When you have a few minutes to spare between activities or while you're waiting at the doctor's office, doing surveys may be a fantastic way to kill time.  Thankfully, there are many of paid survey websites available for you to utilize.  There is nothing prohibiting you from using many survey sites to generate additional money, as each one may provide various surveys for you to complete.  I haven't discovered a favorite yet, but to be honest, I frequently forget that I have the applications installed on my phone.  Nevertheless, when I remember to utilize it, I've found LifePoints to be a decent alternative.  All of your inquiries concerning the platform will be addressed in this LifePoints evaluation.

What is LifePoints?

LifePoints is a platform that collects market research online through member surveys. The company benefits companies who want to gain insights into the reception of their products and the members who get rewards for participating. 

LifePoints came about when two other survey websites — MySurvey and GlobalTestMarket —  merged and rebranded into what we now know as LifePoints. The platform is operated by Lightspeed Research Limited, which also owned MySurvey and GlobalTestMarket. Before MySurvey, the company was known as National Family Opinion.

How Does LifePoints Work?

To use LifePoints, you must first become a member. During the signup process, you’ll be asked certain demographic questions to help pair you with the right surveys after you’ve logged into your account. Each survey will have a certain number of points called LPs assigned to it. Members can accrue those points by answering surveys and then eventually cash out for gift cards or PayPal cash back.

You can begin the sign-up process on the LifePoints website or the LifePoints mobile app. 

You can also sign in if you are already a LifePoints member. If you are a former MySurvey or GlobalTestMarket member, your account may have transferred to LifePoints.

If you want or need to create a new account, you can simply continue on. The sign-up process is very straightforward. To start, you need to provide your name and email address.

Next, you need to create a password. There are a few criteria you must meet to ensure you have a secure password.

The next steps ask questions that will help LifePoints match you with survey offers that are suitable for you. First, it asks for your gender and date of birth.

It also asks for your address to help match you with surveys that are relevant to where you live.

Finally, you need to agree to the terms and conditions. You can click links to read about the policies, terms, and conditions before you agree to them.

At this point, LifePoints will send a verification email to the email address you provided at the beginning of the sign-up process. After you’ve confirmed your email address, you’ll be sent back to the LifePoints page. LifePoints uses an interesting method to verify your identity — it asks questions about your address and personal identification information. 

Completing this step will help you earn your first points, called LPs. LifePoints will then send you to your dashboard. My browser brought me right from the dashboard to a questionnaire as well. There is no information provided about what the information is for, but I presume that it is to help build your profile and match you with surveys.

The first question it asked me was how many people live in my household.

Some questions allow you to select what you’d prefer not to say, like this question about who else lives in your household.

The next question I was asked is how many children under 18 live in my household. I wasn’t given the option to select more than two, and I imagine that’s because of the number of people living in my household.

You’ll be asked demographic questions as well, such as these:

You’ll also be asked about your household’s total yearly income. You can select that you don’t know or prefer not to answer. However, answering may help LifePoints match you with the surveys that are most appropriate to you.

LifePoints wants to know more than demographics, too. There are questions about your purchasing habits and lifestyle in this part of the process.

Other questions included my birth month and whether I owned a TV.

LifePoints also asks why you joined LifePoints. You can move on to the next question as soon as you start typing an answer.

The next question leads me to believe that LifePoints is asking you to type out answers to confirm that you’re a real person, not a bot.

That concludes the sign-up process for LifePoints. At this point, you’ll be encouraged to download the survey app if you haven’t already. You can also go through a tour of LifePoints.

How much does LifePoints cost?

LifePoints is 100% free to download, sign-up for, and use. There is no premium or paid version of LifePoints.

LifePoints features 

Quite a few companies offer paid surveys, and it can be difficult to decide which to use. LifePoint’s features may not provide as many ways to earn points as its competitors. However, several features make LifePoints a good option for most people.

Availability

LifePoints is available in over 26 different languages and 45 countries. It’s available in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, Sweden, the United States, and many more. People 16 years old or older can sign up to be a LifePoints member.

Variety of surveys

LifePoints offers a lot of surveys for every demographic. Each survey is designed based on the client that it is serving and the information that the client is looking for. As such, you can expect every survey to be different. The points assigned to a survey also vary based on the length of the survey and how soon the client needs it completed.

Points even if you don’t qualify

One of the most frustrating things about online survey sites is that sometimes you spend a few minutes answering questions only to find out that you don’t fit the profile that the client is targeting. LifePoints recognizes the frustration this can cause survey takers, so it rewards members with enough points for starting surveys they don’t qualify to finish.

LifePoints community

In addition to its website and app, LifePoints maintains a strong presence on social media. Its social media accounts allow active members to engage and stay up-to-date on the latest opportunities. LifePoints members can participate in competitions and sweepstakes that are posted on its social media accounts. 

