GreenPanthera is one of the many online survey sites that claim you can earn some extra money easily as a member.
I have tested and been a member for several years now, and I know all the ins and outs of the site.
So is Green Panthera legit and really a survey site worth joining or a waste of time?
In this Green Panthera review, you will get all the details. You will learn all the plusses and minuses (as it definitely has both), you will get tips and advice, some warnings, and in general, learn exactly what GreenPanthera offers, so you know exactly what to expect.
By the end of this review, you will know whether it is a site you want to spend your time on or not.
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What is GreenPanthera, and what does it offer?
GreenPanthera.com is, first of all, a paid survey site where you can get paid to share your opinion on various topics. But it also offers a couple of other ways to make money.
Let me just start by revealing that I have been paid by it many times myself, so I know it is legit. But I have also received a lot of feedback that shows it is not a site for everyone.
So let's start by going over the earning methods Green Panthera offers, and how good they each are so you can see if it is a site for you or not.
For that, I have made a video that gives you an inside look and shows exactly how you can earn from GreenPanthera. You can also read all the details below the video.
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Option 1 – GreenPanthera surveys:
Green Panthera is, as mentioned, first of all, a paid survey site, and that is the main way to earn on the site.
It usually offers several paid surveys a day. You will receive an email every time there is a new survey available, so you do not have to log in to the site to check.
However, you might want to log in once in a while anyway, as some of the other earning methods are only available on the platform itself (I will get to these below), and you can also get an overview of available surveys inside the member area.
In my experience, you will probably get several emails with survey invitations a day, but many of the emails will be with a link to a survey that turns out not to be available anyway.
A bit annoying, but luckily it does not take more than a few seconds to check, and there are also often surveys that work, and the ones that work usually give an ok reward in relation to time spent.
But you have to be aware that it takes a bit of patience to find the surveys that are actually available – more or less all survey sites will have surveys that you do not qualify for or that are not available, but it happens more often on Green Panthera than on the top paying survey sites.
So if you want to earn on Green Panthera by taking surveys, you need to be a bit patient and not give up even though you get emails with dead links or invitations to surveys that are closed. But with a bit of patience like this, it can give you access to quite a lot of surveys.
Option 2 – Offer wall:
Other than surveys, Green Panthera also has an offer wall with paid offers. It can, for example, be to get a reward for downloading a certain app or game to your phone, registering for a website, and offers like that.
You can find some nice offers here with great rewards, but make sure to read all the conditions before taking any of these offers, as sometimes it requires you to, for example, play a game for a certain amount of time, to be contacted by an advertiser, etc. So be sure to know what you need to do to get the reward.
On the offer wall, you can also find more surveys. Compared to many other survey sites, Green Panthera does not have the biggest selection of paid offers, but you can still find some good ones here.
Option 3 – Online shopping:
If you like to do online shopping, Green Panthera has a cooperation with quite a lot of online shops.
This is not so much a way to make money but a way to save money. If you shop in one of the online shops, you will get a discount. So, if you like shopping online, it can be a way to save a little extra money.
However, even though the selection of shops is pretty big on Green Panthera, it is mainly shops for people living in the US, Canada, or the UK.
Also, if you would like to save money on online shopping, a site like Swagbucks offers way better cashback offers and bigger discounts, in my experience.
But if you are a member of Green Panthera, the shopping section is definitely worth checking out, as it can be a way to save money on things you buy anyway.
Option 4 – Coupons:
On Green Panthera, you can also find coupons to save money.
Or that is at least what is said on the site. I have not had any coupons available to me, but that can also be because of the country I live in, so it might be different for you. But do not expect too many of these.
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How does Green Panthera pay?
When you take a survey or an offer at GreenPanthera.com, you earn dollars that you can get out through PayPal, which is a great and easy way to get paid.
Most surveys give $0.75-$1, and on average, the surveys take between 5-15 minutes. When you have completed a survey, be aware that you cannot see the money on your Green Panthera account right away. They write that you will be able to see the money after 1-2 days. However, in my experience, it usually takes around 3-5 days.
