Sites like eversave and cool savings are NOT survey sites. They are lead generation companies with the goal in mind of connecting brands to consumers. Eversave does not partake in any of the aforementioned pre-checking or data sharing/selling. If you are being contacted by an advertiser, it means that you signed up for an offer. Cool Savings is a little different in how they handle things, but still a lead generation company. They do sell data, so it is very possible that by signing up for an offer, you were contacted by other advertisers. Regardless, the only way you would see something in the mail from Dr. Sues, is if you had signed up for the offer.

The other aforementioned survey sites, Zoom Panel, Survey Spot, etc. are market research groups. They in fact do sell your user data to be re marketed too and to learn from based on user preferences.

I have tried, a long time ago, the Eversave and Coolsavings. I didn’t like them then and I guess they haven’t changed much according to this article. I have tried a number of other sites as well, but I haven’t had much luck with them for some reason. I will stick with Zoom Panel, but I might check out that LightSpeedPanel.

Coolsavings, eversave, etc: are nothing more than ploys for obtaining demographic info by completing a survey followed by hundreds of “thank you offers” to get all sorts of neat stuff (you have to be careful, because a lot of them PRECHECK YES for some of the offers… this is how you end up with stuff you don’t really want a lot of the time…) (These guys are out to earn a quick buck off the click-thrus, etc generated from these)

Sites such as LightSpeedPanel, otx, nielson, acorn, etc… are legitimate market research companies actually conducting market research studies for their clients. These sites usually have a points system, or monetary compensation involved in their rewards for participating.