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Pinecone Research Sign up link + review - Join & Earn Money for SurveysJoin Pinecone Research via our exclusive Pinecone Research Sign Up Banner or Sign Up Links Below!  Please make sure only ONE household member to sign up with Pinecone Research.

Pinecone Research – USA sign Up – OPEN

Pinecone Research – UK Sign Up – OPEN

Pinecone Research – Canada Sign Up – OPEN

Pinecone Research – Germany Sign Up – OPEN

Pinecone Research – France  Sign Up – OPEN

After you submit the registration form, enter the verification code sent by Pinecone via text or call, then Pinecone will send an email asking you to complete the registration survey. Once you complete the survey, you will receive a Welcome email that confirms you are accepted into the Pinecone Research panel!

Is Pinecone Research Free & Legit or a Scam?

Pinecone Research is absolutely free and legitimate. In fact, it is one of the most reputable market research panels. I have been a member with them for almost 10 years and I have always been paid.

Pinecone Research Rewards

Currently members earn points for completing online surveys. Each survey usually worth 300 points, and you can redeem points for:

  • Cash – can be direct electronic bank transfers or prepaid Mastercard .  Minimum cash out 300 points ($3)
  • Gift cards – including amazon gift cards and popular store gift cards such as Walmart, Target gift cards. This is new reward option!
  • Various merchandises/prizes
  • Charity donations

Please note that Pinecone has transitioned away from Paypal and now offers direct electronic bank transfers. In addition, they also offer virtual Mastercards and Amazon gift cards.

How to Join Pinecone Research?

To Join Pinecone Research, just click our exclusive Pinecone sign up link which takes you to the sign up form.  (Pinecone Research doesn’t accept members at their website, instead they recruit new members through advertising or member referrals, and you need to find a Pinecone sign up link or banner in order to join Pinecone Research Survey Panel)

Here is how to sign up for Pinecone Research in 2022 (detailed instruction)

To sign up with Pinecone Research, please follow these easy steps:

Step #1: Click one of sign up links below, fill out and submit the registration form.

Pinecone Research – USA  sign Up
Pinecone Research – UK  Sign Up
Pinecone Research –  Canada   Sign Up 
Pinecone Research – Germany  Sign Up
Pinecone Research – France  Sign Up

Step #2: Enter the verification code sent by Pinecone via text message or call. Pinecone texted me the code on my smart phone.

Step #3. Answer the registration survey.  Shortly after you enter the verification code, you will received an email subject “Pinecone Research Registration” that asks you complete a registration survey.

Step #4: Wait for the welcome email. I received welcome email the next day – subject of the email  was “welcome to the Pinecone Research Panel”. This welcome email provides your UserID, briefly explains your membership perks, as well as the link to your first survey!

The “Welcome” email confirms that you are accepted into Pinecone Research panel – you have become a member of Pinecone Research!

Above was my sign up process with Pinecone at the end of last year (December 2020). Your experience might be different due to demographic reasons. The verification process via mobile phone is new, convenient and fast! I was immediately accepted into the panel after being verified.

Pinecone Research Review

Pinecone Research is one of the best market research survey companies out there. They have a great reputation of being a reliable paying survey company, and have consistent survey opportunities for panel members.

Pinecone Surveys (how many surveys, product testing surveys etc.)

I generally receive 2-4 surveys from Pinecone every month, and I qualify about 90% of them.

In the past, members are rewarded a sweepstakes entry (no points) for each “household” survey. Household surveys are “screener” surveys used by Pinecone Research to determine potential paying surveys for panel members. And members are guaranteed to qualify for a paying surveys if they receive the survey invite.

Now Pinecone combines the “screener” questions into the paying surveys which means after the first few questions you might get screened out (disqualified) of the surveys. But if you qualify and complete the survey you will earn 300 points.

Pinecone survey’s screening process is very fast, usually only a few questions questions later (for me sometimes just two questions is enough), you will know if you are screened out or not.

Pinecone surveys often are related to grocery/food/household products. I have always looked forward to taking their surveys because I enjoy taking surveys about new products.  Their surveys generally take me about 10-15 minutes to finish, and sometimes you might get selected to do product tests. I have done quite some product testing surveys for them – you take the follow up survey about the product you tried and get paid for it!

Besides product testing surveys, sometimes Pinecone have surveys for kids or teens in the household to answer. Both of my kids have answered their surveys and they both loved it!

Survey Crediting and Payment

Currently Pinecone Research are paying panel members $3 (300 points) for each survey completed. After you successfully completed a survey, you will get an email the next business day subject “Pinecone Research: Credit Notification”. In the email, they will tell you the project/survey number you completed and credited for.

Pinecone Research offers members various popular gift cards and cash rewards. You can get paid cash by direct electronic bank transfers or Prepaid master card. 

They used to offer PayPal payment which is really fast – pretty much the next business day. Before they offer PayPal option, checks arrived very quickly as well (I once received a check even before invited for the survey!).

