If you haven't guessed it already, my name is Travis Manley. I'm a photographer (who isn't right?), a blogger (you're reading this aren't you?), a gamer, a husband, and a father. This blog is purely for my entertainment and maybe a few other people out there (hi mom). Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Search & Win, Free Gift Cards, and Cool Prizes!

95% of the stuff I buy online is from Amazon.com. I started thinking if there was a way to win free Amazon gift cards online I should definitely give it a shot. I did a quick web search and found a few sites right off that bat. I have been trying them out for about a week and these are the ones that I think are worth the time.

Swagbucks: Swagbucks is great! There are so many ways to win points you will be able to swap them in for something cool really fast. I estimate you should be able to make around 1,300-1,500 points a month easily if not more. Hey, that's an extra $15 in Amazon gift cards every month!

Here are some Swagbucks tips:

1. Install the Swagbucks toolbar. You get points everyday just for having it installed.
2. keep an eye out for Swag Codes in the blog, newsletter, Twitter feed, Facebook, and the widget
3. Set Swagbucks to your default search engine and win random point for searches.
4. Click through the daily no obligation offers. All you have to do is skip through a few of them to get points.
5. Get your friends to sign up and get extra points.

iRazoo: I like iRazoo because it is simple.iRazoo doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Swagbucks has, but I think that works in its favor. All you have to do to win points at iRazoo is log on and do a couple web searched using their search engine. It seems to work best for me if I log on first thing in the morning and do a couple searches and I always win 75 points. You can log in again in the evening and win another 75. iRazoo also puts Treasure codes out that let you win more points. You can also get your friends to sign up and get extra points. At 150+ points a day you should e able to get at least one $5 Amazon.com gift card a month.

simpleGPT: simpleGPT is a little different than the first two sites I mentioned. You win points by completing offers and surveys. I suggest logging on everyday and doing the Daily Clicks and you can easily get around 25 points a day just by clicking on links.

Here is how you do it:

Go to simpleGPT.com, log in, click on "view offers," where is says "browse categories" select "daily clicks." Now hold your Ctrl button down and left click on the name of each offer, then the blue submit button for each offer. You dont even have to look at the pages and you will get points instantly.

More to come soon!

If you have any questions please let me know
travismanley@hotmail.com


***UPDATE***

It has been a little over a month since I signed up at these sites that let you earn free gift cards and I thought I would post a little update on my experience with these sites.

Of the three sites I sighed up with I have earned the most at simpleGPT.com. I earned three $5 Amazon.com gift cards my first month. Alternatively, I could have cashed out my earnings for $15 at Paypal, or got gift cards to other stores. I earned all these points from just doing the Daily Clicks and then signing up for the paid emails. I have already earned $11 so far this month and can easily see earning around $30-$40. It might not sound like much, but it only takes me about 5-10 minutes a day to do.

I earned two free gift cards at Swagbucks in my first month. I really like Swagbucks, but it takes a little longer to earn points. There are more ways to win points, but it seems like it takes up more of my time during the day than other sites. The good thing about Swagbucks is you can easily win at least ten Swagbucks three or four times a day just from searching with their search engine.

Swagbucks Search and Win Tips:


Rather than just searching for random things to try and win points, I win most often by searching for websites I am going to go to rather than typing the url into my address bar. If I'm going to check my email, I type in "hotmail" into the search page (or toolbar). I do this will all the sites I check regularly and I win three or four times a day.


In my experience I usually win twice in the morning (if I start around 6:30), once in the afternoon, and once in the evening. Sometimes I win less, but most times this is how it works for me.

iRazoo:  Things got off to a great start for me at iRazoo and I was very close to earning my first gift card and my account got banned. I made the mistake of letting my wife sign up for an account too before reading that it was against the rules to have more than one account per household. I emailed them and they made it sound like they were going to fix my account and it has been several weeks and I still am not able to access my account.

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