My Guide to Making Money Online For Christmas Shopping.

There are  dozens of sites out there that will pay you to watch videos, do tasks or surveys to get cash or gift cards. These are often referred to as get paid to (GPT) sites. Sifting through and finding the easiest to use, and the ones that have the most options can be difficult. Some sites have 6 week waiting periods to cash out, others make you verify your address in order to cash out. I have found a few that have worked well for me in this post. Each of these sites has their pros and cons, I have put them in order of what I like the most.

Swagbucks
I find Swagbucks to be one of the easiest to use GPT sites. Combine a fantastic site with loads of options to earn 6 easy to use mobile apps, and this is by far one of the easiest sites to use. You can also earn cash back on most online shopping sites. With daily and monthly bonuses you can easily make over $100 on this site each month. Check out my guide here on how to get started. I have now made over $2150 with this site alone!

You Can Get Free Gift Cards For Shopping, Searching and Discovering What's Online at Swagbucks.com










InstaGC
1. Register. You can register for an account by clicking this link here. You get 10 points for free when you join and you can use your email, Facebook, Twitter, or Google account to join you must verify your email.

2. Complete tasks, watch videos complete surveys. The watch function is completely passive, and has a better payout than some sites. Click on the earn tab and then click on watch videos. You can play all 2 playlists on one computer at the same time, which adds up fast. There are many tasks to choose from. They will be displayed on the dashboard when you log-in. Activities include watching videos, completing surveys, shopping, completing offers/free-trials, and ad walls. I recommend paying attention to what people are completing in the feed on the right of the screen, the higher % that complete, the more likely an offer will payout. EngagmeTV is another semi passive way of earning.

3. Cash out. Once you receive enough coins, you can cash out for gift cards to large retailers or direct deposits to PayPal. The biggest advantage of InstaGC is it is literally instant. Your gift card is immediately redeemable as soon as you cash out.

Right now they have their Holiday Bonus promotion going where you can earn an extra 10%!

Inboxdollars 
Gives you cash for tasks, surveys, watching videos and for just confirming paid emails. There are bonuses for watching a certain amount of videos a week, and with search function you get a bonus for doing searches 4 days a week. There are limited payout options and the payout threshold is $30. With a referral link, you get $5 just for signing up to help you get started! Additionally their paid emails net you .02 per email you confirm them.

Their watch feature works very well, and you can make up to $.50 a day with this. They have an app that can run videos as well. 

Earnhoney

Earnhoney is a site I've been trying out the last few months and has really been paying off.
I'd start with running videos.
The videos will autoplay one after another with an advertisement played at the beginning of most videos. This is the most passive ways to earn with EarnHoney. It must be the active tab of your browser, but can be run on tablets and their apps sometimes work. After every advertisement you'll earn "Nectar" which is worth a part of a Honey Dollar (HD). This is similar to SBTV desktop where the bar fills up till you earn your SB.


You can also do tasks and complete surveys to earn. 100 HD=$1 USD. Cashout for Paypal, Amazon gift card, bitcoin, or Visa Giftcard. They've recently added the VIP redemption option which come much more quickly once you qualify. Click here to get a 50HD bonus just for signing up!


                                                 
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The big upside to this site is that once you get past a certain amount, you get cash back on any redemption, the more you do the better this site is as you rank up from bronze to platinum.  This site has a good amount of other offers and surveys though that can help you bring in money on the side. Sign up with my link for a bonus!

One of my favorite daily tasks to do here is the card draw. It's simple and you can make money simply with this.

Some fountain of youth codes to get you started:
Code                Amount
9usptr8bc     13
356enbtkw     20
uz2zq2mmk     31
hfx9hbqzr     35
qeb5b2iar     13
4iseyaeau     23
05sm7ii7v     23
e521v8iur     15
5g4tgnvcw     34
zagg3bc9p     28
dv26eoatp     28
7rg23qcq6     24







Don't forget if you have questions about any of these sites please comment below or shoot me a tweet @Frugaldadt on twitter.

