Streetbees has closed
The Streetbees app and its parent company shut down in August 2025, after failing to secure last-minute rescue funding or a buyer. You cannot join or earn on it now. I keep my review below as a record. The sites I would pick instead are further down.
Streetbees was an app that paid you for small tasks about your daily life, like short surveys, photos and videos. It shut down in August 2025. I tested it myself before that. Below is what I found, and which sites I would pick instead.
Tested by Mikael (EarnWithMike)Founder and lead testerMikael founded PaidFromSurveys in 2016 and has personally tested hundreds of survey and GPT sites since then. He shows his tests and payment proof to 555K+ subscribers on his YouTube channel, EarnWithMike. He tested Streetbees himself and does not earn a commission from it.Learn more about Mikael
Streetbees has closed
Streetbees has shut down, so you can no longer earn on it. When it was running, it was legit and fun, but tasks were not frequent and the earning potential was small.
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The short answer
Streetbees has closed. The app and its parent company shut down in August 2025, after failing to secure last-minute rescue funding or a buyer. You can no longer join or earn there.
When it was running, it was legit, not a scam, and the tasks were fun and varied. But there were not many tasks, the earning potential was small, and some tasks were not approved, without a real explanation.
- Fun and varied tasks
- Available in 21 countries
- Paid through PayPal, or mobile top-up where PayPal was not available
- You could also use it while traveling
- Streetbees has shut down
- Not as many tasks as on regular survey sites
- Small earning potential
- Inconsistent support
- Tasks could be rejected without a real explanation
My experience with Streetbees
I joined Streetbees, did its tasks, applied to become an ambassador and contacted its support several times. This is what I did myself, and what I did not test.
- First tested
- March 2018Review first published Mar 12, 2018
- Status
- Shut downAugust 2025, after failing to secure rescue funding or a buyer
- Tasks
- Not frequentFewer ways to earn than on other sites, in my experience
- Support
- InconsistentSometimes weeks, sometimes only a few days
- Signing up, first on the website and later in the app
- Tasks with small videos, short surveys and photos
- Having a task not approved, with only a generic explanation
- Applying to become a Streetbees ambassador
- Contacting support, several times
- The FAQ section on the website
- A payout I can show. My review does not show a cashout from Streetbees.
- Working as an ambassador. I gave up, because it took a very long time to get answers.
My Streetbees test on video
I made a video that explains everything you needed to know about Streetbees when it was running.
Screenshots from my account
Streetbees has shut down. The top survey sites in your country are still open and give you more regular ways to earn.
See the best alternativesStreetbees at a glance
| What it was | A mobile app that paid you for tasks about your daily life, to give companies insight into consumers |
|---|---|
| Status | Shut down in August 2025 |
| Ways to earn | Tasks with small videos, short chat-style surveys and photos, plus the ambassador program |
| Payout methods | PayPal, or mobile top-up where PayPal was not available |
| Approval | Each task had to be approved before you got the earnings |
| Minimum age | 18 |
| Where you could join | 21 countries, listed below |
| App | Android and iOS. You needed your phone number to sign up. |
| While traveling | Tasks followed your location, in the local language |
| Support | Email and social media. Very little help in the FAQ, and no FAQ in the app. |
Was Streetbees legit and safe?
Streetbees has shut down, so you can no longer join or earn on it. When it was running, it was legit, because it really paid you for the tasks you did. These were the catches.
- It has shut down
The app and its parent company shut down in August 2025, after failing to secure last-minute rescue funding or a buyer.
- Tasks could be rejected without a real explanation
A task had to be approved before you got paid. When mine was not approved, I only got a generic explanation. Several readers report approved tasks changed to rejected, or not getting all their money.
- Not many tasks
Tasks were not frequent compared to other sites, and how many you got depended a lot on your country. Not all tasks were paid either.
- Inconsistent support
Sometimes it took weeks, and a second message, before I got an answer. Other times, only a few days.
