Week 2 Cash Out

This week seems to be an off week considering one of my main sources of income had a server crash Sunday and they're behind on crediting accounts. However, I'm happy to say that I haven't done too bad!

I was able to cash out on Swagbucks (after doing it June 6th) for $25 as well as Checkout 51 (kind of a crappy grocery app) for $22.25. These payments are still pending. Although Quick Rewards had their issues these last few days, I went ahead and cashed out there for $3.84. I'm waiting for my receipt to be processed on Ibotta, which will put me at cashing out around $21.03. I guess, all in all, it hasn't been too bad of a week! Once everything hits, it'll put my "weekly" cash out at a whopping $72.12. Holy crap!!

This weeks cash outs bring me up to $115.88!

I should really track all of my earnings for the week so we can see what those look like! I'll start that endeavor next Thursday.

Swagbucks, Earning Quickly and Easily

Let me introduce you to Swagbucks, my second favorite money making site (link on the right side). You are able to quickly earn a decent amount from from here doing all sorts of stuff!

Though this site is known for its surveys, I don't really care much for them. What I do like is the shopping and videos. When using one of their links to shop, you are able to receive a percentage back. For instance, on Mothers Day, I bought tickets for a river cruise through Groupon. I received 3% back. The pool I bought my kids on Walmart's website has netted me $10 back. The ONLY complaint I have about this, is that it takes a bit to get your percentage back. It's ok though.

Videos are my main money maker on this site. A 20-25 minute playlist can net you so many SB (Swagbucks). If I try to stay on top of the playlists, I can earn several dollars a day. They've been doing these automatic Ncrave playlists where they just keep going, so I can just turn the playlist on and go do whatever I need to do. It's incredibly simple!

If you like doing Offerwalls, they have a decent amount to choose from and a few offer Engageme.tv videos. I LOVE Engageme! Offerwalls are a cool way to earn some extra, but I'm not a huge fan of them.

Swagbucks does offer games if you are into some of these.

A few of the things I really like about this site is that they have contests, they have a wide variety of gift cards available, and turn around time is faster than it use to be. Their contests are via Swago Boards (basically clicking all links or doing as many tasks on the board as you can) or team earnings (assigned a team and if you contribute so many points to your team, you receive so many SB back when you cash out). Their gift cards available are insane! They have the widest assortment that I've ever seen. Bonus, sometimes these gift cards are on sale, so you can get a $25 Amazon card for $22. I cash out for Paypal and have found that my turn around time for this has become next day, which I love.

Swagbucks has also become mobile and has a variety of apps from a Swagbucks Local to their multiple video applications. This allows you to earn even faster. Their regular app has links to shopping, so you can purchase something on the go (I ordered the cruise tickets while sitting on the dock). Their video applications will sometimes offer you double or triple on watched videos.

Week 1 Cash Out

Today I went ahead and authorized a bank transfer through Paypal. This means the money will be in my account tomorrow. I kind of like the friday payday option because it gives me extra to play with over the weekend. I earn money daily through my sites and apps, but, due to the varying cashout options, I can only cash out on certain sites when I hit their threshold. 

This week, I was able to cash out $43.76. 

My cash out is as follows:

Ibotta: $28.25

Mobisave: $2.40

Quick Rewards: $8.11

Saving Star: $5.00

I will update my numbers each week so that you may see what I am able to bring home utilizing the sites/apps that I do. 

Quick Rewards, Helping you earn money in many ways

When I first found this site, I really thought it was ridiculous. I won't lie, I felt it was poorly set up and didn't have the usual bells and whistles that other sites do. However, after using it, I was in love!

When it comes to surveys, they truly have some of the highest paid ones out there. Their Opinion Network router is just awesome! You can take these and usually receive credit within a few hours. The bonus is that you can take all of the surveys that you qualify for! Their LiveSample $1 daily (that you can do twice a day) also credits within a few hours. Some other routers only credit once or twice a week. They also have more routers than any other site out there, which means a higher earning potential.

Not only do they offer surveys, but they have a shopping side where you get a percentage back from purchases made via their site on various online stores. I usually use another site for this, to be honest.

My second favorite part of this site is that they offer Engageme.tv via Adscend Media. I, literally, can turn these on and just let them go while I sleep, while playing outside with my kids, or when I leave the house. To be honest, I have them running on my husbands laptop right now! These videos are offered on other sites, but this one pays much better than any of their rival sites.

The one thing I love about this site is that you can cash out as little as a penny! They faithfully pay every single evening. I, personally, cash out every wednesday night so I have the money in Paypal thursday morning and can use Paypal to transfer next day to my bank. It's glorious! No other site cashes out this fast in such minimal increments! If you wanted, you could cash out daily.

