My mom and brother are loving swagbucks! They have even started out better than me and I swear both of them are computer challenged! I even have to go to my moms and help them cash out every prize and they have earned, around $40 now! LOL! I even had to set up their Amazon account for them! They LOVE playing the games and play them even when they can no longer get points! My brother has maxed out on the 75 points for swagtv a couple of times because he does it while watching tv in the evening and on the weekends.
But, I showed my mom a Sun bonnet Sue for the Accuquilt Go! and now she wants one! So she is really working toward it! She has enough for the die cut ($30 or $35) but she has to earn the money for the Go Baby Accuquilt! ($90) She is really into quilting but does not want to put out her own cash for it and our local store does not have that die cut or the Go Baby!.

Right now on my wish list is:
Hand crank grain grinder
Diva Cup
2 fruit roll up sheets for my dehydrator
A hot dog pan (a pan for baking my own hot dog buns)
A bread pan

I should have enough points built up by the end of May to get all of those items! Of course that is after I already earned a 5 qt dutch oven, 16 qt stainless mixing bowl, and a luggable loo....all for free!
Once I get all of the things on this wish list and then the next (fleece sheets, cloth pads, clothes pin cookie molds, and a donut pan) I want a new incubator that is $200! So it is something to work for!

I have been getting items that help me to become more self sufficient and that are for emergency prepping. Stuff I can use for the rest of my life! Things that help me to not have to spend extra money in the long run...like it is cheaper to make my own hot dog buns than to always be buying them. Right now I have orders for every turkey egg I can hatch or that is even just laid! So the incubator would pay for itself in no time if I had it! Plus a friend of mine has other types of eggs that I could put in and hatch peeps to sell. I am trying to get items that save my family money in the long run without taking any extra money out of our regular pay check...if that makes sense. My goal is to have the incubator by next spring! I could never justify spending $200 out of the family finances for it!
I will have to say that I am earning these items a lot faster than I ever dreamed! Most of these are items I would have to order over the net anyways because none of my local stores have them.

Pam I totally agree about purchasing items that generate a + cash flow.
That is what we have always tried to do.
Took me over a year to finally bite the bullet and buy my big Amish canner until hubby made the comment about me being more productive in my canning efforts. He asked me if I'd ever had food go to waste because I wasn't able to get it canned.
Truthfully yes.
Sometimes he has a way with words, lol.

~~ pelenaka ~~
http://thirtyfivebyninety.blogspot.c...-giveaway.html

I signed up and won 7 bucks. I continued to query and received notice that I'd won 11, but almost instantly, and before I comprehended that I need to prove that I was a person by entering a code, the notice that I'd won 11 disappeared off my computer screen and it didn't come back, despite my trying several things.

I did more searches and won again, but it wouldn't accept the letters that I was typing to prove I was a person. I was using the correct case. After about 10 tries, it told me it wouldn't give me the bucks.

Should I give up?

Oh man! That is a bummer that you missed out on the points! I rarely have the verification come up unless it is a larger amount.

I've been doing swagbucks for quite a while and LOVE it! I've earned around $200 in giftcards (mainly to Amazon, but one for Target). I was earning $20-$25 a month in giftcards for a while, but that is because I got a huge influx of referral credits. The best way I found to get them, was to link to my facebook page and post the referral link.


I also thought I would mention that "My Points" is similar. You get points for reading emails, surveys, shopping, etc. I just earned my first $25 Amazon gift card with them (I usually use them to buy homeschool materials for my daughter, but this one is going towards a food dehydrator :-) . If you haven't signed up for my points already, here is a referral link-I'd love to have you as a referral.

https://www.mypoints.com/emp/u/refSi...AL_PUBLICATION

No don't give up.
I once got a screen that said since I didn't input the code that appeared when I won swagbucks I lost the awarded bucks (assumed I was a bot). Learned my lesson.


