Where Have You Seen American Consumer Opinion?
If the name American Consumer Opinion rings a bell but you can't quite place where you heard it, you're not alone. We've been around since 1986, and over the past few years especially, we've shown up in a lot of places across the internet: personal finance blogs, side hustle communities, YouTube shorts, TikTok, and more.
This post is our way of connecting the dots. If you saw our name somewhere and wondered whether we were worth looking into, here's the full picture.
What Is American Consumer Opinion?
American Consumer Opinion®, ACOP for short, is a paid online survey panel. Since 1986, we’ve been the bridge between everyday consumers and the global brands that stock your pantry, design your favorite tech, and shape the services you use every morning.
Over 40 years, you've earned more than $35 million in incentives. But the real value lies in the influence you wield: your feedback helps Fortune 500 retailers, leading automakers, and innovators in the food and beverage industry refine the products you see on store shelves. Your opinion, it turns out, is genuinely valuable.
Where You May Have Seen Us
We work with some of the most well-respected personal finance and side hustle publishers on the internet. Here are a few of the places our name tends to come up.
Making Sense of Cents
Making Sense of Cents is one of the most widely read personal finance blogs on the internet. The mission of the platform is educating readers that ordinary people can take control of their finances through smart money habits and legitimate ways to earn extra income.
ACOP appears regularly in their content about paid survey sites and low-effort ways to earn from home, and that's exactly the kind of company we're proud to be in. If you found us through Making Sense of Cents, you're in the right place.
Side Hustle Nation
Side Hustle Nation is one of the go-to destinations for people looking to build flexible income outside of a traditional job. Paid surveys aren't a get-rich-quick solution, and the Side Hustle Nation audience knows that. What they are is a simple, no-commitment way to earn a little extra in the margins of your day, which is why ACOP fits naturally into the kinds of resources his community looks for.
TikTok
If you came across us on TikTok, welcome. We're active at @americanconsumeropinion and post regularly about how surveys work, what our members participate in, tips for earning more points, and the occasional behind-the-scenes look at 40 years of consumer research. It's a good place to get a feel for who we are before you decide to join, and joining is always free, so there's really nothing to lose.
Word of Mouth
Some of our most loyal members found us the old-fashioned way—a friend, a family member, or a coworker mentioned that they'd been taking surveys and actually getting paid. We've always believed that the best endorsement is a real one, and with millions of members worldwide, we've had a lot of people willing to pass our name along.
Why We Show Up in Trusted Places
We don't take shortcuts when it comes to how we present ourselves or who we partner with. We work with publishers and communities that hold themselves to a high standard because we hold ourselves to the same one. When Making Sense of Cents or Side Hustle Nation recommends something to their audiences, their readers trust that it's been vetted, and we think that trust is worth protecting.
The result is that our name tends to appear alongside legitimate opportunities, recommended by people who genuinely stand behind what they share. That's not an accident. It's 40 years of doing things the right way.
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Your opinion has always mattered. We've just been making it worth your while since 1986.