I have not redeemed any cash rewards recently, since I shop at amazon a lot so I just cashed out amazon gift cards now. The redeem process has always been really smooth – I usually receive the payment the next day and sometimes the same day!

So after I cash out amazon gift card, I would receive an order confirmation email like this:

Pinecone Research Surveys Reward Amazon
Pinecone Research Survey Rewards Payment – Amazon Gift Cards

Then later that day or next day, I received the email contains the amazon gift card code!

Member Support

I don’t have any recent experience regarding member support, because I haven’t encountered any issues since last joined Pinecone. In the past I have contacted Pinecone Research for support a couple of times – one time I received prompt response, the other time the reply really took a lot longer to arrive.

Pinecone Research Review Update – August 2022

I continue to receive 3-4 survey invitations every month. In June this year due to personal reason I took a break, only took one surveys. Last month July I completed 3 surveys. See screen shot below:

Pinecone Research Survey Credits Points
Pinecone Research Survey Credit 300 Points

Pinecone Research Surveys – Tips & Notes

#1: First, I want to remind everyone is it is AGAINST Pinecone’s policy/Term of use to talk about your survey and product testing experience with Pinecone publicly. When you sign up with Pinecone, you agree to keep everything confidential. And this is actually what you should do for ALL paid survey/market research companies.

#2: If you will be out of town for vacations etc and won’t be able to take surveys,  you can also let Pinecone know by updating your profile under “Availability” section.

#3: Sometimes at end of a survey, Pinecone might ask you if you are interested in testing a certain product for a manufacture. If you answer yes, it doesn’t mean you will receive the product to test. I have been asked numerous times of the same question, but I have only got a few chances to test products for Pinecone Research.

#4. Make sure to answer all survey invites – Pinecone monitors member participation and they might remove or lock those members who are unable to maintain acceptable participation levels.

#5. Be aware and avoid scams – there are scammers using Pinecone’s name and logo to scam people. They are #1: typically mystery shopping fraud check scam (don’t cash the check),  #2: E-mail phishing scam (don’t click the link in the fake survey emails) #3: Fake Facebook page that may ask for your login information. Pinecone claims that it does not have a Facebook presence, and will not ask you for your login credentials.

Pinecone Research FAQs & Updates

In this section, I will try my best to answer your questions about Pinecone Research that have not been addressed in this review, as well as recent Pinecone news or updates. Some questions are from the comments, and some are from emails I received from my readers. Feel free to let me know if you have questions that are unanswered!

How do I make my first redemption?

If you have joined the Pinecone panel in the last 30 days, your first redemption must be via bank transfer to verify your rewards account. After your first bank transfer redemption or 30 days of being an active Pinecone member (whichever occurs first) you will have the ability to redeem your points for any reward option in the reward catalog.

Does Pinecone Kick Out existing members?

Yes, Pinecone sometimes remove members from their database for no reason. I have heard many members complain about this. Personally my account had been deleted once but I re-joined Pinecone a couple of years later.

Does Pinecone Research have mobile apps?

I couldn’t find a Pinecone mobile app, neither Android nor iOS. However, Pinecone website is mobile friendly,  so I assume that you can take Pinecone surveys from your mobile devices.

Final Thoughts & Get Started

I really think anyone who are interested in online surveys and product testing should join Pinecone Research. Yes I make more money with a number of other good paid survey sites, but Pinecone is still one of my favorite. They have interesting surveys and product testing opportunities, surveys generally are easy and short. Pinecone Research is fair and very reliable, and they are the fastest paying survey company! I highly recommend Pinecone Research!

Pinecone Research Sign Up Registration Link & Review

To get started with Pinecone Research, please click following sign up links to join their panels, and make sure to fill out your profile survey to be accepted!

Pinecone Research – USA sign Up – OPEN
Pinecone Research – UK Sign Up – OPEN
Pinecone Research – Canada  Sign Up – OPEN
Pinecone Research – Germany  Sign Up – OPEN
Pinecone Research – France  Sign Up – OPEN

Are you a member of Pinecone Research Panel? If not, I suggest you sign up with Pinecone Research and give them a try! If you are a member, please feel free to share your Pinecone review and survey experience!  Let me know if you have any questions!
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  2. [quote name=mlynn]Just heads up – Pinecone UK sign up link updated, it’s working now! :-)[/quote] sorry to bother you but when i try to register at the uk site it says that they are not taking in new people with the household alias that i have. It also said that my application will we active for a few days just in case they are taking people with the household alias like mine. Dose it mean that i cannot join or i will get an email after a few days like you mentioned above. Can you please give me some tips so that i can sign up? Shall i try again? Thanks in advance.

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  7. Yeh having the same problem with the uk link. Also where can i find the newsletter. Have looked on the main menu but no mention of Newsletter.

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  9. Hi diana – please try again. Pinecone US Link updated. 🙂

    Heather – Welcome! 🙂

    Hannah – Please check back in a few days.

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  14. Hi, can you guys come back in a few days. Usually Pinecone will make a new sign up link available after the previous one expired.