~~ pelenaka ~~

This week has been going really well for me! I honestly didn't pay much attention to it before. I mean if I got sb while doing searches - great, if not - that was ok too. But I decided this past weekend that I wanted to get serious about it. I have done the daily poll everyday, noso, watched as many 2 point commericals as it will let me - even if they are the same ones over again (I noticed I am still getting credit for them.) and I have broken down my time on the computer to do searches for the kids' school things (we homeschool), recipes and other general things that I need to look up - into 3 different times during the day. I do my searches in the morning, right after lunch and after I get the kids to bed. Also set a goal of at least 50 sb a day and I am happy to report - that I am doing a little better than that! I know this might not seem like a lot to some - but I am not going to spend any "extra" time doing this - and I am not playing the games! I really want this to be just something that happens to be a benefit of the regular things that I am doing!

Prairiecomforts that is awesome!!
I earn my game points by only playing Crusher. I get past level 2 and as soon as I see level 3 pop up I go Back To Games. 2 games and I get 2 points. Maybe you could add in another 6 points a day by just doing 2 games when you get on the 3 times a day?

I was thinking about maybe letting my 11 yr. old son play games on it. At least he wouldn't be downloading viruses to our computer if he plays on sb. (he has accidently done that when playing on different kids' game sites.) It isn't that I am so against games - it is just that I just don't think I have time for them. It wouldn't be cheating would it, if I let ds do it for me???? LOL

Not cheating at all! I let my 6 yo flip through the animal videos on swagtv!

I am thinking that my 7 yo ds would love to watch some of the animal videos too! I have let my 9 yo dd watch some of the cooking videos. They really have some good ones!

Rule around here is that when my teenage daughters get on my laptop for facebook they have to do periotic seaches on swagbucks.
DD#2 plays the swagbucks version of tetris.
Hubby has been known to click on a video for me when my hands are in dishwater (watch swagtv while I do kitchen chores).


~~ pelenaka ~~

I am trying to "train" my hubby to use the sb tool bar when he is doing searches. He says that he forgets - it is just too easy for him to do a google search. I was so proud of him today when he came out in the kitchen when I was making lunch and told me that he had just won 10 sb for doing a search!!

That is cute!

Well, I have cashed out my 5 $5 AGC for this month and I am now at 2113 Swagbucks. Now the race is on to see if I can get the 5900 points it takes to get the $50 AGC this month. I have to average 140 points a day and I am just not sure if I can get that many everyday. So I might end up having to wait until June to get an extra $50 AGC. I need some more active referrals under me!! LOL!

How is everyone doing this month? I have over 2,700 points with swagbucks (after cashing out my 5 $5 AGC) and I have over 2,100 with iRazoo.
I have been earning the swagtv points a lot faster by watching the animal videos 'Christmas cake for sick animals' (which is like 30 some seconds long) and 'Penguins something' (is 47 seconds long). I watch the emotions in pigs one and then scroll until those two videos are on the same screen and then I flip back and forth between them. It goes so much faster! I do have to make sure the % bar goes up though after the cake one or I do not get credit for it if I go to the next one to fast....I hope that makes sense.

When I have been gone in the morning and unable to do my regularly scheduled searches I have been able to get my 4 searches a day by just continuing to search at irregular intervals for 5-15 minutes and getting like three search rewards within an hour. So I will read and catch up on here and then flip back to that tab and do a 'search' in between the threads I am reading.

Is there anyway to tell if your referrals are active ?
I have 3 so far one being my husband who is of course is using the same wifi network as myself so he isn't going to be cashing out his 1200 or so swagsbucks that he had earned. I don't want to jeopardize my swag account.
Speaking of searches I use swagbucks as a spell checker just got 8 bucks for searching the word jeopardize which I had spelled wrong.

Anyways I have a chunck of change sitting in my amazon acct. just in time for June which is the month of birthdays in our house.

I'm shooting for 450 swagbucks/$5 AGC per week.
Gotta love free money :banana02:


Pam's the Man when it comes to swagging!


