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.



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.

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.

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.

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?




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.


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.