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So, some’s stimulus checks have hit, and others are still waiting on theirs. I don’t know about you, but as a full-time writer, I put a good chunk of it away for two-quarters worth of taxes. So much fun. But, a writer’s gotta do what writers gotta do. As such, I am a writer, and I still do get paid. But as a single mom, most of my money goes to my son, keeping a roof over our head, food on the table, you know the deal. Basics of life.
I haven’t been able to put too much money away for my fund for gifts for people. There are things like birthdays, engagements, baby showers, there are plenty of occasions where gifting, well, isn’t required, but you know, is the nice thing to do. I’ve been doing a lot of research. And I mean a lot. There are a thousand and one different things out there that say you can make money or earn gift cards on. But, as you would expect, not all of them are, well, legit.
So, as I said, I’ve done my research. I’m sharing some of my favorite programs below. I already have $60, and I plan to use that money towards gifts, and Christmas, of course! Check them out below, and if you’re interested, please click the link and sign up!
Fetch Rewards
This one is actually quite fun. We all go food shopping, right? Grab groceries on the way home? We always get a receipt from our orders. Well, I’ve been saving my receipts in a sandwich bag and put them away so I know where they are. Every week you can scan receipts that aren’t 2 weeks and older. Certain brands give you a ton of points, others give you 50 to 100 here and there. But no matter what, you always get a 25 point bonus for scanning any kind of grocery receipt. I actually used this last year for some Christmas shopping! I cashed out about $50 (see screenshot below!) and it was like it was found money! They have gift cards for just about anything you can imagine. Gift cards start at $3, and when you sign up, you automatically get 2,000 points, which is just 1,000 points away from that $3 gift card! I’ve been saving since January and already almost have $40!
Want To Try It For Yourself?
Use My Referral Code: 95KQH
Scan Your First Receipt
You’re Done! You just got 2,000 points!
Grab some more receipts and repeat!
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WeAre8
I don’t quite remember how I discovered WeAre8. But I am sure glad that I did. I absolutely love their app, and what they do for various charities and organizations. Long story short, it is a type of influencer program, where you can choose what kind of campaigns you would like to participate in. I choose the ones that I feel connected to in some way. They usually just ask that you post to your Instagram profile or your Facebook page. My screenshot is below of how much I have made so far, and how much of an impact I’ve made (donations made in my name) to various organizations.
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Mistplay
I have to say, at first I was pretty skeptical about Mistplay. An app that pays you for playing games?
I hemmed and hawed about it a little bit. Ultimately, I bit and decided to give it a try. They have a decent variety of games that you can choose from. Word games, puzzle games, tycoon games, you name it, they probably have it there. Being a writer, I prefer word games! But I do enjoy bingo, too. The point is to browse the Mistplay lobby where the games are, and choose a game. You then download it. Whenever you would like to play that game and earn units (what you can trade-in for things like Paypal or Amazon, just for example), simply go into the Mistplay app and find the game and it loads and your gameplay data is logged! I already have enough for an Amazon gift card as you can see in the screenshot below!
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Rakuten
Rakuten is another one that is easy to earn on! You may remember it as Ebates! Now it is Rakuten! I’ve been using it, and I love it. I simply shop at my favorite online stores and cashback is usually put in in less than 2 days. It really is, shop, earn, do it again!
That is a grand total of $168 so far! I definitely think I can make my goal by Christmas, don’t you guys? Now you go get to earning! It’s so easy! Will you be trying any of the above or do you use them? Let me know!
This is a great idea! I am bad at planning ahead but I can do this!
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This is so helpful! I wonder how many of these apps I can use in the U.K.?
I m always look for new ways to save monay. I m happy to try your tips 😄
I didn’t even know these existed! Thanks for sharing! Can’t go wrong with extra cash any time of year!
These are some great ways to make some extra money. I think having a goal in mind is really helpful in saving money. It has really helped me with working towards paying for our wedding x x
ooo what a nice list of ways to make a little extra dough! There are def a few more I know of too!
These are great! I already use Fetch and have gotten a few target gift cards.
Great ideas!
I love fetch and rakuten but haven’t heard of the other ones. Will have to check them out. Thanks so much for sharing!
I use Rakuten all of the time. It is simple and easy to use.
These are such great tips! I definitely need to try Rakuten.
These were all such great idea! It’s incredible how many of these I had not even though about when trying to save money.
Wow! Awesome tips, I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for sharing
This is such an awesome goal!!
Christmas is a very busy week for me so it’s important to save up a lot of money to avoid the rush. I’ll check these apps out!
What a way to add some extra cash to our wallets, will check them out.
This is such clever, outside the box thinking! Good luck on your goal!
I will definitely be checking these out! Hope you manage to achieve your $300 goal in time for Christmas!
These days now more than ever making sure that we make the best of our money and save is deffo a good idea for sure. I will deffo check out these tips x
That would be great to have a little extra saving set aside by Christmas time. Cashback can really come in handy and it’s amazing how much you can save.
Sounds like a little effort but who won’t want to save right..? Thanks for sharing about this.
I need to do more of these too to save some extra $$!
This would save me a lot.. Glad you’ve shared about it.
Love this. It seems like an achievable amount and you seem to have a lot of ways to achieve it.
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Good luck to achieving your goal! I know you will make your $300 goal
I have heard good things about Rakuten, I think its similar to top cashback in the UK.
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This looks legit, I will definitely be trying it out!
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I love Rakuten its sooooo awesome!!! so many great things . I have been saving so much for my house renos
I used to use receipt apps quite a lot when I used to shop in stores, but now I do everything online which is much more convienant. Some good ideas to make some extra cash x
I love Rakuten. I seem to use them a lot. I have tried Fetch Rewards as well. I hope you make the goal 🙂
Having the extra money to spend at Christmas is what we all need and I can’t believe this can be achieved via these apps! I will be checking them out.
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Such cool Ways to earn extra money! I know only about Rakuten and will check the others out.
I will definitely be checking out Rakuten! I only hear great things about it!
Yesss one of the “easy” ways to save money here and there
Nice! Your plan sounds like a good plan to me.
I couldn’t agree more with your introduction. I’m not a mother yet but I do understand how you have to provide for the basic needs of your family. Love this idea! Intriguing and promising. I’ve heard a lot of things about Rakuten and I’d love to try it out once I have much content on my site haha. Thanks for sharing!
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I’ve used some of these before and they’re really great! Thanks for sharing!
Greta ideas to make some extra money!!
What a great idea to earn some extra cash! I should have known this before or during Christmas season haha
Love this and love Rakuten 🙂 It is such a fabulous idea to save for the Holiday season as that way you can actually enjoy it as you are not stressed 🙂
Whoa! These are great ways to get some extra cash! I can’t believe I never heard of any of these before. Thanks for sharing.
This post speaks to me and I thank you for sharing all these great tips.
These are some good ideas as to how to save a few extra pounds. I haven’t heard of WeAre8 before but I’ll definitely check that out 🙂
I’ve only heard of Rakuten, and don’t even use it. WHY? Gotta add that to the to do list. But, this is a great list. Like you, I find these kinds of things too good to be true, but knowing that someone has actually used them and is earning from them helps a lot. This is amazing!
Love this!