Get Paid for Your Opinions

Test&Vote is slightly different from other survey sites I've come across in that you don't have to rely on getting invitations for completing surveys, but have several other ways of earning points or getting free items.

• 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:

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

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. The amount earned will depend on the length of the survey and unusually, you often also earn a small amount if you respond to an invitation but don't meet the criteria for the survey. Ciao pays in cash, unlike many sites which offer only gift vouchers

For UK residents sign up at Ciao UK. For other countries, sign up with the Ciao site at http://www.ciao-surveys-international.com/.

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.

OpiStat is a European Research Institute that measures Internet usage and survey participants according to their profiles and online habits. Their surveys are short and rewarded and are currently available in the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

Bonopolis - German speaking countries. Not currently accepting new members but you can leave your e-mail details for them to contact you at a later date.

WebTest Austria - German speakers

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

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.

Comentis Germany

Proof - Croatia

i-analytic - German

meine-Meinung Germany

NetSurvey Panel (Based in Sweden, International except USA)

Surveys Over Net- Slovenia, I believe

Trendbox Netherlands

Russian Focus Groups. (I think!)

Testraum- Germany

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.

Onquest - German site. Available in German and English. Appears to be international in scope.

http://www.directpanel.com French survey site

www.aq-services.com are looking for Assessors in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and Switzerland to carry out mystery shopping assignments, either in person or by telephone. Fees vary from the reimbursement of expenses to 40 euro an hour, depending on the length, intensity and type of assessment.

Netsonda - Portuguese site.

http://www.distrigame.com - French site. Play games, earn points, exchange for gifts.

AKOOR A new site to earn cash. Play and participate in the games. You get 1000 points for sign up. You earn for your 1st referral level 4 % of their winning prizes. You earn for your 2nd and 3rd referal level 2 % and 1% of their winning prizes. You can also create your own games. If they receive a good audience and if they are played by the other players, you earn more points. Every month for every game you have created your points are changed in kooras. French speaking countries only

Prizee.com is a French site, but open worldwide. Site is available in English or French. You can earn cash or prizes by playing instant scratch card type games. You get a few free games every day and can stake your winnings to get more games. With prizes starting at 1 cent you are virtually guaranteed a few minor wins every day which do add up. You also earn a percentage of the winnings of your referrals.

If you want bonus cards without paying then sign up for a free surf toolbar with Eurokiddies (sorry this site is only in french) and you can earn points exchangeable for Maxpacks (or cash if you prefer). There are also several other game sites where you can earn points to exchange for MaxPacks, or win cash or other prizes. See our scratchcard site for details.

http://www.earny.com French site. Earn points for playing quizzes and exchange for cash or goods.

http://www.kapoo.com French site. Earn cash for shopping online and responding to offers, plus cash for referrals.