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Swagbucks.com is a free loyalty and consumer rewards program where members can get free gift cards or cash for doing the kind of things they may already do online, such as search the web, play games, watch videos, or online shopping: the difference is, Swagbucks pays you for doing this, through cash back rebates.
You get points called SB that you can redeem for gift cards or cash. There are 100 SB points available for every 88p spent.
There are various ways to earn Swagbucks rewards or SB points that you can swap for Amazon gift cards, PayPal, and other great prizes.
The cashback can be redeemed with over 7,000 participating stores. You just scan your grocery or supermarket receipt and earn SB for cash and gift card rewards.
Once you’ve signed up, you can start earning points by fulfilling any of the activities, and the number of SB you’ll earn for each one depends on the activity.
You can get paid for taking surveys on a variety of topics: shopping online, personal finance, favorite foods, vacation preferences, and more. Marketers want your opinions so they can make better products and services.
If you’re a gamer, you may be able to wangle getting paid for something you do anyway. The SB offered for playing games may seem high but they take a lot of time investment, so games like Coin Master reward you for later game levels that take the best part of a couple of days to reach.
Once you earn 1000 SB within 30 days of registering, an extra 2,00 SB (equivalent to £20) will be added to the ‘My Swagbucks cards’ section of your account within 10 days – for a total of 3,000 SB (equivalent to £30) to redeem how you wish.
The £10 Amazon e-gift card, for example, is currently on sale for 1000 SB, so you could redeem against three of those: the e-gift card arrives by eail within 10 working days, or you can convert your earnings into PayPal cash for more points spent (1,000 SB = £10 PayPal).
If you’re already a Swagbucks member, you can get a bonus 50SB points on your birthday, valid for 30 days, when you cash out a voucher. It’s called a ‘Rebate SwagUp’.
Swagbucks have a library of games for members, and you can earn rewards by installing and playing selected games.
You can earn rewards just for installing the Swagbucks browser extension and it will automatically update you to commerce sites’ coupons, promo codes and cashback deals.
Redeem Swag Codes found on Swagbucks’ social media pages or in browser extension notifications.
Enter Swagstakes for the chance to win laptops, gaming consoles and more SB.
You can get paid for searching the web when you’re using Swagbucks search engine. It gives you the same results as other popular, big-name search engines, but you’re viewing the results in a search feed on Swagbucks.
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