Swagbucks 2022

dave2319

pecunianonolet said:

What is the easiest way to make money with them, except of surveys?

The easiest way to earn is by doing the daily poll, searches, free games and picking up the code that's posted in a separate thread here. Unfortunately that only amounts to about 3-5 pounds a month though, but it only takes a few minutes to complete all of those each day, so I still do them.

Anything else requires more time and would involve surveys and offers. Probably the best of the offers is for Hideout, but I wouldn't recommend redeeming the points from there to Swagbucks. As some people have seen me say before, I'd recommend Keep Rewarding because of the significantly better rates.

Here's the thread for Keep Rewarding, where the info in the second post is still accurate, and Hideout, which mostly contains the codes. Hideout and Loot.tv are almost passive sites where you run videos, and Keep Rewarding also has paid push notifications.

Combining all of the things I've mentioned here would probably get you close to a fiver a week for fairly little effort, depending on how much time you can run the videos for and how many push notifications you can click.

Targa777

pecunianonolet said:

But they give you 20 quid for signup when you have earned 10. If you just do it for that, get the promotionl payout e.g. pay out 10 quid for 925 instead of 1000 SB it could make you 35 quid and you can delete your account after. Would doubt that this would make MSE profit?savingexpert

A pure guess on my part but I would of thought a good percentage of those signing up would continue?  I assume they get something for sign ups and then a percentage of earnings…so I’d of thought a pretty decent return ? 

I’m not knocking moneysavingexpert by the way, I’m just saying because Swagbucks seem to be getting very mean, they maybe need to rethink.

pecunianonolet

dave2319 said:

pecunianonolet said:

What is the easiest way to make money with them, except of surveys?

The easiest way to earn is by doing the daily poll, searches, free games and picking up the code that's posted in a separate thread here. Unfortunately that only amounts to about 3-5 pounds a month though, but it only takes a few minutes to complete all of those each day, so I still do them.

Anything else requires more time and would involve surveys and offers. Probably the best of the offers is for Hideout, but I wouldn't recommend redeeming the points from there to Swagbucks. As some people have seen me say before, I'd recommend Keep Rewarding because of the significantly better rates.

Here's the thread for Keep Rewarding, where the info in the second post is still accurate, and Hideout, which mostly contains the codes. Hideout and Loot.tv are almost passive sites where you run videos, and Keep Rewarding also has paid push notifications.

Combining all of the things I've mentioned here would probably get you close to a fiver a week for fairly little effort, depending on how much time you can run the videos for and how many push notifications you can click.

Thanks, I run hideout and loot.tv passive almost 24/7 on an old android phone with split screen (lower electricity use) with loot literally running without much intervention and hideout needs now and then a captcha. Hideout points go to lootup as 100 points are I think 120 or so and loot.tv goes to freecash as 1:1

mjm3346

Targa777 said:

I often wonder what cut Swagbucks get for completed surveys. I’m convinced they have lowered payments across the board so I assume a bigger cut for them. Ive noticed a lot of the UserZoom ones have been paying 20sb instead of the usual 100 ..so are Swagbucks skimming off the rest….

I have seen some surveys where Swagbucks definitely pay less than 10% compared to going direct to the survey site - I assume from how low the rewards are that also applies to most of the other surveys they host so Swagbucks would be taking  90% plus.
I use Y-live which pays £1 per 5 mins, Pinecone (product concepts) at £3 per survey and Consumer Pulse (purchase recording) at £12 plus per month (also have a mobile app that requires no input for a little bit per month)

Targa777

mjm3346 said

I have seen some surveys where Swagbucks definitely pay less than 10% compared to going direct to the survey site - I assume from how low the rewards are that also applies to most of the other surveys they host so Swagbucks would be taking  90% plus.
I use Y-live which pays £1 per 5 mins, Pinecone (product concepts) at £3 per survey and Consumer Pulse (purchase recording) at £12 plus per month (also have a mobile app that requires no input for a little bit per month)

