So May is almost over, and while paying surveys haven't been abundant, I've been doing pretty well. I've pretty much finished up my product trials. I'm currently doing a daily journal on cold/allergy meds.
I signed up with a few new sites.
My Opinion Now - not too bad. I don't qualify for their surveys very often. They pay in "points" , so far I have 750 with the rewards starting at 2000, the site says you can redeem for rewards or cash. I don't know if the points translate to exact dollar amount (i.e. 1oo pts = $1), but for 2000 points you get 20 iTunes songs.
Lightspeed Consumer Panel is quickly becoming one of my favorite sites. Not only have I already received a product trial for a new Dove shampoo/conditioner, their surveys are abundant and the points add up fairly quickly. I've already cashed out for a $10 Amazon, and just today cashed out for a $25.00 Amazon.
There are several other sites that I'm on the verge of cashing out with and it seems just when you get right there, you stop getting stuff. SurveyHead for example- I'm like $1.00 away from cash out and I can't seem to qualify for anything to save my life. Oh well- I'm sure something will come through soon.
Ok- the earnings for May:
$15.00 from Pinecone Research (god I LOVE them!)
$33.77 from CashCrate (see my proof below that they REALLY PAY!)
$3 from UCLA
$15 Amazon from Avon Communispace
$25 Amazon from Lightspeed
$1.00 from another survey company (forget who they are)
$13.30 from Opinion Outpost
$14.50 from Greenfield Online
May's Total: $120.37
I haven't really shopped at all this month, except for the Tulle's Day sale in early May. I ended up returning several of the items due to fit. Nice thing was that they have free return shipping.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Inbox Dollars Really Pisses Me Off! and other bargains
So I requested a check from Inbox Dollars awhile back- it was almost 2 months from when I requested it till when they told me I'd receive it- so it said May.
I haven't gotten any paid emails from Inbox Dollars in about a week- so I was like hrm, what's going on here? I go and log in to my account and it says "your account is inactive, please click here to send a conformation email" I'm thinking great- so lemme guess what's going to happen now- either my money that I earned is going to be all missing or they haven't sent a check.
Well, luckily for me, it's the latter. So guess what, NOW I have to wait until July. Totally fucked up. After I receive my check, I'm cancelling my account, but I'm sure they are going to do something again come July. I'm filing a complaint with survey police to get this resolved. I'm also going to email Inbox Dollars and WTF at them big time.
In other news, "product trials" have been abundant for me this month! I have 3 of them going on! One is super secret and I can't tell you about it- but the other 2 I can. One is for a new kind of "nighttime" toothpaste and another is for granola bars. The toothpaste is good stuff, but it doesn't do what it claims- your supposed to use it at night so you don't wake up with furry teeth/dragon breath in the morning. My teeth aren't furry but my breath isn't minty either. Plus my husband thinks the "stripper glitter" in it is weird (it has mini breath strips in it).
Bargain Shopping has been abundant for me this month- Tulle tulle4us.com had a ridiculous sale this week- many items under $7 , I scored 6 really nice pieces for under $30 . Their shipping was a bit high at $13.00. I also scored a really nice 19" wide screen LCD monitor for $70 from Staples, plus I got a casio label maker for free. Clinique.com also had a nice deal- I spent $40 , got free shipping PLUS a ton of freebies- 9 of them total -
I should be getting some survey payments in for this month- So far I've gotten paid $9 in surveys via paypal and a $5 Amazon. Not bad for the first week.
I haven't gotten any paid emails from Inbox Dollars in about a week- so I was like hrm, what's going on here? I go and log in to my account and it says "your account is inactive, please click here to send a conformation email" I'm thinking great- so lemme guess what's going to happen now- either my money that I earned is going to be all missing or they haven't sent a check.
Well, luckily for me, it's the latter. So guess what, NOW I have to wait until July. Totally fucked up. After I receive my check, I'm cancelling my account, but I'm sure they are going to do something again come July. I'm filing a complaint with survey police to get this resolved. I'm also going to email Inbox Dollars and WTF at them big time.
In other news, "product trials" have been abundant for me this month! I have 3 of them going on! One is super secret and I can't tell you about it- but the other 2 I can. One is for a new kind of "nighttime" toothpaste and another is for granola bars. The toothpaste is good stuff, but it doesn't do what it claims- your supposed to use it at night so you don't wake up with furry teeth/dragon breath in the morning. My teeth aren't furry but my breath isn't minty either. Plus my husband thinks the "stripper glitter" in it is weird (it has mini breath strips in it).
Bargain Shopping has been abundant for me this month- Tulle tulle4us.com had a ridiculous sale this week- many items under $7 , I scored 6 really nice pieces for under $30 . Their shipping was a bit high at $13.00. I also scored a really nice 19" wide screen LCD monitor for $70 from Staples, plus I got a casio label maker for free. Clinique.com also had a nice deal- I spent $40 , got free shipping PLUS a ton of freebies- 9 of them total -
I should be getting some survey payments in for this month- So far I've gotten paid $9 in surveys via paypal and a $5 Amazon. Not bad for the first week.
Monday, April 27, 2009
I heart Pinecone Research- and other updates!
