[puravida]

Looks like the Pinecone new member promotion is over for now... I hope everyone who wanted in got a chance to apply!

I removed the links -since they are no longer valid. I will update again if I find them again and invite anyone else to do the same.

Rockin7E, on Dec 27 2007, 03:18 AM, said:

I am still rec'ing the "norm" of $5 per survey/per test product...The $3 payment incentive is news to me....

Figures.

[TheGPTReviewer]

Why were the links deactivated? Just curious...

[puravida]

TheGPTReviewer, on Dec 27 2007, 11:24 AM, said:

Why were the links deactivated? Just curious...

Pinecone only activates their links for new referrals for short (usually) periods of time. Then, whenever they "re-activate" their links at a later date, they are usually different in some way. In other words, it's normal.

[TheGPTReviewer]

OK, got my "official" you are a member e-mail. I'm at $3 a survey, which is better than a lot of GPT sites, but man, $5 sounds a lot better...

[puravida]

I got my confirmation too... I'm a Pinecone member now! (ahh... after all these years! lol)

TheGPTReviewer, on Dec 28 2007, 03:46 PM, said:

I'm at $3 a survey, which is better than a lot of GPT sites, but man, $5 sounds a lot better...

ditto...

[TheGPTReviewer]

Kinda bogus though: "You will receive your first survey in a few weeks"

Hopefully it doesn't take that long...

[whizkid]

Here's another Pinecone link I found while surfing today..I'm starting to see them more nowadays.

https://www1.pineconeresearch.com/Signup/Signup_Form_LI3.asp

Enjoy! :)

Edit: After messing around with the link for minute here's another:

https://www1.pineconeresearch.com/Signup/Signup_Form_LI2.asp

Edit2:

https://www1.pineconeresearch.com/Signup/Signup_Form.asp

Get it while they last!

[puravida]

Pincone is STILL taking applications...

It seems that Pinecone launched a major promotion campaign back in December -as I am still seeing banners occasionally. They are using TribalFusion now -which puts banners on sites like MySpace, Yuwie, Tutorial Outpost, etc. You should be able to spot one floating around, if you surf enough on the major GPT sites.

The links that whizkid posted might work for you, but I know they change their URLs from time to time in order to break someone just putting up a link like that. So, if it works, then great. If not, try surfing some of those sites I mentioned above.

Ciao,

Brandon

[Rockin7E]

Just noticed this thread has over 25,000 views on it alone!!!

Why is it that everyone is so infatuated with Pinecone???

I make lots more $$$ from alot of other survey sites other than the Cone... I will never understand what it is about Pinecone...

[puravida]

Rockin7E, on Jan 17 2008, 05:47 PM, said:

Why is it that everyone is so infatuated with Pinecone???

Yeah, well, they only pay $3 per survey to new members, so the infatuation may go down a bit

[puravida]

Oh, and it also occurred to me that this thread sees a lot of traffic because I promote Pinecone on my related sites. I get a lot of the "Pinecone Research" search traffic --since most people don't bother mentioning pinecone due to them not having an affiliate program. But, my goal is to provide a list of ALL paying sites, so I send a lot of traffic here by way of my reviews.

[buffym123]

Does anyone have any advice on how to get accepted by Pinecone? For about 3 months I have submitted 3 applications to Pinecone and have yet received anything from them saying I have been accepted. Do you have to have an actual invitation to join or just submitting an application from one of their banners found on various sites the way to go? I have heard so much about Pinecone and it seems to be a good site to belong to. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[puravida]

buffym123, on Jan 21 2008, 04:33 PM, said:

Does anyone have any advice on how to get accepted by Pinecone? For about 3 months I have submitted 3 applications to Pinecone and have yet received anything from them saying I have been accepted. Do you have to have an actual invitation to join or just submitting an application from one of their banners found on various sites the way to go? I have heard so much about Pinecone and it seems to be a good site to belong to. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Do you use a free email account? I just ask because you might not be getting their emails, if so. They may have replied and sent you a reply but it went to your spam folder, possibly.

[TheGPTReviewer]

Hey purevida, I still haven't received a paying survey since we signed up. You have any luck?

[puravida]

TheGPTReviewer, on Jan 22 2008, 05:37 PM, said:

Hey purevida, I still haven't received a paying survey since we signed up. You have any luck?

No, not yet.

So far, I got an "Agree to the Terms" email and a "System Compatibility Test"... that's it.

[TheGPTReviewer]

Same here...man things move slow there

[puravida]

TheGPTReviewer, on Jan 22 2008, 07:54 PM, said:

Same here...man things move slow there

Yeah, I think last year saw a slow-down industry wide. I run a paid surveys site myself, and I know that I hardly ever get requests anymore and when I do, they are so targeted that only a small percentage of my users get the survey. I think that's the same everywhere -which is why places like goZing send theirs to everyone but then say "Sorry, this survey is full" when you go there. They want to send an email so you "think" they are active.

I don't do that, so my site -to most people- probably seems dead. :(

I wish I had more time to devote to finding more survey opportunities for people. Perhaps I can improve that sometime during this year.

Anyway, just thought I'd relay that it's a tough job getting those surveys.

Cheers,

Brandon

[amanda11]

I received a $3 check just for signing up with this survey company. They are a company that pays but I haven't gotten many surveys yet.

[puravida]

1. Link to spammy site removed

2. I forgot to mention that I did get a survey that I completed a little over a week ago. I also got a pretty cool sample in the mail from that one.

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I always thought they paid $5 but it says $3?

Oh, and yes, it seems they have lowered the payout for new people that join.