In some cases, it can also take longer for the surveys to be approved, so if you do not see the money in your account within a few days, you just need to be a bit patient.
Notice that you need a PayPal account to register at Green Panthera. In the form you have to fill out when you join, there is a field saying “PayPal account”. Here, you have to write the email address that you are using for PayPal. It took me a bit of time to figure out what I was supposed to put in that field, so now you know:-).
When you ask for a payout to your PayPal account, it can take up to two weeks before you have the money in your account, but in my experience, it usually happens faster.
You cannot cash out until you have earned $30, which is a high payment threshold compared to many other sites. There are PayPal survey sites with a lot lower threshold, and on Green Panthera, it can take a bit of patience to get to the threshold. But it is definitely possible, and I have done it several times myself.
You get a $2 bonus just for signing up, which is a great start and a really good joining bonus for a survey site. It used to be $5, but they have lowered it quite a bit, but it is still higher than what many other survey sites offer.
Below I have made a video that shows when I cash out so you can see payment proof for yourself and see exactly how you redeem once you reach the payout threshold:
How much money can you make on GreenPanthera?
Most surveys you get offered will take 5-15 minutes. The reward you get for them is usually pretty good in relation to the time spent on each survey. They send an email every time there is an available survey, so you do not have to log in yourself to check the site.
You just have to be aware that you might have to spend time clicking on links to surveys that are not available anyway, as I mentioned above. It luckily only takes a few seconds to check, but it can be very annoying and frustrating, so you have to be a bit patient.
Like in all my other reviews of paid survey sites, I want to emphasize that this will not make you rich and will not make you a full-time income.
I mention this again, if this is what you want, you will probably be disappointed, and then you will also not do the surveys, and thereby eventually also not make any money.
Can you use GreenPanthera on mobile?
I personally prefer survey sites that are available on mobile as this makes it easy to earn on the go.
In theory, you can use Green Panthera on mobile. There is, however, no Green Panthera app you can download, but you can log in to the website on your mobile.
The website itself is, however, not very well optimized for mobile, so you have to zoom in and out to be able to navigate on smaller screens. But luckily, you will get invitations via email anyway, and you can just click the links here and take the surveys on any device.
So you can take Green Panthera surveys on mobile, but the website itself is not very convenient to use on mobile, in my opinion.
Complaints about GreenPanthera
Personally, I have not had any problems with Green Panthera, and it has been working fine for me, and I have been paid by the platform several times (you can see an example of my earnings in the video earlier in this review. It takes a bit more patience to find the survey you qualify for than on the top paying survey sites, but I have not had any other problems.
But after initially posting my review of Green Panthera, I have received several messages from people that have other experiences and who complain about different aspects of Green Panthera.
So I have now updated this review and included this part here, so you can also get an idea about what other peoples' experiences are, and I have included these complaints into my overall ranking of Green Panthera.
I have received a couple of complaints from people that have had their accounts suspended before they managed to cash out, and following they have not been able to get helpful answers from Green Panthera's support team.
I have never had problems with cashing out or getting suspended myself, but it seems some people have tried this. What the reason is, I cannot say, as I have not gotten this information.
The most common complaint I have heard is that it takes a lot of patience to get an answer from the support. You can see in the comments below that some people even report never hearing back.
I have been in contact with Green Panthera's support myself a few times and have always gotten a quick answer. I have asked them about the comments about people not getting an answer. I was told that if you do not get an answer, it is best to write again.
From the comments I have received below this review, it seems it will not always help. But in case you should need support and do not get an answer, then try to write again. And do it in a proper tone, as they tend to ban people if they become abusive in their language.
Overall it seems like not everybody has the same positive experiences with Green Panthera as me, and it is worth taking into consideration before you join.
But I want to emphasize that I have never had problems with Green Panthera, and I have always been paid without any problems. But if you find out you do not want to join, there are luckily plenty of other survey sites that you can join instead.
Who can join?
You can participate on Green Panthera if you come from a lot of different countries and in many different languages. You can see the picture below to see exactly which countries it is possible to participate from.
Be aware that if you are not in the country where you are registered as living, you will not be able to participate. So you cannot participate when traveling.