I am so thrilled I googled that Pinecone Research site and found a banner- I've already gotten paid $6 (and they are FAST to pay my first check came within 3 days of taking the survey!) and I am currently in the middle of product trial for them as well. I can't tell you what the product is, it's top secret! I know several seasoned surveyers are annoyed that Pinecone lowered their payouts, but heck $3 is better than $0 if you ask me.
I started getting "back into" CashCrate this month, so far I've earned $32.47 this month, hopefully I'll add a few more bucks to that before payout(last day of the month). I've started qualifying for their surveys again and doing a few of the offers. I'm doing pretty good with referrals also, I just wish some of them would do enough to make payout ($20) so they could see it's not a scam! CashCrate is definitely one of the easiest paid sites I've ever used- frustrating at times, but an easy few bucks.
I haven't really joined any new sites- just playing with the whole bunch I have. I'm still waiting for payment from Inbox Dollars , they said to expect payment around May ( I requested payment in April) so I'm not doing anything big on that site until I actually receive payment. Never mind that I'm still bent on the "check fee".
Surveyhead I'm doing fairly well on, I've accumulated $17 already since last cash out.
Greenfield, Opinion Outpost and SurveySpot have been kinda stale for me on the paid surveys. I seem to disqualify a lot on the paid ones or get a lot of non-paying ones. I'll do a few non-paying ones here and there but I don't waste too much of my time on it.
I cashed out for a $10 Amazon.com gift card from Lightspeed. Ipsos Isay sent me $25, I don't really remember what the survey was for- but uh ok! I also got a few other Amazon.com gift cards from various places, I now have $50 in my Amazon "bank" . Christmas here I come.
A lot of these sites have slowed down with the paying surveys, I'm guessing the recession has hit them as well.
And the recession fashionista strikes again- I got a super cute spring jacket from Old Navy for $3.40, originally $34.99. I also got another cute corduroy jacket at Tulle for $12 (with shipping). I believe tomorrow is "Tullesday" at Tulle- hopefully they have some more super cute deals.
I started getting "back into" CashCrate this month, so far I've earned $32.47 this month, hopefully I'll add a few more bucks to that before payout(last day of the month). I've started qualifying for their surveys again and doing a few of the offers. I'm doing pretty good with referrals also, I just wish some of them would do enough to make payout ($20) so they could see it's not a scam! CashCrate is definitely one of the easiest paid sites I've ever used- frustrating at times, but an easy few bucks.
I haven't really joined any new sites- just playing with the whole bunch I have. I'm still waiting for payment from Inbox Dollars , they said to expect payment around May ( I requested payment in April) so I'm not doing anything big on that site until I actually receive payment. Never mind that I'm still bent on the "check fee".
Surveyhead I'm doing fairly well on, I've accumulated $17 already since last cash out.
Greenfield, Opinion Outpost and SurveySpot have been kinda stale for me on the paid surveys. I seem to disqualify a lot on the paid ones or get a lot of non-paying ones. I'll do a few non-paying ones here and there but I don't waste too much of my time on it.
I cashed out for a $10 Amazon.com gift card from Lightspeed. Ipsos Isay sent me $25, I don't really remember what the survey was for- but uh ok! I also got a few other Amazon.com gift cards from various places, I now have $50 in my Amazon "bank" . Christmas here I come.
A lot of these sites have slowed down with the paying surveys, I'm guessing the recession has hit them as well.
And the recession fashionista strikes again- I got a super cute spring jacket from Old Navy for $3.40, originally $34.99. I also got another cute corduroy jacket at Tulle for $12 (with shipping). I believe tomorrow is "Tullesday" at Tulle- hopefully they have some more super cute deals.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Some New Stuff- Sites, Payments, and Nirvana. A little bargain shopping too.
I've gotten a bunch of new GPT sites from various people. Some really suck, some kinda suck and I found a few new survey sites that are pretty cool.
The Bad:
Harvesting Emails- this site was sent to me by a fellow GPT fan, and let me tell ya- it's a totally sucky site. I'm not even going to include the link because it's such a wreck. The site is poorly constructed. Basically you sign up and they email you a bunch of poorly constructed unknown "search" sites. The "note" on the top of the search site claims you'll be paid 0.25 cents for viewing this site for 30 seconds. I thought, OK .25 cents isn't too bad, seeing as how the first day the sent me about 20 sites, that's $5.50 just for viewing a (crappy site) for 30 seconds. Well........... I go and check my account later in the day and notice that my account claims I have 0.50 in my account. uh? what? So I email the "contact us" link and 2 weeks later still don't have an answer. The person who referred me to the site said, "Yeah, I asked them about that too and never got an answer." Gee, thanks for the time waster. Another craptastic thing about this site, there's only about 200 "search" sites they have available for you to view- and somehow they send the same ones over and over and you get a message "You've already been credited for this site." Plus I'm not sure I really understand it. There's credits you can earn and other stuff, it's not a very clear site. Needless to say, I deleted my account, they can keep their .50 cents, maybe they can use it to make a better site.
The Not So Bad (yet)
Freeride.com - my verdict is still out on this one. I received an invite to join from the same person as harvesting emails- Freeride is okish. You earn "tokens" for shopping and filling out offers. It takes a lot of tokens to cash in. I'd rather do surveys.
Your 2 cents- I haven't actually done any surveys for them yet so I can't tell you how they are. I did fill out a bunch of profile stuff which earned me "$7 in bonus cash" when I take and qualify for my first survey, whatever that means.