My takeStreetbees has shut down, so it is no longer an option. When it was running, it could be a fun extra app, but never your only one: the opportunities were too limited for it to become a main earning app. See the alternatives below.
How you earned on Streetbees
There were three kinds of tasks, plus the ambassador program. Many tasks mixed them. Tap one to read more.
Tasks with small videosSet per task
Some tasks asked you to make a small video recording, for example while you clean or make tea. That way, companies could see what you actually do, not only what you say.
Survey-based tasksSet per task
Some tasks were like regular paid surveys, but mostly chat-style and very short. They were faster than on most survey sites, but did not pay as much as the top-paying sites.
Tasks with photosSet per task
Some tasks asked you to take one or more photos in a specific situation, for example while making coffee or out shopping. Often, you also answered a few questions about the photos.
Streetbees ambassadorPer task your invites complete
Ambassadors helped Streetbees grow in their country, mostly students with 2-3 hours a week. You referred friends and family and could help with social media campaigns. You got paid every time a person you invited completed a task.
You had to apply on the website. I applied, but it took a very long time to get answers, so I gave up.
Check Out the Top Survey Sites in Your Country
How much could you make?
Some extra pocket money, not a living. How many tasks you got and what they paid depended a lot on your country. In some countries, there were very few tasks; in others, several a week.
Overall, tasks were not frequent compared to other sites, in my experience. With the right expectations, it could be decent, but you should not have joined it as your only site.
How Streetbees paid
Your earnings went to your Streetbees account first. From there, there were two ways to get them out.
| Method | Notes |
|---|---|
| PayPal | The main option |
| Mobile top-up | In countries where PayPal was not available |
A task had to be approved before you got the earnings. In some cases, it was not, and you got no real explanation why.
For survey sites that still pay through PayPal, see the best sites that pay through PayPal.
Who could join?
Streetbees was available in 21 countries: France, Germany, Indonesia, the Philippines, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, India, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Mexico, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Italy, Malaysia, Brazil and South Africa.
You had to be 18 and sign up in the app, for Android or iOS, with your phone number. Unlike most apps, you could also use it while traveling: tasks followed your location, but were in the local language.
What 32 readers told me
This review has 65 comments since March 2018: 32 from readers and 33 replies from me. These are the three things readers wrote about most.
Several readers report approved tasks changed to rejected, a blocked account, a payout that went to the wrong account, or very little pay for many tasks.
Other readers liked it, said it paid them, and found it fun, though they wished for more tasks and better pay.
Readers asked about Pakistan, Nigeria, the Philippines and Trinidad. Of these, only the Philippines was on the list of 21 countries above.
“Do you know how many you have to do to unlock the paid ones?”
Mikael: There is not a set amount of unpaid tasks you need to do to unlock the paid ones. You will see in the app whether a survey is paid or unpaid, but how many unpaid you take will not affect the amount of paid ones.
“sometimes approved surveys change to rejected … I ended up not getting paid.”
Mikael: Sorry to hear that. Sounds very disappointing. Did you contact their support and got an explanation for it?
“What to do if I open streetbees and no tasks appear instead it respond that “its a little quiet now”.”
Mikael: Streetbees often do not have tasks. I would suggest you join several other sites as well that have more regular opportunities.
Streetbees alternatives I have tested
| Site | Best for | Min. cashout | My rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Opinion | Surveys only, payouts usually within 30 minutes | $5 or $10, by country | 4.6 / 5 |
| Swagbucks | Many daily ways to earn, one of the biggest GPT sites | About $5 PayPal | 4.3 / 5 |
| YouGov | Short opinion surveys in many countries | Varies by country | 4.3 / 5 |
| Toluna Influencers | Surveys and product tests in many countries | Usually around $7 to $10, by country | 4.2 / 5 |
For more options, see the top survey and GPT sites in your country or the top GPT sites.
How I scored Streetbees
I use the same 100-point system for every platform. See how I test and rate.
Streetbees scored 50 out of 100 before it shut down. To earn today, see these sites.
See the best alternativesStreetbees FAQ
Is Streetbees still running?
