Get paid to walk with Bounts - via a fitness tracker or your phone

''I created bounts 5 years ago with the single goal of encouraging people to do more exercise. 1 in 4 people in the UK don't exercise enough according to the Chief Medical Officer. We believed that receiving a virtual points mechanism with the potential for a small physical reward could make a difference and help nudge people to do more.

As it turns out, we've helped 000's of people get back a lot more than they've put in and stay active along the way. We are going to do a better job of telling these stories. The rewards help in this, the rewards are not an open store for those whose primary motivation is as a money making exercise as we know a very small yet vocal % of members treat it.

bounts isn't a Nectar style program, we don't ask you to buy products to earn points at the rate of 1:1,000. So for this to work financially rewards on bounts have always been subject to availability and they come and go. The value of bounts also fluctuates to meet demand. We receive cash rewards for free from suppliers and others that we buy. We are able to buy them because we generate income from advertising, sponsorship, data insights and organisations who work with us to get people active like employees, gym members and people struggling to get active. Premium subscriptions are only a part of our revenue. About 10% of bounts members take one out and if you’re exercising and taking part in challenges you’ll get that value back and in most cases a lot more.

Putting it in context, you would need to spend £5,000 at Tesco and sainsburys to get a £5 voucher. Reward programmes like British Airways Avios also handle the supply of rewards in exactly the same way we do. Reward seats aren't on every flight and at every time. The number and value of points also vary.

I'm proud of what we've created but I know we have more to do. There are features of the app that are difficult to get right due to their complexity but we keep improving them.

People who know the reward program well often benefit more than new members when they get to high-value rewards first. I've been in the shop 6 times in the last 24hrs on 2 occasions I was able to purchase a £5 Amazon voucher for points only (I didn't btw). Hunting for these vouchers is frustrating for some people whereas others accept that it's part of bounts being low cost.

There are improvements on the way. Very soon members will be able to join sponsored challenges to "unlock" a reward from their wishlist giving them more control. Members who are passionate about sharing their fitness stories, referring friends and working with our partners will be rewarded.

I stand by every claim and statement I have made about bounts but new members will be given further clarification as to how it works.

That said, we do need to clarify bounts for members who want to see it as a Nectar type store experience and are not contributing to the culture of the community in a positive way and we reserve the right to cancel memberships. By the same token if anyone is unhappy with bounts and have paid a premium subscription I will refund your money. I'll leave that offer open to anyone until 30th September 2016. If you'd like a refund, please go to https://support.bounts.it and submit a ticket with REFUND as the subject. Any existing bounts points will be held in your account for you to use if you wish for a period of 12 months.''

Regards,
John Stuart

Founder @ bounts

Feral_Moon wrote: »

There have been very few vouchers available for a couple of months now plus they've recently implemented a cash exchange so now you have to pay THEM £20 PLUS POINTS to get a £25 voucher!

But if you want an ASK Italian or All Bar One voucher then you have to pay £45 plus points :rotfl:

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Why oh why are you promoting this