Taking online surveys is one of the most reliable ways to earn Coins on Cointiply. This guide was written by an experienced survey taker and focuses on how to maximize earnings, avoid disqualifications, and protect your account while taking surveys.

Key Terms You Should Know

Quality Score: Many survey providers track how reliable you are as a respondent. Some offerwalls (like Your Surveys and Revenue Wall) show this score, while others keep it hidden. A high score can unlock more surveys. A low score can reduce availability or lead to suspension from that survey provider. Everything in this guide is designed to help you protect and improve your quality score.

Reversal (Chargeback): A reversal happens when a survey is rejected after you were already paid.
Reversals can damage your quality score and too many may lead to offerwall bans or account restrictions.
“Reversal” and “chargeback” mean the same thing. For this guide, we’ll use “Reversal.”

Survey Tips

Don’t Rush

Many survey companies track how fast you answer questions. Answering too quickly can cause disqualification. Some providers actively penalize speeding, and rushing increases the chance you miss quality checks.

Bottom line: Take your time. Slow, careful answers earn more Coins over time.

Watch for Quality Control Questions

Surveys often include quality control questions designed to catch inattentive or dishonest responses. These questions can look normal unless you read carefully.

At first glance, the example above looks like a typical “places you’ve visited” question. But, if you read it carefully, the only correct answer is “Airport.”

Another example: “When was the last time you ate elephant eggs?” The only possible correct answer is “Never,” since elephants are mammals and don’t lay eggs.

You may also see “instruction” questions hidden in rating grids (for example, a line telling you to select a specific answer like “Somewhat agree” for that one item).

You must read every question carefully. Some surveys also repeat the same question later in different wording to check consistency. This is normal and is part of fraud prevention.

Answer Honestly

It can be tempting to bend the truth to qualify for surveys, but doing so commonly leads to reversals and bans. It’s much safer to answer honestly so your answers remain consistent from start to finish (and across surveys).

Advanced Quality Control (Consistency Checks)

Beyond obvious trick questions, many surveys score you on consistency. For example, you might say you strongly recommend a company early on, then later answer questions in a way that indicates you dislike or hate them. Contradictions can reduce your internal quality score and may cause disqualification or even a reversal.

TIP: If you answer honestly and carefully, you won’t have to remember “what you said earlier” to stay consistent.

Another example: if you claim you work in a specialized field or regularly buy a certain type of product, the survey may include knowledge checks that only someone who truly matches that profile would know. Inconsistent or incorrect answers can lead to a poor-quality disqualification or reversal. Survey companies do not publish their full anti-fraud methods, but it’s safe to assume they are constantly improving them.

This is another reason honesty and consistency matter.

Earn More for the Same Surveys

Go Direct When Possible

The same surveys can appear on different offerwalls at different pay rates. Different offerwalls take different cuts, and sometimes surveys are routed through multiple middlemen. Fewer middlemen usually means more Coins for you.

Cointiply pays considerably more for Your Surveys directly than if you access them inside other offerwalls. You may also find entire survey offerwalls (like TheoremReach or Tap Research) embedded inside other offerwalls. They often pay more when accessed directly from Cointiply.

TheoremReach: Some offerwalls simply pay more than others for the same surveys. TheoremReach tends to pay less for some surveys, but they also pay small amounts for disqualifications, and that can add up. This offerwall also provides strong support and often credits members in non-payment scenarios. Some members also find it easier to qualify there.

Don’t Auto-Accept Too Fast

If you’re disqualified from a survey, return to the main offerwall list and choose again rather than immediately accepting the next “auto-offered” survey. This helps you pick based on the best payout and the best survey details available.

Qualify for More Surveys

Find a Good Offerwall for You

Different people qualify better on different offerwalls, depending on location and profile. After a lot of experimentation, we generally recommend starting with Your Surveys directly from Cointiply, then trying TheoremReach.

What works best for you may be different, so test multiple offerwalls.

Timing Matters

Survey availability changes throughout the day and week. We often see better inventory during weekday afternoons in UTC time, but it varies by location. Weekends and major holidays (like Christmas) are usually slower. Surveys are also often slower during spring and summer, and pick up from fall through winter. If you don’t see surveys today, check back later—inventory is constantly changing.

Unlock as Many Surveys as Possible

Some offerwalls let you complete extra profile questions to better match you to surveys or unlock more options. For example, Adscend Media has “High Paying Surveys” you can unlock. It’s not perfect, but it can help.

