Swagbucking into 2014

BargainHunter67

CC2 wrote: »

No surveys for me at all since Thursday. Missed target Saturday and Sunday and today's is 100. Grr.

Same here. No surveys available today or yesterday & my target has gone up even though I didn't reach my 2nd for two days. It is stupidly high today. 116/400 If it continues like this it will put people off, especially new ones. When I get the 21 days I will relax ready to start a fresh new month, as I only joined on the 4th. Not having much luck with the searches either. If I don't get on until late the Encrave is closing early now.

QuackQuackOops

BargainHunter67 wrote: »

Looks like it will as just got on & will limp to first target! Need a search as too late for surveys. Not many videos either.

We have had loads of videos lately. Nicely coincided with all the MSE people who joined for the offer.

Ordinarily, we are lucky to find any videos that work or credit. But lets hope this is something that will now continue.

BargainHunter67

Encrave is not ticking & so not crediting.
Did a PL survey which said completed & re-directed to SB before I could take a screen shot & SB page said disqualified & 1SB. Submitted a ticket but not sure what they will be able to do. It was on media. Has anyone else had this problem today?

QuackQuackOops

BargainHunter67 wrote: »

Same here. No surveys available today or yesterday & my target has gone up even though I didn't reach my 2nd for two days. It is stupidly high today. 116/400 If it continues like this it will put people off, especially new ones. When I get the 21 days I will relax ready to start a fresh new month, as I only joined on the 4th. Not having much luck with the searches either. If I don't get on until late the Encrave is closing early now.

Did you not contact Customer services about that high 2nd figure?
As a new user it should not be that high to start out with going by what you have told us.

Do remember though that you only have to reach the first figure to get the daily winning steak and 116 is very do'able without any surveys.

Are you not trying to get the 30 days in a row or did you join too late for that?

BargainHunter67

QuackQuackOops wrote: »

We have had loads of videos lately. Nicely coincided with all the MSE people who joined for the offer.

Ordinarily, we are lucky to find any videos that work or credit. But lets hope this is something that will now continue.

Without the surveys & sporadic Encrave/Radio how do you get to targets, especially if you are suggesting that the amount of surveys lately is high?
i don't mind doing the work, but hate it being unfair & not crediting. Could add another 10% at least to my total.

BargainHunter67

QuackQuackOops wrote: »

Did you not contact Customer services about that high 2nd figure?
As a new user it should not be that high to start out with going by what you have told us.

Do remember though that you only have to reach the first figure to get the daily winning steak and 116 is very do'able without any surveys.

Are you not trying to get the 30 days in a row or did you join too late for that?

Joined the 4th with MSE & assuming you run 1st month.
It isn't doable if you do not sit at your computer all day? 1SB & 2SB videos which there aren't many. SBTV takes min 3 mins per 3SB Radio takes 30mins for 5SB I'm lucky to get 1 or 2 searches a day & usually only 6-9 SB.Games 10SB (which I chill out with at the end of the day & usually the ones I like instead of the quick easy ones, as I am not really a online games person.
I shall concentrate on my 1st targets & hopefully they will come down eventually. I think a couple of high days (not sure how I mangaed them) & the added points etc may have resulted in high targets. They must be computer generated as they cannot be done daily by people!

QuackQuackOops

BargainHunter67 wrote: »

Without the surveys & sporadic Encrave/Radio how do you get to targets, especially if you are suggesting that the amount of surveys lately is high?
i don't mind doing the work, but hate it being unfair & not crediting. Could add another 10% at least to my total.

I haven't mentioned that the amount of surveys has been high. Did you mean videos?

On Swagbucks I try to get a daily survey done and I run Encrave, SBTV and the radio all day.