The Pretty Cool:
SayNation: this is a straight up survey site. I'm really digging it. You earn points which you can later redeem for cash (paypal transfer) or gift cards to many retailers including Amazon and Walmart. Even if you get disqualified on a survey, they give you 25 points just for attempting it. Most surveys are about 1200 points each, minimum cash out is approximately 22,000 points. I just joined earlier in the week and I've already accumulated 3500 points. Very well made site, easy to follow. They will email you surveys but you can check their site and you'll find a bunch in your list. There's also a teen survey site connected with them. I'll have to have my nephew check it out and let me know what he thinks.
And the Cashola:
Well, it's been a slow month for me. I haven't done very much on CashCrate , just a few dollars. I have $13.35 currently earned. Their surveys haven't been good for me lately, so I've only been doing a few offers here and there. I've been playing more with the new sites.
I finally cashed out on Inbox Dollars for $27.01 (they charge a $3 check processing fee which is bull, they don't have an alternative payment method- so it's not like oh you want a manual check vs x , you have to pay. Really ticks me off.)
I also cashed out at SurveyHead for $28.00 in paypal. It took about 2 weeks for it to show up, but it did. I haven't qualified for a survey from them in awhile as they are mostly using OTX surveys which I've come to despise (as many survey junkies have). I see OTX and I usually just close it and move on.
I also cashed out and received a $7.20 check from Opinion Outpost. I haven't been qualifying for their surveys lately either- another site that's fallen victim to mostly OTX surveys. gah.
I did receive $48.50 from Greenfield Online - the check came surprisingly quick. I may have mentioned that before though. I have an additional $7 in earnings on that site.
I got $10 in Amazon gift certs plus a free eyeshadow compact to review from an Avon "communispace" site I'm a member of. Free makeup, love it! I also got $10 in Amazon from Harvard Psych for study I completed on shopping.
A bunch of survey sites are doing the Amazon certs, they are really cool- you enter it into your Amazon account and can save them up. I'm going to save a bunch up for next year's Christmas shopping.
I FINALLY figure out what happened with ACOP. Apparently comcast.net email addresses are a real problem for them. I joined with my work email and actually got a $4 survey invite the other day, which I qualified for an completed. woo hooo!
I hit nirvana- I found a banner for Pinecone Research. I received my final questionnaire today and I'm waiting for my welcome email. I'm so excited, I don't know why. I hope it's not disappointing. They are supposedly the most sought after survey site on the Internet. I feel special.
And in total Recession-Chic fashion, I scored myself a kickin' pair of Old Navy Sweetheart Trouser Jeans, originally $32.50 for $6.99. They were on sale for $29.99 , I had $20 off plus 30% off. I'm a Silver card holder so I get free shipping on all my orders. Score!
In the mail free:
Rachel Ray's Nutrish dog food sample (nothing "nutrish" about it- it's junk)- I'd never feed this to my dogs, but my chickens loved it. A free sample of Nature Made vitamin C capsules, just in time for cold season! And, a Selsun Blue dry scalp shampoo sample.
My $5.99 coat from Tulle came today- It's not cheap looking and actually is quite well-made. It is wrinkly and does need a quick pressing. I wouldn't pay retail of $160, or even 1/2 that, but for $5.99 a total steal. The red color is very pretty too.
Well, that's it kiddies till next time.
The Bad:
Harvesting Emails- this site was sent to me by a fellow GPT fan, and let me tell ya- it's a totally sucky site. I'm not even going to include the link because it's such a wreck. The site is poorly constructed. Basically you sign up and they email you a bunch of poorly constructed unknown "search" sites. The "note" on the top of the search site claims you'll be paid 0.25 cents for viewing this site for 30 seconds. I thought, OK .25 cents isn't too bad, seeing as how the first day the sent me about 20 sites, that's $5.50 just for viewing a (crappy site) for 30 seconds. Well........... I go and check my account later in the day and notice that my account claims I have 0.50 in my account. uh? what? So I email the "contact us" link and 2 weeks later still don't have an answer. The person who referred me to the site said, "Yeah, I asked them about that too and never got an answer." Gee, thanks for the time waster. Another craptastic thing about this site, there's only about 200 "search" sites they have available for you to view- and somehow they send the same ones over and over and you get a message "You've already been credited for this site." Plus I'm not sure I really understand it. There's credits you can earn and other stuff, it's not a very clear site. Needless to say, I deleted my account, they can keep their .50 cents, maybe they can use it to make a better site.
The Not So Bad (yet)
Freeride.com - my verdict is still out on this one. I received an invite to join from the same person as harvesting emails- Freeride is okish. You earn "tokens" for shopping and filling out offers. It takes a lot of tokens to cash in. I'd rather do surveys.
Your 2 cents- I haven't actually done any surveys for them yet so I can't tell you how they are. I did fill out a bunch of profile stuff which earned me "$7 in bonus cash" when I take and qualify for my first survey, whatever that means.
