Target does not disclose what its survey pays, and that is the honest answer to the question most people arrive with. Published claims include a $25 gift card given immediately and a $1,500 monthly draw, from sites with no connection to Target. What is consistent: you need the store number, transaction number and date from a receipt under seven days old.
What you need
12 itemsHow to take the survey
Read the official rules first, not a guide
This is the Target-specific step and it is the whole method. Because Target does not publish the reward, every figure you will read online was invented or inherited from a promotion that ended. The rules linked from the live survey are the only place a current answer exists, and reading them takes a minute.
Gather the receipt details
Store number, transaction number and date of purchase. Check the top of the receipt to confirm which store the invitation relates to — feedback is tied to that specific location.
Type informtarget.com yourself
Enter it in the address bar rather than clicking a search result. This topic has an unusually crowded field of imitation sites, several with a dollar figure in the domain name, and at least one guide currently sits on a hijacked government subdomain.
Watch the O and 0 problem
Receipt numbers mix characters that are easy to misread. An apparent O is usually a zero and an apparent I or l is usually a one. Some receipts also carry a loyalty number alongside the transaction number, and entering the wrong one produces the same rejection as a typo.
Answer the questions
Product availability, pricing clarity, staff helpfulness, checkout speed and overall satisfaction. Rating scales with open comment boxes, five to ten minutes, English or Spanish.
Supply contact details if asked
If the current promotion includes a draw, a phone number or email address is needed to reach you. If it does not, there may be nothing to supply — which is itself informative about what you have just entered.
What’s fixed, and what actually varies
Target runs its own stores, so the mechanics are consistent. Almost everything about the reward is not, and the disagreement is unusually wide even by the standards of this topic.
Fixed
- Store number, transaction number and date are what the survey wants
- The receipt must be under 7 days old
- Employees, affiliates and immediate family are excluded
- The survey runs in English and Spanish
- Stores are company-operated, so terms are consistent nationally
- Feedback is tied to the specific store on your receipt
Varies
- The reward, which Target does not disclose
- Whether it is an immediate gift card or a monthly draw — both are claimed
- The entry limit — once per day, once per month and unlimited are all published
- Whether Puerto Rico is included in eligibility
- Whether a promotion is running at all when you take it
One of the more careful sources on this topic says it outright: Target does not disclose any rewards for participating. That single sentence is more useful than every dollar figure published elsewhere, because it explains why they all differ. If you want to know what you are entering, the rules linked from the live survey are the only source — and if they are silent too, that is your answer.
How Target compares
Against the other large retailers here, Target is the only one that will not say what the survey is worth.
| Chain | What you enter | Window | Typical reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Store number, transaction number, date | 7 days | Undisclosed — claims range $25 to $1,500 |
| Lowe's | 18-digit ID, printed as 6-6-6 | 7 days | $500 monthly draw — you must opt in |
| Kroger | Entry ID, or store number + date + time | 7 days | 50 fuel points — 5¢ off per gallon |
Rewards vary by location and promotional period. Your own receipt overrides this table.
Kroger states its reward plainly — 50 fuel points, every time. Lowe's states a $500 monthly draw. Target states nothing, which is why the third-party figures range from $25 to $1,500. That is not Target behaving badly; it is simply a gap, and the gap is what every guide on this topic has filled with guesswork.
If something goes wrong
- Cause
- A misread character, or you entered the loyalty number
- Fix
- Receipt numbers are numeric — an apparent O is a zero, an I is a one. Check you are using the transaction number rather than a loyalty or RedCard number printed nearby.
- Cause
- More than 7 days since your visit
- Fix
- Most sources agree on 7 days, though at least one claims up to 30. Treat it as 7 and do the survey promptly.
- Cause
- Target does not disclose a guaranteed reward
- Fix
- Pages promising an immediate $25 card may be describing a past promotion or nothing at all. The official rules state what the current period offers, if anything.
- Cause
- Entry limits are inconsistently reported
- Fix
- Published rules say once per day, once per month and unlimited-with-a-new-receipt. Whichever the survey enforces is the real one; you cannot argue with it.
- Cause
- This topic has an unusually crowded field of imitators
- Fix
- Type informtarget.com. At least one guide currently sits on a hijacked government subdomain, which is a reasonable indication of how careless this space is.
- Cause
- That is not Target
- Fix
- Close it. No legitimate survey charges a fee to release a reward, and Target never asks for card details to complete feedback.
What happens when a company says nothing
Every other survey covered on this site publishes what it pays. Wendy's names a sandwich, Kroger names 50 fuel points, Lowe's names a $500 draw. Target does not, and one of the more careful guides on the topic admits it directly before offering a figure anyway.
The result is instructive. With no official number to copy, the third-party ecosystem invented several. Some say you receive a $25 Target gift card the moment you finish. Others describe a monthly drawing for $1,500. A few say both, in the same article. The entry rules have fragmented the same way — once per day, once per month, or as often as you have receipts, all stated as fact.
None of these people are necessarily lying. They are filling a vacuum, and each site copies the last. It is the clearest demonstration on this site of how survey misinformation actually forms: not through malice, but through a gap that somebody fills and nobody checks.
Target Corporation operates from Minneapolis, Minnesota and runs its stores directly. The survey itself is unremarkable. The only unusual thing about it is the silence, and the silence is the story.
Questions people ask
What do I get for taking the Target survey?
Target does not disclose it. Published claims include an immediate $25 gift card and a $1,500 monthly draw, none of which come from Target. The official rules linked from the live survey are the only current source.
What do I need from my receipt?
The store number, transaction number and date of purchase. Check the top of the receipt to confirm which store the invitation relates to.
How long do I have?
Seven days by most accounts, though at least one source claims up to 30. Treat it as seven.
How many times can I enter?
Reported as once per day, once per month, and unlimited with a new receipt each time. The survey enforces whichever is current; the published rules disagree.
Is InformTarget the same as Target Circle?
No. Target Circle is the loyalty programme and RedCard is the payment card. The receipt survey is separate from both, though all three involve the same receipt.
Why do the reward figures vary so much?
Because Target publishes none, so third-party sites filled the gap independently. That is the whole explanation for a range running from $25 to $1,500.
Can employees take part?
No. Employees, affiliates and their immediate family members are excluded, which is standard across these programmes.
Which site is the real one?
informtarget.com, typed rather than clicked. The imitator field here is unusually crowded — one guide currently sits on a hijacked government subdomain.