No. The Streetbees app and its parent company shut down in August 2025, after failing to secure last-minute rescue funding or a buyer. You cannot join or earn there now.
Was Streetbees legit?
Yes. It paid you for the tasks you did. But tasks were not frequent, and some were not approved.
How did Streetbees pay?
Through PayPal, or by mobile top-up in countries where PayPal was not available. A task had to be approved before you got the earnings.
Did you have to do unpaid tasks first?
There was no set number of unpaid tasks to unlock the paid ones. The app showed if a task was paid or unpaid, and how many unpaid ones you took did not affect the paid ones.
Which countries was Streetbees in?
21 countries, including the US, the UK, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa. You had to be 18.
What are good alternatives to Streetbees?
See Prime Opinion, Swagbucks, YouGov or Toluna Influencers in the alternatives above, or the top survey sites in your country.
Who tested Streetbees for this review
Founder of PaidFromSurveys.com since 2016. Mikael has tested hundreds of survey and GPT sites and shares his tests with 555K+ subscribers on YouTube (October 2026).
If you have any comments, questions, or experiences with Streetbees, I would love to hear from you in a comment below.
Hey Brother Great Review!!! I’m Going To Check This Out. Interesting About The Ambassador.
Thx For A Great Vid & Review
Lyn
Glad you like it.
Is this available to Trinidadians in the Caribbean and payable to a payoneer account.
I explain all this in the review above.
Please is it available for Nigerians or will I say out of the 87 countries is Nigeria included ?
I explain in the review above how to find out if it is available in your country.
Is this site available in Pakistan??
Not as far as I know.
I loved using StreetBees when I was on there. It’s available in the U.S. where I am!
Thanks for sharing.
I just started using StreetBees, and I absolutely love it! They were very prompt and professional when I brought some accessibility concerns to them. I’m visually impaired, and I’m very proud to say that this app is more accessible now, thanks to me emailing them! I think more survey sites need to be more inclusive of those of us who have disabilities, and I’m so glad StreetBees took my feedback seriously!
Thanks for sharing your experiences about this. Glad to hear their support responded to you as it is a bit hit and miss whether they will reply or not, in my experience. But very glad to hear they made the app my accessible.
Hello, thanks for sharing. I’m a math teacher and I make money answering questions on coursehero. Do you know of another page that is like coursehero?
sorry, but I do not know any sites exactly like Coursehero.
Am a new streetbee user. Please I want to know other sites I can join to earn. Am in Nigeria. Thanks.
You can see the best sites in Nigeria here.
hello Mikael,
have gone through your review and also comments regarding peoples experience. This is becos am willing to give it a try . although i have tried many other paid site and its not making me happy due to the policy and location barriers.
Right now am in the Philippines and i need to know other legit paid surveys site here for me to try not withstanding am still gonna give this a try with all have had and learnt from you and others. No harm in trying since we are all at home right now.
There are quite a lot of good sites in PH. I would, however, not suggest Streetbees from PH.
Did you see this list of the best sites in the Philippines? Those sites will be your best options.
Yes i have and am already doing Viewfruits. i am still reviewing others like Univox Community PH, which i do not feel satisfied with the way they operate.
Thanks for letting me know about Streetbees since i even felt reluctant to register it.
If there are other site that pays online simply let me know
you are welcome.
The best option in PH are the ones on the list I shared earlier and there are 25 options so there are plenty to choose from. You just need to do it with the right expectations – if you are looking to make a full-time income online, survey and Get-Paid-To sites like this is not the way to go. You can check out this article about how much you can expect from survey sitescheck out this article about how much you can expect from survey sites so you know what to expect.
Dear sir,
I am Rahul From india and i am using the streetbees account in the past months and i have earned around 1400 rs. But it is not enough for me. Then i thinking that can i use the streetbees application with VPN and fake location. They pay me or not when i will do this process in streetbees application.
