Screeners exist before the real survey
Every survey starts with profiling questions. If your answers do not match the audience the client bought, you are screened out. That is normal ??? even excellent profiles complete only about one in three attempts. A screen-out is not a punishment and never harms your account standing.
How to raise your completion rate
- Complete your profile once and answer consistently, every single time.
- Slow down in the first minute. Speeding through screeners flags you as automated traffic.
- Read attention-check questions ("select Strongly agree to show you are reading") and answer them literally.
- Never change core facts ??? country, age, gender, household ??? between studies.
- Attempt longer specialist studies: they screen harder up front but waste less of your time per payout.
Consolation rewards
Most of our survey partners pay a small automatic credit for a screen-out. It lands on its own and needs no claim. Abandoned studies ??? ones you closed yourself halfway ??? do not earn it, which is another reason to only start studies you intend to finish.
What gets a profile throttled
Contradictory answers across studies, impossible completion speeds, and VPN usage during surveys. Throttled profiles see fewer invitations for a while. Consistent honest answering restores full matching faster than anything else.