Advanced Tips For Earning With Swagbucks

If you're like me you have things to do, and are always trying to make the most out of your time online. I have found a way to earn a lot with minimal effort with Swagbucks. While for me I've been doing this while job hunting, this could easily be done while paying bills, watching Netflix, doing homework or just surfing the web.

I always try to make sure that I reach my first daily goal every day if possible, as this becomes an additional 600+ SB per month between the daily goals adding up and the monthly bonus for getting all 31 days. Don't worry too much because there are also bonuses for hitting smaller marks like 7, 14 or 21 days. By using the different tips I have in both of these guides you should easily make both goals every day.

The mobile apps are crucial to earning quickly and in the guide I outlined before there is great explanation on how to get the most out of the apps. I wanted to add another tip though. I bought a couple of cheap pre-paid phones from Kroger for $10, which allow me to run apps on them, including the Swagbucks TV apps, in order to earn money and not tie up my own personal Smartphone. You do not have to pay for a plan; just set it up on your home wifi and run the apps mentioned. A weekly published list of the best phones available can be found here. Just click on "cheapest devices of the week."

I mentioned NCrave and Watching videos before. I use 3 tabs at all times for Swagbucks, I recommend you mute them all, as it makes no difference to earnings. In the first tab I run watch. You only have to watch these videos until the check mark.(generally 40 seconds or so)

On the second tab I run NCrave which can be found under the watch tab. I recommend using Chrome for this. You will have to check back often, to advance it, but remember if you're moving away from the page, you can only do Ctrl+Tab(or Ctrl+Shift+Tab) to move away, and your mouse must be on the main part of the screen, otherwise the timer will not count down. Early in the year is a little tougher to get good amounts on these, but later in the year you will be able to get much higher amounts through Ncrave. This used to be easier and more automatic. Instead of always doing this, check under sponsored videos, I recommend the all you can eat and the guy with a laptop for 2 sb. Both can add up quickly.

The third thing I do is toolbar tv. You can technically play this from the Swagbutton, but I find it easier just to start from here. These playlists often require you to click on each new video, but sometimes will auto advance. 20 videos equals 3 SB. You only have to wait for the bar to advance to click on the next video.

Shop and earn. Swagbucks will pay you a percentage of what you spend on certain sites including Amazon, Ebay, JCPenney, Groupon, Living Social, Kohls, Walmart, and many other sites. Some sites, including Amazon, will limit the items the cashback will apply to.

Discover can be a big benefit in earning. This section includes hundreds offers from 1 SB to thousands. From my experience not all of these pay out. If you have issues I recommend you make sure you have proof (take a screenshot by using "printscreen" and saving the image) and contact support about these issues. Make sure you know the amount for the offer, and who it was through (popular ways to earn, Peanut labs, Radium One, etc.)

Surveys can be found in the Answer section. I try to finish at least one 50 SB survey every day if I can. These can be discouraging, though, as you can get disqualified or they can fill up quickly. If you run out of gold surveys you can always do more under Peanut Labs.

I love using the Swagbucks search engine to make money. I outlined how I make more in this guide.

Always be on the lookout for swag codes, they are posted almost daily, most can be found on Facebook.

I encourage you to check out the Facebook group that has over 20,000 members and the subreddit for Swagbucks to get extra help. Offers that credit are posted there on a daily basis.

Time sensitive tips:

Check out this guide to other offers you can complete quickly.

You can have multiple people in the same household with accounts on Swagbucks. Me and my wife have accounts, and I use one of the phones for my apps, and she uses one for hers. It is against their terms of service to have more than one account per person, so don't even try it.

There are always events going on, check their blog for the most recent events

Just remember to not get discouraged and if you are feeling burned out to take a break! I hope these tips help you in making a little extra money with Swagbucks.