What is Crowdology About? Read My Review and Make Money!
MAJOR UPDATE! Folks, major changes have happened at Crowdology and my account there is no more. It appears they’ve changed it to where only residents of the UK can participate. This is definitely disappointing considering I had been a member of them for awhile and had made around $300 from the many surveys I’ve completed. If you are outside of the UK and had an account with Crowdology, even if you had money from surveys you completed, your account will be closed. This was one of the few survey sites I originally highly recommended 🙁
Update: Below is a video showing what the inside of Crowdology is like. You’ll see what my current earnings are as well as attempts to take a survey and see various other aspects of Crowdology.
Crowdology
Name: Crowdology
Website: www.crowdology.com
Price: Free
Overall Rank: 65 out of 100
Crowdology Overview
Crowdology is a survey site where you can take surveys to earn money. It has surprisingly been a good one for me so far. Unlike some other survey sites though, there is no affiliate program with this so you can’t earn money by referring others to it. Nevertheless, I still think it is one that is worth your time.
First off, I will tell you that in general, it is not a highly reviewed survey site meaning it does not have a lot of positive reviews. Nevertheless, it is free and since I saw a YouTube video talk about it, I decided to give it a try. If it doesn’t work or isn’t worth my time, then that is ok.
When you first come to the website, you’ll see on the front page a nice looking layout and a little description saying that you can earn up to $10 per survey that’s completed. I will tell you though I have yet to see a survey that offers $10 for completing it. The highest I have gotten paid for survey completion is $5. Some might be turned off by that and say that this is just another bogus survey site with outrageous claims. Read on though as I’m not going to say that about this survey site.
Signup Process
The signup process to Crowdology is pretty easy. All you do is provide your first and last name, your email address, select whether you’re male or female, your zip code, and then accept their terms and conditions. You’ll also want to choose a pretty good password.
Once that is done, your account will be setup after you click the signup button. The next thing that will happen after your account is setup is that you’ll be brought to the main dashboard of the site. This is where you’ll go immediately after logging in. What you’ll see on the dashboard is some rectangular boxes towards the top that will show you total surveys available for you to take, the percentage of your profile that’s completed, the total amount of money you’ve made under rewards, and your account.
There’s also a section on the left side of the dashboard that will show your first name as well as the number of surveys you’ve completed and also the level you’re at which is dependent on the number of surveys you’ve completed. I’m currently at the platinum level with a total of 140 surveys completed so far. You’ll also see how many surveys you’ll need to complete before unlocking the next level.
Surveys
Now we’re getting to the fun part which is the surveys themselves. In the middle of the dashboard, you’ll see an area that says Latest Surveys. In that section you’ll sometimes see a list of surveys that you can choose to complete and other times there won’t be any surveys listed at all, but you can click a button called Find a Survey if you’re wanting to try to complete some.
I will have to mention that you will not qualify for every survey that you try out. A lot of times they are looking for certain people and demographics to complete surveys, but the more complete your profile is, the better the chances are that they will send you surveys that will more closely match your profile and can qualify for.
It will get a little frustrating at times because there might be several surveys in a row that you might not qualify for, but don’t give up. Just keep trying and I promise you will come across one that you do qualify for and each survey has a different payout. The lowest I’ve seen is $0.50 while the highest I’ve come across is $5.00.
There will be many ranges of surveys such as politics, grocery shopping, technology use, food, drinks, sports, household activities, tv viewing habits, health, travel, and more. I’ve done many of these kinds of surveys and the time length to complete them varies. Some last from 5 to 10 minutes, but can also be longer and sometimes up to 30 minutes. Usually though if a survey takes up to 30 minutes to complete, it’ll be a decent payout for it.
Payout
Let’s talk about how you get paid. You do have to reach a certain threshold before you can withdraw rewards you’ve accumulated, but the good news is that it doesn’t take too long to reach that threshold. I know a lot of people might not like having to reach thresholds in order to get paid, but Crowdology doesn’t have the thresholds very high and with the amount of rewards you accumulate from each survey that’s completed, you’ll feel that it didn’t take long at all.
There are 3 different methods you can choose from in order to get your money. Two of them I’m familiar with, but the third I have never used. You can cash out using PayPal, Amazon, and what’s called GCodes. I’m not familiar with GCodes at all and what I also find a little bit interesting is that in the FAQ section of Crowdology, it mentions nothing of choosing that particular payout method.
What I ended up finding about GCodes after doing some research, is that it has to do with gift codes. If you want to learn more about them, you can check it out here. Personally, I prefer using PayPal. I like that I can use my PayPal address and it sends it right to my account whenever I’m ready to cash out. It can take anywhere from a day or two to reach my PayPal account.
Getting back to payment thresholds, you just need to reach $8 to cash out through PayPal and $10 to cash out through Amazon which will be a gift certificate to use at Amazon. There is something I find a little annoying though when you’re ready to receive payment through PayPal. Apparently, you can only cash out $12 at a time so if you have let’s say $60 and you’re ready to cash out, you can’t do it all at once, you’ll have to do it multiple times. I don’t quite understand why they do it this way, but in the end, I still get the total amount that I’ve earned.
Is Crowdology worth your time?
My answer to this question is yes. Believe it or not, Crowdology ranks as the highest in terms of getting paid the most from any survey site I’ve ever tried. I’ve never had any issue receiving the money I’ve earned thus far and I’ve never had to contact their customer service for any reason.