The Pretty Cool:
SayNation: this is a straight up survey site. I'm really digging it. You earn points which you can later redeem for cash (paypal transfer) or gift cards to many retailers including Amazon and Walmart. Even if you get disqualified on a survey, they give you 25 points just for attempting it. Most surveys are about 1200 points each, minimum cash out is approximately 22,000 points. I just joined earlier in the week and I've already accumulated 3500 points. Very well made site, easy to follow. They will email you surveys but you can check their site and you'll find a bunch in your list. There's also a teen survey site connected with them. I'll have to have my nephew check it out and let me know what he thinks.
And the Cashola:
Well, it's been a slow month for me. I haven't done very much on CashCrate , just a few dollars. I have $13.35 currently earned. Their surveys haven't been good for me lately, so I've only been doing a few offers here and there. I've been playing more with the new sites.
I finally cashed out on Inbox Dollars for $27.01 (they charge a $3 check processing fee which is bull, they don't have an alternative payment method- so it's not like oh you want a manual check vs x , you have to pay. Really ticks me off.)
I also cashed out at SurveyHead for $28.00 in paypal. It took about 2 weeks for it to show up, but it did. I haven't qualified for a survey from them in awhile as they are mostly using OTX surveys which I've come to despise (as many survey junkies have). I see OTX and I usually just close it and move on.
I also cashed out and received a $7.20 check from Opinion Outpost. I haven't been qualifying for their surveys lately either- another site that's fallen victim to mostly OTX surveys. gah.
I did receive $48.50 from Greenfield Online - the check came surprisingly quick. I may have mentioned that before though. I have an additional $7 in earnings on that site.
I got $10 in Amazon gift certs plus a free eyeshadow compact to review from an Avon "communispace" site I'm a member of. Free makeup, love it! I also got $10 in Amazon from Harvard Psych for study I completed on shopping.
A bunch of survey sites are doing the Amazon certs, they are really cool- you enter it into your Amazon account and can save them up. I'm going to save a bunch up for next year's Christmas shopping.
I FINALLY figure out what happened with ACOP. Apparently comcast.net email addresses are a real problem for them. I joined with my work email and actually got a $4 survey invite the other day, which I qualified for an completed. woo hooo!
I hit nirvana- I found a banner for Pinecone Research. I received my final questionnaire today and I'm waiting for my welcome email. I'm so excited, I don't know why. I hope it's not disappointing. They are supposedly the most sought after survey site on the Internet. I feel special.
And in total Recession-Chic fashion, I scored myself a kickin' pair of Old Navy Sweetheart Trouser Jeans, originally $32.50 for $6.99. They were on sale for $29.99 , I had $20 off plus 30% off. I'm a Silver card holder so I get free shipping on all my orders. Score!
In the mail free:
Rachel Ray's Nutrish dog food sample (nothing "nutrish" about it- it's junk)- I'd never feed this to my dogs, but my chickens loved it. A free sample of Nature Made vitamin C capsules, just in time for cold season! And, a Selsun Blue dry scalp shampoo sample.
My $5.99 coat from Tulle came today- It's not cheap looking and actually is quite well-made. It is wrinkly and does need a quick pressing. I wouldn't pay retail of $160, or even 1/2 that, but for $5.99 a total steal. The red color is very pretty too.
Well, that's it kiddies till next time.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Pay Day! Again!
I got my check from CashCrate $34.16 this month! Nice!
I'm like thisclose to cashing out at Inbox Dollars , I'm at $29.31 , cash out is $30.00
I also cashed out my Greenfield online at $48.50 and SurveyHead at $28.00
Not a bad month. I've had better ones!
I've slowed down on surveys for now, I think I need a break. I've been doing pretty well but I'm getting burnt out a bit! Plus I don' t know if anyone else has noticed, but paid surveys have been getting scarce.
I've been hanging out on www.slickdeals.net checking out their forums and "online shopping" for freebies- I've gotten some pretty cool stuff in the mail already- a full sized Dove Cream Oil Lotion, several nail polishes, some great coupons and food items- I'm a shop-a-holic and I have to satiate my shopping habit somehow in this recession! I've now declared myself a FREEBIE shop-a-holic!
Someone actually posted an outrageous deal today on slickdeals, and being the shopper I am, I had to buy- $5.99 for a Wool Pea Coat from a company called Tulle. Yep, $5.99 you read that right. I ordered one in red, shipping was $4.95 so even with that it was an outrageous deal. Let's see if it actually comes and if it's not a huge piece of junk. Retail on that coat was $120.00 .
I'm such a Recession Fashionista.
I'm like thisclose to cashing out at Inbox Dollars , I'm at $29.31 , cash out is $30.00
I also cashed out my Greenfield online at $48.50 and SurveyHead at $28.00
Not a bad month. I've had better ones!
I've slowed down on surveys for now, I think I need a break. I've been doing pretty well but I'm getting burnt out a bit! Plus I don' t know if anyone else has noticed, but paid surveys have been getting scarce.
I've been hanging out on www.slickdeals.net checking out their forums and "online shopping" for freebies- I've gotten some pretty cool stuff in the mail already- a full sized Dove Cream Oil Lotion, several nail polishes, some great coupons and food items- I'm a shop-a-holic and I have to satiate my shopping habit somehow in this recession! I've now declared myself a FREEBIE shop-a-holic!
Someone actually posted an outrageous deal today on slickdeals, and being the shopper I am, I had to buy- $5.99 for a Wool Pea Coat from a company called Tulle. Yep, $5.99 you read that right. I ordered one in red, shipping was $4.95 so even with that it was an outrageous deal. Let's see if it actually comes and if it's not a huge piece of junk. Retail on that coat was $120.00 .
