RewardBee is operated by SubDirect, LLC, a firm headquartered in Fresno, California that specializes in magazine-based customer loyalty and retention programs. It offers people the chance to earn points by completing consumer surveys. Points can be used to purchase magazine subscriptions and other benefits.RewardBee is an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand rewards platform that rewards people who fill out online surveys with points, which can then be used to purchase magazine subscriptions, discounts, and other premiums. Surveys cover a variety of areas, including lifestyle, beauty, health, entertainment, opinion, politics, parenting, environment, pop culture, and sports.
Surveys and Rewards
Signing up for RewardBee is free and easy and doesn't require users to provide any personal information beyond their names and email addresses. After users sign up, they are presented with a list of surveys they can take that indicates the category and topic of the survey. Clicking on one of those brings up a brief multiple-choice survey as well as a display of magazines and other products that can be obtained in exchange for completing the survey. Surveys ask for information about the user's opinions and experiences and for the user's age and gender. Most surveys contain about 12 questions and can be completed in under five minutes. After completing a survey, users must enter their mailing addresses in order to receive their rewards.
Cost of Participation
Use of the website is free. The site states that users do not incur shipping and handling charges to access their rewards. However, in one case, we found a sample product offer that required payment of $1 shipping and handling.
Rewards
RewardBee typically expresses the amount of rewards points that people can receive in terms of dollars, e.g., "$30 in Reward Points." However, the company also states that reward points have no monetary value and are not convertible to cash. The reward for completing most surveys is $30 in points. Most of the magazine subscriptions and other rewards are priced at $10 in points. Thus a user of the site could get three different magazine subscriptions, discount coupons, or product samples in exchange for completing one brief survey. Points do not expire and although they are not transferable, users can use them to obtain magazine subscriptions and other premiums for other people as gifts.
Privacy
RewardBee turns over users' survey answers to its partners. It also reserves the right to convey users' contact information to other businesses for their marketing purposes. Consumers who don't want to receive promotional emails might consider setting up a separate email account to receive these messages.
RewardBee: The Bottom Line
RewardBee is a great way for people who love magazines and free samples of products to get them for free and with very little effort. It's not intended to be a source of cash income and does not pay people for completing surveys. Within those limitations, however, RewardBee is very easy to use and generous with its rewards.
