QuickRewards holiday shopping bonuses

[strawberrykaren]

Did most of my "Black Friday" shopping online this year. Used earnings from Mechanical Turk to cover presents from Amazon, and used the shopping links from QuickRewards for pretty much everything else.
QuickRewards is running a special promo this year -- in addition to the cash back, they're posting coupons for retailers as they find 'em, and higher

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[margaretcameron]

At one point I had considered using Mechanical Turk to generate a little extra spending money, but wasn't sure if the income would be worth the time/energy. Are you finding it to be a good source of additional income?

[strawberrykaren]

ABSOLUTELY. I've qualified for a set of writing & editing tasks that are fairly lucrative -- for example, you write a 250-word article on a set topic and earn $5, or edit an article and earn $3 -- and you can do as many as are available (and that you can write about intelligently, and using their style guide, etc.) ;)
Those writing/editing tasks usually only post on weekdays. Most of the time, I'm transcribing business cards into form fields (that ends up being about a nickel a card, but I'm a speedy typist). There have been occasional translation tasks that I enjoy doing, too.
There are also surveys -- most of the time, a survey on MTurk will be about current events or personality-related issues, where surveys on QuickRewards are generally more about products or movies. (Mturk surveys are more likely to accept you, regardless of your demographics; QR surveys can boot you out a few questions in, if you aren't in the demographic group they're looking for, and you don't get any credit for what you're booted out of, of course.) MTurk

[margaretcameron]

Thanks! I may check it out - I can always use a bit of extra money to support my hobbies. ;-)

[strawberrykaren]

Definitely! It doesn't cost anything to sign up and check it out. (You can't transfer money to your bank account until you have a balance of at least $10, but once you have a balance of at least $1, you can use it on Amazon.com purchases.)