You have to be 18 years old to join Green Panthera.
As you can see, you can join from a lot of different countries, and this has expanded since I first joined, which is great. In many countries, you can even choose to set the platform to be in your local language.
As mentioned earlier, there are a few earning options (like the cashback offers) that are only available in Green Panthera UK, Canada, and USA, but other than that, you can use all the other earning options in all the countries you can see above.
No matter which country you join from, your account earnings will be shown in dollars.
Final verdict – Worth it?
Green Panthera has both good and some not-so-good aspects, but it is not a scam, and you can actually earn some extra money if you are patient enough to reach the payout threshold. I know this for a fact, as I have been paid several times by the site myself.
But let's finish this review by summing up the pros and cons so you can get a better overview before deciding if it is for you or not:
Pros:
- Pays out through PayPal
- Decent rewards in relation to time spent
- Decent joining bonus ($2)
Cons:
- High payout threshold ($30)
- Several people have complained about poor customer service
- Way too many invitations with “dead” links
I have not had any problems with Green Panthera myself, and I have been paid through PayPal without any problems many times. But as you can see above, there are some people that complain they have had problems.
So I would say that it is a site with potential. But it will take patience to find the surveys you qualify for and to reach the high payout threshold.
So it should not be the only survey site you are relying on to earn some extra cash. It can be fine to join as an extra site, but I would highly recommend joining other paid survey sites in your country as well.
If not, it will simply just take too long for you to earn any real money, and not be worth your time.
How do you sign up for Green Panthera?
It is very easy and fast to sign up. Just click the button below, choose your country, and you will go to Green Panthera's website, where you have to fill out a short registration formula.
It only takes 1 minute. Remember that you need a PayPal account to be able to join. Once you join, you will get a $2 joining bonus into your account.
If you have any comments, questions, or have any experiences with Green Panthera yourself, I would love to hear from you in a comment below.
Hi Mikael
My issue seems to be a bit different.
I have been receiving lots of invites and still am. Nevertheless, even though I had cash paid to me on several occasions, it seems that I have now lots of transactions with “Processing” status (about 12 of them – the oldest dated 20th February 2019, the latest dated 4th of March). Nevertheless, 2 surveys were paid after this latest dates.
I have contacted them on 3 different occasions – also providing screenshots of my account and the transactions. No reply at all. I have $22 and those payments would allow me to cash in, so I am worried something fishing going on here….
Any suggestion?
Hi Cat,
The processing of certain surveys can take a bit long and maybe even up to a month. So that in itself can be ok even though it is long. It depends on the individual surveys.
However, it is unsatisfactory that their support has not replied to you. I have been in contact with them a couple of times myself and gotten a quick reply all times. So not sure why they do not reply to you. Do not really have any suggestions other than trying to keep writing them or wait for a few more weeks to see if the pending money will be released and until then just not take any more surveys on Green Panthera until you know what is going on.
Unfortunately, that is the best suggestion I have. Hope this helps and feel free to keep me updated about how it goes.
Mikael
Thanks Mikael. So – how is it that you know so much about them and why do they seem only to reply to your messages – I’ve read lots of other people’s messages in this blog and virtually no-one has been given a reply!? Do you work for them or are you just a good Samaritan’s panellist?
I cannot say for sure why they replied me and so many others have problems getting answers. I wrote to them exactly because I had many people here on my website telling me they had problems so I wanted to try to see if I could get an answer about this.
If you scroll through the comments here you can see the person telling me about the same issue as you where I then decided to try to write them. Sometimes it is easier to get through when you have a website and that is why I decided to try and write them even though I have not had any issue with the site myself. So I think the reason they replied to me so fast might be because I told them I own this website and had a lot of people complaining about their support.
You can also see in one of the other messages here I posted the answer I got. I know it did not really help the person much but I did what I could and just told what I was told.
Unfortunately, there is not much more I can do. At that time there was also a person accusing me of working for them because the answer did not help her. But if I really worked for them why would I then allow all these negative comments and try to help people figure out what is going on? And why would I have written a whole section in my review about complaints I have heard about them?