Other earning potential

LifePoints is mostly for paid surveys, but there are other opportunities for members to earn LPs. This includes mini-polls and product testing on occasion. 

Who is LifePoints best for? 

People who like to take surveys

There’s a reason that people gravitate toward paid surveys — they’re fun! If you like to complete surveys and quizzes in your free time, LifePoints is a good way to build up points and make money for doing so. 

People who want a say

The surveys on LifePoints are more than just a way to pass the time. Some top brands use these surveys as market research to help get feedback on their products or brands. Participating in these surveys is a great way to impact a company's future and its products directly.

Who shouldn’t use LifePoints?

Anyone looking for a significant side income

As fun as they are, taking surveys is not a good way to make significant money online. While you can earn points and redeem them for LifePoints rewards, it doesn’t add up quickly enough to supplement or replace another source of income. 

People who are nervous about sharing their information

It is safe to use LifePoints and provide your personal details to the company. But some people just don’t like to share that kind of information, and that’s okay! However, you can’t use LifePoints without sharing the basic details required during sign-up.

Pros and cons

Pros

      ●    LifePoints offers points for surveys that you’ve started even if you don’t qualify to finish the survey.

      ●    There’s a wide variety of surveys to take.

      ●    You can use LifePoints on a desktop browser or mobile device.

Cons

      ●    LifePoints offers fewer earning opportunities than some of its competitors.

      ●    Points expire if you are inactive for 30 days from the day you sign up or in any 90-day period.

      ●    There isn’t much information about how the points translate to money to cash out on the websites

FAQs

Is LifePoints legit?

When it comes to making extra money online, it’s natural to worry whether you’re looking at something legitimate or if it’s a scam. Fortunately, LifePoints is one of many legitimate survey companies that offer paid online surveys for members. That being said, it doesn’t mean that survey platforms are perfect, and LifePoints is no exception. If you look at the Better Business Bureau (BBB) profile for Lightspeed Research, LifePoints’ parent company, you’ll see that there have been some complaints. Most of these complaints involve members who say their accounts were deleted for unknown reasons. It seems that many of the members with this complaint are former MySurvey members, and LifePoints is working with those members to restore their accounts and points.

Can you get referral points with LifePoints?

If you’re familiar with other survey panel sites, you’re probably aware of the referral program that most of them offer. These programs typically award points to members for sharing their referral code with friends after their friend signs up and begins using the platform. New members can often earn points from joining using someone’s referral code as well. Unfortunately, LifePoints does not appear to have a referral program. However, you can earn lifepoints just for signing up and completing your profile.

How many points do you need to cash out?

LifePoints is generally pretty user-friendly, but the points system can be confusing. LifePoints assigns point values that are subject to change. For example, you may need a different amount of points to cash out a specific prize, even if it has the same monetary value as another prize. You can cash out when you have at least $5 worth of points in your account. 

How long does it take to get your rewards?

It might take some time for you to see your LPs posted to your account. You can expect to see them posted to your account within 30 days after you complete a specific survey or sweepstakes entry. LifePoints recommends monitoring your points so you can reach out if you don’t see the points in your account within those 30 days. Once you have cashed out to redeem your rewards, it can take up to 10 days to receive your gift vouchers or the extra cash in your PayPal account.

How does LifePoints make money?

LifePoints is free to use and actually pays its members to use it, so you may be wondering how that’s possible. Survey sites like LifePoints make their money by working with businesses and retailers who are looking to gain insights into their target audience. Some companies just want to know about their audience’s buying habits, while others may want to get more specific to get feedback about a product in production. Either way, the companies who want to get the market research pay survey sites to host the survey. Then, the survey site uses the answers from the surveys to compile data for the companies.

The bottom line

LifePoints is a relatively new survey site, but the company behind the site has been around for quite some time. In fact, LifePoints is actually a rebrand of two brands that came before it — MySurvey and GlobalTestMarket. Like other survey sites, LifePoints asks its members to create a profile so that it can match each member with surveys that may apply to them. Members can take the surveys to earn points, which can later be redeemed for prizes such as gift cards or cash back through PayPal. 

A few things set LifePoints apart from some of its competitors. One of the main things is that LifePoints awards points to members even if they start a survey they don’t qualify for. Sometimes this happens when you begin a survey, but your answers indicate that you don’t fit the demographic the survey needs to gain insights. LifePoints also has a relatively low minimum to cash out, allowing members to redeem their points as soon as they have $5 worth of points in their account. The downside is that points expire after three years, so it’s important for members to keep track of their points and remember to redeem them before they expire. 

If you’re looking for a survey site that can help you pass the time and earn extra cash, there’s no harm in giving LifePoints a try. The sign-up process is easy and can be completed within minutes. Then, if you don’t like LifePoints for whatever reason, there’s no obligation to keep using it. You can cancel your LifePoints account at any time within your account settings.