I'm such a Recession Fashionista.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Makin' Money in February
Ok - I've signed up for several new sites. Some I like, others I don't. But before I get into all that, let's post my current earnings- some are "to date" since I haven't cashed them out yet:
Total earned since November: $446.89
Not too bad for sitting in front of a screen minutes a day huh? Cashcrate is still by far the best site I use to earn money on- it's reliable, consistant, has great customer support, their forums are full of great advice and most of all they pay. It takes a bit of patience to figure out the site- if you need help figuring things out let me know.
For those of you curious about the heartburn study- I sort of ran into that by accident- I was browsing the slickdeals.net forums and reading the survey posts for new sites I could try out, and came upon a "heads up" for this. I'm still doing the study- the doctor who is running it is very cool. Basically I take some drugs in exchange for $200 and record my heartburn episodes (buuurrrrrpppppppp). So far so good, I haven't grown any extra limbs or anything. It's not really a "drug" they are testing fiber supplements to see if they help reduce heartburn. I don't know if I have the fiber or the placebo, either way my heartburn isn't cured.
Ok, lets move on here- These new sites I joined-
Hotspex - I joined this site last week. I have 320 points so far. Upside: really progressive type of site, flashy surveys, fun stuff. Downside: they "pay" in points. You can "cash in" the points for drawings, donations and "trade them" for stuff on points.com (airline miles, gift cards etc). I haven't gotten any survey invites in my email yet, but they have "quickies" on their sites for 1-5 points. I think I'll definitly be sticking around this site as it seems fun.
SnapDollars - I had high hopes for this site, but honestly it sucks. It's a lame imitation of CashCrate and Inbox Dollars squished together. They "claim" their email reads pay "up to" $.20 cents each- so far the 6 I've read pay $.01 cents each and I know there are more than 6 that I've read- they are VERY slow on the crediting. They also have "offers" like CashCrate - but I'm hesitant to do them because I don't want to waste my time if I'm not going to get paid.
ACOP - my friend had me join ACOP. I'd love to give you my opinion on this site, but I haven't gotten any surveys yet and the site doesn't even recognize my email when I try to sign in. I emailed them and mentioned this and have yet to hear back from them.
Well, that's it for now. I'm dying to get into Pinecone research- I've heard they pay well but I've yet to come across a banner or invite for it yet.
- CashCrate : $98.77 (paid to me since Nov)
- CashCrate: $5.90 ( so far in Feb.)
- Survey Spot : $10.00 (check in hand)
- Ipsos I-Say $25.00 (check in hand)
- Op. Outpost $11.20 (to date since Nov)
- Greenfield $48.50 (to date since Nov)
- SurveyHead $17.50 (to date since Nov)
- Opinon Place $1.00 (via paypal)
- Global Test 130 points (not sure what they translate to)
- Inbox Dollars $23.96 (to date since Jan)
- hotspex 320 "bux" these convert to prizes- kinda cool.
- snapdollars $5.06 (we will discuss this site shortly)
- Heartburn Study $200.00 (yep you read that right)
Total earned since November: $446.89
Not too bad for sitting in front of a screen minutes a day huh? Cashcrate is still by far the best site I use to earn money on- it's reliable, consistant, has great customer support, their forums are full of great advice and most of all they pay. It takes a bit of patience to figure out the site- if you need help figuring things out let me know.
For those of you curious about the heartburn study- I sort of ran into that by accident- I was browsing the slickdeals.net forums and reading the survey posts for new sites I could try out, and came upon a "heads up" for this. I'm still doing the study- the doctor who is running it is very cool. Basically I take some drugs in exchange for $200 and record my heartburn episodes (buuurrrrrpppppppp). So far so good, I haven't grown any extra limbs or anything. It's not really a "drug" they are testing fiber supplements to see if they help reduce heartburn. I don't know if I have the fiber or the placebo, either way my heartburn isn't cured.
Ok, lets move on here- These new sites I joined-
Hotspex - I joined this site last week. I have 320 points so far. Upside: really progressive type of site, flashy surveys, fun stuff. Downside: they "pay" in points. You can "cash in" the points for drawings, donations and "trade them" for stuff on points.com (airline miles, gift cards etc). I haven't gotten any survey invites in my email yet, but they have "quickies" on their sites for 1-5 points. I think I'll definitly be sticking around this site as it seems fun.
SnapDollars - I had high hopes for this site, but honestly it sucks. It's a lame imitation of CashCrate and Inbox Dollars squished together. They "claim" their email reads pay "up to" $.20 cents each- so far the 6 I've read pay $.01 cents each and I know there are more than 6 that I've read- they are VERY slow on the crediting. They also have "offers" like CashCrate - but I'm hesitant to do them because I don't want to waste my time if I'm not going to get paid.
ACOP - my friend had me join ACOP. I'd love to give you my opinion on this site, but I haven't gotten any surveys yet and the site doesn't even recognize my email when I try to sign in. I emailed them and mentioned this and have yet to hear back from them.
