Swagbucks
December 11, 2008 by Chelsea
Filed under Piggy Bank, Side Income
Swagbucks is a site that rewards you with points for searching the web and shopping through their site. I stumbled upon Swagbucks a couple of weeks ago and have found it to be a fun way to potentially earn some great gift certificates and prizes. For more information and to register click here.
There are four main ways to earn money through Swagbucks.
1. Be rewarded for searching with Swagbucks
Everytime you search the web through Swagbucks you are entered to win from 1 to 100 swagbucks. I started using Swagbucks this week and with minimal searches have already won seven Swagbucks. Swagbucks uses Google and Ask.com to perform their searches so I also knew that I was getting quality results. To make searches easier you can set Swagbucks as your homepage or put them in your browser search bar. Here are directions.
2. Shop online through their affiliated stores
You will earn 1 Swagbuck for every $5 spent at a partner store such as iTunes, Disney, Walmart, eToys and dozens of others. So if you are already planning on doing some holiday shopping online, find the vendor in Swagbucks and earn points. Here are more details about the shopping program as well as a list of affiliated stores.
3. Refer friends and family and earn extra points
The greatest way to earn money through Swagbucks is to refer friends and family to the site. You can earn up to 100 matching points for every friend you refer to Swagbucks. You can go here to set up a banner ad on your blog or facebook account or go here to send out an e-mail to friends and family.
4. Go Green! Promotion
You can also earn Swagbucks by participating in their “Go Green!” promotion and recycling your old cellphone. Here is more information on their “Go Green!” promotion.
Here are some examples of how your searching and shopping can add up:
45 Swagbucks: $5 Amazon gift card
50 Swagbucks: $5 Starbucks gift card
115 Swagbucks: $10 Barnes & Noble gift card
You can also win big prizes such as an Apple iPhone and XBox which cost over 3500 Swagbucks each. Here is a link to their list of prizes.
I know that I won’t get rich through this promotion but I hope to win some gift cards in the next few months. Some people do very well by referring friends and family and shopping online with Swagbucks.
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