Choose Surveys Carefully

Many offerwalls give you clues to help you pick surveys you’re more likely to qualify for.

Revenue Wall: Allows you to sort surveys by qualification/conversion ratings and uses color codes to highlight better conversion rates.

Surveytime: Often shows how many completions a survey has had.

TheoremReach: Some surveys are marked as “HOT!” (often shown in darker purple) and tend to have higher qualification rates.

Use whatever information is available to your advantage.

Choose Your Pay Rate Strategically

High-paying surveys can be harder to qualify for. If you’re not qualifying for the high-paying ones, aim for more modest payouts instead and complete more consistently. If one offerwall isn’t working well for you, switch to another—each one handles inventory differently.

Try Again Later

Survey inventory varies day-to-day and week-to-week. If you can’t qualify right now, take a break and try again later when inventory improves.

Survey Problems – Non-Payment Issues

Even when you answer carefully and honestly, you can occasionally run into issues. Examples include errors in the middle of a survey, being screened out at the end, or completing a survey and not receiving credit. In those cases, report the issue to the offerwall.

If it was a Cointiply-hosted survey offer (such as Your Surveys directly on Cointiply), you can also contact Cointiply support.

For the best chance of being credited, you should provide evidence (see below). Some offerwalls are better than others for non-payment support. TheoremReach is usually very good (click the “?” icon in the bottom-right corner inside the offerwall). Revenue Wall and Opinion Capital are also known to be helpful. Some offerwalls require waiting before you can submit a report (for example, Adscend Media may require a 24-hour wait).

Obtaining Evidence

If you believe you’re near the final questions of a survey, start taking screenshots. Good moments to capture include a completion screen, a feedback screen, or final demographic questions.

Bonus tip: If you didn’t get screenshots, you may be able to use your browser’s Back button to revisit a prior page (this does not always work).

Survey History

Offerwalls normally keep a History of your completed surveys (often under a Support link or a question mark icon). If a survey hasn’t paid, check its status there first. When it’s marked completed, payment often arrives shortly after (even if delayed). If possible, try to note the third-party survey company that ran the survey (often visible via the domain name).

You are never obligated to complete a survey. If one third-party repeatedly causes issues, you can simply avoid them and choose different surveys.

Badly Designed Surveys

Most surveys are designed well, but you will occasionally find surveys with poor design or broken logic.

Remember: you are never obligated to complete any survey.

Questions with No Correct Answer Available

Sometimes surveys force you to choose an answer even when none are true. If you cannot answer honestly, it’s often better to abandon the survey (especially early on) rather than lie your way through.

Being forced to lie is rarely accepted as an excuse if a survey is reversed or your quality score is impacted.

Surveys That Don’t Seem Relevant

You may qualify for surveys that seem unrelated to your life or experience (for example, rating products you know nothing about). If you believe your contribution would be useless, it’s better to abandon the survey than risk reversals or quality hits. That said, don’t abandon too fast—sometimes a survey that starts off “odd” becomes more general later.

Excessive Qualification Questions

Some surveys ask an excessive number of screening questions and disqualify you anyway. If one provider does this repeatedly, consider avoiding that provider’s surveys going forward.

Broken Surveys

Occasionally a survey will be broken (missing buttons, won’t advance, errors, etc.). If you can’t complete it, exit and move on to the next one.

Unintended Duplicate Surveys

Most surveys will disqualify you at the start if you’ve already completed the same survey, but occasionally duplicates slip through. If a survey is truly an unintended duplicate, completing it may lead to a reversal, or it may disqualify you at the end without payment. If you’re confident it’s the same survey and not intended to repeat, it’s best to abandon it.

Note: Some repeating surveys are normal and intended (for example, weekly surveys where answers change over time). Some surveys also look identical at first but differ later (such as rating a different set of ads).

Why Can’t I Find Any Surveys at All?

Some countries receive fewer survey opportunities. This is outside of Cointiply’s control. Even in low-inventory regions, it’s still worth checking occasionally because availability can change.

TheoremReach is a bit different because it may limit how many surveys you can attempt per day (including disqualifications), and surveys may disappear until midnight UTC when limits reset.

If you normally see surveys on TheoremReach and suddenly see none for several days, contact their support in case an anti-fraud system incorrectly blocked you.