I just own this blog and share my honest opinions and experiences about survey sites to help people find the best options.
When someone has a problem with a site I am happy to have a place here where they can share their experiences and frustrations that are often not allowed on other review sites as they are often censured – this way others can see it as well and not only see my experiences. This way this blog helps people get a lot of insights about which sites are worth it and I am putting a lot of effort into providing as in-depth info as possible and helping when I can.
But do not know what more I can do than letting people explain their situation here so others can hear about it and help with answers if I can. But if there is anything I can do to help you, just let me know and I will see what I can do.
Thanks,
Mikael
Hi Mikael
Sorry it felt as an accusation – in reality was just a simple question. I haven’t see any comment about issue just like mine. My account has not been blocked – I can still log in as per normal, whereas the other comments I’ve read referred to account shut-down. Can you point me to the message you believe has the same issue as mine?
Also – I totally get why they are replying to you and not to the rest of us, as now explained. With that in mind, is there a chance for you to send a message on my behalf? They surely can not put it down to anything such as dishonesty of rushing the answers, because they just stop processing surveys all the sudden…and all of them. So this is obviously done in purpose and intentionally just before payout.
If you could help this way, that would be great and thanks in advanced. I will wait for a few more days as suggested, but then – if they don’t reply at all – I’ll definitely report them to trading standards and to the relevant association that deals with their business. They just can’t ignore emails just because…they think they can.
I definitely do not mind questions (I also welcome critical questions) and I am glad you asked instead of jumping to conclusions.
With the same issue, I was referring to not hearing back from the support. I have also not seen anyone with the other issues you are having.
I will try to write Cat, but cannot promise anything. Last time I tried I did not get much info out of it. But will write what you have told me and see if it makes a difference. If I hear back, I will let you know as soon as I get an answer.
Hi Cat.
I have joined numerous survey sites over the years and this is the worst, most poorly paid, most time consuming, most obnoxious site I have ever experienced. I emailed 17 times but still haven’t had a response. I tried using a different email address but that didn’t help. I only wanted to leave! They were literally drowning me in Survey emails- over 100 per day, 7 days a week. When I tried to log in to the site, it would not recognise my saved password or even my email address. Yet they were sending me thousands of surveys. When I first started, At first I was able to complete some surveys, but only low value ones. Later, I was screened out of them all. It was actually taking hours to open each email, then start the survey, only to be screened out. Then start again ad infinitum. I realised I was never going to reach the qualifying amount. As I could no longer sign in, and could not ever get a reply to my numerous requests, I had to block their survey email address and forego the paltry sum I had earned.
Hi Lu
That’s really bad! I have been paid on a number of occasions but now I have lots of surveys pending approvals – the status is “processing”. I am not sure what’s going on there and, as it happened to you, my emails are not replied. Nevertheless I can still log on, so I find this quite confusing. Not sure where to go from here, but I will persist, because they own me money…or at least an explanation. There are things we can do to punish such poor behaviour, such as reporting them, but I am giving them a few more days to see what happens. I am also banking on Mikael help as well, as he seems to be able to “speak” to them directly. Not sure what else I can do, but very sorry to hear you’ve given up…
Thank you Mikael – I really appreciate your help. Don’t worry, I won’t be holding my breath for any outcome; in the end, the fact that you are selflessly helping me and other in my position has already restored my trust in humanity. Frustration made me feel very judgemental,,,of all people – and that’s neither good or right.
Thanks again and have a great evening.
You are welcome Cat.
I have sent them an email now and will let you know if I get a reply.
Speak soon.
Well well well…guess what Mikael? All my incentives have been converted into cash today and, as I have reached the $30 threshold, I have made a request for payment which should arrive in a few days.
I had a look at my account and realised I have successfully obtained 7 different payments since joined in 2017, that’s why I was really taken aback by this issue. Do you think your email prompted them to release the cash or was just a coincidence that the transactions converted just a few hours after you sent the email…?? To me it doesn’t really matter, if I’m honest, because I stand by my believe that you have helplessly helped me with this issue and the positive outcome -thanks to you or otherwise – is just a cherry on the cake. In other words, I am extremely grateful of your support and the platform you offer is a great “stress relief” for all the frustration caused by this company. So thank you!
