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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May 1, 2020 by alan from United States

I was a member of Swagbucks for 3-4 years. They cancelled my account by mistake (they said) When my balance was about $40.00-$50.00. After questioning them as to why, they restored my account and replaced about $20.00. One year later when my account was again at around $45, they cancelled me again-no explanation or reinstatement this time. The moral of the story: cash out immediately when you reach the $25 minimum. Swagbucks is not trustworthy.

November 17, 2019 by Ed from United States

Swagbucks were my go to for cash cards it was easy and fun and it helped me out a lot of tough spots but ever since this company took over(Prodege, LLC) in i think it was 2017 rewards have dropped like 70% to me i dont know what happened is it greed? things to do have slowed or just dont payout like it use to? But these days i go on every once in a blue moon just to see if anything changed but it hasn't. Swagbucks is a waste of time but if you earning the $$$ you want more power to you!!

November 7, 2019 by Melissa from United States

Only had my account for 2 weeks cashed out once cashed out again for 25 dollars never got deposited into account 2 days later my account was deactivated for no apparent reason. I have emailed and tried to get a ticket for my problem to resolve issue - sent email no response. I also had 17 dollars in my account that is also gone. I loved swag bucks till this happened. I spend a lot of time on surveys and I am owed money if this does not get resolved calling the better business bureau for theft. I have everything that I had in my account before they ripped me off. My time is precious and all I'm asking is to pay me for the one I cashed out on already on before u deactivated my account for no reason. It was working fine on Thursday. I answered a phone call after I logged out went to reopen my Swagbucks then get a error with contact customer care technical issue through Google. No response whatsoever and went in to Swagbucks app tells me my account is deactivated. I would like to open another account but not til this gets resolved. I'm not happy I took the time for these surveys pay me what u owe me.

August 28, 2019 by Marie from United States

I am very unhappy with this GPT site every time I complete an offer they never pay up. The last thing I came across was an offer for a 7 day trial with Starz for 600 SW. I contact them and this is what they say:
Thank you for reaching out and we do apologize for any confusion relating to the Starz offer. This offer does have a 7 day pending term on it and we are unable to investigate further until this time passes. If the SB are not pending, please be sure you followed the terms listed below. Offer may only be redeemed once (1) per user.
Now I completed this offer plus I signed up for one months membership with Starz. My question is why is this company so popular??? Because from my experience I've found them to be less than honest when it comes to payouts.
If you want a good GPT site try QuickRewards- you won't make a ton of money, but at least you receive your money!! PrizeRebel-not a bad site just be sure to communicate to them when you're not credited.

July 24, 2019 by Issa from United States

Where should I start?
1. The surveys are awful. Every survey is just 15 minutes of different screens repetitively asking the same questions of your personal information (age, zipcode, etc.), and of them confirming that you’re answering accurately. It’s excessive and, quite frankly, sketchy.
2. It kicked me out of a survey because, with whatever standards they go by, my preferred hobbies were “inaccurate.” Every single question has some form of test/trick in it to see if you’re paying attention, so it more becomes more of a test than a survey, where you get booted off if you get one question wrong. Every two or three questions, you have to confirm that you're not a robot.
3. When I finished a 17 min survey worth 100 SwagBucks, it didn’t even reward me. To see if this was a fluke, I took a shorter survey worth 23 SwagBucks and I only received 5. I wasted nearly 30 mins of my life simply trying to earn $1.23, and it didn’t even give me that.
4. This isn’t directly linked to your bank account, so you’re not really earning money. Each SwagBuck is worth 1 penny, so it could take hours of surveys to make one $25 gift card.
Do not get SwagBucks. You can find so many better ways to earn more money in less time and frustration.