Swag Bucks

A fun little corner of the internet is SwagBucks. There are very few legit websites that you can fill out surveys, and it actually pays. Sure this website does not pay a ton of money, but if you do a few things here and there you can gain a few gift cards from Amazon. You can earn points by buying items that you were going to buy on websites anyways, but you go through them. This is a neat way to get extra cash back on your purchases.

So you can also grab coupons to shop at actual stores. You redeem your points once they are used in store. This is really great since you can use the Ibotta, Checkout 51, and Snap Apps to double, or even triple dip. You can really start stacking as many things as you can. This is a great way to get some extra cash for beer.

You can watch videos for swagbucks, play games, search the internet, answer polls, etc. There is almost always something to do on there for SwagBucks. It is nice reap the benefits of your work, as mindless, or easy as it may be.

Ibotta - just as easy.

Much like the last post that was made, another app has been found. I like this app for other reasons. This app is similar to Checkout 51, in that it has the same features. This app just slightly differs in that it is store specific. So if you frequent a particular store, you can search for the offers for that store specifically. This comes into handy if you do a lot of the grocery shopping in a few places. You can build a shopping list from both the Checkout 51, and the Ibotta app, and then upload your receipt to both. Again this is about as easy as it gets, you are already shopping, and as long as the app has your favorite stores, then you are ahead of the game.

The interface for Ibotta is nice as well. It is easily navigated. I have found I just open both apps while I make my grocery lists, then I just compare what they have to what I get. I usually do both of the offers if they have more than one offer. For example, watch this quick video, and check out this recipe.  This is slightly more time consuming than Checkout 51, but you can sometimes double dip. You can redeem milk on the Checkout 51 app, then again on the Ibotta app. It works very well so far.

Finally, Ibotta is a very nice little app. It is simple, and easy to make extra for doing the things that you are already doing. Grab the Ibotta app from here: https://ibotta.com/r/crwgbiw. Use referral code “crwgbiw”.

Simple, Easy money from things you already do!

I spent a couple weeks attempting to find savings for my family from using coupons on the internet, but all that I really came across was websites that were sprouted from the extreme coupons era. These were mostly fake scam websites luring you in to get your machine infected with Mal-ware, viruses, etc. Then I happened to stumble across this lovely little app on the Android market. This app seemed too good to be true. I elected to download this app as I have done many of times in the past. I created an account on this app to find that everything that it said it did, well it did do.

So the app is called Checkout51. It is super simple. All you do is sign up with either you email address, or Facebook account. Next, review their offers. Let’s say Milk is one of the offers inside of their offers list. It will say a price. Let’s say it shows ($0.75). Alright, so you go shopping that night, and grab some milk at the store.  Once you get home, all you have to do is take a picture (with your phone), then upload that picture to the app. They review the receipt, and then add that ($0.75) to your account. This does not sound like a lot of money, but it adds up quickly, and it may help you try a new thing or two you have been debating. Once you have $20+ in your account, you can then request a pay out of that money.

This is an excellent idea for anyone that loves to use coupons, since this is essentially stacking coupons on top of one another, and the store that you buy these items from have no say of whether they will accept them or not. You cut them out. This is also something you already do anyways. You go to the store, and buy food. You are just taking a picture with your phone, and adding two seconds to shopping. You can even star the items you want, or as you shop you star the items you are throwing into your cart, so once you get home all you have to do is snap a picture of the receipt, and you are done!