Well, that's it for now. I'm dying to get into Pinecone research- I've heard they pay well but I've yet to come across a banner or invite for it yet.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Change My Status to I Heart Inbox Dollars
Ok, so the other day I mentioned that I was having a love/hate relationship with Inbox Dollars , but now you can change that to a love relationship. Within the past week several new things have credited for me- including my shopping and the Snapfish $4.00 credit (you sign up, get 50 free prints- shipping cost me $1, so I netted $3 plus got some free photo prints). Granted, some of the free stuff I went and filled out still hasn't credited but sometimes they can be wonky even on CashCrate .
My Inbox Dollars earnings jumped up to $22.31 . Not too shabby. Only a few dollars away from a Gold Membership and cashout! I've been making a point to go do the .50 cent surveys - they seem to go pretty quickly and credit quickly as well.
I've been doing pretty good on CashCrate as well- I'm at $31.99 . Not too bad for this month. I've been doing really well with the surveys from that site. If you need tips and tricks on how to work CashCrate let me know- Ill gladly help you out. I'm compiling info and plan to post it soon.
My Inbox Dollars earnings jumped up to $22.31 . Not too shabby. Only a few dollars away from a Gold Membership and cashout! I've been making a point to go do the .50 cent surveys - they seem to go pretty quickly and credit quickly as well.
I've been doing pretty good on CashCrate as well- I'm at $31.99 . Not too bad for this month. I've been doing really well with the surveys from that site. If you need tips and tricks on how to work CashCrate let me know- Ill gladly help you out. I'm compiling info and plan to post it soon.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Woohoo! Payday!
Yesterday was payday. I got my check from CashCrate $40.36 . Nice, my total since I joined in November is $64.61 for just spending a few minutes a day doing offers and surveys. I'm on my way to a pretty decent January payday too- so far I have $24.84 in earnings just at CashCrate.
I've also done several "Invokes" from Greenfield Online which have made me $30.00. Invokes are neat- there's really no rhyme or reason why you get invited to do them. When you do surveys on Greenfield, due to your answers in any given survey you may qualify for an Invoke. You'll get an email inviting you to the session at a set date/time etc and it's interactive. Almost like your in a chat room. Very cool. I've made $45.75 from Greenfield since I joined in November.
Now, let's talk about Inbox Dollars I really have a love/hate relationship with them. It's such an easy site to deal with- they send you emails you read them, you get paid. It's very slow since you only get .02 cents for every email- but they have other stuff too- shopping, surveys, free offers (like CashCrate). The part I hate- I haven't gotten credited some of the free offers yet so Im hesitant to even do anymore of them. Current Earnings since I joined in January $14.69 (cashout is $30)
Surveyhead is also frustrating me- I dont seem to be qualifying for any of their surveys lately. I joined in November have $14.50 earnings in that account (cashout is $20.00).
Opinion Outpost has been pretty good lately- I've been qualifying here and there for the surveys on there. I joined this site in November, and I ignored it, thinking who wants to rack up points. Then on another blog I was reading that Opinion Outpost was one of the best survey sites with every point = $$$, so in January I started paying attention to the survey invites. So, I have $9.70 in that account (I can cashout, but I dont want to).
So, for those of you keeping track since November (when I started joining these sites) I've earned: $174.00 just by spending a few minutes every day doing surveys and offers.
I've also done several "Invokes" from Greenfield Online which have made me $30.00. Invokes are neat- there's really no rhyme or reason why you get invited to do them. When you do surveys on Greenfield, due to your answers in any given survey you may qualify for an Invoke. You'll get an email inviting you to the session at a set date/time etc and it's interactive. Almost like your in a chat room. Very cool. I've made $45.75 from Greenfield since I joined in November.
Now, let's talk about Inbox Dollars I really have a love/hate relationship with them. It's such an easy site to deal with- they send you emails you read them, you get paid. It's very slow since you only get .02 cents for every email- but they have other stuff too- shopping, surveys, free offers (like CashCrate). The part I hate- I haven't gotten credited some of the free offers yet so Im hesitant to even do anymore of them. Current Earnings since I joined in January $14.69 (cashout is $30)
Surveyhead is also frustrating me- I dont seem to be qualifying for any of their surveys lately. I joined in November have $14.50 earnings in that account (cashout is $20.00).
Opinion Outpost has been pretty good lately- I've been qualifying here and there for the surveys on there. I joined this site in November, and I ignored it, thinking who wants to rack up points. Then on another blog I was reading that Opinion Outpost was one of the best survey sites with every point = $$$, so in January I started paying attention to the survey invites. So, I have $9.70 in that account (I can cashout, but I dont want to).
So, for those of you keeping track since November (when I started joining these sites) I've earned: $174.00 just by spending a few minutes every day doing surveys and offers.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Surveys, Shopping Rebates and Other Stuff In My Head
I tried a new site this week called Opinon Outpost it's actually one of the better survey sites I've found out there- I've already earned 72 points, which translates to $7.20. They don't have many surveys going on right now, but out of 8 surveys I qualified for 6, that's a way better rate than some of the other sites . The payout threshold is low also, you can cash out at 50 points ($5.00). All of their surveys are paid surveys- none of that "enter our sweepstakes" crap like other sites.
I think it's one of the more decent survey sites out there right now. It's a very easy to use interface. You do get "bonuses" for referring friends, but it doesn't have any handy-dandy links that you can post on a blog or a message board to get credits for it- boo! hiss!
