With
little involvement, search engines like Bing still reward you. However, you are limited to the amount of credits
you can earn in a day and, in turn, are limited to how quickly you can exchange
those credits for gift cards.
Well,
what if you’re like me and, with a little more involvement, seek to earn more
at a quicker pace? Say hello to
Swagbucks!
Not
only does Swagbucks have a search engine that rewards you, but it is
essentially a hub for all kinds of internet activity that pays you back. From surveys to shopping, video clips to video
games, Swagbucks offers so many ways to earn cash depending on the way you use your
Smartphone and the internet.
Below,
I’ve listed Swagbucks’ many features in the order of your expected amount of
involvement (1 being least to 6 being greatest). You’ll get paid Swagbucks (SBs) for all of
it, but the amount will be up to you!
Swagbucks
Search, now powered by Yahoo, is probably where you’ll find the least amount of
involvement needed to rack up SBs in exchange for rewards. Just substitute your idea of “let’s Google
it” to “let’s look it up on Swagbucks,” and you’re pretty much set.
Since
people’s use of search engines is so instinctual (no thinking required) and
habitual (you do it pretty much every day), the guys and gals at Swagbucks have
decided to raise the bar a little bit.
Instead of rewarding you 1 SB for every search you make, you are
rewarded SBs at random after an unspecified number of searches
Come
again?
You
read correctly. After an x amount of
searches, you will be rewarded an x amount of SBs. In my experience, I’ve been rewarded as low as 5 SBs and as high as 25 SBs after about ±10 searches. The good news is that there’s no real limit
as to how many SBs you can earn in a day.
Sign up with Swagbucks and start searching today!
2. Shop
If
you’re anything like me, when you go to the store: you run in, get what you
need to buy, pay, and get out. My online
shopping habits are quite similar.
However, I don’t get paid to shop online this way at all!
This
is where Swagbucks steps in and says, “if you want go to get paid, come to me
first!” Swagbucks Shop works like the
middle-man. Think of it as your online “parking
lot” before entering the store.
Swagbucks has partnered up with hundreds of online retailers so that you
can get paid SBs for entering the online shop’s site through Swagbucks and
making purchase.
3. Play
Have
you ever been bored? (Silly me…not if you’re reading this blog, right?) Well, for those who are not having as much
fun as you are at this moment, Swagbucks has a spot where you can play online
games and win SBs. You’ll need to win a
few games before you can go out and buy yourself an actual game console, but
that’s why this is not at the top of this list.
4. Watch
If
you don’t like to play games like online solitaire and make SBs, then Swagbucks
may have an alternative that may interest you.
I call it “get paid-per-view videos clips.” They call it Swagbucks TV.
Some
people spend hours and hours on Youtube watching some great videos, but what if
you could get paid to watch them?
Swagbucks TV allows that to become a dream come true. The videos do not play themselves, however,
so you will have click the next button a few times before you get awarded any
SBs. Heads up, there will be tons of
ads as well. More
on this in the weeks to come, but, for now, sign up with Swagbucks and startwatching Swagbucks TV today!
5. Discover
You
may find yourself gunning for that $25 PayPal gift card in the Swagbucks Store,
but you don’t have nearly enough SBs to get it.
So, now you’re feeling like making some higher bets. You’re probably willing
to do almost anything to make up the lost ground.
Head
on over to the Offers page, risk-taker, where you will find that different
vendors are looking for people like to you try out their service and get paid. This is by far the fastest way to make SBs,
but YOU MUST READ THE FINE PRINT! Some
vendors require you to actually pay a fee before or after the trial period is
over, so be very careful not to lose more money that you make.
6. Answer
Swagbucks
Surveys are, in my opinion, the most involved of all the possible ways you can
earn rewards on Swagbucks. You have to
be patient, and if you don’t qualify for one, don’t fret. There are a thousand other ones you can take
on.
Alas,
I have a mountain SBs and a shaky trigger finger. It’s time to spend! As complete as Swagbucks is in terms of
making SBs, it isalso as complete in providing you ways to spend them. Do you have a specific store you’d like to
shop at? There are gift cards for
that! Care to try your luck on some
sweepstakes? There are entries for
that! Are you just looking to cash
out? There’s even a way to do that
through PayPal! All of this and more can
be found at the Swagbucks Store.
A
word of caution regarding gift cards: Most gift cards do take 7 to 10 days for
them to available for use, unless there’s a special where you can pay a little
extra and get that gift care immediately.
Just remember, good things come for those who wait.
So, are you
ready to make some money? You should be
aware that though Swagbucks may be life-changing for some, do not expect to
quit your day job. Swagbucks is a fun
way to use the internet and get paid for it.
Period.
Perk TV is
one-of-a-kind. While there are a few Apps out there that pay
you to play movie trailers, only Perk TV plays the trailers continually without
you having to push a button or enter a code to get credit. So, it doesn’t require very much
involvement. 
