Definitely NOT a scam. Read a lot of reviews before I agreed to my first "focus group" type thing with them concerning chronic pain, paying $150.
1. They communicated with me professionally and pleasantly. I was not asked for any information that was not pertinent to the study.
2. They were very prompt in communication both after I qualified and if I had additional questions for them.
3. All happened as expected, and when their customer added on an extra "task" (providing some info on paper and emailing it) that was not expected, after I had already agreed to do the survey, they gave me an extra $25 gift card because of it. (I didn't ask, they just did!)
4. The online interview/discussion was courteous and pleasant, it was myself and one other participant, and a moderator, and they alerted us that someone from Accelerant was also on the line as well as two people from the organization doing the market research. They alerted us that the discussion was being recorded.
5. I got my online gift card information two days later, the $150 one and the extra $25 one. I've activated both and already used the $25 and it worked fine. Activation was fast and easy.
It was a fun market research survey and I would definitely do surveys for Accelerant again.
For those reviewing Accelerant as a scam because they are never selected, or consistently told they don't qualify, or all the surveys are only $2 or $3 -- all of that is business as usual with surveys-for-pay. The ones that pay in the hundreds are definitely less frequent. When you consider how many people in the world are now trying to make money doing surveys, it is not a surprise that people don't get selected frequently. When I used to do surveys more regularly, I would fill out the "screening" survey for many many more surveys (for $2 to $3) than I was selected for.
For those saying they didn't get paid by these folks, all I can say is I was paid promptly and as described (and more than I expected, for a very easy "extra" request").
There are SO many scam sites out in the internet these days that I check a lot of sites now and really appreciate the reviews that point out the real scams. Since my experience with Accelerant was excellent and I can definitely say it is NOT a scam site, I wanted to make that known out here in review land. read more