Rikki's Little Black Book of Deals: April 2011

A quick over view: Survey sites and point sites pay you cash or gift cards (cash is usually given in check form). Search engine sites pay you with gift cards. Secret Shopping pays you cash (usually given through Pay Pal, and a lot of sites require you to have an account so they can transfer money)

The good thing about the amazon.com gift cards is you can buy stuff you normally would! I have bought SOOO much from amazon.com this past year! Diapers are an amazing price if you sign up for Amazon Mom. You get 30% off! Plus they have coupons sometimes too! So please don't NOT do those ones because you don't get cash. You can use as many gift cards on one transaction as you have. So if you save them all up and end up with 20 $5 G.C.s then you can apply $100 towards a purchase! (or split them up however you want)

Survey Web sites-

Keep in mind that these do take a bit to set up. You have to personalize a lot of information so that they know what kind of surveys to send you. However, once the initial set up process is done, all you have to do is try to qualify for surveys!

These I would use a separate email account for, unless you don't mind lots of emails!

TIP: If you use an email service like Gmail, you can create folders, and filter messages into them, having them skip your inbox. This is what I do with a lot of survey sites that don't do the email click throughs, just so I know when I have a survey available. I forget to check my other account a LOT! You can create a separate folder for each company to keeps things super simple!!

Opinion Outpost - This is the one I use the MOST! I have earned $110 with them so far, and I rarely do surveys. I am talking MAYBE one a week!

My Points - This one has surveys, but I mostly just did the click through on the emails. Its really quick and easy. I actually forget to do it a lot because I don't check my other email often, but I have earned a $15 Amazon gift card (which I use to buy diapers!!)

Toluna - JUST started this one, however, I have heard they send out $10-$30 surveys about once a month. I think that you don't get paid as well as Opinion Outpost, but if you have a lot of time and don't have any surveys to do with Opinion Outpost, you may want to do this one also!

My Survey - Take surveys or do product reviews. I have heard a lot of people like this one, I just don't use it too often. I have earned a $10 Old Navy gift card so far.

Valued Opinions - For each survey you complete, you will receive a reward, typically between $2 and $5 and up to $50 for specialist surveys which will be credited to your Valued Opinions account within 28 days. Once you have accumulated $20 in your account, you will be able to redeem your reward in the form of a gift certificate, some of which can be obtained instantly in via Email.

Points Web Sites-

These websites are slightly different kinds of sites then the ones listed above. You do make money from them, but it is more then just taking surveys! They are actually kind of fun, and addicting.

CrowdTap - Take short polls, host parties, participate in discussions. You start off at level 1, and the more you participate and earn points, the more you are available to do on the site. I just signed up and entered to host a "Hawaiian Tropics" party. I got accepted, and I haven't even done anything else on the site yet! Free products, and the chance to hang out with some friends sounds pretty good to me! Plus you get paid according to your report. So far, I really am loving this site.

You Data - This one you set up a profile and then they send you adds according to "you". You look at the adds, visit the sites, and get paid! I also just started this one, but already have $1! Every penny counts.

"Search Engine" sites-

You basically use them to search the web (I usually just do a few random searches a day until I get points) and redeem them for amazon gift cards. You can also take surveys and polls with these as well to get points faster.

Swag Bucks - I have cashed out $50 in Amazon.com gift cards so far. I honestly forget to use it a lot. They have codes which give you points too. I use a code finder web site to find them faster! I just signed up for email alerts, and anytime a code is active, they send you an email letting you know where to find them. I usually only enter the codes because I forget to search, and earn at LEAST a $5 amazon.com gift card a month.

ZoomBucks - Almost exactly the same as SwagBucks, but newer. You can earn $10 in amazon.com gift cards a week if you just use it!

SECRET SHOPPING!!-

My absolute favorite! I know this isn't exactly an "at home" thing, but you get to choose what you want to do, and usually when! So what I do, is pick a time when I can have someone watch Rylen, and I go do 4 or 5 in one day. NEVER, and I do say NEVER pay a website to do secret shopping. Those are scams! Please be careful and stick to this list, or find someone who has actually been paid from a website before using it. I received this list from a friend who HAS been paid from each and every one of these! Have FUN!!

JobSlinger I use this to search different companies in the Sassie or Volition system. I have made $351 in just 1 month! I have used Intelli-shop, Mercantile, KSS, Bare, TrendSource, Compliance and more :)

GFK - Have made $300 so far! I just did 4 AT&T shops last week that paid $11 each. Super easy, and fun!

ICU Associates

National Shopping Service

Retail Eyes

Second To None

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