I've earned $13.56 so far on CashCrate this month. I've been so busy playing with other survey sites I haven't really been spending as much time on CashCrate as I did last month. It really is my favorite get-paid-to site. It's super reliable as far as payouts go.
Im still playing around with Inbox Dollars so far I've earned $12.94 on there- they send an average of 4 paid emails per day. My shopping at Old Navy hasn't approved yet, but a few of the "free offers" finally did. I've done 22 "email reads" for a whopping .44 cents- but like I said before- if Im going to get junk email, might as well get paid for it right?
I think Ill go back to using my shopping "rebates" at IGive.com to support a friend's awesome Rottweiler Rescue group. While my retirement accounts are definitly anemic and could use beefing up, I know that this Rescue can use the few dollars it gets from my shopping way more than I can- and they will put it to good use.
I think it's one of the more decent survey sites out there right now. It's a very easy to use interface. You do get "bonuses" for referring friends, but it doesn't have any handy-dandy links that you can post on a blog or a message board to get credits for it- boo! hiss!
I've earned $13.56 so far on CashCrate this month. I've been so busy playing with other survey sites I haven't really been spending as much time on CashCrate as I did last month. It really is my favorite get-paid-to site. It's super reliable as far as payouts go.
Im still playing around with Inbox Dollars so far I've earned $12.94 on there- they send an average of 4 paid emails per day. My shopping at Old Navy hasn't approved yet, but a few of the "free offers" finally did. I've done 22 "email reads" for a whopping .44 cents- but like I said before- if Im going to get junk email, might as well get paid for it right?
I think Ill go back to using my shopping "rebates" at IGive.com to support a friend's awesome Rottweiler Rescue group. While my retirement accounts are definitly anemic and could use beefing up, I know that this Rescue can use the few dollars it gets from my shopping way more than I can- and they will put it to good use.
Monday, January 12, 2009
How to "work" CashCrate
Below are some general tips and tricks on how to do offers on CashCrate.
Here are some general offer descriptions and what you have to do:
"complete survery," "participate in survey"
These basically mean the same thing. When you reach the silver, gold, platnium offers, a thank you page, a message like congratulations, you have been entered or do you want to take another survey, etc., you can stop at that point and submit.
Just keep moving through the original screen/window until you get to this point.
"Register with valid information and complete the survey. Click at least two offers on the "Final Steps" page."
Complete the entire survey. When you reach the silver, gold, platnium offers, click on at least two of the offers and view them. Just keep moving through the original screen/window until you get to this point.
"fill out the one page signup form"
You need to fill out a one page form which signs you up for a site, a service, etc.
"fill out the form"
There is a form that you need to fill out for this offer. Enter all the requested information.
"Click the banner and complete the form with valid information."
Click a banner on the first page of the offer and fill out the form that appears.
"register for free"
Register for the site, etc.
"register for free and confirm email"
After registering, you are sent an e-mail. Within the e-mail, you'll find a confirmation link that you need to click on.
"join ....and comfirm your email."
Basically the same as above. After joining, you are sent an e-mail. Within the e-mail, you'll find a confirmation link that you need to click on.
Here are some general offer descriptions and what you have to do:
"complete survery," "participate in survey"
These basically mean the same thing. When you reach the silver, gold, platnium offers, a thank you page, a message like congratulations, you have been entered or do you want to take another survey, etc., you can stop at that point and submit.
Just keep moving through the original screen/window until you get to this point.
"Register with valid information and complete the survey. Click at least two offers on the "Final Steps" page."
Complete the entire survey. When you reach the silver, gold, platnium offers, click on at least two of the offers and view them. Just keep moving through the original screen/window until you get to this point.
"fill out the one page signup form"
You need to fill out a one page form which signs you up for a site, a service, etc.
"fill out the form"
There is a form that you need to fill out for this offer. Enter all the requested information.
"Click the banner and complete the form with valid information."
Click a banner on the first page of the offer and fill out the form that appears.
"register for free"
Register for the site, etc.
"register for free and confirm email"
After registering, you are sent an e-mail. Within the e-mail, you'll find a confirmation link that you need to click on.
"join ....and comfirm your email."
Basically the same as above. After joining, you are sent an e-mail. Within the e-mail, you'll find a confirmation link that you need to click on.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Another Decent Offer Site
I signed up Thursday for a site called Inbox Dollars . They start you off with a $5 sign on bonus, then when you complete a few profile surveys another $1. It's actually kind of cool- they send you an email, you have to click on it and you get a few cents just for reading it. Since Thursday I've gotten 11 emails, and clicking those emails has made me .22 cents. Ok so it won't make me rich, but if I'm going to get junk mail I might as well get paid for it.
You can also earn money by taking surveys and completing offers much like CashCrate . I've found CashCrate more reliable on actually giving you the credit for the offers. I did several of the free offers at Inbox Dollars and still have yet to get credited on them.
Inbox Dollars does have some legitimate deals, however- if you sign up for York Photo you get 30 4x6 photo prints free- and $4.00 credited to your Inbox Dollars account. Snapfish has a similiar deal, you get 50 free prints and $4.00 credited to your account. I signed up for the York Photo one, all I had to pay was 0.99 cents shipping, and my Inbox Dollars account was credited the $4.00 almost immediately.
