Right after you complete 5 surveys after days of scavenging, dozens of short, 5 star surveys start popping up after you JUST had a drought 30 seconds ago. Then the streak disappears after you have completed your 2nd survey. Super convinced this company hides good surveys from you.
I noticed every time someone posts on here that they have made over 10/20 dollars on five surveys or any type of survey app there's a group of people that come on here and bash them simply because they can't do it. This is about 4/5 hours on and off today. That is $50 just for today and I am getting ready to cash out another $5 before the day ends. It's very possible to make decent side money but you have to pay attention to certain questions, certain surveys, be patient, and stay consistent. Once you get the hang of that and stick to surveys that are around 5/10 minutes long you'll be fine. If you've spent more than 10 minutes you're doing something wrong !!! Leave it and start something else
Q: Can I make a living from Five Surveys
A: If you have no rent or mortgage to pay and can live on Sundries (general / any money coming in) sure, but be prepared to eat steak and beer on one day and vegemite / cheap cola on another. If most of your salary / income goes on mortgage / bills but live on the grain, it can also provide a bit of extra cash in your pocket as a luxury for groceries, and being honest, it can work under that setup. I'd be a hypocrite for saying that it hasn't got me out of sh*t street for food once or twice because it has, but doesn't discount the wider picture here. Something I hate above all else is dishonesty, I could be on my last tenner and split it in half if someone needed to eat with me.
Q: I made $45 today, I really don't see why others struggle to make that, they must be giving contradicting answers or really bad at surveys
A: No. This subreddit is about Five Surveys which runs under Prime Insights engine, basically the same software that runs Top Surveys etc. but ran under the hood by a different operator who pays Prime Insights to run the website and they lease the domain and hold the branding. They choose the 5 Surveys > payout option, it could be pay as you go, points, bars (like this site) or anything, but underneath it's the same old software running the decision making and survey routing.
I cannot go into detail around process and patterns because there are Prime Insights staff who look at these threads and it would be too easy to divulge openly for them to adapt, however anybody who is willing to get in touch, I can discuss the nooks and crannies.
Q: Why do I get reduced surveys quickly, even sometimes on the 2nd bar, then when I reach the 5th bar, it resets and I get maximum tiles again?
A: Because that is how the software is designed. Maximum friction, modest payout. Without going into too much detail as again, its open reading to the Prime Insights people, basically you are capped based on behavioural signals. This could range from anything from speeding through surveys to reach payouts to getting screened out on the website with pre screening. When it decides you are throttled, you will be paced according to luck and quota at the time.
Q: I am a new user, I get "technical error, please contact support" when I try to cash out and disqualified on all surveys, why is that?
A: It means your account is banned, Five Surveys do not have a direct and honest approach to this, but if the claim button doesn't work and you are not able to launch surveys despite tiles, you are unfortunately shadow banned and cannot appeal. Do not waste your time contacting support, they are minimum wage agents who have no system access and cannot change anything at all. Once again, there are more details around this on request but it is not for open forum.
Q: Are the half surveys worth doing
A: An inaccurate way of describing Prime Insights as a whole since it all runs the same software is like traffic shaping on the internet. It runs through a core engine and manipulates the schism. Yes, some may take 3-4 minutes, but most run through the same payout algorithm as a full survey would... and in fairness, some do actually credit as a full survey despite launching as a half bar, but most do not correspond correctly to effort with full / half.
They also strongly throttle your ability to ride half surveys on this basis, notice how similar to reaching 5 surveys, all the opportunities light up atfter 5 surveys. It calculates cost versus input from 0 to 5 bars, and its designed to make damn sure you haven't cashed 5¿ of any currency in your region unless you've earned it.
Q: I know Top Surveys, Prime Opinions etc. so is that linked to Five Surveys?
A: Yes, it is. Its the exact same software, customised on a client basis for companies willing to throw cash behind a domain and pay Prime Insights to run the engine behind it. Support agents wise, I haven't been able to clarify, but based on my understanding, the reason they are so utterly useless, is because pretty much anything beyond canned response level, needs to be forwarded to Prime Insights to pull the data from and then for them to forward back an excuse to either rip you off.... or rip you off. That should sum it up nicely.
Q: How much do Five Surveys get paid versus the one bar > ¿1 (your currency)?
Its not really easy to say, however rest assured that surveys completed on full, are paid at least ¿1, often more. You may occasionally get an easy survey but often times it is an AI / media firm paying good quota money for low input but high quality output data, these can be up to ¿2.50 where they are considered the high class escort of survey taking and some users on certain apps that shall not be named but everyone can guess get offered on an algorithm/loyalty basis but happen to spring up on Prime Insights from day to day. Of course, you are only paid one bar as a reward metric regardless of survey value. So, do with that, what you will... or more appropriately choose.
Q: Why are you posting this?