That’s a hefty mark up for Swagbucks if that was the case…

I have Y-live, it’s slow but steady going, I’m on 47 points after 6 months.
I’d like to try Pinecone but it seems impossible to join. Saying that trustpilot comments are very negative about it. 

mjm3346

Targa777 said:

mjm3346 said

I have seen some surveys where Swagbucks definitely pay less than 10% compared to going direct to the survey site - I assume from how low the rewards are that also applies to most of the other surveys they host so Swagbucks would be taking  90% plus.
I use Y-live which pays £1 per 5 mins, Pinecone (product concepts) at £3 per survey and Consumer Pulse (purchase recording) at £12 plus per month (also have a mobile app that requires no input for a little bit per month)

That’s a hefty mark up for Swagbucks if that was the case…

I have Y-live, it’s slow but steady going, I’m on 47 points after 6 months.
I’d like to try Pinecone but it seems impossible to join. Saying that trustpilot comments are very negative about it. 

My last £50 from Y-live was in November and am up to another £47 now. Joining Pinecone is generally from sign-up links on other websites, I joined over 12 years ago and have never had any issues with them but don't get lots of studies and even fewer product tests (I assume because I am often not interested in the product). Consumer Pulse generally gets me £160+ per year.

A diary survey for a couple of months on laundry products (actually signed up via Swagbucks in 2017) paid weekly and I won £500 in their prize draw which helped me get just over £1600 in that year from surveys and Swagbucks).

The really good times for Swagbucks ended a few years ago when the mobile apps were removed - at one point there were 7 apps paying at least 10 SB each for watching video clips (simply letting them run), there were often bonus rounds so far more could be earned and they just needed glancing at occasionally to check they were still running, then the rewards changed and doubled so 140SB a day was guaranteed but often there were still bonus rounds so you might just need to run 1 app making £2+ a day for almost zero effort. There were also parts of the website where videos could be left to run but all these almost totally passive earners have gone along with better paying search wins (up 100SB a time), the daily goal bonuses were usually 10%+ and simple to get just from the videos so the monthly bonuses could easily be around 1,000 SB or more all without bothering with any discover offers/surveys or shopping.

dave2319

pecunianonolet said:

Thanks, I run hideout and loot.tv passive almost 24/7... Hideout points go to lootup as 100 points are I think 120 or so and loot.tv goes to freecash as 1:1

Glad you get good redemption rates for your Hideout and Loot points. I don't think I'd switch to Freecash just for that, because after bonuses I probably get very similar, but let us know if there's anything extra worth earning there.

I mean, the main reason I still use Swagbucks is to pick up the easy pennies that are individual to them, so extra earnings you can't get anywhere else from playing their games, taking their poll etc. Maybe let us know if Freecash offers any extra pennies like that!

pecunianonolet

dave2319 said:

pecunianonolet said:

Thanks, I run hideout and loot.tv passive almost 24/7... Hideout points go to lootup as 100 points are I think 120 or so and loot.tv goes to freecash as 1:1

Glad you get good redemption rates for your Hideout and Loot points. I don't think I'd switch to Freecash just for that, because after bonuses I probably get very similar, but let us know if there's anything extra worth earning there.

I mean, the main reason I still use Swagbucks is to pick up the easy pennies that are individual to them, so extra earnings you can't get anywhere else from playing their games, taking their poll etc. Maybe let us know if Freecash offers any extra pennies like that!

Freecash has a level up bonus. Currently, 7.5 pennies daily for me but should soon be up to 10 pennies. They also have nice extra wins if you make at least 1000 points daily going up quite significantly.

MollyR

I just googled Freecash.  What an absolutely dreadful web site!  I am sure it would give me a migraine in less than five minutes!

pecunianonolet

MollyR said:

I just googled Freecash.  What an absolutely dreadful web site!  I am sure it would give me a migraine in less than five minutes!

I feel that way with SB and how confusing it is and how hidden so many things are