8am - 8pm is 12 hours. Radio for 12 hours should give 120 but sometimes I might miss a captcha or it doesn't credit for some reason.
So call it 100 SBs

Encrave should give 18 an hour if I am at the PC ready to click it on but again, it might be longer than 10 minutes sometimes or it doesn't credit or I'm away from the PC for a bit.
So I average it out at 12 an hour instead of 18.
That gives 140ish.

Up to 310.
Then there is SBTV and I will click as much as I can with it but earnings are limited on there.
Another 100 SBs

Add to that the toolbar, NOSO, Poll and Games, which is 13 SBs, and any searches/codes there should be around 430 for the day without any other surveys, videos, offers etc.

If there are any offers that are no brainers, or videos etc they count, for me, as extra or as a chance to sit back a bit.

It shouldn't be a chore or interfer with getting on with other things.
I am at the PC most of the time anyway so it doesn't interfere with anything else.

For anyone who is only wanting to reach their first target, it is doable without surveys and offers so long as you have a 3 or 4 hours to keep an eye on it although it can be tedious.
Much easier to get a daily in first.

QuackQuackOops

BargainHunter67 wrote: »

Joined the 4th with MSE & assuming you run 1st month.
It isn't doable if you do not sit at your computer all day? 1SB & 2SB videos which there aren't many. SBTV takes min 3 mins per 3SB Radio takes 30mins for 5SB I'm lucky to get 1 or 2 searches a day & usually only 6-9 SB.Games 10SB (which I chill out with at the end of the day & usually the ones I like instead of the quick easy ones, as I am not really a online games person.
I shall concentrate on my 1st targets & hopefully they will come down eventually. I think a couple of high days (not sure how I mangaed them) & the added points etc may have resulted in high targets. They must be computer generated as they cannot be done daily by people!

This is why I say you need to speak to CS.
I rarely get 2nd targets of over 400 SBs but I regularly achieve over 400 and have been on longer than you.

All I can think is its a MSE sign up thing. Swagbucks are giving you an extra £10 for signing up as it is, so they don't want to give you any more bonues on top.

I'm only guessing at this but it does seem likely and I should imagine that after the month is up, your 2nd targets will go down.
I would only concentrate on the 1st target if I were you for now.
If the 2nd target is an easy reach because of a good survey or what have you, then great, its a bonus. But you really shouldn't be 'working' so hard at this.
It then becomes a chore.

Amyea

BargainHunter67 wrote: »

Joined the 4th with MSE & assuming you run 1st month.
It isn't doable if you do not sit at your computer all day? 1SB & 2SB videos which there aren't many. SBTV takes min 3 mins per 3SB Radio takes 30mins for 5SB I'm lucky to get 1 or 2 searches a day & usually only 6-9 SB.Games 10SB (which I chill out with at the end of the day & usually the ones I like instead of the quick easy ones, as I am not really a online games person.
I shall concentrate on my 1st targets & hopefully they will come down eventually. I think a couple of high days (not sure how I mangaed them) & the added points etc may have resulted in high targets. They must be computer generated as they cannot be done daily by people!

At the moment I'm finding a high amount of videos on the homepage which quickly get me to my first target with no surveys at all. These are the orange/red ones of which I've been getting about 10 at least and then the blue videos worth 2sb I've had......god only knows today to be honest, if I have to watch "I see your dreams" one more time I'll be seeing it in my sleep lol. A top tip is that you don't have to watch these videos all the way through. The orange ones generally credit within 10 seconds and the blue ones have been crediting at 45 seconds in.

Sky_

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Swagbucks. A while ago I got quite obsessed about hitting the targets, which led to me being frustrated about the 'waste of time'. I work full time so can (usually) only access swagbucks in the early morning or late evening. Got a day off today. :T

Nowadays I use the site when it fits in with my life and do it instead of playing FB/computer games. I make a small effort to hit the targets, but certainly don't stress if I don't. I get an average of £20 amazon vouchers each month by spending anything from 0 to 3 hours a day on the site whilst doing other computer things. I see the vouchers as a bonus and it's cheaper than FB games.