A: Because I am sick to death of playing into a system which is heavily aggressive towards users but ironically crooks within their own setup, I almost admire abusive users more than genuine, not literally I love both sides with a big red heart, but because if the scales were and have for a long time been balanced, they would be making so much more out of you, than they (users) could ever make out of them. Bootstrapping bad AI/ML never works, it just reduces their user base and margins which hasn't been unnoticed the last 24 months.
Q: Is there anything I can do to stop this?
A: No, not really. I'd love this to be some magical ad that leads to a winner formula, but the fact is, there isn't any snake oil. I'm posting this because honesty is the posion above honesty. But like I said, on certain points, if anyone needs clarification around Prime Insights, I'm happy to help but don't be surprised if I'm automatically suspicious that you are P.I staff 😆 so I'd rather you didn't contact me but if you must, I'm happy to give tips, and if you're someone from Prime Insights then do make my day by pretending not to be 🤣 I'm up always up for a laugh that's the next best currency over Euros.
This app plays games with you for hours, codes the system to where you are at the 4th bar and they completely fuck you over, I got screened out at 99 2 times and I wanna cry so bad, these fuckers made me watch an hour movie for one singular dollar, I clicked off that shit...
Not to mention when I contacted support 2 times they gave me the same exact paragraph they always give you when they are on bullshit which is all the time
I've completed 3 surveys now and I got screened out right after I finish and they thank me for completing the whole survey. WTF is wrong w five surveys? They can't help at all and I just feel scammed of my time. That shit took like 2 hours just for them to screen out after completion. How is that fair ffs
I always used the same zip code, the same job title, description, salary. Consistent answers will allow you to eventually get screened out less often. But it is definitely possible to make money.
Tips.
Never not cash out, always cash out at $5. Remember it's not a bank so don't use it like one.
Two in one surveys.
Surveys that screen you out at the end when you complete the whole survey.
Surveys that automatically disqualify when you aren't the exact or specific demographic that the providers want.
Surveys labeled as full surveys but only credit you for half.
Surveys that lie about survey length.
Survey hosts that do any of these things should be banned from the platform. It is so scummy especially the ones that blatantly steal your information and waste your time without crediting you.🤬
Although I’ve had terrible luck with the surveys, I found great success with the gaming section. I have yet to spend a single dime on any of the games, raid shadow legends has been my most profitable.
I recently started using fivesurveys and I gotta say, it’s better than Qmee although that’s a nice survey app but I barely get any screen outs! 🤩
I happen to have seen the same survey as I did on another profile but launched as a half survey and the other full bar survey. Not to mention they're between 8-12 minutes which is not far off the tier for a full bar.
Anyone noticed that?
I've been trying to get this one survey for about 5-6 hours and still can't get it. The system is down or what?
They banned me once originally it was supposed to be removed May 7, but earning through referrals was a big mistake because now I’m banned forever. I’ve stopped taking surveys on this site months beforehand because it went to shit as expected. I should’ve known better.
Just so you idiots know some people are really desperate for money, which is why they come here. You don’t know if people are really struggling out there. You don’t know if this is the only way some people are able to eat everyday. I just hope you know that you’re stealing from less fortunate people, and I hope you feel good about yourselves.
Avoid any offer that requires significant time or effort on this site. They are happy to take your data and your sign-ups, but they aren't paying out the rewards. I have 3 to 4 different high-value payouts currently missing, and Five Surveys just "closed" my tickets with a generic, copy-paste excuse about tracking.
I did everything by the book:
Clean installs on every single offer.
Tracking permissions 100% enabled.
No VPN, no private relay, no exceptions.
Timestamped screenshots of every milestone and completion.
I’ve sent them ironclad evidence, and they are still refusing to credit my account. It’s clear they are pocketing the commissions from these providers while stiffing the users who did the work. It’s a total bait-and-switch.
**To the Five Surveys team:** I request that you manually credit my account for these missing payouts immediately. I have already researched your parent company, **Prime Insights Group LLC**, and the specific regulatory bodies that oversee these types of deceptive business practices.
**To the community:** If this isn't resolved. I will be posting a **Step-by-Step Reporting Guide** here. I’ll include the templates and direct links I’ve prepared for:
The **FTC** (for bait-and-switch fraud).
The **Better Business Bureau**.
The **State Attorney General’s** Consumer Protection Office.
The **App Store/Google Play** (reporting the app for fraudulent activity).
Don't trust them with your time or effort on anything "high-value." Stick to the basic $1 surveys if you have to use it, but know that they will "lose the tracking" the moment you earn a real reward.
First wait 72 hours. Then wait 72 business hours. After 72 business hours wait 48 hours. What is this garbage? Why do you offer something if you can’t deliver it? It’s not like you’re not screwing us over with the surveys anyways. This is for the $10 reward btw. If I messed up lmk. But I don’t think I have and someone needs to do something before I charge it all back.