Octopus Group Arvostelua 

The surveys are not mobile friendly therefore have to have a laptop. This is something they need to improve. If I can not do a survey the moment it pops up then not worth my time. Surveys are few and far between. Honestly don’t waste your time there are so many better paid survey applications out there. You could not pay me to refer. If they fixed the mobile issues and had more frequent paying surveys sure I would be referring even if I was not paid to do so.

As much as it seems like a good deal, the user experience is very sub-par. There’s a lot of surveys that aren’t mobile friendly so I was screened out for those, lot of surveys that required too much information eg. Access to your phone via an app (and in this time of company hacking, you can understand why the reluctance to do it) and, as you can well imagine, survey after survey rejecting you half way through. Been using octopus for the last few months and I’m just waiting to reach my first $20 so i can cash in and get out. If you’re looking for ways to make extra cash, I’m sorry to say that this isn’t a good option

I have been sent multiple surveys (up to 7 or 8) and answered multiple questionnaires just to be told halfway through my input is not needed and was not paid for any of them. I understand not fitting the criteria but multiple times now it got me to answer questions about things I buy in the household just to "time out" and say the survey quota was full or I did not fit the criteria. Some of them I spent a few minutes answering questions before it did this. Very annoying and a waste of time don't bother signing up with this company.

I put a terrible review on here other day which I just deleted and changing now. Was my own fault I had trouble redeeming gift vouchers and should have asked for assistance from customer support before jumping in, I feel bit like an idiot. Have seen also reviews on here where people are being excluded from surveys towards the end of questions and not receiving payments. Something I have noticed with many of surveys is they will ask questions that will have some relevance to previous answers. I don't know if I am correct so just guessing but could be that if you are randomly ticking boxes to get through a survey they could pick up on it and then be excluded. Just a thought?

In the past month I’ve got overv$40 and successfully transferred it to my bank
Yes it’s annoying to get through one completely and then be told you don’t qualify or enough in your group have done it. I think octopus should weed out those clients because they are getting surveys then using excuses not to pay
Overall I do it when they come up if I can and being a pensioner who most times can’t afford to shop, it’s been extremely helpful to me getting the money

What a scam. As so many others have said- they get you up to $20 and either block you from getting the money out or say you have been blocked.
Do not waste your time. Scammers!

I’ve found it a waste of time, I’ve done about 6 so far and only one I’ve qualified for. You have to spend 4-5 mins only to find out you can’t do the survey.

I’m sick of spending significant time on surveys to be screened out especially when I feel they have gathered a good amount of information for their research and then when I sent a email regarding this I’m accused of not answering honestly which is an accusation I do not appreciate
Better surveys elsewhere

This is a scam! Not only do you barely get many surveys compared to other sites but once you hit the transfer amount of $20 your account is blocked for “security” reasons. They’ll say a few of your surveys have been flagged (however they have all gone through and no problem until the final survey you do to hit the $20 amount) and it was blocked as a precaution. They’ll then want you to send a photo of your license to verify your account details and proof of ownership of your mobile number eg. registeration, bill or carrier app with that will show your details.
I’m sorry but your emailing me on the registered email, you have the number you can send a register code to verify like every other site no way in the world would someone send their personal details like that! 100% scam. Just want my $20 😡

Update,
They are now saying they sent my the wrong template email and that it’s been flagged until they can verify I’m in Australia because it’s coming up that I’m in Canada. My mobile number is Australian…. My email is Australian….. sorry what 🤷🏻‍♀️

Had an issue with a survey screening me out after I had already spent twenty minutes answering very personal questions. Waited WEEKS for email support to get back to me and today received a very informal “you were screened out cause you completed the survey too quickly” followed by a STERN lecture about how they strongly encourage participants to properly read and answer truthfully. I have been a participant in good faith for years and this was my first and only experience with their online “support”. What a joke. Deleting the app and signing up to a different survey company. Encouraging all my friends and family to whom I previously recommended octopus to do the same. I DO NOT recommend octopus if you actually want to get paid for surveys. They’ll find every way out of paying you that they can, and overestimate your potential earnings for a survey so you think you’re going to get more money than you do. And the “screening” portion of surveys is getting longer and longer so their clients can get more information without paying.

