Is Panel PayDay Legit or a Scam? (The Ugly Truth Revealed)

Panel PayDay claims you can earn $25-$75 per survey if you join the site.

But is Panel PayDay legit and really one of the great paid survey sites? Or is it a scam?

I have joined to compare it to the hundreds of other survey sites I have tested and let me reveal right away that I am NOT a fan of this panel. There are so many things you are not told, and you can, in my experience, end up wasting a lot of time.

This Panel PayDay review will give you an inside look, so you can see for yourself what you really get if you join, and then decide if it is worth your time or not.

What is Panel PayDay, and what does the site offer?

At first sight, Panel PayDay looks like an ordinary survey site. Except for one thing – you are told on the front page that you will earn $25-$75 per survey.

I have taken thousands of online surveys myself and tested hundreds of sites. There are, at times, surveys that pay this much, but you will usually never see survey panels advertise it as this being normal to earn this amount per survey, as it will give people false expectations.

You can earn some nice extra cash by taking paid surveys, but you will rarely see surveys that pay this much, and it is definitely not realistic with the offers Panel PayDay promotes (more about this later).

This made me a bit suspicious from the beginning, and I looked further into it, and it turns out the site is created by the same people that have created SaySo4Profit, which I have previously reviewed and NOT recommended. But I still decided to join Panel PayDay and see what happens.

Below I have created a video that will show you what you really get. Just be aware that the design has changed a bit since I recorded the video, but what the website offers is still the exact same thing.

You can also read all the details below the video:

Feature 1 – Spammy sign-up process:

Usually, sign-up processes for survey sites are fast, and you get access to the platform in minutes. It is not quite as simple on Panel Pay Day.

The first thing you need to beware is the conditions you agree to when signing up for the panel. Below the subscribe button, it says the following in small writing:

“You agree to receive emails from our website and any third parties you choose”.

You have to agree to this to sign up.

At least it has improved since I first tested it. back then, you had to agree to have your info shared with their partners in general. Now they have changed it so at least you can choose the partners you want them to share your info with.

Nonetheless, you need to be aware that when you sign up, you will also start receiving a lot of promotional emails from Panel PayDay itself.

The top survey sites would never request such permission, and this made me very concerned. In the name of testing both good and poor sites for PaidFromSurveys.com, I however still signed up.

The following sign-up process just confirmed my suspicion that it is not a site that will provide quality info for you, but it is a site that seems to be created just to promote whatever offers they can earn commissions promoting.

Right after signing up, I got to a screen with offers.

The above image just shows a couple of the offers that were on the list I was presented to. Many of them even had nothing to do with paid surveys.

This is offers Panel PayDay gets commissions to promote, and they try to push them to you in the sign-up process itself. If it was then great offers for surveys, I could maybe accept it, but it is NOT in this case.

There were all kinds of offers. Some of them took me to the actual offer they advertised, but many links also took me to some kind of winner claim form that said I was guaranteed to win, as long as I would fill out my information.

I have seen links to this particular form before, and it is always a big warning sign for me to see this.

I had to go through 4 screens of offers I had to say yes or no to. A sign-up process that is full of promotional links, where many do not even take you to the offer promised, and where the offers seem random and are for all kinds of topics, is already a waste of time.

But if you then at least get access to some great surveys once you are inside, it could maybe be accepted – this is, however. not the case, as I will show you now.

Feature 2 – Poor info after you join:

Once you join Panel PayDay, you get to see a list of all the surveys they offer.

That is what they call it anyway – in reality, it is a list of all kinds of offers. But I must also say that there are actually also some great survey sites on the list.

In the above image, you can see that YouGov, for example, was on the list I got, and this is definitely a legit site, and there were several other great sites on the list.

However, not all the links took me to the actual survey sites, but several links took me to the same winner claim form I showed previously in this review – very annoying.

In addition to this, not all the offers are great, and there are several that has nothing to do with paid surveys. You also do not find any real info about what the different offers are about.

You just get a list, and some superficial info about the sites and then a link, so you can join, and Panel PayDay can earn commissions.

I do not mind websites earning from promoting offers – I do this myself, as it is otherwise not possible to run and develop a website and spend all the time it takes to do this.

My issue with Panel PayDay is that the info they give is very poor and superficial and that the list of offers, in my opinion, is not based on quality but just on promoting, which the whole sign-up process proves.

If you are new to paid surveys, you have no way to know which offers are the good and which ones are not. And the claims the site, in general, gives people false expectations, in my opinion.