~~ pelenaka ~~
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/pelenaka

Active referrals...or how much each referral has earned you: Hover your cursor over the point amount and then click on my referrals. It will show you how much each person has earned.
Mine looks like this:
K** S. H.
0 SB
K** M.
0 SB
K** S.
672 SB
L** C.
112 SB
L** E.
1,000 SB
L** W.
1,000 SB
M** W.
111 SB
M** M.
49 SB
M** R.
27 SB
P** H.
526 SB
R** R.
0 SB
R** M.
389 SB
R** G.
0 SB
S** H.
0 SB
S** W.
709 SB

You can also look under My Swagbucks (under your points) and then click on Ledger and it will look like this:
05/10/11 Referral SB from: t** 7 SB
05/10/11 Swagbucks TV 3 SB
05/10/11 Swagbucks TV 3 SB
05/10/11 Swagbucks TV 3 SB
05/10/11 Referral SB from: R** 8 SB
05/10/11 Bonus Swag Bucks: NOSO Visit 2 SB
05/10/11 Bonus Swag Bucks: Daily Poll 1 SB
05/10/11 Bonus Swag Bucks: Survey Visit 1 SB
05/10/11 Searching the Web 7 SB

You can click back through and see how many you have gotten and from who. I have $55 sitting in my Amazon account. As soon as I cash out my $50 card...even if it is after I get my 5 $5 for June I will be spending a big chunk then.

That explains alot Lucy, my two referrals have 0 swagbucks.

Ah well there lost because as Pam & I can vouch it one of the easiest way to generate income from home.

Pam do u think that if we top a grand we'll have to file it under reportable income ?


~~ pelenaka ~~
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/pelenaka

I think you have to top $600 a year before you have to claim anything. (Which I can see being done if ALL of my referrals were active.) I totally agree, it is definitely one of the easiest things to do! :happy: I think it is easier than any of those surveys and all of that other stuff. If you are on the computer anyways it just takes a couple of minutes and the points really add up! I think it is so easy that if someone does not work for any reason or they live on a very tight budget every month this really could add up to a nice side income to allow you to get some extra gifts. I also think this is something that would be nice for a teenager to do to earn extra money to get the new latest gadget from Amazon. There is not anything on SwagBucks (or iRazoo) that I would not let my 6 yo do. I could see a teenager being able to easily earn over $100 just on summer break from school.

I would highly recommend it for any Kindle book readers too because you could easily earn $25 a month with Swagbucks and then buy 25 $.99 books a month!

After the poll question yesterday I added it up and I have earned over 15,000 points!!! I was totally amazed!!

P.S. Anyone who is ready to spend their Amazon dollars please feel free to click on an ad from my blog before you do and then I will earn a percentage. ;)

How do the Amazon gift cards come to you, by mail? I signed up for a month's trial of Netflix for 1000 points and cashed most of it in for two Amazon $5 cards. That was pretty easy. Much easier than any other points for me.

[QUOTE=lhspirited;5127607]How do the Amazon gift cards come to you, by mail? I signed up for a month's trial of Netflix for 1000 points and cashed most of it in for two Amazon $5 cards. That was pretty easy. Much easier than any other points for me.[/QUOTE

Per Pam6 our resident Swag Expert ~

You need to go to Order Status, on the right under your name. It will say waiting verification, verified, or in your gift cards. Once it is in your gift cards...usually takes a week or more...then you copy and paste the order # into your Amazon account under the apply gift cards to my account section. There it should show up immediately.
Nothing will come in the mail. Only the verify email.

Thanks Pelenaka!

Ihspirited, let me know if you found what you were looking for or if you still need help. After you 'Snag' the item you have to verify it through your email. Then you wait the 10 or so days and then once you get the email telling you it is in your 'gift cards' you copy and paste that verification number into your Amazon account.

Thank you for the information.

I am just curious - I know that they say that Fri. is "Mega Bucks" day - but really, is anyone else having trouble getting muti wins for searching on Fri?

I think I had three search wins yesterday. But they ARE harder to get on Fridays for sure!!! Some Fridays I will only get two searches.

I average 3 search wins a day all week, but I really have to work it. I am working towards another 30.00 amazon gc. They come in handy for the coconut oil, olive oils, and stuff I don't want to buy with my rapidly disappearing cash.

