$ summaries
GC = Giftcard
Swagbucks : No earning limits, 1 SB = 1 cent
Started: June 13, 2015
Earned:
2015: at least $400 (40,000 SB + various bonuses/discounts)
2016: ~$250 (Around 24118 SB)
2017+ Been lazy to track this
Great when nCrave is around for easy SB earning-- It goes on and off throughout the year. Used to get a lot more with the mobile Swag TV app in 2015, but that has fully died off since 2016.
Processes rewards within a week. First $25 GC reward of the month is always discounted. $25 Paypal is next best if you get more than 2500 SB a month.
Ebates
Cash back earned when shopping at certain places online. Example places I've used it at are eBay, Toys R Us (when it existed), Uniqlo, Build-A-Bear, etc...
Prolific
Joined in Feb 2023.
Get paid for doing legit surveys. Requires joining a waiting list to get on board, but the payouts are excellent. Definitely the best "get paid for online surveys" jig, especially compared to Swagbucks and the like.
Accidentally triggered an automated system for having a proxy on while doing surveys, but hopefully that won't happen again since I had the proxy on for playing Tales of the Rays, which is EoSed now.
2023: 1382.61
2024: 2000+
Old stuff below:
Perk : $600/yr limit (Switch phones to Swag once limit is met, or just hoard points for the next year), 24250 = $25 Amazon GC through Perk Wallet app, or 48500 points = $50 Amazon GC through Perk Wallet app
Started: June 6, 2015
Earned: (see tracking)
Essentially up to 5 devices running their game apps to earn points passively. Their apps freeze up a bunch as of late and the points earnings has been super slow. Looking for better alternatives but nothing's come through. RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE.
Processes rewards within a week, but usually only takes ~3 days.
Year 2016 tracking:
1/8: $25 amazon
1/20: $25 amazon
1/31: $25 amazon
2/17: $25 amazon
2/29: $25 amazon
3/18: $25 amazon
4/6: $25 amazon
5/2: $25 amazon
6/3: $25 amazon
7/13: $25 amazon
8/3: $25 amazon
8/26: $25 amazon
9/12: $25 amazon
10/10: $25 amazon
Year 2017 (so effing slow...):
3/3: $25 amazon
7/19: $25 amazon - $400 total
Checkpoints : 3350 points for $10 Amazon GC.
Started: August 14, 2015
Earned: $60 (7/7/17)
Most stable of the passive apps but earning is SO SLOW. Using only one phone for this (doesn't allow multiple devices afaik) and don't check on this nearly as much as the other phones. Gets about $10 every ~50 days, as long as the app is running properly. Claims to take up to 14 days to process reward but usually takes only a day, and one time it was almost instant!
Swagbucks : No earning limits, 1 SB = 1 cent
Started: June 13, 2015
Earned:
2015: at least $400 (40,000 SB + various bonuses/discounts)
2016: ~$250 (Around 24118 SB)
2017+ Been lazy to track this
Great when nCrave is around for easy SB earning-- It goes on and off throughout the year. Used to get a lot more with the mobile Swag TV app in 2015, but that has fully died off since 2016.
Processes rewards within a week. First $25 GC reward of the month is always discounted. $25 Paypal is next best if you get more than 2500 SB a month.
Ebates
Cash back earned when shopping at certain places online. Example places I've used it at are eBay, Toys R Us (when it existed), Uniqlo, Build-A-Bear, etc...
Prolific
Joined in Feb 2023.
Get paid for doing legit surveys. Requires joining a waiting list to get on board, but the payouts are excellent. Definitely the best "get paid for online surveys" jig, especially compared to Swagbucks and the like.
Accidentally triggered an automated system for having a proxy on while doing surveys, but hopefully that won't happen again since I had the proxy on for playing Tales of the Rays, which is EoSed now.
2023: 1382.61
2024: 2000+
Old stuff below:
Perk : $600/yr limit (Switch phones to Swag once limit is met, or just hoard points for the next year), 24250 = $25 Amazon GC through Perk Wallet app, or 48500 points = $50 Amazon GC through Perk Wallet app
Started: June 6, 2015
Earned: (see tracking)
Essentially up to 5 devices running their game apps to earn points passively. Their apps freeze up a bunch as of late and the points earnings has been super slow. Looking for better alternatives but nothing's come through. RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE.
Processes rewards within a week, but usually only takes ~3 days.
Year 2016 tracking:
1/8: $25 amazon
1/20: $25 amazon
1/31: $25 amazon
2/17: $25 amazon
2/29: $25 amazon
3/18: $25 amazon
4/6: $25 amazon
5/2: $25 amazon
6/3: $25 amazon
7/13: $25 amazon
8/3: $25 amazon
8/26: $25 amazon
9/12: $25 amazon
10/10: $25 amazon
Year 2017 (so effing slow...):
3/3: $25 amazon
7/19: $25 amazon - $400 total
Checkpoints : 3350 points for $10 Amazon GC.
Started: August 14, 2015
Earned: $60 (7/7/17)
Most stable of the passive apps but earning is SO SLOW. Using only one phone for this (doesn't allow multiple devices afaik) and don't check on this nearly as much as the other phones. Gets about $10 every ~50 days, as long as the app is running properly. Claims to take up to 14 days to process reward but usually takes only a day, and one time it was almost instant!