So I have been writing this blog for just a little over a month now. I thought it would be only fair to update you on my earnings from the different schemes I have talked about.
In no particular order:
Mutual points: Not a great success, after my initial binge, I have had a problem getting back into my account so I was stuck on just over 500 points. Today though it let me in, no reason apparent as to why it did not before. I will stick with this site as I have used it before and made money but it can be a tedious process. There are many "free" points opportunities, but mostly limited to one offs. Today though I joined Photobox through the site earning me 60 points and 40 free photos. Photobox has prints from 5p which seems reasonable, but I am looking for a Photobook. I searched using Buy Compare for some electrical stuff (earning 35 points for five searches). If all I did was this to get 3000 points needed to claim my £20, I will have to do this every day for the best part of 3 months ;-)
The power of this site is it gives points if you purchase, from a wide range of other sites, (i.e. it is a shopping portal) you get cash back effectively for buying something (which you were going to buy anyway) so it's worth browing. Lastly you can register you credit card with them and they will give you points if you use it in any of the shops they promote, even if you buy direct. Not sure how that works but I'll keep you posted.
Valued Opinions/Opinion Worlds, I have cancelled. I was getting two or three emails a weeks, but never seemed to be "suitable" for the survey. I have always been of the opinion these sites are more about getting valuable marketing data from you than about giving you anything back.
Win 4 Now/My Offers: Two other primarily marketing site, you have to give them a fair amount of information to get anything. So far have won nothing. By a strange coincidence the "competitions" always seem to be about what products you are looking to buy. In a lot of cases they ask for a mobile number (to notify you if you win.) Curiously, the only calls I am getting are cold calls to sell me stuff. Hmmmm.......!! I think I'll be dropping those shortly!!
Car boot/Baby Sitting/Delivery etc. Honestly, zilch (be fair I could have lied!) But I do have a lot of potential in my garage for car boot stuff.
Ebay: A few DVD's and CD's, but mostly small amounts. Total: £18.27.
So what has been the biggest earner for me so far, well funnily enough Google AdSense. Those little sponsored links to the side. If someone clicks through on one of those adverts I get a small kick back. Earnings to date $108.
Oh and those get rich quick schemes. Well to be frank I still wouldn't touch them with a barge pole and NEVER give them you credit card details. Many of them will tell you you are paying for shipping, but in the small print it says you are agreeing to them taking a regular payment every month until you contact them. Try and contact them, it can prove impossible....!
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