instaGC is an easy and fun rewards site where you can earn free instant rewards for doing things you are already doing online. Earn points when watch videos, search the web, shop online, answer surveys, and complete other tasks. Redeem points for instant gift cards, instant PayPal, or eCheck / direct deposit rewards.
instaGC.com (instagc.com) has 222 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 3.1 out of 5.
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instagc.com
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Wedding & Party
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2026
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InstaGC.com has the WORST customer support that I have ever encountered in the internet age. They refuse to respond or help, when it comes to questions about getting paid out for the points you've earned. They're running a complete scam there, and I've taken action to report them to my state's Labor Department, as well as BBB.
Response from instaGC.comAug 19, 2020
Hi, we never refuse to "not" help. If you're waiting for a response, you would need to remain patient. If you keep updating a support ticket / making new ones - it will slow down a response back to you. What is your username and/or ticket #?
EDIT - If you are who we believe you are, your ticket was updated a few days ago on how to proceed with having your account restored. As stated, you will have to provide ID verification due to the numerous profile changes that you did.
MK
Marques Kaylor (The Slam Dunk M.
instagc has a MAJOR PROBLEM!!! GOT REVERSALS/CHARGEBACKS!!!!
I have been doing a bunch of surveys on here since Jan 2019.
On June 2, 2020 I've been blocked from cashing out any rewards at all due to reversals on charge backs.
I've lost a lot of points on them.
I currently have $238 in points and as of right now I am still blocked from access to rewards.
I have always been trustful and putting valid information here.
This has been a COMPLETE SCAM WEBSITE!!!!
I AM SO PISSED!!!!!!
Response from instaGC.comAug 29, 2020
As stated in your support ticket, "Your rewards access is temporarily blocked due to your recent reversals. While it's possible you may have continued/further reverals, we unfortunately do not know. Until some additional time passes and your submissions are reviewed by the advertisers more, your access will remain blocked. You may continue to earn points and complete tasks if you wish, but we understand if you don't want to during this time. As long as your past and future completions are legitimate, your points will be awarded to you allowing you to cashout. As soon as we have more information we will let you know / re-enable your rewards access."
Update - There's no scam. You had reversals based on your data/answers. While you state you've been trustful and putting valid information, something has to be wrong with your data/answers. Feel free to reach out to the survey providers directly to see why your completions continue to get reversed.
AB
AbleMableMay
Love, but mod Cambree ruins it - confirmed over several years
I want to give more stars, I really do - because I've largely enjoyed the site and it's content since it first came out in 2011. Unfortunately, the continuous negative attitude and behavior by one of the mods (Cambree) negates the positives. I don't interact in chat, solely because I have watched as one by one members are banned for breaking unwritten rules, or some perceived slight known only to that mod. I am embarrassed to have recommended this website. My best friend was banned for asking a question to Cambree about point redemption - she watched the tutorial but still had a question, and my sister quit after only a few days after receiving a shockingly rude reply to a support ticket (in a manner that very clearly indicates it was written by Cambree). I will not make that mistake again.
A few weeks ago I had a support ticket in requesting to be unbanned from chat (which I had never used, only discovered I was banned when I tried to ask a question for the first time in however many years I've been on the site), and the initial reply was horrendously rude. Not repeating here as there's no doubt they'd ban me again for posting this, but it was quite clearly from Cambree - and when I checked back a while late the response had been replaced with a much kinder and more professional response. Unfortunately this indicates the other mods are aware, and yet allow the behavior to stand. Thanks for standing up for what is right in the support ticket, but what about those being bullied in chat for asking questions or - dare I say it - chatting? If it's only for asking Mods a question, rename it. If it's just Cambree's kingdom - call it a day because no one is willingly supporting. It's incredibly disappointing to try and unwind and make some small cash on the side, only to be met with someone on a power trip that clearly indicates a sense of fulfillment in their behavior that quite frankly, should not be coming at the expense of those ultimately earning the website money.
Response from instaGC.comJun 25, 2020
Sorry to hear, but thank you for your feedback about our Live Chat feature. We appreciate it. What is your username and/or ticket # so we can review your account? Thanks.
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IE142267
they were a good site till they weren't
they were a good site till they started holding your points in frozen for whatever reason they want or just refusing to pay out i left the site once told them to delete my account cause they would not give me my 464 points for over two months then came back to see if it was any better earned some points went to frozen waited 15 days got told i do not use the site enough to get the points i earn so go waste time doing survey's that do not pay to get your points is not what i agreed to when i signed up its not a very good site anymore stay away
Response from instaGC.comMay 24, 2020
If all you have done is just that frozen point task, your points may remain frozen until we receive payment from the advertiser. This just protects us from those who try to cheat/fraud. Once we're paid - you will be, as long as it's not reversed. What is your username and/or ticket #?
JL
JL
Poor customer service and low payouts
Poor customer service
The surveys I think you can get paid better elsewhere and the customer service is of a very low standard in my opinion. It could of been an attractive platform for survey earnings if the customer service was a lot better and their customer services had decent soft skills.
I have been a member of Trustpilot for quite a while and only ever fed back on two other companies. I felt this could not go unmentioned about instaGC.com
Based on quality of the customer service I felt is was necessary to express my dissatisfaction with the poor level of customer service that I felt was being demonstrated based on my interaction with them.