I’ve earned over $100 though it took a little while to achieve that, probably around a month and a half to two months, but that was $100 I didn’t have before. I was able to pay part of a bill with that and go out to a restaurant that I hadn’t been to in awhile so it was definitely worth my time.
The only reason I don’t give Crowdology extremely high ratings is because it is not a long term way to make a full time income. It’s great for earning a little extra money here and there for some pocket money or saving up for something, but as far as sustainable long term income, this is not the place to do that. As I mentioned earlier, there’s not even an affiliate program to refer others for some more money and you won’t qualify for every survey. There’s a survey site out there though in which you will qualify for every survey they send you and always get paid for completing it, but they payouts aren’t as high and the payment threshold is a bit higher. If you want more information about that particular survey site, check out my review.
With that being said, you can’t beat earning something for free and using a little bit of your time so if you’re looking for a little extra money to help with a bill or maybe going out for entertainment purposes, this is something that can help with that. If you’re wanting to earn a scalable, long term income that will eventually allow you to quit your job and do the things you’ve always dreamed of, there is definitely a place I recommend for that and you can read my review of that place here.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:32 am
Crowdology sounds like a good opportunity to make a little extra cash in my downtime. I noticed you said the most you saw for a survey was $5, what are the average amounts you can get doing surveys? Also, I know you said you can only cash out $12 at a time to PayPal, but can you send multiple requests at the same time? In your example you had $60, can you send 5 cash out claims at once? Thank you for your help!
January 5, 2020 @ 5:42 am
Hi Travis! The average amount I generally receive for doing surveys is anywhere from $0.80 to $2.00. Yes, you can send multiple requests, but they have to be in multiples of $12 since that is the threshold. They won’t let you cash out anything less than $5.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:35 am
Hello Brian, Thank you for writing on What is Crowdology About? Read My Review and Make Money. I enjoyed a lot while reading your review and find it useful for everyone like me. Crowdology is great for earning a little extra money but not a long term way to make a full time income. You are doing an awesome work for people to find some good earning sites for some extra money. Keep this grate work up.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:43 am
Glad you enjoyed my review of Crowdology. Is there anything in particular that you have questions
January 5, 2020 @ 5:37 am
Hi there! It’s the first time I heard about this website crowdology. Is it really worth it for people who want to make extra money and from home doing surveys. I will be definitely trying to put some on my schedule. Thank you for sharing this review with us I will share it with my friends.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:46 am
As long as you look at Crowdology as a way to earn a little bit of extra money, then yes, it is worth your time. It’s free to join and can be done in any free time that you may have. Glad you liked the
January 5, 2020 @ 5:38 am
I had never heard of Crowdology before reading your article. I am interested in giving it a try so I am going to book mark this article. I enjoy writing but have no idea which surveys I would be qualified to write. However, I understand the concept. Its is good to be able to read a review like this from someone with experience rather than going through the process trying to discover thiings for myself. Thanks for taking the time to write this thorough, easy to follow review. I am going to give it a try.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:47 am
Glad you liked the review. It’s free to sign up so there is no worries about spending any money. Let me know what you think of it once you sign up and try it out for awhile.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:43 am
I have been trying survey site’s for the last six months and I have never earned a single dime. Most of them required me to download an app and get to a certain level of said app to accumulate some points, other survey sites seemed like they would work, but since I don’t live in the US then I wasn’t qualify for none. I will definitely give this one a try, since according to you, is a legit website and not a scam at all.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:50 am
Hi Stephanie! I’m sorry to hear that your experience with survey sites has been negative so far. It is definitely hard to find legitimate ones out there, especially ones that will pay you. I was fortunate to have discovered Crowdology thanks to a video on YouTube. As I said in my review, you won’t qualify for each survey you try out, but keep trying. You might also want to read my review about Paidviewpoint. What country do you reside
January 5, 2020 @ 5:44 am
Let’s see if I have this straight. You say it’s worth your time, and that surveys can take from 5-30 minutes. You said the most you’ve ever made from a survey is $5 and the least is 50 cents. The way I figure it, at best you’re able to make $10 an hour. If you’re making 50 cents for a five minute survey, that equals $6 an hour. No thanks. I like how you spell it all out. The article is well written. You make good use of internal links but I didn’t see any external links. Maybe I missed it/them. Good job. I wish you all the best.
January 5, 2020 @ 5:53 am
Hi Bob, as I said in my review, Crowdology is NOT a long term method to make money, especially if you’re wanting to make a full time income, but if you want to earn a little bit here and there, it is definitely worth a try. You’re not losing anything and it is free to try. I try to do at a least a couple of surveys a day and trust me, they do add up over time. I’ve already earned over $100 from that survey site and I’m about half way there to earning another $100.
January 5, 2020 @ 6:15 am
Glad to hear you are getting some benefit from Crowdology. I have tried other survey sites and had no success. I didn’t qualify for most surveys.
Maybe I should look into Crowdology and make sure that I list plenty of interests to try and qualify for surveys.
You mentioned that you made your money over two and a half months. How much time do you think you would have spent doing surveys in this time frame?
Is it possible to log in once a day and complete surveys or do you need to check in throughout the day to find offers?
January 5, 2020 @ 1:16 pm
I would spend probably an hour or so each day doing surveys and that also includes finding surveys there to complete rather than just wait for them to send you