UPDATE: Greenfield Online Mergered with Toluna at early 2010.

Since 1994, Greenfield Online serves the online data collection needs of more than 300 market research firms including the largest research companies in the industry and help companies get closer to their consumers by gathering consumer feedback. Greenfield Online is considered one of the leading online panel companies in the industry.


Compensation/Rewards
Greenfield Online rewards members cash (via Paypal) and/or sweepstakes entries for taking online surveys.

Greenfield Online offers members cash rewards and sweepstakes entries for taking their surveys. You can request payment from their website after login your account, and they pay via check or Paypal. I have cashed out by Paypal twice and it takes about 2 - 4 weeks to receive payment. 

There is NO minimum cash-out requirement.

Age Requirement:
At least 13 years old to join Greenfield Online Panel

Open to Countries:
United States, Canada

My Experience:
I joined Greenfield panel around November 2004. At that time I have to say I was not happy with them - it seemed all the surveys are just for sweepstakes and I didn't get credit for the cash surveys I took! I was angry like lot of others and almost gave up on them.  However, starting March 2005, I noticed improvement of Greenfield, and they were getting better and better! Since then, I have not experienced any problems with Greenfield in terms getting paid.

Many of  them surveys from Greenfield Online just offer sweepstakes entries, but Greenfield Online does have many cash surveys, and they also have more online focus groups/interactive surveys that pay much more than regular paid surveys. For me, besides cash surveys, I have had the opportunities to do their online focus groups/interactive paid surveys almost at least a few times a year.

Greenfield started offering Payapl options last year late 2007.  Since then I have cashed out a few times and I have received my cash payment via Paypal within about 2 - 4 weeks.

Overall, Greenfield Online is a great online paid survey panel, and I definitely recommend them!!

UPDATE: Greenfield Online Mergered with Toluna:

Email recevied from Greenfeild on December 22, 2009:
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Greetings Mei,

Recently you were notified of the upcoming changes to our rewards program. We are writing you today with a special update regarding the future changes that will take place to your member account. On January 5th, 2010, your Greenfield Online and Toluna accounts will be combined into one, and your account will solely be accessible through the Toluna website. Effective this date, you will no longer have access to your Greenfield Online account.

During this transition, you will not need to take any action. Your membership and any rewards you may have accumulated will be automatically transferred to your account on the Toluna website. Additionally, your existing Greenfield Online account balance will seamlessly roll over to points, and will be combined with your existing Toluna account balance. You will not lose any earnings during this period.

As a final reminder, if you would like to redeem your Greenfield Online earnings prior to this transition, please do so before 4PM EST on January 4th, 2010.

Our team is very excited to have a unified Community where members are encouraged to interact with another and share their opinions with decision makers around the globe.

As we move forward, we will be carefully reviewing your thoughtful feedback. Our team is dedicated to delivering the best possible experience and is always striving to make improvements that matter to you.

Please continue to share your thoughts at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . We genuinely appreciate your continued participation and look forward to a rewarding 2010!