Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to all your questions
For Panel Members
Outsized Opinions is open to residents of the United States only. Our identity verification process requires a valid U.S. government-issued ID, so members living outside the United States will not be able to complete verification, take surveys, or redeem rewards. Please do not sign up if you do not live in the U.S.
Yes – to take surveys, and earn reward points with Outsized Opinions, you must enroll and provide some basic information about yourself.
Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders. Be sure to add ‘Outsized Opinions’ as a trusted email sender in your mail settings!
In market research, it is important that we verify the identity of our panelists to prevent fraud. As a panel member, you'll complete a quick one-time identity verification — a photo of your government-issued ID and a short selfie — before taking your first survey.
It takes about 2–3 minutes, and we add 100 points to your account for completing it. Your account will clearly show when verification is needed.
P.O. boxes do not qualify as a home address.
No. Members may maintain ONLY ONE member profile.
The minimum amount for Rewards Payout is 1,000 points (which equates to a $10 gift card or reward payment.) You are not required to redeem points at this amount if you are saving up for a larger gift card amount!
Outsized Opinions requires a 1,000-point minimum before payout is authorized.
There are two requirements for redemption of points.
- Completing our one-time identity verification (also required to take surveys) — it takes about 2–3 minutes and earns you 100 points.
- Having verified points in your account. Points become redeemable once the researcher validates your survey completion, which typically takes 2–4 weeks.
No. You can verify whenever you're ready. However, until your identity is verified, you may not take surveys or redeem points.
You can retry verification at any time from your account — unsuccessful attempts don't lock you out. If your verification is under review, our team typically completes reviews within 1–2 business days. If you're still stuck, write to us at support@outsizedopinions.com.
Points do expire 2 years after the day they were earned. You can always look up your point history to see what date they were earned.
Points cannot be combined with other members, except as detailed in our fundraising campaigns section.
Keep trying! Our current qualification rate is 20%, which means you will (on average) qualify for one in every five surveys you attempt, but qualification rates vary by demographics and behaviors that can’t be targeted. We’re working hard to offer more surveys with higher qualification rates!
We store the minimum amount of information possible in our systems. We never share name, email address, mailing address or phone number with 3rd parties. Outsized Opinions will never ask for sensitive data, such as social security number or credit card information. If you receive a request for email address, mailing address or phone number in the context of a survey, please do NOT provide the information. Take a screen-shot of the question and send us an email at Support@outsizedopinions.com, alerting us to the problem.
Your responses to surveys are always anonymous; we never sell your name, email address, mailing address, phone number to anyone.
We may use your IP location (whether logged in via computer or phone) to validate your presence in the United States, as part of a normal survey qualification process, to combat fraud. Outsized Opinions does not save or actively monitor your location when you’re not taking a survey.
To minimize the number of questions asked during the survey experience and to increase your chances of qualifying for a survey, we share basic demographic information (if applicable for the specific survey), age (but not birthdate), gender, ethnicity, race, income, education, employment status, and/or zip code with our survey affiliates. When we do so, this information is anonymized (meaning it can’t be traced back to you).
Though we try to minimize the number of times you are asked identical questions, in some cases, our survey partners can’t dynamically accept this information. To safeguard our member’s privacy, these kinds of questions are sometimes repeated within a survey itself.
We use technology to minimize the number of times you’re asked identical question and will continue to work with our partners to streamline this process for you. However, this is not always possible. Sometimes, repeated questions are part of the normal survey process. If you feel you are experiencing an error, please send us a screen-shot of your error, along with a description of your experience, to: Support@outsizedopinions.com We will work diligently to correct any poor respondent experience and value your feedback immensely!
YES – we’ve worked hard to ensure that our website it accessible for Americans with Disabilities and have hired an independent company to test our site to be sure. If, however, you experience any problems with access, please let us know! Write to: Support@outsizedopinions.com and let us know what issue you’re experiencing. We will work hard to correct it immediately.
You can change the frequency of emails being sent by logging into your account and selecting “update profile” on the bottom of your home page. Next, choose “update demographic information”. At the bottom of the list is “communication Frequency” which can be updated.
If you want to unsubscribe from Outsized Opinions, we’ll be sad to see you go! You make a difference as a member of our panel. To unsubscribe, simply log into your account, scroll down to the “update profile” screen where you will find a “Delete account” button. Keep in mind that any unredeemed points will be lost if you delete your account.
