Swagbucks Reviews and Features

Swagbucks

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Swagbucks is a website where you can earn rewards by doing activities you normally do, such as shopping, searching the web, watching videos, playing games, printing coupons, and taking surveys.

Every time you complete one of these activities, you can earn points called SBs, which are redeemable for cash and gift cards.

Becoming a member of Swagbucks is very simple. Start by joining their website or downloading their mobile app (available on both Android and iOS). You can then collect points (known as SB's) by participating in a variety of different activates including taking surveys, shopping online, watching videos, and more. You can then exchange your SB's for gift cards or PayPal cash.

Joining is free (and new members even get the $5 joining bonus!), and is available to residents of the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, India, Australia, and Ireland.

After logging in to their website (or in the app), you will see links to Shop, Search, Watch, Play, Answer, Discover.

• Online Shopping

  Receive “cashback” for making purchases from major online stores through Swagbucks. These include Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and more. Simply log in to the Swagbucks shopping page and click on the online retailer you wish to make a purchase from. Swagbucks earns a commission from your purchases, but will return a portion of it back to you in the form of SBs which will be earned for every dollar spent.

• Searching

  Swagbucks has a search engine called 'Swagbucks Search'. You can use it just like a regular search engine to earn bucks. If you conduct a lot of internet searches in any given day, this can be a great way to easily earn SB's. You can install the Swagbucks browser extension for Chrome which can make it easier to get into the habit of using the Swagbucks Search over Google, Bing, etc.

• Watching Videos

  Using Swagbucks watch, you can watch videos about music, news, entertainment, pets, travel, and more, to earn credits to your account. The earning potential for this is on the low side, but it's still a method of collecting SBs if you're looking for some entertainment.

• Answering Surveys

  Access Swagbucks Answer to take surveys and earn points. Swagbucks lists a ton of different online surveys that can be answered for rewards. Each survey will list the estimated time it'll take to complete, the topic of the study, as well as the number of SBs you will earn. Product testing opportunities occasionally become available. Expect to earn approximately 40 - 200 SB points per survey (100 SB = $1), with earning potential up to $50 (5000 SB) for longer and hard to qualify for surveys.

• Discovering

  The Swagbucks 'Discover' section is one of the fastest ways of earning SB points. You can earn a significant number of points for signing up for product and service trials (things like TIDAL music streaming, audiobook trials, gambling website trials, etc.) or for opening new credit card accounts or bank accounts. If you're currently looking to switch credit cards, banks, or try a new financial product (such as a new type of investment account), log in to your Swagbucks account before signing up! You might be able to earn thousands of SBs just for clicking through to the service provider via your Swagbucks account.

• Printing Grocery Coupons

  Under the 'Shop' section of Swagbucks (depending on your country of residence), you can find printable coupons for things like cleaning products, diapers, toothpaste, candy, etc. Each time you print a coupon, you will earn 1 SB. It will take a few weeks after the redemption for the SB to show in your account, however without the added bonus of receiving SB points, the printable coupons offered on this part of the website are generally for products that you probably already purchase and from big brands such as Swiffer, Mr. Clean, Febreze, Pampers, Crest, Becel, etc.

• Referring Friends

  If you have friends who would be good candidates for Swagbucks, make sure you refer them so that you can earn 10% of what they earn (as they remain active). For instance, if your referral earns 5,000 SB ($50) in their first month, you will receive a $5 bonus (500 SB) credited to your account. Simply log in to your Swagbucks account to get your unique sign up link which you can then share with friends, extended family, on your blog, etc.

• Entering Swag Codes

  Swag Codes are promotional codes that can be entered into the Swagbucks website which give you free SBs (Swagbucks). Find out where to find swag codes that can help boost your earnings.

Millions in Rewards Awarded

You can redeem your SB's for two main reward options: cash, or e-gift cards. One SB is worth approximately 1 cent, so 2500 SBs = $25.00. To date, Swagbucks has awarded over 800 million dollars to their members!

PayPal Payments

If you're a fan of cold, hard cash, you can exchange your SBs for money by requesting a PayPal payment to your PayPal account. Payments take approximately 10-14 days to process and are issued in US dollars, regardless of where you live. If you are outside of the USA, PayPal can automatically convert these USD into your local currency, or you can keep a separate USD balance in your account if you wish. You can request a PayPal payment in the following denominations: $25, $50, $100, and $250.

Tons of e-Gift Card Options

If you choose to redeem your SBs for a gift card versus a PayPal payment, you'll find that you can receive it with a lower balance. Denominations for gift cards vary and depending on the retailer, but they can be as low as $1 and as high as $100. E-gift cards are issued within 10 days of request are available to a wide variety or retailers including Amazon, Home Depot, Starbucks, Facebook, iTunes, a huge variety of restaurants, hotels, and more. Denominations of as low as $1 - $100 are available.

You may also donate your SB's to charities such as Unicef, Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, etc. Donation amounts start at only 5 SB’s ($0.05).