I am still in two mind about carry on using them or just close my account…
Really great to hear Cat.
I actually just saw I received an email from their support a few hours ago. Here is the answer just so you can see it for reference:
“As it is written in terms crediting is done when we get confirmations from the clients after they perform quality check. Sometimes it takes longer than usual but we are contacting them to get the details as fast as we can. But as soon as we get it credits are assigned. We pay users almost every day and cashout within time written in terms.”
Think it might just be a coincidence that your money was released today as well as I did not mention your name in my email to them.
As you say, what is most important is that you got the pending money released and can now get a payout.
And happy to provide a platform to let you and others come out with your frustrations. I know how necessary that can be at times:-)
I had two accounts without knowing that it was forbidden. When I asked for withdraw, they simply deleted both.
I do not agree with that. I think they should pay me first.
Hi Maria,
I think more or less all survey websites see it as a violation of their terms to have more than one account and will block you if you do.
But I agree that they should have talked to you about it before just closing your accounts. Many people that violate the terms are like you and do not do it on purpose and deserves a second chance. But because there are so many scammers out there that deliberately try to cheat some survey sites do not give users the benefit of the doubt, unfortunately.
Mikael
Yes, Mikael, you’ve got to the point. I didn’t mean it, it was not my intention to cheat. I will look for others opportunities. Thank you for your response so kind.
Maria
you are welcome Maria.
There are plenty of other great opportunities so you will be fine without Green Panthera as well. And then just make sure to only create one account on the sites you join.
Also, be aware that some sites have it in their conditions that only one person per household can join whereas others allow more people from the same household to join. This means the sites that do not allow it, see it as an issue if more people that lives in the same household join. Just wanted to make you aware of this in case you did not know.
its not a problem about deleting an account but you can not sign in at all…i have tried, not knowing this, to register again and after awhile they simply blocked me…writing an email so many times, not answering once…got payed once and that was correct and i have tried to open acc to my daughter which is caused collapsed of everything…pitty
sorry to hear that. But thanks for sharing your experiences with the rest of us.
I have been member since dec 19. Its terrible! Get about 10 dead links or more every day. Willl collect and quit. Can not find where to log in? What can I do?
There are a lot of links that will not lead to surveys you qualify for – that is why I mention in the review it can take some patience. As for logging in, there is a login link on the front page of their website. So you just need to go to the website and log in from there.
I did not realise I had 2 accounts but when I came to cashing in some funds they refused, but kept sending me 100’s of surveys and never closed the account. I had to look for the other account, which had been deactivated. I wrote many emails and contacted anyone I could but I never got the money I had earned. Cheat site, and they could advise their clients that they seem to have 2 accounts without just closing off and not paying out..
It would definitely be best if they tell you as soon as they find out you have two accounts.
I am assuming it is because they do not check properly before it is time to payout. But it definitely would be better if they checked right away.
Hi there, the web site greenpanthera appears to be not secured! So we have to give out our payment details and the website says not secured.. it is a bit shady, when you have to deal with money and not securing the page. Anybody experience any trouble with that?
Hi Anna,
yes, you are right that it definitely is best when sites have the ssl certificate activated so it is secure that way. Don’t know why GP does not have that. That is a bit strange.
Personally, I have been using GP for a couple of years and have been paid by them several times and have not experienced any problems. But still hope they will soon get the ssl in place.
Mikael
Witam serdecznie.
Nie wiem czy uzyskam jeszcze odpowiedź bo troszkę czasu minęło.
