Global Test Market Review – Can You Earn Money Here?

As the name suggests Global Test Market is a global community offering online surveys to people in over 200 countries worldwide. The site is owned and operated by Lightspeed GMI. (formerly GMI insights) They currently have as many as 5.5 million members. They conduct market research for over 1400 clients in over 60 countries around the world. The company launched way back in 1999 making them one of the oldest market research firms in the world.

Global Test Market’s mission is to “provides a global solution for companies that wish to conduct online consumer research across multiple countries.” They also wish to give consumers the ability to majorly influence the developments of popular products and services through online paid surveys.

In 2014 they rewarded over £20+ Million to their members in cash and vouchers.

Taking Surveys at Global Test Market

The average amount of time it will take to fill in a questionnaire at Global Test Market is around 15 minutes, the minimum time is 5 minutes and the maximum is 30 minutes – 1 hour. The longer and more complex a survey is the more you will be paid for it.

The projects that you will participate in cover a wide range of different topics. As they have a huge client base all around the world, you will receive a high number of paid surveys from this company. This can range from 1 on a bad day anywhere up to as many as 5 per day.

Some users have recently reported that the amount of surveys they now receive has dropped substantially down to as little as 1 – 4 per month, although this could be attributed to members not filling in or updating their profile information.

Other Ways To Earn Money

As well as taking surveys you can earn an additional 20 points by referring your friends to the site. Your referrals must register and complete their first survey in order for you to earn any points.

If you don’t qualify (screened out) for a survey then you earn one entry into their periodic prize draws where you can win thousands of pounds in cash.

The Marketpoints Reward System

Unlike other survey sites like the CFS Panel or Survey Rewardz, Global Test Market doesn’t directly reward you with cash for your participation. Instead, they pay you in points called marketpoints which can later be used to redeem cash or gift cards.

There is a slight catch as to redeem your marketpoints you need to accumulate at least 1000. Once you have 1000 you can cash out for a $50 cash or gift card payment. (£50 in the UK)

To reach 1000 marketpoints you would probably need to take around 20 – 30 surveys in total. This shouldn’t be too difficult as the amount they send out per day tends to be fairly high.

There is no limit on how long you can take to redeem your points. (Your points do not expire)

Once you have made a redemption you may be waiting a while to receive your payment. Some members have reported it being as long as 4 – 6 weeks with others saying it can take as long as a few months. This seems to be quite common for the larger market research sites to take a long time to process their payments.

Excellent Privacy / Advertising Policy

They state in many places on their site that their website and privacy policy has solely been built to serve their members. They only share with their clients your personal opinions in an aggregated form about relevant survey topics. Your contact / personal information will never be sold or shared with any third parties or will you be the target of any marketing messages.

Concluding Thoughts

Global Test Market is a 100% legitimate site and you can definitely earn money here however it does have a couple of negative points.

It may take you quite some time and a fair amount of surveys in order to get to the $50 required to cash out. Once you do make a claim you will likely be waiting a number of weeks to receive your money.

We think that the 20 point referral bonus is fairly low and should be a little higher to encourage members to make more referrals.

Other than that the site is very easy to use and well presented. Reviews from members say that the customer support is good and can be very quick at answering any questions.

They have an excellent privacy policy that guarantees your personal information will not be shared with any third parties.

The company has recently launched a new survey app which allows you to take part in paid surveys whilst you are out and about. This is a great opportunity for you to earn some more cash.

Overall we would say that Global Test Market is a decent survey site which offers you an easy way to earn some extra money however long that may take!