Way to go Pamda! I am so glad it is paying off for you too!!

This Friday I got 36 swagbucks the 1st time that has happened to me.
I swagged until I couldn't swag anymore finally ending up with 103 points, the majority being from either watching videos or playing crusher.
I am so addicted to crusher I need group intervention.

Yes, it did seem to be more diffacult to earn bucks by searching then normal yesterday. Oh well, it is what it is free money.


~~ pelenaka ~~

I try to do 2 runs of swagbucks tv a day...boring but it gets a few points in. I got 22 points a couple times in the last 2 weeks. That's a high as i have gotten that I remember. Remember also..it is less swagbucks for 5.oo dollar amazon gcs' that to order a large one.

I think a 51 was the highest I have ever gotten. I have already maxed out on cashing out my $5 gift cards for this month. You can only cash out 5 of the same item in a calendar month so I have no choice but to get a different card and earn the points for a higher amount. I figured it out and the points average is better for the $50 card than two $25 so I am trying for the $50 card for this month. I am at nearly 3100 points (after my 5 $5 cards) so I have 2800 points to go to earn it this month. So I might not get it until next month because I know the next couple weeks are going to be busy for me.

I am at 2500 points for iRazoo so I will get another $5 from them in 5 days.
http://www.irazoo.com/ReferedNewUser...fBy=PamandBill

I didn't know about the 5 in a month. I need to read some more. I am also doing mypoints and working to get Amazon there too. It's a job but it's free money.If anyone wants a referal just pm me an email addy. I don't know how to put a link here yet.

Ok Pam - I bit the bullet tonight and signed up for Razoo. I don't know much about it - only a little bit that I have read. So could you give me the scoop??

I signed up for Razoo,too

I have already gotten about 900 points on it tonight! With only 3000 needed for a $5 amazon card - I am excited!

Thanks guys! I have you two under me as referrals! Way to go prairiecomforts!!! That is awesome!!

iRazoo is a search and win site just like Swagbucks although a little different. With iRazoo you need 3000 points to get a $5 Amazon Gift Card. Swagbucks takes 450 points for the $5 AGC. But the points you earn are much higher with iRazoo.

iRazoo
How I earn points:
Searches: I find the search points a little harder to get on iRazoo but they are a LOT higher when you do win. I have won between 14-116 points on a search!
Recommending sites: This is my big points getter! I earn 100 points a day here! It takes less than 2 minutes to do. You just type in a search word like "Pamspride.blogspot" and then you click on it....wait 30 seconds and then comment on the site. Then hit "YES" to recommend the site. Do this with 2 sites a day....25 points for each comment and 25 points for each "YES" recommendation. Takes 2 minutes a day!! If you do this everyday it adds up to the 3000 points in a month right there....earning you a $5 AGC that easy!
5 points a day: Go to My Account then just click on Earn MEGA Points.
Videos: Watch for 7 points or more videos under Gambit and the other 'Earn MEGA Points' section. The videos are usually 30 seconds to 3 minutes.


I have not spent a ton of time on iRazoo so if anyone has anything to add feel free to post it! :)

Mypoints.com is good for the easy points. They send email, you click and they give you 5 points. Also,surveys..10 points for non-qualifiers..50 to 75 if you finish one. And of course..shopping etc..thru them and the searches. I have done this one for a long time and am happy with the speed they send gift cards out and the way they respond if there is a problem

I will give the Mypoints a try but so far I am not crazy about it....I guess I have to give it some time. What is up with having to PAY to play games?? The whole point is to make money not give it away. Does the emails that Mypoints send come only from Mypoints or other places because I do not open emails for anything I do not recognize.

Far as I can tell only mypoints..I haven't had much trouble with spam fromm them either. I use one email addy for all my point gathering places. That way I can see what is up only with them. I don't play alot of games except on pogo and facebook. But the pay thing bugs me too.

I decided to order some basketball cards for my hubby with some swagbucks last week. And today they were in the mail! That is the fastest that Swagbucks has ever worked. To say I am surprised is an under statement! Nice cards too. No junk. He was pleased also.