Swagbucking into 2019... Nearly ;)

John1963

kazzybabes wrote: »

Hi! I have just started back to swagbucks after a break of over a year, I read the first post for newbies to see if any changes but was just wondering do all 6 apps still work? They only seem to give 4SB instead of 10 and I can’t seem to add favourites anymore. Any other tips? Thank you

There are 7 apps not 6, list below, they do still work but you are right the SB have been reduced over the last year and you need to play more videos to get a credit. There are often bonus rounds, particularly on Mobile Watch (from the Swagbucks App) and Sportly: The Mobile Watch app pays 10 SB per day (for 5 rounds), the others all pay 4 SB for 2 rounds as standard.

Apps List:

Sportly
EntertaiNow
SB Watch
Movie Cli.ps
IndyMusic
Lifestylze
Swagbucks Watch (via the Swagbucks App)

System

kazzybabes wrote: »

Hi! I have just started back to swagbucks after a break of over a year, I read the first post for newbies to see if any changes but was just wondering do all 6 apps still work? They only seem to give 4SB instead of 10 and I can’t seem to add favourites anymore. Any other tips? Thank you

I get 30SB a day from the apps, assuming there are no bonuses.
The main Swagbucks mobile app gives 5x2SB for playing the videos. The other 5 apps give only 2x2SB each now.
Not like the good old days I understand


I am making my goal by taking the 30 from the apps, 10 for Play, A search the Daily Poll and maybe a Discover for anything from 6-25 and then just playing the watch videos or nCrave until making the daily goal, probably checking every hour or so to see if it is still moving.


After a deluge of surveys crediting 100+ SBs for minimal effort I find they are scarce now. After having a few "Ask a few questions to help pick a survey" which include "What is the date of birth and sex of each of your children? What is your Postcode? Who is your Mortgage with? etc. I confess I am back to not bothering. My full identity and life story for 50 pence is not what I signed up for.

phil7445

I read on here about ways to boost income and someone earning huge amounts of money on Swagbucks so I signed up.

I keep getting asked the same questions a few times in the same survey then it tells me I'm not suitable and gives me 1 point. I thought I'd try watching 6 videos to get points and it only gave me 2 points so that was a waste of about 15 minutes of my life.

I also feel a bit concerned about the information I'm giving it. If I click "prefer not to say" to my salary range the survey ends.

It seems like one big con to me. The only honest survey company I've found is Yougov as it actually allows you to complete all surveys it gives you, although sadly those surveys are not that frequent.

On the verge of deleting Swagbucks, and hoping my personal details will be deleted too. Thought I'd create this forum posting 1st...

mjm3346

The surveys on Swagbucks can pay 90% or less compared to the better survey sites - You can get £1 per 5 mins (sometimes more) elsewhere which is the equivalent of 140 swagbucks upwards, so £2 for 10 mins should be 280 SB rather than the 29 SB usually on offer. (Yougov is not a high payer)

The slight disadvantage is using several different real survey sites to get the most money out of surveys means you have to reach the individual payment thresholds on each site (but for 10 times the money that shouldn't really be an issue)

Surveys aside there are various ways on the site/with the apps to earn with almost no input and they are mentioned in the main swagbucks thread or the link within it.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5939533/swagbucking-into-2019-nearly

mjm3346

MMMoff wrote: »

After having a few "Ask a few questions to help pick a survey" which include "What is the date of birth and sex of each of your children? What is your Postcode? Who is your Mortgage with? etc. I confess I am back to not bothering. My full identity and life story for 50 pence is not what I signed up for.

Too late once you have started but the requirement is that your survey details are consistent so a little crib sheet with your chosen details besides the keyboard makes that easy.

System

mjm3346 wrote: »

Too late once you have started but the requirement is that your survey details are consistent so a little crib sheet with your chosen details besides the keyboard makes that easy.

Oh I appreciate we should all be 50 year old disabled bisexual married millionaire business owners with 10 kids sharing a mixture of illnesses.
Surveys that ask masses of pre-qualifying question, several capchas and after about a dozen questions you realise why the average survey time is 3 minutes is because that’s how long people take to realise they are on a wild goose chase.
I mean if you aren’t using VPN they pretty much have you anyway. I just wish I knew how to distinguish ones that are paying you pennies an hour for a genuine opinion and those just data mining the carp out of you. SB don’t seem to filter out the BS ones so again just personal choice I’m now going to avoid them. My cat still takes the occasional one...

Sky_

I use an old cheap phone for Swagbucks apps. I also switch the phone off once I've finished the apps each day.

I'd never use my usual mobile phone for them, not least because I'd worry that the apps may come with add-ons that could damage my 'good' mobile phone.

I spend little actual time on SB so I'm happy to get a 'free' £10 gift card every 1-2 weeks for a few minutes (when I'm sitting down to relax/have a coffee) each day.

mjm3346

SPnomore wrote: »

Maybe you have a dedicated phone just for swagbucks.

Doesn't everybody anyway? Plus a dedicated e-mail address to use for swagbucks and another to use just for all the spam producing "sign-up" offers they have.

Garyh79

phil7445 wrote: »

I read on here about ways to boost income and someone earning huge amounts of money on Swagbucks so I signed up.

I keep getting asked the same questions a few times in the same survey then it tells me I'm not suitable and gives me 1 point. I thought I'd try watching 6 videos to get points and it only gave me 2 points so that was a waste of about 15 minutes of my life.

I also feel a bit concerned about the information I'm giving it. If I click "prefer not to say" to my salary range the survey ends.

It seems like one big con to me. The only honest survey company I've found is Yougov as it actually allows you to complete all surveys it gives you, although sadly those surveys are not that frequent.

On the verge of deleting Swagbucks, and hoping my personal details will be deleted too. Thought I'd create this forum posting 1st...

I agree and that’s why I planted a money tree in my garden, it’s definitely the place to get free money.

System

SPnomore wrote: »

Yet you are happy running the apps for less, that last time I looked have at least 30+ background listener services monitoring everything you do, even when the apps aren't running and have full access to your google (or apple?) information, browser history, contacts etc, using your internet connection and using battery power even when the phone should be 'sleeping' and ask permission to access your photos. Maybe you have a dedicated phone just for swagbucks.

I’m happy running the stuff that takes few clicks and no monitoring using a old clean PC and an iPad. I don’t think any info on them is worth anything to anyone
Mind you if you’re saying these apps playing 10 year old jokes that weren’t funny even then are secretly hacking my home security system and live broadcasting me and my other half in a monthly 2 minute steamy Sunday morning session I better call my lawyer