My Favorite Coupon/Rebate App

Ibotta is hands down my favorite coupon/rebate app for your phone.

Use my referral link to get an additional $10 when you redeem your first rebate.

Ibotta is an app that provides rebates for purchases ranging from diapers to groceries to alcohol. It offers a much larger variety of items than other rebate/coupon apps I use, and you get the money back on your purchases almost instantly. Often times they even have "free" items. For example- just recently there was a Tresemme rebate to get back $4.75, on a product that is around $4.94 in stores. Many sites or other coupon apps had a $1.00 off coupon you could also use! That means you could get paid for some of these items. The same happened for Degree and Axe products not too long ago.

A screenshot from my app. 

They also occasionally offer "any brand" items like bread, milk, eggs, fruit etc. This means you can buy any brand (even the cheapest generic brands) and get money back.

What makes this app hands down the best app is not only the variety of items, but the ability to stack coupons on top of your rebates or offers in other apps. Certain apps, like Checkout 51, now state on their offers that you can't pair up coupons AND get the offer. Ibotta lets you use manufacturer coupons in the store, and you can still redeem rebates for that same product in their app. This leads to better deals and money makers.

The other cool feature is that you can team up with your friends to try to earn bonuses by redeeming a certain amount of rebates and a certain amount of money each month. There are also bonuses you can earn yourself - such as buying certain items or redeeming a certain amount of rebates over a weekend.

The above picture shows all of the gift cards you can get with the money you earn on Ibotta. You can also redeem to Paypal or Venmo when you reach $20. 

As previously mentioned, you typically get your money almost instantly. If you shop at Walmart, for example, all you have to do is scan the QR code or your receipt, and I've never had to wait more than 4 minutes for it to be approved with the money added to my account. Cash outs are also received pretty quickly. 

So join Ibotta and use it on top of your couponing to save even more money!

Earn $25 a Month with This App

I like earning money online or with my smartphone or tablet. I like it even more when I can passively earn.

Media Insiders Panel is a research initiative that looks at how consumers use technology such as sharing, downloading, viewing etc. and shares that information with clients. If you're at least 13 years old you can join by downloading their app to your smartphone or tablet. The  more devices you connect to, the more you will earn. You can also download their PC-Connect feature to your computer or laptop. Just that alone will earn you rewards without you having to do anything. On top of that - they may send you surveys for points (usually around 100-300 points which is equivalent to $1-$3). They recently introduced a tv survey that earns you 50 points every time. If they detect you were watching a particular show, they'll send you a notification on your smartphone or tablet that you have a tv survey. All they ask is how you watched that particular show (online, Netflix, Hulu etc). One question for 50 cents.

This is my number 1 favorite passive money earner at the moment. I always participate in the surveys and tv surveys to earn even more points. I cash out through PayPal, but there are so many different rewards options for other gift cards or physical items.

Here's proof of some of my earnings:

Every 2,500 point redemption I've made recently was for $25 through Paypal. The rewards come pretty quickly most of the time. I believe I received my last requested payout less than a week after I redeemed my points.

As you can see I earn on average $25/month, sometimes $50/month especially now that I've been getting those new tv surveys.

CLICK HERE to checkout their site and start earning rewards.

Earn Back on Groceries through Saving Star

Saving Star is a great way to save on groceries or earn a little extra cash. The site has a list of stores you can shop from, and you either tie your rewards/store card into their system to automatically get the savings back, or you can take a picture of the receipt for certain stores (Walmart, Target, etc) and submit it online.

At the beginning of every week they offer one produce item that you can get 20% back on. This can range from bananas, avocados, tomatoes, onions... This week the item is lemons and limes.

Also every week they offer one item you can get 100% savings on. That's right - one free item per week. In the past I've received Morton salt, baking soda, ICE water, candy bars, single serve ice creams, and more. This week the free offer is a 3-4 oz Ben and Jerry's mini cup of ice cream.