I hope this can be a learning curve for the company and even a learning curve for myself to try and understand that good quality customer service is never guaranteed. If customer services are of a decent service you can overlook other flaws in the business model being demonstrated.
They have a chat forum which is run by moderators that seem to have limited customer services skills and when challenged they ban or delete your comment. It could of been an excellent website and platform if they understood the ethos that "a customer is always right". Even if you do not agree with it, which you are entitled to disagree with, good customer services create the perception at least. The moderators are quite quite rude in my opinion and one particular moderator has minimal customer service skill from my observation. I raised this offline in the tickets and nothing changed. As a result of poor customer service I requested the closure of my account and to be sent an email confirming my account has been closed, a simple request. To date I have not received an email confirming this and there is resistance to carry out my simple request. A mere 2 sentences in an email would suffice.
You report matters through a customer service portal and despite trying, I never got the name of who I was actually speaking to, their level in the company, how to escalate a complaint further. I believe any company that represents a level of quality or customer service understanding will always provide you with a first name of who you are speaking to and their position in the organisation. I didn't know if I was speaking to the same moderator that I felt was being rude or if it was their line manager or someone more senior. It was just blank.
Work at home woman's review of the website and the moderators I echo unfortunately.
Trustpilot is not a place to vent just negative views as I understand it. It is a place to voice praise or dissatisfaction with a company. For InstaGC, praise is that the platform is set up to help those with not much money raise a few dollars/pounds in their spare time. Dissatisfaction is the poor customer service skills of the staff AND the lack of willingness to understand just how negative their behaviour can come across as. Dissatisfaction is also that the revenue that can be earned is much less than other similar websites. You could have a survey that takes 10-20 minutes which translates to 1-2 points. 1-2 points is literally a few pennies. Not all surveys are that poor in their payout but together with other surveys having frozen points and late disqualifications, you could find yourself spending hours on the website and earning pennies. If they don't address that then they will lose customers. Online surveys are a great way to obtain customer views but customers want to be rewarded a fair rate. The weekly bonus instaGC offer for watching videos is tiny and the weekly bonus of up to 5% of your surveys is not as rewarding as one would hope based on the primary payout being so low.
My closing thought is that they need to look at their competitors. Others have a greater amount of understanding and respect for the customer in many ways and they listen more. Their payouts are greater too. Other survey sites offer as much as £1 for 5 minutes of your time. This is a greater improvement on the payout of a number of surveys that instaGC offer.
If you don't listen and adapt you will get left behind instaGC.
"The customer is always right" and "Cash is King".
Response from instaGC.comApr 14, 2020
Thanks for your feedback and info - we appreciate it. In regards to your special request, it's been denied. Emails are not sent to confirm an account is closed. This confirmation you're seeking for can be found within your support ticket. It states your account is closed there. Not sure why you're so adamant on receiving a special email to say your account is closed but it won't be coming.
AL
Ally
FAKE GIFT CARDS And stolen points
FAKE GIFT CARDS
FAKE SUPPORT (the worst)
Was good is now a fake site.They sent me an expired gift card .Despite repeated attempts and screenshots I was unable to get any help from there support.THIS COMPANY IS DODGY , AVOID DO NOT TRUST . FAKE GIFT CARDS.AVOID AVOID AVOID.
The also stole my points as they no longer want me on there site
They just close all support tickets without reading or answering questions.(not 1 question answered)
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oreotops
Give me my points this isn't funny anymore (hehe sorry I just sound weird when I'm mad, BUT I DIGRESS)
Give me my points this isn't funny anymore (hehe sorry I just sound weird when I'm mad, BUT I DIGRESS). I'm being given the run around and since writing a review 2 months ago was my only hope for getting a semi-decent attempt at trying to resolve my issue, I'll try it again. it's been 6 months since I've completed these two offers and all I want are my points rounded down. There has to be a way to rectify this situation besides "Unfortunately there's nothing we can do" or "YOU can try this, that, and the other". I don't want to try anything anymore even if I lie and say I will but I just want it fixed. I want my compensation. I don't want to sit and wait around anymore. I just want to get what I came for and move along. I have never IN MY LIFE been given the run around so much for so long by so many businesses. It's insane to me, but whatever. No point in getting upset because angry word will get me nowhere with people trying to do their job. I'm not trying to attack the company, even if it may seem that way if so I'm sorry I'm just frustrated, but I just want 1 resolution: my points. Nothing else. Sorry if that's me being difficult in anyone's eyes, but it's the absolute only way I'll be truly satisfied. Hopefully this gets resolved because I feel as though I've done all I can on my end so it's up to them now. So yeah, if it's resolved my review will go up because that was my only issue with them as of yet and maybe anyone perusing this site will possibly consider Instagc since they do have a wider variety of gift cards than another site I use, but yeah. That's my review ting.
also my ticket #334212, since it was asked for my last review, but I don't think anyone did anything with it or checked back up on that review to see it.
Response from instaGC.comJan 14, 2020
Please remember that instaGC itself doesn't control offer crediting or offer reversing. If you didn't get credit with any points for an offer attempt/completion, we didn't either. Like we stated in your ticket, feel free to re-attempt them if they are still available, or if/when they come back.
CO
Cool
Scam site
I started on this site all was good made 10 bucks no problem went to cash out says to contact support well I contact support and get told I can't have my money. So be aware before you sign up. You won't get paid