Ale mam takie pytanie:
Po 8 miesiącach uzbierałem ponad 100$. Siedem dni temu zleciłem wypłacenie środków w wysokości 53 $ i czekam. Nie wiem czy mam się obawiać, że pieniążki nie przyjdą bo czytam na wielu forach, że pieniążki dochodzą po 3-4 dniach. Jeszcze mam jedną uwagę a mianowicie, że mój mail do logowania na Greenpanthera jest inny niż ten na paypal. Nie zuważyłem, żeby były jakieś przeciwskazania do tego w regulaminie ale napisałem do wsparcia Greenpanthera, ażeby uzyskać pewność, że wszystko jest dobrze ale jak tutaj wiele osób pisze nie dostałem odpowiedzi żadnej mimo wysłania kilku maili. Pozdrawiam i może ktoś odpiszę na moje pytania
I am not sure I understand your message correctly but if Google Translate is correct, you are asking about how soon after you have requested a payout you will get your money. And you are worried because your PayPal is different than the one you registered with on GreenPanthera.
It can take a while for them to payout. Sometimes it has taken almost two weeks for me to get the money after requesting. So I would not worry about that.
But they do pay out automatically to the email you registered with so this could be a problem. You can connect several email addresses to your PayPal account so maybe that is an idea. But not sure if they have already processed the payout.
I think you are also writing that you already wrote their support but did not get an answer yet. In my experience, their support is not always fast. So if you do not hear back, it is better to write them again.
Hope this helps and hope you get everything sorted.
You have translated perfectly. Best regards and thank you for your reply. On my panel there is information that the payment is being processed and on the paypal I also have the address to which I receive surveys from Greenpanther but the main address on the paypal is a different address. I am a little frustrated because I am in a disability pension and the $ 100 earned is a good result for the conditions in our country. Of course, to check if the coins would come, I ordered 53 out of 100 and that’s why after a week of not receiving them I got a bit nervous. Thank you very much for your reply, I thought the blog was already inactive.
you are welcome. Glad I could help. Feel free to keep me updated about how it goes.
Hi Mike It seems like since I appeared on your blog and wrote to you, your energy has positively influenced the Greenpanthera contact line. After a few days of sending emails to the panel (in a tone of humility and mediocrity with respect, without using pressure) I sent several emails a day to Greenpanther yesterday I received a short response to my emails. And today, money after 9 days appeared on my PayPal account. I ordered half the payment, as I mentioned earlier, because I wanted to see if I would receive it at all, looking at the desperate comments of some panelists. At the moment I can be one of those lucky people who received remuneration from Greenpanther surveys.
Thanks for all the tips on your part, you have touched the positive energy in my actions like a good spirit.
When I ask you to pay the rest after some time, I will contact you if you allow. Regards Jerzy
Thanks for the update Jerzy. Very glad to hear that.
Hello mike I promised that when he would transfer the rest of the funds he would inform you and everyone interested here how it went. So I inform you that on December 17 I ordered the transfer of the remaining funds from Greenpanther and today on December 19 before the coin appeared on my account on paypal. Also, everything went very well with me. Regards and fingers crossed for the other panelists.
That is great to hear. Thanks for the update.
the biggest problem with panthera is when you do surveys from 2 or 3 others location (IP adress) they think that you are cheating which is a very ridiculous…i do survey from home, from my job, from my rest house…all of this places are mine and different ip adress and location…very strange
I know they will block you if you log in from other countries but I have never tried they would do it if you do it from different places in the same country. That is definitely inconvenient.
Have you written their support about this?
You will not believe how many times I have written to Green Panthera… I was very close to a payout but had to change my email address. The long and short of it was I started getting their emails on both my emails although one should have been blocked. I am really upset with them – it took a long time for me to get close to a payout then I was locked out with no answer – I even forwarded their own emails to show that I was trying to access them… Not happy at all.
If you created a new account with a second email that might be the issue as they do not allow you to create several accounts. But no matter what, they definitely should have replied to you. Unfortunately, their support is not always responsive which is a big shame, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing your experiences about this.
Thank you for replying. However on checking I did send them about 30 emails and nothing at all was replied to. So unfortunate as I was so close.
wow – that is a lot of emails. Sad to hear they did not reply to any of them. Their customer support could definitely use an upgrade.
I should not redeem my $281.11 from Green Panthera. Their support does not answer. I have been a registered member three years now. I need help. Please direct me who or what website I should collect my earned money. Thank you. C Curl
What kind of error do you get when you try to redeem?