We can reactivate a former account if the request is submitted within 12 months of deactivation and the former account was in good standing. Unredeemed points from a former account, however, cannot be restored.
For Fundraising Supporters
Yes – to take surveys and earn reward points for your fundraiser, you must sign up, create an account and provide some basic information about yourself.
There are 3 basic steps for participation in a fundraiser:
- Sign up and create an Outsized Opinions account.
- Add the fundraising participation code by clicking the “Join a Fundraiser” icon.
- Take surveys to earn points for your fundraiser.
The fundraiser, and the description of the fundraising purpose, is clearly marked once you sign up and throughout your participation, on your main home page.
There is no minimum you need to earn. Upon adding the fundraiser code to your account, your points are automatically contributed to the fundraiser as you earn them.
The duration of each individual Fundraising Campaign is clearly counted down on your main login page.
If you haven’t reached the 500-point minimum for contribution to a fundraiser at the time of fundraiser expiration, the points earned will be forfeited.
No - points earned during participation in a fundraising campaign cannot be transferred to a personal account.
No – points accrued in your personal account prior to joining a fundraiser are not lost. Personal points will be saved and accessible once your fundraiser has concluded or upon leaving the fundraiser.
No. You cannot donate the points you have earned in a personal account to a fundraiser. Once you have signed up for a fundraiser, though, any reward points earned will be directed toward your fundraiser.
Yes – you can stop contributing to a fundraiser at any time. Simply go to “update profile” and select “leave fundraiser.”
Yes, you may not rejoin whenever you like.
Unfortunately, we cannot support multiple fundraiser participation at this time. Only one fundraising effort at a time.
Your Outsized Opinions account has reverted to a personal account! Feel free to continue taking surveys to earn rewards for yourself or join another fundraiser.
For Fundraising Campaign Organizers
The minimum you need to raise is 5,000 points for each fundraising campaign, corresponding to $50 in rewards. You may have as many participants as you like contributing to a fundraising campaign, and there is no individual contribution point minimum.
Fundraising Campaigns that don’t reach the 5,000-point minimum will have their reward points forfeited.
First, sign up to become a panel member with Outsized Opinions. Next, under the “Join a fundraiser” icon, select “Learn more about fundraising.” Once there, you will see a link that says, “click here to establish a fundraising campaign.” Click and provide the information requested; we’ll get back to you ASAP to finish the process.
Only registered 501(c)(3) charities, 501(c) nonprofit organizations (NPO) or 501(c) not-for-profit organizations (NFPO) qualify for participation in Fundraising Campaigns.
When signing up to establish a fundraising campaign, you will be required to provide information about the charity or non-profit you are fundraising for:
- The Fundraiser “purpose” which will be shared with all contributors and participants
- Your title within the fundraising organization (if applicable)
- The proper name of the specific charity or nonprofit you are fundraising for.
- The Federal designated non-profit Employment Identification Number (EIN) associated with the 501(c)(3) charity or 501(c) nonprofit.
- The duration (end-date) of the fundraising effort.
- An authorized contact at the charity or non-profit you are representing with the authority to confirm your fundraising involvement.
- The payable address where rewards will be sent at the conclusion of the fundraising campaign.
The length of a fundraising campaign is set at the time of enrollment. Length of fundraiser can vary from 1 month to 4 months. The remaining duration will be clearly noted for each participant upon logging in.
We can issue a 1-time extension of the fundraising campaign’s duration, assuming that the extension is issued BEFORE fundraiser expiration. Fundraiser durations cannot exceed 6 months.
We will give you an invitation with a URL, and a 6-digit Fundraising participation code, that people can use to obtain entry to your fundraiser. All participants must register for an Outsized Opinions account first.
At this time, we don’t have the capability to invite on your behalf, but we’re working on that functionality!
We ask that you invite only individuals that you know personally or have a direct affiliation with the nonprofit or charity associated with the Fundraising Campaign. Please invite people that you know and trust.
At the end of the Fundraising Campaign, payments will be automatically triggered for distribution. Fundraising payout cannot occur until the pre-determined fundraising duration has expired. Outsized Opinions check sent via the US mail is the only payout method for Fundraising Campaigns. Only one payout per fundraising effort. Please allow 2-4 weeks for distribution of payment.
Participant’s accounts automatically convert to personal accounts when a fundraiser has concluded. They can continue to take surveys to earn rewards for themselves, or can unsubscribe if they so desire.