Feature 3 – Poor community page:

You can also get access to Panel PayDay's community page. It is, however, just a link to a Facebook page that is run in the name of SaySo4Profit.

They make it sound like it is a place where you can discuss paid surveys and get great tips and tricks. I have been a member for a while, and this is NOT what it really is.

In my opinion, it has nothing to do with a community. It is just a place where the owners post offers that are a bit cryptic to create some hype and get people to contact them and then send them links, so they can earn commissions.

The above example is a typical type of post you can find in this Facebook group. It makes some kind of claim that makes it seem very easy to make money online and then encourages people to contact them for more info. I am mostly surprised by how many people are members of this group and seem to be interested when they make these claims, and have not figured out what the page really is about.

There is no discussion, and if you are not one of the owners, your posts will not be allowed – I know this because I have tried to post in the group myself. And no discussions are encouraged. The only thing they are interested in hearing is that if you want them to send you a promotional link.

So overall, a very poor “community” page that is just another way to promote their offers, where you never really know what the quality of them is, as commissions and not quality seem to be what drives Panel PayDay (in my opinion, anyway).

Feature 4 – Really poor offers when trying to leave:

Panel PayDay has one more trick up its sleeves to try to get commissions by promoting to you. If you try to leave the sign-up form page, a pop-up will sometimes come up and ask you if you are sure you want to leave.

If you say you want to stay, you are redirected to a site with “special” offers.

Above you can see the offers I got. I have previously made reviews of two of the sites that are promoted here. That is iSurveyWorld, and I have also previously reviewed the site SurveyMonster.

Both of these sites are very promotional and do not offer any value, in my opinion. But they pay people commissions to promote them, so that is probably why you are taken to this special offer when you are about to leave and are told you can start making money right away.

After seeing this, I lost the last tiny bit of respect I had for Panel PayDay, but with promotions of such offers and promoting it as an easy way to earn, I can in no way support the approach of this site.

How do you get paid?

As you can see, I am not impressed with what Panel PayDay has to offer.

Another reason for this is that you actually do not get paid by the site itself.

It might look like this would be possible before you join, but this is not the case. Panel PayDay is just promoting links to other sites. You have to go and join these actual sites yourself, and if you are lucky to find the good offers they promote, you will then get to some good survey sites where you can earn.

But Panel PayDay itself does not pay you, and you can not earn actual money on the site.

Can you use it on mobile?

I think it is great to be able to take surveys on mobile devices, as it is very convenient, and if you have read any of my survey reviews before, you will know I, therefore, always include a section that explains the mobile opportunities on the survey sites I review.

In theory, you can use Panel PayDay on mobile. The website is optimized for mobile use. However, as already explained, the opportunities there are limited, and you will not earn any money on the site itself, so it does not really matter if it is optimized for mobile or not.

If you like taking surveys on mobile, you can, for example, instead, check out some of the top survey sites with apps that give you actually ways to earn on the sites.

Who can join Panel PayDay?

If you are still interested in joining Panel PayDay, it is, in theory, possible to do no matter where you live.

Most of the offers they promote are for the US, and it also says on their sign up form that you have to be a resident of the US and be at least 18 years old.

But you can still fill out the sign-up form and join – but as you can see from this review, it is not really worth it, in my opinion.

Final verdict – legit or scam?

It is clear that I do not think this site is worth the time, but is Panel PayDay legit or a scam?

Let's finish this review by summing up the pros and cons of the site, and then you can judge for yourself.

Pros:

• Free to join
• Some of the offers are for good survey sites

Cons:

• You have to agree to be contacted by marketing partners
• A lot of promotions, even in the sign-up process
• Makes exaggerated claims about income potential
• Many links do not take you to the actual offer
• Poor “community” page only used for promotion
• No in-depth information
• Some of the offers are for poor survey sites

In my opinion, Panel PayDay has an overwhelming amount of disadvantages. I am not a lawyer, so I cannot say for sure, but from a legal perspective, I am, however pretty sure it is not a scam since you do get access to some legit offers.

I, however, think the site is a complete waste of time, as you find no valuable information that can help you find the best survey sites for you. You never really know if it is a good or poor offer they promote, and in my opinion, it is clearly a site that is more focused on promotion than on helping you find the best opportunities.

There are so many better survey sites with actual earning opportunities. You can, for example, check out the list of the best sites in your country here. With so many sites where you can actually earn directly on them, I see no reason to waste time on Panel PayDay.

If you have any comments, questions, or have any experiences with Panel PayDay yourself, I would love to hear from you in a comment below.