Hello Lovelies
Inspired by
an article I recently found {LINK HERE} I decided to try out some ways to make
money online and at home. Currently being at my parents’ home and unemployed
has driven me to some interesting places, and while I have not found a fountain
of youth style level of income I have learned a lot through my odyssey and I
thought I would share this experience with you all.
Firstly,
the biggest issue I came across when investigating the links in this article
and exploring other options was country availability. I live in Canada and many
of the applications are for the US only. If you are an American reader
congrats, you have a lot less barriers to making extra cash on the side then
your neighbours to the North. To my Canadian compadres, sorry, you will have to
continue to suffer like the well behaved sibling of a naughty child who gets
less attention from their parents. The first site on the list is one of those,
in fact it has American in the name. Because its American I wasn’t able to
check it out, but from the description by The Crazy Coupon Lady it sounds
amazing! The next one on the list, FOAP, is in the same category; exclusive to
the US and sounds amazing.
Secondly,
The Crazy Coupon Lady really has collected an eclectic mix of different money
making endeavours, however it seems like some of these were curated more
closely than others. To revert back to my first point some of the apps
mentioned are US specific but are not indicated as such, like Mobee and ACX
(audiobook platform). Similarly, apps like ezyShot are listed that is not
compatible with iOS, which cuts out a significant proportion of potential
users.
Looking at
the app Rewardable for example I was unable to access the secret shopper tasks
as those were exclusive to US users (sensing a pattern?) however there were
other features of the app that I was able to use. They consisted primarily of
games to download and quizzes to complete for rewards they called acorns. Each
acorn amounted to a certain dollar amount which can be cashed out via PayPal
once a particular amount has been reached. You can even set this amount
yourself and can track which rewards you have earned. Great in theory but so
far I have struggled to find a reason to keep this one. The app itself also
does a poor job I think of vetting what content they offer to users, like having
dodgy looking third party links and tasks that send you to several outside
websites and in the end require you to purchase their products to get the
reward. I’d say about half the apps and games I downloaded never earned me the
acorns it was supposed to. The first time this happened I sent an email to
their support and about a week later got a response from a Jen Barber, complete
with photos, asking for the specifics of the apps, so I sent them and never
heard back. To be honest I half expected to just get a response advising me to
turn it off and on again (kudos if you get the reference). The next time I
attempted contact I wrote down all the details of the rewards I was missing and
emailed again; this time no response at all.
It’s not
all doom and gloom with Rewardable though, I am able to answer one quick
multiple choice question a day, and earn 1 cent, so there’s that. So for all
you math fans out there if I set a $10 limit (the minimum) for payouts and I
only earn 1 cent a day, how long will it take me to be able to make any money?
I’ll leave you to do the calculations on that but let’s just all agree that’s a
long time, which begs the question, is the app worth it? Considering half of it
doesn’t work, there is poor support for it, and a tiny payout I would have to
say no, but then again if you do it in the States you should be fine, or if you
are fine with a long term investment then more power to you, because this is a long,
long, long one.
Want to
know which one of these was my favourite? It would have to be Opinion Post, the
rather unlikely underdog that turns out to be the hero, or in this case, the
most lucrative. Normally survey websites are difficult to navigate, have many
surveys that you often do not qualify for and have low payouts. With Opinion
Post however you may encounter just as many surveys that you do not qualify for
but the payouts are larger and the cash out is better. I have only completed 4
surveys so far but I am very close to earning the minimum of $10. It works out
to roughly $0.10 per 1 point and you can earn between 10 to 30 points per
survey. They, like many other survey websites also have regular cash prize
giveaways where each survey gets you one entry into the draw, and Opinion Post
also gives you entries for surveys attempts but ones you may not qualify for. I
have tried many a survey website and this one is by far the best and I would
definitely recommend it.
Stay tuned
to find out more about my side money journey because I will certainly be
continuing. Save on my friends, save on!
Lilaina