They offer many savings similar to coupons, and they also have "one or many" offers where you can save $5 when a certain amount of money on products. One of the examples they have up now is to save $5 when you spend $25 on Ore Ida products. You don't have to purchase all the products at once and can keep submitting receipts until the offer expires or you earn enough.

Once you reach $5, you can cash out via PayPal, send it to your bank account, or donate it to charity.

Check out the site. 

Join Club Skinny for Rewards

Looking for another rewards program? Enjoy the Skinny Cow brand? Join Club Skinny for a chance to earn rewards such as coupons, gift certificates, hoodies, and more! I joined today and already earned enough for a $5 gift certificate to a participating retailer. I plan on saving up, however, for a better reward.

CLICK HERE to check it out and join today.

Purell Loyalty Program

Join the Purell Loyalty Program to earn points towards rewards. Answer some profile questions, visit their social media pages, share information, and invite your friends among other activities in order to earn daily points.

Just by joining and answering some questions I easily reached 3,000 points within minutes.

Some of the better rewards include:

• Purell 8 oz pump bottle @ 5,000 points
• $5 retail gift card at your choice from top retailers @ 10,000 points
• $10 retail gift card at your choice from top retailers @ 25,000 points

This is available to residents of the United States of America and residents of Canada. CLICK HERE to join. 

Make Easy Money with 1Q!

Looking for ways to make passive, quick, easy money? Sign up for 1Q. They'll send a quick and easy survey to your phone via text and all you have to do is reply back with your answer (usually just selecting A, B, C, or D etc.) As soon as you do within a timeframe, they'll IMMEDIATELY send $1.00 to your paypal account. You can earn $1.00 per question.

Example? Just this past weekend they sent out a survey during the superbowl, asking a question related to the superbowl. I've also had questions about my personal preferences on things like products or activities.

The downside? There's not a whole lot of questions - you may get one every week or so. However, it takes less than a minute when you do receive a survey and you immediately get $1.00!! Definitely great as an extra money maker.

CLICK HERE to sign up for 1Q today!

Make Money with Amazon Mechanical Turk

I recently got into working with Amazon Mechanical Turk to make some money on the side while at college. I actually joined towards the end of spring this year, but since my information wasn't confirmed right away (I believe I forgot to provide my SSN when setting up payments to go into my bank account) I slowly crept away from it. 

Thankfully I kept seeing others post about MTurk online and the easy money they were making, so at the beginning of August I contacted them and asked what I needed to do to get my account up and running with the correct information. It was settled within two days and I was making money. 

Basically companies and people put tasks called "HITS" on MTurk with a price amount you'll be paid to do the HIT for and an allotted timeframe you need to complete them in. The more HITS you do with a good approval rating, the more HITS there are that will open up for you to do.

The best part about MTurk is that YOU choose how much you earn. If you don't feel that a HIT paying 10 cents for 3 minutes of work is worth your time, you don't have to do it. You can use the search function to separate HITS out by time, price, and many other options. I usually set my search function to look for HITS paying at least 30 cents, and then I find ones that will take around 3 minutes to do. If it's a slow weekend, however, I'll lower my standards just so I can get more HITS in and more money if I have the time to do so. 

You don't have to be too dedicated to the site if you're just in it for a little extra cash (which you can have sent to your bank or have it automatically deposited in your amazon gift card account). As you can see below some days I earn less than a dollar, but that's because I only did a few HITS and they probably weren't worth a lot. I do what I can when I have time. On other days, I can earn a lot more when I put more effort into it. 8 HITS earned me almost $6. Sometimes the requester will even give you bonus money or a chance to win bonus money. Check it out and see what you can earn!

Earning Money Online: Tellwut Review

If you have a few minutes of free time each day, then Tellwut.com may just be the site for you!