Hi Rahul,
I would, in general, not advise you to use a VPN on sites like this. They will see it as fraud and have strong security to avoid this and if they detect it, they will ban you and you will lose your earnings.
I would instead suggest you join some more sites. You can, for example, check out this list of the best survey and GPT sites in India where there are some really great options.
Hope this helps
Streetbees was a fun app in the beginning. They was paying out every 48hrs to my paypal! I made a total of $40 in one month.Then next month there wer less and less tasks to do and some repetitive as well. I did them as well and then the payout to paypal starting taking a week..until I emailed them a week later and then they sent payment the next day.
I did a task for $10 a week ago .then today it says the Streetbees app just paid me. I checked my paypal and nothing! Long story short after numerous emails back n forth with Streetbees, my email was switched to someone elses account. So now they have to review to make sure I didn’t get credit in order to pay me to the right account!..sheesh! I’m deleting this app.
Thanks for sharing your experience Christine. Definitely, understand you do not feel like using Streetbees anymore after those experiences. Luckily there are many great alternatives.
Mikael
Yes it’s a good thing I am using other alternatives.
Can I ask you which other sites are your favorites? I always like hearing about new sites and testing new sites and then write reviews about them so other people can hear about the good and the bad options out there. So maybe you know of some I have not heard about yet.
Thanks,
Mikael
I like street bees. They pay but I didn’t get all my money only $3and I total $28
Thanks for sharing your experience Sandra. A shame to hear you did not get all your money. Did you get any explanation why?
Mikael
What to do if I open streetbees and no tasks appear instead it respond that “its a little quiet now”.
I need help on this
Hi Alex,
Streetbees often do not have tasks. I would suggest you join several other sites as well that have more regular opportunities.
If you tell me which country you live in, I will be happy to give you some suggestions for additional good sites to join?
Mikael
I live in Tanzania
It is not the country with the most survey options, but some sites where you should be able to find opportunities are Surveytime, ClixSense, Surveyeah, WowApp, and ClickWorker.
Hope this helps.
hi mikel am Layne from Ethiopia so which site is good for me
I would suggest you to check out Surveytime, ySense, and Timebucks.
Hope this helps.
Hi. I’m just join Streetbees in order to get some money. I downloaded yesterday and finished their surveys (about 53 stories) and didnt get any dollars. What does it mean?
And then, I opened again this app this morning and saw the writing that they didn’t have any surveys for me.
Hi Dito,
As explained in the review, not all surveys on Streetbees are paid which can be a bit confusing. Also, it is very normal that there are times when you cannot find any available surveys there. It is not the site with the most opportunities. That is why it is great joining other sites as well.
Hope this helps.
Street bees gets a 10plus. Some of my money took longer to show up but when I let them know, they took care of it. I have made $56 dollars in my PayPal account. This site is legit so I go on it every night and the extra money is needed. thanks street bees?
Great to hear you got all your money and are happy with the platform Sandra. Thanks for keeping us updated.
Mikael
i completed some tasks, money paid in my streetbee account but not in my paypal. and i still waiting for more than 48 hours.what should i do??
You will have to contact their support. Let me know how it goes.
I only received a total of $2.00 and I have did 25 stories I am uninstalling streerbees!
That is a very low reward Monique – definitely understand you will delete it. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Yup..I had to delete them as well..I guess it works better for the UK than the US..I use Bulbshare..Way better than Streetbees. Now wait for the rude comment from the guy that answered your question..because streetbees is a halfazz working app..
Do you think I was being rude Sunny? If that is the case I apologize as that was definitely not my intention. I just meant that since she has earned that little with that much hard work I definitely understand she will delete it and find better options.
You (Mikael)were rude to me one time..As I expressed my opinion about the app and shook me out of a payment..And you told me oh well theres other options out there..So I did!!.
I just went back and looked at the comment I left for you 6 months ago and it was:
“Thanks for sharing your experience Christine. Definitely, understand you do not feel like using Streetbees anymore after those experiences. Luckily there are many great alternatives.”
