones or devices. The research software monitors the community member’s mobile Internet activity, allowing MobileXpression to develop an understanding of how they use the Internet on their mobile phones. They never monitor any phone calls, only online activity. In addition, MobileXpression may occasionally invite its members to participate in online or phone-based surveys that are designed to help companies understand their attitudes and interests regarding their mobile device activity. Participation in these surveys is optional.

Join MobileXpression today and you can win a £5 Amazon gift card, a Garmin nuvi 350 GPS Navigator, a Panasonic Plasma HDTV or one of many other exciting prizes in the MobileXpression Instant Rewards Game. Everyone wins a prize!

Members are eligible to participate in the "Your Opinion Matters" sweepstakes and win a chance at the Grand Prize of $100,000. One winner will be chosen each month who will win $100 and will have the chance to win $2500, $5000, or even $100,000. Once you’ve joined, you can refer family and friends to join MobileXpression and receive additional entries into the Grand Prize drawings.

To find out if you qualify to join our research community, simply answer a few questions about your mobile device. If you’re eligible to join MobileXpression, you’ll be asked to provide additional information about you and your mobile device as well as download our research software onto your phone.

Also available to US smartphone owners

Rewarded Opinions (incorporating Home of Research) is a new market research panel - choose which surveys you want to complete and earn points which can be exchanged for cash, vouchers or even donated to charity. 100 points = £1 and with up to 500 points attached to each survey, the money soon adds up! You can redeem your points once you have over 2,000. It's up to you what you do with them: convert them into Amazon vouchers, cash (for PayPal account holders) or donate the equivalent value to charity.

What I particularly like about this company is they tell you in the e-mail what criteria they are looking for, so if you aren't going to qualify you don't need to waste time completing pre-screeeners.