Bonuses

Swagbucks offers daily goal points where you can receive bonus SB's if you reach the daily goal by the end of the day. Simply log in to your account to see what that day's daily goal is. Receive another bonus when you reach the daily goal 7 days in a row. Bonuses are paid on or around the first day of the following month.

Swagbucks is Immensely Popular and Offers a Huge Community

Swagbucks has been around since 2005 (the same year SurveyPolice was created!) and has over 13 million members and over 2.4 million Facebook fans. Incredibly, they have awarded over 800 million dollars in rewards to their members making them by far, the internet's largest GPT website! Every day, they award 7,000 gift cards to their members.

Eligibility: Swagbucks is open to residents 13 years of age and older who reside in the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, India, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Ireland

If you're already a member of Swagbucks and are looking for something different to join to make extra income, there are literally hundreds of alternatives out there. Here are a few of our suggestions. TGM panel is popular survey platform with tons of survey inventory. Branded Surveys offers online surveys, a low $5 cash out minimum and a $1 joining bonus! Tellwut is a fun community where you can take surveys, create surveys and answer daily polls for gift cards.

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January 23, 2019 by suzanne from United States

I have to say this is probably the worst company that I have tried to communicate with in a long time. There is no one you can speak with and the way they try and communicate with you is by automated emails. It becomes so frustrating because you try and explain your problem and there is no one to answer it. I will say usually after you email them a minimum of 2-3 times someone eventually responds, but then it goes back to the automated emails so you never get a clear answer. I have used their app and ordered items online to get a percentage back, but it literally only works 20% of the time. I made a lot of purchases for Christmas and I received nothing. After trying to sort it out for the past 2 months they told me that if it didn't go through they will not give me the points. This company is so beyond disappointing. There are so many other companies that will work with you, have a better system and who actually have great customer service. I've noticed with other sites you are able to see the points or money as pending. Who want to deal with a company that you can only cross your fingers in hopes that you will get it. To me it seems that they hope you will just forget that they owe you points. For purchases it can take anywhere from 31 to 60 days. Then after that you have 14 days to let them know you didn't receive it. If I could give this company less than 1 star I would.

January 12, 2019 by Danna from United States

I used Swagbucks for years and they were a great site at one time but have gone so far downhill. You can spend hours and not even make a dollar. Many times spending a long time on surveys and getting to the end of, you are kicked out at the last page and it says you don't qualify. You have to watch around 28 videos just to make 3 cents. Not worth it. I signed up with another survey site and have been much happier. While you still won't get rich on it, the new survey site gives you the opportunity to earn money much faster than Swagbucks and wonderful customer service. Deleting Swagbucks account now!

September 30, 2018 by dana from United States

I have been taking surveys with Swagbucks for a couple years. The past couple weeks I have been checking my points after taking a survey. Within 2 weeks I wasn't awarded points for taking 2 separate 20 minute surveys. When I emailed the company, both times, I was told that I didn't finish the surveys, which isn't true, and that they could not award me the points. I am done with them. Who knows how long this is been going on cuz I never checked my points after surveys before.

July 18, 2018 by Vivian from United States

I initially signed up for this website because there seemed to be so many people raving about it. However, once I was a member, I saw this site isn't all it's cracked up to be.

I was a member for months and barely earned a thing from taking surveys that were either disqualified (even after putting in minutes of information) or didn't match my stats. When the surveys continued to be a failure, I decided to try the Watch feature.

Then, like a lot of people it seems, I was having difficulty earning points from watching videos. Sometimes the videos wouldn't work or I just wasn't be credited for watching them. I'd literally sit and let an entire playlist run, only to realize I hadn't earned a single point.

I had been a member of this site since the earlier part of this year, and only earned a little over 200 points. I just deleted my account today after seeing numerous emails in my inbox from Swagbucks for their "panelist offers." I'll stick to survey sites that I can actually cash out with.

July 10, 2018 by Andrea from Australia

This site has a lot of great reviews and its easy to believe they are great to join.

Swagbucks is like a casino for points that you can cash out, there are all manner of ways to earn points referred to as 'Swag Bucks', which sounds great.

Accruing enough points to cash out will be difficult though. I only do surveys that pay cash, I am not interested in $5 amazon cards that Swagbucks promotes as fast earners.

All the surveys with decent points were disqualified or had errors, basically you need to get to 5000 points to cash out $50, one point at a time.

If you dont mind the slow build up of points then its a fun place, If you want to provide your opinion & be paid quickly, then its probably not the best place for those needs.

They also refer you to many other panels to earn Swagbucks, which may not be appropriate if you have closed accounts with those panels before, like Toluna for example. Also had a number of surveys with seemingly tech issues that only allowed positive reviews of companies, no neutral responses worked, so you are not really giving feedback or taking the survey, your only giving great reviews of a company despite reality, since singing their praises is the only option available.

Overall you will have fun with all their options to earn points but you wont earn much or earn it quickly.