There's also cash back on shopping as well- 1.4% back from Old Navy and Gap, 3% from Petsmart, and much more. I'm going to try out the cash back from Old Navy pretty soon as I have a gift card burning a hole in my purse.
I think Inbox Dollars is worth a shot- it's free money and in this day and age who can use a few extra bucks in their pockets?
I've been taking the money I make off of these websites and putting it in savings. My IRA was completely obliterated by the markets taking a hit. Lucky for me Im still young enough that retirement is far enough way I can rebuild- and I am using these survey and offer sites just for that- every cent I earn is a step towards a better retirement for myself. What will you do with your earnings?
You can also earn money by taking surveys and completing offers much like CashCrate . I've found CashCrate more reliable on actually giving you the credit for the offers. I did several of the free offers at Inbox Dollars and still have yet to get credited on them.
Inbox Dollars does have some legitimate deals, however- if you sign up for York Photo you get 30 4x6 photo prints free- and $4.00 credited to your Inbox Dollars account. Snapfish has a similiar deal, you get 50 free prints and $4.00 credited to your account. I signed up for the York Photo one, all I had to pay was 0.99 cents shipping, and my Inbox Dollars account was credited the $4.00 almost immediately.
There's also cash back on shopping as well- 1.4% back from Old Navy and Gap, 3% from Petsmart, and much more. I'm going to try out the cash back from Old Navy pretty soon as I have a gift card burning a hole in my purse.
I think Inbox Dollars is worth a shot- it's free money and in this day and age who can use a few extra bucks in their pockets?
I've been taking the money I make off of these websites and putting it in savings. My IRA was completely obliterated by the markets taking a hit. Lucky for me Im still young enough that retirement is far enough way I can rebuild- and I am using these survey and offer sites just for that- every cent I earn is a step towards a better retirement for myself. What will you do with your earnings?
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Survey Sites- The Experiment
So out of complete boredom yesterday afternoon I decided to check out some survey sites and see what they were paying vs CashCrate.
I signed up for several sites ranging from stuff like inbox dollars to survey spot. Some offered $5 incentives to join, which I gladly took (hey, if you saw $5 laying on the ground, you'd pick it up right?) others would "contact me" when a survey/study became available.
So throughout the evening and into this morning, my email was filled with several survey offers, so I bit. After doing about 30 surveys between 4 different sites over the course of several hours I made exactly $2. Talk about not getting rich anytime soon! Most of the surveys offered me entries into sweepstakes, which Im sure only Bob from Chicago wins.
This morning on CashCrate, in less than 15 minutes I made $1.50, within the past 3 days I've made $5.76 and thats with spending minutes a day. CashCrate is so much easier and so much more reliable than these survey sites that you spend hours and hours on to make $1 if you even qualify. CashCrate doesn't have "qualifiers" for their offers, you just simply visit websites and fill out the forms.
CashCrate does have surveys- which pay .80 cents for each completed one- guaranteed. You can take these surveys every 24 hours, and keep trying to qualify (I believe you can keep trying to qualify for up to a 1/2 hour) if you do CashCrate's surveys..thats $24 a month JUST for doing one of their daily surveys.
So, I urge you to check out CashCrate, sign up, poke around, check it out.
I signed up for several sites ranging from stuff like inbox dollars to survey spot. Some offered $5 incentives to join, which I gladly took (hey, if you saw $5 laying on the ground, you'd pick it up right?) others would "contact me" when a survey/study became available.
So throughout the evening and into this morning, my email was filled with several survey offers, so I bit. After doing about 30 surveys between 4 different sites over the course of several hours I made exactly $2. Talk about not getting rich anytime soon! Most of the surveys offered me entries into sweepstakes, which Im sure only Bob from Chicago wins.
This morning on CashCrate, in less than 15 minutes I made $1.50, within the past 3 days I've made $5.76 and thats with spending minutes a day. CashCrate is so much easier and so much more reliable than these survey sites that you spend hours and hours on to make $1 if you even qualify. CashCrate doesn't have "qualifiers" for their offers, you just simply visit websites and fill out the forms.
CashCrate does have surveys- which pay .80 cents for each completed one- guaranteed. You can take these surveys every 24 hours, and keep trying to qualify (I believe you can keep trying to qualify for up to a 1/2 hour) if you do CashCrate's surveys..thats $24 a month JUST for doing one of their daily surveys.
So, I urge you to check out CashCrate, sign up, poke around, check it out.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Don't Spend Money To Make Money
You know you see all those ads out there- Get Paid to Do Surveys? Yeah, I've seen them too. I've tried some of them. Some tease you with a $5 sign up incentive, and then all you get is entries into sweepstakes- the surveys take 20 mins to an hour and the majority of them you don't qualify for. Why bother?
The only one I've found that really works is Cash Crate . Check it out. You won't get rich, but last month I made $40.36 in my spare time, my first month I made $24.50, for a few minutes of my time a day filling out surveys and joining websites. Others have made much more!
So check it out, sign up, do a few offers.
The only one I've found that really works is Cash Crate . Check it out. You won't get rich, but last month I made $40.36 in my spare time, my first month I made $24.50, for a few minutes of my time a day filling out surveys and joining websites. Others have made much more!
So check it out, sign up, do a few offers.
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