CFS Panel Review – Can You Earn Money Taking Surveys Here?

The CFS Panel launched in 2013 and was formally known as the Cash for Surveys Panel. They have many thousands of members both in the UK and USA. They have stated that they will also be adding many more panels for countries within Europe and around the world later in 2016.

The CFS Panel site is an independent survey site which is powered by one of the world’s biggest market research companies, Cint. Cint is a private technology company that provides panel management services to businesses and individuals. As well as CFS there are many other survey sites that are powered by CINT, some of the most popular include Crowdology and Triaba. (LINKS) As multiple paid surveys are sent by these panels every day you could be a member of lots of ‘Cint’ powered panels and never receive the same survey twice.

Taking Surveys at the CFS Panel

Surveys do tend to be sent fairly regularly from this panel. You can wait to be invited via email or you can log into your account area to see which ones are available and take them directly from there. If you don’t qualify for the first one you are invited to you will be routed straight through to the next one that is available.

As with other survey sites it’s important that you login and update your profile information in order to get as many surveys as possible. The profiles are fairly easy to complete and shouldn’t take much more than 10 – 20 minutes of your time.

You will usually get a nice mix of short surveys that pay a few pennies / cents or longer surveys that pay a few pounds / dollars. They state on their website that they pay up to £10 / $10 per survey. To get one for as much as £10 / $10 you would really need to be in a desirable demographic.

Tip: Some people complain that they don’t get as many surveys as they would like from this panel but this can easily be fixed by logging into your account and changing the ‘survey frequency’ setting on your profile. By default this is set to one survey every six days but can be changed to one every two days. Whichever setting you choose you can guarantee that this panel will not flood your inbox

No Complicated Points System

A great thing about the CFS Panel and other Cint survey sites is that there are no complicated points systems like on other survey sites. Once a survey is complete the money will be added straight into your account. (Sometimes you may need to wait for everyone else to complete the survey before the money is added)

Claim Instant Paypal Payments in as Little as 15 Seconds!

One of the highlights of this panel and other Cint powered sites is the instant Paypal payments they offer. Rather than waiting weeks or even months for a payment you simply hit the minimum of £8 in the UK or $12.50 in the US press the claim button and your money is sent straight to your Paypal account. As this is sent as a one of payment you are charged the 2% fee by Paypal which unfortunately is unavoidable. Most members report that payments are sent and received in as little as 15 seconds which can’t be beaten!

On rare occasions, some users have reported that the Paypal payment can take up to 24 – 48 hours although this is still very quick in comparison to other sites.

Another payment option at this panel is an Amazon e-code. This is not instant and can take 2 weeks to a month to be paid out. We can only assume this is because the codes are processed manually rather than the Paypal option which is automatic. The Amazon option requires a £10 minimum to cash out.

Take Surveys at Multiple Unique Panels Through the Cint Opinion App

As of early 2016 Cint launched their new survey app called Opinion App which is available for both Android and IOS devices. The app allows you to login and take surveys from any ‘cint’ powered sites that you have previously registered with.

The app is available to download from the Google Play or Apple’s app store or can be found at the bottom of any invitation emails you are sent.

The Cint Opinion App makes it really convenient to see which Cint powered sites you are already registered with. It also allows you take surveys at each of the panels directly from the app. This really shows you the amount of paid surveys that are coming from Cint as each one you take at all the unique panels will be different.

Although you can take surveys from the Opinion App you will still need to register with each site through their website for it to show up in the app. You will also need to login to each panel through their websites to update your profile, view your balance or claim a payment.

Concluding Thoughts

We won’t list the pro’s and con’s for this panel as we think they’ve been covered enough in our review. We do think though at the CFS Panel the pro’s do far outweigh the con’s.

The biggest highlight is the lightening fast Paypal payments. At some panels such as Toluna (LINK) you could be waiting as much as 6 weeks to receive your payment after making a claim. Not at the CFS Panel you make a claim and your money is paid to your Paypal account in an instant. They also offer an Amazon payment option for those without a Paypal account.

The website is user-friendly and account area extremely easy to navigate through.

Customer support is well above average. Their website states 24 – 48 hours for a query to be answered. Members have reported that this is almost always the case and questions are being answered to their satisfaction.

Privacy is taken very seriously with a full policy on both the CFS and Cint websites. Both state that your personal information will never be sold / shared with any third parties.

The only complaint we can find is the slight lack of surveys. This problem is easily fixed by updating the ‘frequency setting’ or downloading the survey app. They route you into new surveys once one has been completed or you are screened out which allows you to earn extra money. Many people are also not aware that by logging into your account new surveys can be found without waiting for e-mailed invitations.

The CFS Panel really is worth joining and it should be easy for anyone to earn some extra money from here.