I STRONGLY encourage you to sign up on this site and use the crap out of it! Check it out- http://quickrewards.net/?r=!F94VXV35CVEF8

Grocery Apps, Saving money on food

For many, saving money on groceries is a necessity due to rising food costs. Unless you own a printer and/or get a hold of sunday inserts, you really don't stand much of a chance to utilize coupons. Granted, store loyalty cards definately help you to save money too. If you shop somewhere that doesn't do loyalty cards and don't do coupons, you're stuck paying that stores prices.

Luckily, for those who want to save money buying groceries or get money back for their purchases, we have handy dandy apps for that! I use four different apps for my grocery purchases and they have really helped me to save money.

These four apps are: Mobisave, Saving Star, and Ibotta.

Mobisave is incredibly easy to use and only requires you to save the offers in the app and then snap a photo of your receipt. Name brand items have higher rebate amounts, but those any brand offers can add up too. One thing I love is that you get the rebate in your Paypal account within a couple hours. For instance, today, I bought Reddi Whip and got $1 in my Paypal account in less than an hour. I love this aspect of the app!! I, literally, can go to my van after my shopping trip, snap the photo of the receipt, and by the time I am home they've put that in my Paypal. How awesome is that??

Saving Star is very easy to use, though sometimes it's kind of ridiculous. You can link some of your store loyalty cards, so it will find out that you've made a purchase there with little to no work on your end. For stores where you can't link your card, it requires snapping a photo of the receipt and then scanning the item's barcode. They always have a few "One or Many" offers that require you to spend so much money on certain products within a time frame. These offers usually give you between $3 and $5 back once you've purchased the set monetary amount. You cannot cash out on here until you've reached the $5 minimum. However, the minimum isn't too hard to reach and it usually pays out within 24 hours.

Ibotta is not only easy, but it has much more than just grocery store savings. They offer a percentage back on purchase made in places like Buffalo Wild Wings, World Market, Best Buy, and even Amazon. For grocery purchases, you have bonuses such as product pairings, monthly levels, and earning a set number of rebates from certain stores. My store trip with my kids today gave me $4.50 just from product rebates and due to bonuses, I earned an extra $4. You can link your store cards for certain store rebates and for the other stores, just snap a picture of your receipt. It took less than an hour for my account to be credited. Payments from Ibotta usually take less than 24 hours to hit my Paypal. Another thing I do like is that they offer the "Any Brand" rebates too as well as a new rebate that you get for just purchsing any item. It's pretty cool!

I highly encourage you to check out to download and use these apps if you want to get some money back from the grocery store.

Inbox Dollars, It is what it is

Let me start off by saying that this site is not one of my favorites, but it is profitable, so I have continued to utilize it. I earn five cents a day because I am lazy and like doing just their poll and paid emails. Since I have been with them, I've earned $81. If I wanted, I could easily make more with them because they have surveys, their TV, and videos.

The one drawback is that I feel their surveys are not worth the time due to the payout. However, you have to determine what you feel your time is worth. When you factor in demographics, you may end up with higher paying surveys than what is offered to myself. Those demographics are always something you have to remember when it comes to surveys.

If you don't want to spend time on their surveys, you can do the poll, paid emails, videos, and their TV channel. If you utilize all of these, you could probably bring in at least a dollar a day. This would also depend on the time you want to devote to doing this every day.

This site does have offers and games as well as sweepstakes. I'm not into offers unless they're completely free, so I don't do those. I don't really get into the games or sweepstakes either. You can do their paid searches as well, but you have to do four legitimate searches before you receive anything.

Why Survey Sites?

When most people look at jobs they can do at home, the main things that pop up are gimmicks such as "Get this much money in Paypal today" or "Free Online Training". There are promises to make hundreds, if not thousands, a day. After these, you then come across Multi Level Marketing companies that promise you financial freedom, but require large sums of money up front for products to have on hand. Not only do you need inventory, but, you need to create a large customer base in a market that is saturated with consultants who have their own loyal customers. Companies that deal in wellness products also promote products with unsubstantiated claims to efficacy in order to sell their products and have been known to prey upon vulnerable women. Many people who embark upon the dream of their business end up falling flat and losing money. This isn't fair or helpful to people that are serious about making extra money at home.

I chose survey sites about two years ago for extra spending money. They gave me freedom to earn this extra money in my spare time. I didn't have set hours, no inventory, no sales, no anything. I could decide what I wanted to do when I wanted and even found additional short-cuts to maximize earnings. When I tell people about these sites, I'm 100% honest about my experience with each company, because I will not try to get anyone to sign up by lying to them. I'm happy to share all earnings information as well, so you know how this has worked out for myself.

I hope you enjoy this informative site and check out some of the things that I share so that you may be able to make the extra that you need, whether it's for a bill or two, a holiday or special event, or even just spending money. Best of luck to all of you!