I joined this survey site at the beginning of January, I believe. On this site you answer short surveys to receive points that you can cash in for gift cards. Most of the surveys are created by users like yourself (you can even create your own and earn points for doing so) and some are created by Tellwut or other businesses. Surveys range from 5 - 25 points depending on the length of the survey. (Any survey that has only one question is worth 5 points.) Around the holidays or during other promotions Tellwut will offer some 25 point surveys. The best part is - you'll never be disqualified from a survey! Refer your friends to get 25 points for anyone who joins.

They offer many different gift card options. Amazon.com, a favorite of many, is quite easy to obtain. Just earn 4,000 points for a $10 gift card. The first time you order a gift card it'll be sent through snail mail so they can verify your address, but after that you'll receive them through email. It'll take a bit of time for them to arrive so be patient. Other cards, such as Walmart cards, are physical cards that will always be sent through mail. I usually save my points until I have 10,000 which is enough for a $25 Walmart gift card. Many seem to earn enough for a $10 gift card every month. It really depends on how many people make surveys, so if you join be sure to come up with some interesting surveys to keep the site going!

Users do get to choose their own end dates for their surveys, so make sure you check the site often (perhaps twice a day) to make sure you get them all. Keep an eye on their Facebook page as well in case they're offering any promotions. Past promotions I've seen for example, have given away Downton Abbey dvds, gift cards, or just more points.

Check out Tellwut.com here!

Where to Earn Easy Money Online

    Every so often my opinions change on various money earning sites and, of course, I always find new and better ones. So here is my latest list at the beginning of 2013 of my current favorite places to earn money online.

Opinion Outpost

     Opinion Outpost is a survey site. In exchange for taking surveys, you are given Opinion Points which you can use towards rewards. 1 Opinion Point is equivalent to 10 cents. Shorter surveys are generally worth 5 Opinion Points, while longer ones are usually worth anywhere from 10 to 30 Opinion Points, sometimes more. In my experience rewards immediately arrive. I only cash out with Amazon, and my code arrives in my email mere seconds after requesting it.

     Rewards Include: PayPal, Amazon, Restaurant.com, American Red Cross donation, or Alawar games. All rewards require a minimum amount of points before you can cash out.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OPINION OUTPOST

Tellwut

     I only just came across this website and I'm already loving it. Tellwut is a survey site, however, I would consider it more of a "polling site". Users can join and take surveys or create their own to earn points. Surveys are usually 5 points for one question surveys, 10 points for multiple question surveys, and 25 points for business created surveys. Points quickly add up to rewards which, when redeemed, are shipped to your household address. You will probably earn over 1,000 points just on your first day when you catch up with all the surveys on the website. Check daily for new surveys.

     Rewards Include: Amazon (US and Canada), Walmart, Home Depot (US only), Best Buy (Canada Only), Cineplex, and Future Shop (Canada only).

CLICK HERE TO JOIN TELLWUT

Swagbucks

     Swagbucks is a rewards site in which you gain "Swagbucks" through various activities such as: surveys, daily polls, games, watching videos, getting free codes from them, and by using their search engine on a daily basis which will allow you to randomly win swagbucks. You can then redeem these Swagbucks in their swagstore for gift cards or many other items.

      Rewards Include: Many gift cards at different value ranges and many various items.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN SWAGBUCKS

Jingit

     Jingit is a website that allows you to earn money by watching videos and commercials. The payout is decent and you can put it immediately on a debit card you can purchase from them. There are many times when the ads are lacking, but then again there are times when you can earn up to $15 a week.

     Rewards Include: Money, which you can transfer to a Jingit Debit card or you can use on musicme to purchase songs.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN JINGIT

Crowdtap

     Crowdtap is a website that allows you to earn points in exchange for rewards. You can earn points by answer polling questions that their partner companies have them post. You can also earn points by sharing various websites on social media and getting friends to check out those posts, by participating in actions, and by being a part of a sample share (where you get free products to test out and pass out to your friends/family).

     Rewards Include: Amazon, and other gift cards or money off offers. 

CLICK HERE TO JOIN CROWDTAP