$95 in rewards in a MONTH!

[MyGoofy26]

I've been trying a bunch of different reward programs - trying a couple at a time to figure out which ones I like best. I started MyPoints probably 2 years ago and have cashed in for $100 worth of GCs (not bad since I didn't really actively go for points until last fall - I signed up and for the first year probably only earned a couple hundred points)

Well earlier this year I signed up with Inbox Dollars. I kept letting my balance build even though you can cash out at $30. Back in June I cashed out for $60 ($59.20 after they take out their processing fee) and it was scheduled to be processed August 1st. Aug. 1st I checked and it said processed. I heard little about this program so I was a little worried that I'd be scammed. Less than a week later I had my check!

The same day I got a check from NFO MySurvey for $10.

Last month I cashed in CR points for $10 by paypal, and a few days ago cashed another $10 in Disney Dollars.

Then last week I FINALLY got into Pinecone, had my first invite just 2 days later and today I got my first check!! AMAZING! So there's $5 there, plus they have 2 new surveys ready for me already! (gotta check when I get a quicker computer)

So I've gotten $95 in less than a month! Not bad at all since I haven't been doing any shopping online. I'll be starting Christmas shopping soon so I'm sure I'll be seeing some more coming my way since I do 90% of my Christmas shopping online. Last year I did it all through MyPoints but I need to research and see about doing it through CR, or if there's one with a better payout.

So I just had to share - at times it was overwhelming lurking and seeing what all programs were available. For all those just getting started I highly recommend what I did. Signing up for a few at a time and trying them out for a few weeks or a couple months and see how you like it, if you get a feel for it. And then stick with the ones that really jump out at you.

 

[jeankeri]

There are definitely some that are easier/ less time consuming than others. I have been trying to cash out of the programs I've been doing to add up my $ for out upcoming trip. I only need 110 NFO/ my survey points....

 

[goin2disneyagain]

What is Inbox Dollars?

 

[MyGoofy26]

Inbox Dollars pays you a certain dollar amount for signing up for certain programs/trials. InboxDollars

They give you $5 to join, $5 for each referral (haven't had any referrals yet so all of my $ came though signing up for stuff)

They have different kinds of offers - there's a 100% free offer section where you can get $$$ for signing up for other sites. You can do trials of products or programs for a set $ amount. I don't actively do the trials but it came in handy if there was something I was going to do anyway - like my computer fried and I had to go to dial-up temporarily and DLed Netscape which didn't work with the computer I was using, so I cancelled that and DLed PeoplePC and got $10 for each program! Now that I've gotten a check as promised I might try out a few of the trials just for the $$$ - just research which ones are easy to cancel without hassle before I sign up.

Plus they send you emails like MyPoints and other programs. I think it's 2 cents per email read? But sometimes you can catch another buck or two for signing up or registering at a site.

Don't do this though unless you have a junk email address for these sorts of things. A lot of the sites you can get paid to register at will spam. I have all my rewards programs in a separate email addy from my regular use one.

You can't cash out til you hit $30, but it's pretty easy to make that mark.

Oh and they have % cash back on shopping as well - just haven't actually done that yet either.

 

[eller]

Woo hoo!

Lori

 

[barbeml]

Excellent!

So far this month I've gotten $50 in Brinker restaurants cards from MyPoints, $5 Starbucks card from Harris Poll and $25 in Disney Dollars from Creations Rewards.

I LOVE the Internet!!

 

[Tantor]

That is awesome!!