I am sorry if you felt I was rude by saying this. Maybe I did not express myself clearly – I genuinely appreciated that you were sharing your experiences with me and everyone else as it can really help others make the right decision for them.
If it came across differently I apologize as that was definitely not my intention.
Don’t read these comments. Streetbees is 100% authentic and works really well xx it may not have worked for others but it has for me and I am from united kingdom northwest.
Thanks for sharing your experience Afahshah. Appreciate it. Great to hear you have had good experiences with Streetbees.
Mikael
Street Bees has owed me some money for a few weeks now. Cons me into doing 5 stories a day for 5 days for $50. My first day I was rapidly declined and then the app gave me an error code since. I reached out to Street Bees and this is what I was told (mind you, many of my friends and family use Street Bees and had the same error msg):
Thank you for contacting us.
Unfortunately our systems have either linked you to more than one account, using VPN or suspicious and illegal activities
This action violates our Terms and Conditions and for this reason your account was blocked.
This ban is permanent, therefore we are not able to reinstate your account.
I am sorry that we will no longer be able to receive more submissions from you.
Thank you,
John Bee
I was in no violation and was not provided any further explanation and had my account closed. Seems once you make a substantial amount of money they close your account without reason. It’s a waste of time honestly and Street Bees is not worth the frustration.
Very sorry to hear that Melissa.
Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. Have not heard about similar experiences with Streetbees before. Definitely sounds frustrating. Hope you find opportunities that will work better for you.
Mikael
l would like to participate in your surveys.
Hi Margaret,
If you would like to participate in surveys, you can check out the list of the best sites in your country. You are also welcome to tell me in which country you live, and then I will be happy to come with a few suggestions.
Mikael
Streetbees Nederland, is running a research about cryptocurrency. Hence, we are looking for people age: 35+ to share their opinions in a short survey.
If you are willing to contribute to our survey, please download our app.
Thank you for the update Isabela.
Mikael
sometimes approved surveys change to rejected 🙁 after I had been so excited, I ended up not getting paid. Out of 38 surveys 14 were approved then they changed 12 to rejected only leaving 2.
Sorry to hear that. Sounds very disappointing. Did you contact their support and got an explanation for it?
Mikael
Couple of things that weren’t mentioned. Sometimes you have to complete unpaid surveys to unlock the paid ones. Secondly, they ask a lot of very personal questions so be wary of that.
It’s a decent app and fairly fun but you’ll only make a few pounds a month out of it. But they do actually pay you and it is not a scam.
Thank you very much for adding these details Paul and for sharing your experiences. I appreciate it.
Mikael
Do you know how many you have to do to unlock the paid ones? I have tried searching everywhere and cannot find this information
Hi Jules,
I will try to contact Streetbees and see, if I can get an answer for you about whether there is a set number you have to do, or if it depends on the account/country. I will get back yo you as soon as I hear from them.
Mikael
Hi Jules,
I just checked with Streetbees themselves to be sure how it works worldwide. There is not a set amount of unpaid tasks you need to do to unlock the paid ones. You will see in the app whether a survey is paid or unpaid, but how many unpaid you take will not affect the amount of paid ones. So if you do not see any paid ones, it is likely because there are none available in your area at the moment.
Hope this helps.
Mikael
Hi Mikael,
I have heard of Streetbees from a recent ad lying around the internet and the claims that it promises really seem to be too good to be true.
After reading your article, I think I’ll give this a miss, as I think there’s way more work required just to earn a little bit of pocket money as you’ve said.
I’ve got a question: What’s the best survey site or do you have any recommendations on them?
Hi Fernglow,
Streetbees will definitely not make you rich, but it is a legit site, so it is possible to make a little extra cash there. But you are right that it is not one of the sites that will give you the most opportunities.
Which survey sites that are the best depends a lot on the country you live in.
You can check out my lists for specific countries here.
All the best,
Mikael
Streetsbees is legit .they fix my problem I got paid and now i have made about $50.i just wish they send more surveys and pay a little more on the survey?
Good to hear Sandra.