EDIT AFTER REPLY: It seems that octopus’ response is to imply that I have not been a member for years? The more you try and give feedback about their terrible management, the more rude and hostile they become. They will apparently stoop to calling you a liar, while handling HUGE companies in corporate accounts. Really says a lot about the companies who choose to work with them too. I’m sure they’d love to know about the unprofessionalism that’s being associated with their brands

Reply from Octopus Group
2 days ago
Hi Lucas, screening out is annoying but it is common knowledge that screening happens and there are valid reasons for it but I'm quite sure you don't want to hear them right now. I think you should know that the information that we collect is never passed on or sold, and the information that you provide in a screened out survey is also not used, as a partial case it holds no purpose to the research being conducted and it is also not on sold. This is for market research not simply marketing, we are held to more stringent rules relating to people's private information.
None of this stops screening out from being annoying, and we don't get paid if you don't.
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RY

Hey RY

Your answer about "common knowledge" is patronising and rude. Also, you need to explain the valid reasons which you claim I don't want to know about.

Wow, your self-generated "transparency" document has landed. Thank God!

You are the worst customer service officer I've come across in quite a while (and that's saying something).

I pray this review, RY will be passed on to your supervisor for review.

Then you can read a report from your transparent management team.

Have a great day RY

Don’t bother. You waste your time of about 20 mins or so completing a survey and just when you’re almost done there’s ‘system error’ and you get get no notification of survey being completed. It’s a real shame b/c I’m assuming this group is paid by large banks & insurance companies to have surveys completed by suckers like us and we get no reward for our time. Thanks by no thanks and you should be ashamed of yourselves!!

My account is closed as i did not active in the account more than 1 year. Can i create a new account with the same phone number that was used in my previous account?

Used to be good, but now I constantly get verification failures, or screened out. Seriously thinking of giving up.

Being screened out often after many questions . Nearly all surveys capture a lot of information from you (sometimes after 5 minutes of answering questions) then at the end say you're screened out or the quota is full. It just seems super scammy and a way of capturing survey data without actually paying.

I've tried a bunch of different sites for online surveys in Australia, and have found this to be the best so far. No- you're not going to make a TON of money- but this isn't a full-time job, you're sitting on your couch answering surveys. They have the best pay rates I've found, will directly transfer to your bank account, and generally, I have no issues (even if it's slightly annoying when I'm screened out, it's not at the fault of the company, and they still pay a few cents for attempting)!

On surface their surveys pay out is high in monetary terms but the failure rate is also extremely high. 9 out of 10 counts being screened out for 'validation issues' or other reasons. They claim that if the members are members of other survey platforms, their 'clients' as the 'original' survey conductors will screen out 'duplications' because they check our IP addresses. Point is, they rarely direct people to any many genuine original market surveys that are exclusive to them. Most of the time, they just routed people to other rewards market surveys platforms and when this happens, the members meet dead end walls of 'validation' issues or 'technical issues' or 'screen out' or 'security' issues. It is unrealistic to expect people only being a member of one single rewards pay platforms.

Seems legit at first (they'll give you a couple of dollars for the first survey you do to make you think you'll be paid each time) then for every survey afterwards, you spend 2-15 minutes answering questions and suddenly it ends and it tells you 'we've reached out quota for this survey' or 'thank you but you don't qualify for this survey'- after you have spent time answering their questions. They get their answers and market feedback without having to give participants any money, stating that you aren't eligible... don't bother, huge waste of time. I have completed 15-20 surveys and not been paid for a single one (except the first one I did), have spent too much time answering questions and giving them feedback for nothing.

Waste of time. I was CONSTANTLY screened out and this does not happen with other similar companies

Rubbish. Have attempted dozens but get halfway through and then rejected from the survey because I don't meet whatever demographic they're after. Only successfully completed 1 or 2 for like 70c. No reward for getting booted just wasted time. Boo-urns! 👎