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  16. please send a us link or adress to a banner for pinecone ,will trade my points link if wanted email me “mejustjoy at yahoo dot com”

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  21. Hi Sarah, I just updated the Pinecone UK sign up link, it is working now, please try again. Thanks for the heads up!

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  25. Update – I receive 2 surveys a month and qualify for both of them, the same as it was in 2010. I have done a few products tests for them. I haven’t had any problems with them.

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  26. [quote name=sonia]Where do I sign up to PineCone Research USA? there is no where for me to register on their website![/quote]Hi Sonia, use the Pinecone USA sign up link in this article (near top).

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  31. Please help.I heard this is an awesome site to get into,and the Canadian link is closed.So will it be opened again?Any help would be most appreciated.Thank you.

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  32. I’ve been with this company for a couple of years now and I’ve never had to worry about getting paid. I know I get $3 everytime I complete a survey.

    I’m surprised that they’re not accepting males between 25-35 because I was always told by survey experts that males are much harder to get.

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  34. [quote name=mlynn]Hi Jennie – Pinecone US Link updated, try it again. Thanks for the heads up. :-)[/quote]
    Looks like they aren’t looking for anyone new within my age range 25-35 or my cousins age range 18-24 or my fathers age range 55 and over Not sure what they’re looking for. :0

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  35. [quote name=mlynn]Hi Jennie – Pinecone US Link updated, try it again. Thanks for the heads up. :-)[/quote]
    Thank you so much! It works

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  46. Hi Nicole, Yes there is a new sign up link available for Pinecone UK. I have updated it and now the UK link is working. 🙂 Thanks for the heads up! 🙂

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  47. Hi, thanks for these links, however the UK one seems to be broken, it says “Registration Error”. Any chance you could check it out?
    Thanks! 🙂

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  51. Hi everybody! – I just received an email from Pinecone saying "Pinecone Research is Growing" and asking me to refer friends and families to join Pinecone USA and the email contains the new Pinecone sign up link!! Use the link in the post to sign up right now!

    Following is the email:
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    Dear MEI:

    PineCone Research is growing and we invite you to help! We are offering select members the opportunity to recommend membership to a friend or relative who is NOT a member of their household.

    Do you know of households that would like to join the PineCone Research Panel? If so, please FORWARD A COPY of this email to each household you would like to refer so that they may click on the registration link shown below. That household should complete the registration form themselves and submit it. REMEMBER THAT ONLY ONE PERSON PER HOUSEHOLD MAY REGISTER. Multiple registrations of the same Household will void all registrations.

    Here is the link to the registration:

    [link removed – please use the protected link in my post above to sign up]

    As a member in good standing, you’ve already seen the benefits of being part of PineCone Research. So please, share the benefits of membership with a friend. Don’t forget, please don’t tell them about any of the products that you have seen in our questionnaires or tried in your home. Remember, it’s important that your PineCone Research survey and product testing experiences remain confidential.

    If your referral has any questions, they can email us at scott@pineconeresearch.com or click on the attached links to learn more about PineCone Research.

    http://www.pineconeresearch.com//about.HTM
    http://www.pineconeresearch.com//policy.htm

    While this is not a paid referral program, we genuinely appreciate your help in spreading the word that PINECONE IS GROWING!

    Thank you,
    Karen Scott
    Web site: http://www.pineconeresearch.com

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  55. Yes Stacey, looks like the link JUST expired. Don’t worry – come back in a few days I am sure Pinecone will make another sign up link available. Thanks for the heads up.

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  59. Hi Jade, yes that old link just expired. I just updated it with a new working link. Please try again and let me know if you encounter any problems. Thanks for the heads up! 🙂

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  62. I try to sing in to Pine Cone but the link is not working or expired
    So let me know when the link is work cuz some friend are registered in Pine Cone and tell me this website and research is good I’m very interesting in register
    Thanks

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  67. Uk link just takes me to ‘HTTP 500 Internal Server Error’ page- is it broken?

    If possible, could anyone refer me if there is a chance?

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  68. Hi Lauren – the pinecone US sign up link works now..good luck.
    Natalie – unfortunately I don’t Pinecone open to Bahamas 🙁

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  70. I tried the signup link here awhile ago (week or two?)but never got confirmation.
    So I went to email them and my email can’t be found 🙁
    I used to be a member years ago- by far my fave survey company. I got to test really nifty things.

    I just hope the link works again soon.

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  71. Hi Tyler, I think it’s a technical problem at Pinecone’s end..maybe come back later (in a couple of days) and try again.

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  72. Hi, I’m afraid there’s a problem with the USA link. Every time I complete the form it takes me to a page that says the page cannot be found. Can this be fixed or does it mean that they closed?
    Thanks

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  73. I’ve been a member of Pinecone’s for at least a few years. If you speed through their surveys or open duplicate accounts, they WILL dump you. I actually like that about the site. It’s good to have standards 🙂

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  74. Hi Robin, sorry that link has expired. I just uploaded the new working Pinecone sign up link. Thanks for the heads up!

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