Survey Site Review: IPoll. Grade: B

I have been using IPoll (formerly SurveyHead) for over a year and it IS possible to make as much as $100 in one year if you spend several hours doing it, and don't mind spending as much as 36 minutes for just $1.
How it works: You register and fill out the personal info and personal surveys. Then, each time you log in, there will be a list of surveys you can take. Sometimes there are more than 10, sometimes one or two, sometimes none. It depends on how often you log in and how many surveys you take. Some are sweepstakes entries which IMO are useless. I skip those. Often you will be 10 minutes into a survey or even almost done and it will tell you that you don't qualify or that they have enough responses. :( If you do finish it, it will take days to weeks to credit you and it will show up in your Rewards. Once you reach $10, you can cash out for a gift card. A  newer option is Paypal, IF you are a verified member with a bank account attached. I would prefer not to use Paypal as they are owned by Ebay who is a pretty shady company and they take fees for everything. BUT it depends on the survey company. Some cover that fee and you get the whole amount you earned. IPoll passes that fee onto YOU. For example, if you cash out $50, you will only receive $48 due to fees. (If you get an Amazon gift card, it's all yours.) Since you may have spent a total of an hour making that $2 you just had taken by Paypal, this option is one I am not a fan of unless you need money in your bank account and are willing to wait the few weeks it takes credit.
The only big issues I have had are having surveys that say you completed it, and then don't credit you or take you back to the page. Then you have to contact customer support, who will tell you to wait and see, then contact them again. Sometimes they honor it, sometimes they don't.
When you take a survey ALWAYS copy and paste the info- how much it's worth and the survey number. If it glitches and you don't have that info, you are SOL.

Pros:
+Almost always a survey available
+Pay in a dollar system instead of points.
+Most surveys are worth at least $1 instead of .50
+Surveys state ahead of time how much and how long
+Several gift card options

Cons:
-It can take a year of spending a few hours a night on surveys to reach $100
-Spending 30 minutes for $1 you may or may not get.
-Paypal payments have a fee taken out ($2 of $50)
-Payments and gift cards can take as long as 3-4 weeks to be credited.
-Surveys can take days or weeks to be credited in your balance.
-Often you all be kicked out mid-survey and receive no credit.
-Sometimes you complete a survey and are not credited due to a glitch.
-Companies that are offered as donations options are not all respectable, ethical companies (PETA)
Summary: The problems they have are ones that the majority of survey companies have as well (minus the paypal fees), but they do reward in dollars instead of points (where you can have thousands of points and still not enough for a gift card!) and tell you how much you will get- if it lets you finish and you qualify- and how long it will take. It is the survey company i make the most doing hands down. It's not perfect, but it is the best.