Toluna Surveys Review

Toluna Surveys Reviews
Overall Ranking: 35/100
Price: Free
Owners: Frederik-Charles Petit
Website: www.toluna-group.com

The above website is their main website for Toluna, they have different websites for different countries around the world. I am in South Africa so the website I went to was https://za.toluna.com

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Introduction: What is Toluna

Toluna is an international survey company that pays users to take online surveys. They appear to have a very good reputation. For every survey you complete you are rewarded points which can be cash in for gift cards or cash.

They also have a community section which doesn’t interest me as I am not interested in socializing, my goal is making money. Perhaps some people would find it fun and entertaining.

I tried using them a few years ago and stopped. To be honest I can’t remember why I stopped using them but it must have been because it is not an opportunity to earn anything worthwhile. I can’t remember them being a scam.

Looking around their website I found that 40 000 points must be accumulated to cash out, however they don’t state what the value of these points are.

So I headed over to the Rewards Centre to see if there is any more information on the value of the points. Here the information given is different and varies according to what you want to do with your points. It appears you can buy a Toluna key ring for 10 000 points. No thank you!

You can cash out via Paypal with a minimum of 20 000 points and the value of this is R100. At the current exchange rate that equals $8.06. You can also get gift cards for various stores. Takealot is a great online store in South Africa where I often buy nappies for my baby. However the large box of nappies I buy is usually R299 which means I am probably going to be slogging away to get to use that.

Now remember that I had already registered a long time ago and not bothered coming back, well lucky me! I had 1960 points when I came back. I know they give 500 points for setting up your profile so I must have done a few surveys before I lost interest.

I head on over to the surveys on offer to see what else I can earn and try refresh my memory. The survey tells me I can earn 3000 points. I click on it and I am told I need to answer some screening questions first. And they ask where I live, what my age is and my gender.

Then they ask me 3 questions about laundry detergent. I can see these are popular brands and they ask me which I have bought, which I use now and which I would consider using in the future.

I am then kicked out of the survey for not fitting their requirements.

I click on Take Another Survey and get told I am being redirected and then I am asked for my postal code which I put in. I get an error message and can’t continue even though my postal code is correct? Well I can’t do anything about that but I am annoyed.

I go to see if there is anything else available for me that I can try. And the all too familiar message from most survey companies pops up. There is nothing available.

There are only a few sections to Toluna and it appears there are only 2 ways to earn here. Through surveys and through product testing. Since there are no surveys available for me I check out product testing. There is nothing available here.

I left it for the day since there was nothing else I could do. I spent about an hour fiddling around and trying to find something that would give me points, but had no luck. The next day I went onto the website to see if there was anything available.

There were still no products available for testing, but there was a Lifestyle Survey where I could earn up to 3000 points. The survey took me through 13 questions which where based around my age, gender, what industry I work in and what facilities I have at my home. Here is an screenshot of one of the questions.

After answering these questions I was once again told that I don’t fit the criteria for this survey and that there are no more surveys available. A pop up window came up saying I can earn 100 points by updating some items on my profile. I fill this in.

I then go and check out what my points are. I now have 2190 points, so they have given me the 100 points for the above profile update and 30 points for today’s survey that I don’t qualify for. So I have made R0.77 which at the current exchange rate is $0.06.

I pop in a day later and the day after that. There is nothing available for me. The following day there is a survey available to do with work Lifestyle and I can earn up to 3000 points. I answer 7 questions and then I am told once again I don’t qualify.

Once again a pop up window comes up telling me I can earn 100 points immediately by updating profile questions. i find this strange as my profile is 97% complete and the only thing I have decided not to do is sign up for sms notifications of surveys. I answer the questions and then go check out my points. I now have 2320 points so once again I have made the 100 points for updating my profile and another 30 points for the survey I didn’t qualify for.

I decide to once again not bother with Toluna.

Is Toluna a Scam?

No, I don’t think Toluna is a scam.

Can you make money with Toluna?

In one week I earned a total of 260 points checking in daily. This is R1.54 ($0.12) and not something I see worth my time. This is also the second time I tried Toluna.

My Verdict for Toluna

I think it will take months so make the payout threshold with Toluna. If you look at the last screenshot it appears the members can make polls and answer them as well as get involved in discussions. There is no way to make money from that, it is a social thing which I have no interest in. There are sweepstakes where you can trade in points to be entered into a draw to win prizes. I have no interest in trading points in the hopes I will win a prize.

My goal is always to try and see if I can make money. This is not the way for me!

Have you had any experience with Toluna? Please leave a comment and tell us about it.