Can't sit still? Don't wiggle, Viggle!

A little over a year ago I heard on the Ellen Degeneres show about a new app called Viggle where you get rewarded for "checking in" while watching tv and listening to music. I decided to check it out and I have been Viggling ever since. Now while I won't say that I love the app, I do like it a lot and it is worth the time put into it. However I won't give a referral for this app because this is a strictly invite through facebook or email app to get credit or go right to the source in your app or play store.

So here's my review of this good, rewarding app:

PRO 1: Rewarded for watching tv or listening to music - Who doesn't watch tv? Who doesn't listen to music? Since you're already doing these things you might as well check in to the app and get credit for doing them!

PRO 2: Several rewards to choose from - Had I been doing these reviews when I first discovered this app a year ago I would not put this in the pros because a year ago there were mostly only Viggle merchendise and a few coupons available. Now there are several things to choose from in the rewards section, 1 of my favorites is the free redbox movie.

PRO 3: Free to download and use - As you probably have seen from my other reviews I'm a big fan of free to use sites so this app is right up my alley. I hate the idea of having to pay to get something that is supposed to be "free".

PRO 4: App for Android or Apple - This is a good pro because even though I'm a Mac person when it comes to computers. I'm an Android person when it comes to phones. So on my Android phone I can have my Viggle app and as well as my Apple iPad.

PRO 5: Bonuses for inviting friends - Viggle will give you a bonus if you invite your friends, but only if you invite them through facebook or directly through email.

Now on to the cons, because even the best sites have some cons:

CON 1: Takes a long time to get rewards - For checking into tv shows you get 1 point per minute watched plus a bonus if it happens to be a featured show. For music it is 25 points per song with a cap of 20 songs per day. Depending on the reward it can take a long time to get enough points to get to that goal. That is 1 reason I like the redbox movies, they start at 4,000 points so I can get 1 a week easily.

CON 2: Music matches are limited to 1 time only - This is a con as a radio listener because sometimes I hear the same song 2 or 3 times a day. With the music part of the app I can only get points from listening to the song the 1st time I check into the song. Never again. That is the 1st time ever, not just the 1st time today. Once I've checked into the song I can't get credit for listening to it again. So for a radio listener I have to flip the stations a lot sometimes to find a song that I haven't checked into before.

So there is my review of the Viggle app. I like the app a lot. I don't love it, but I like it. I hope you all download it and enjoy it!

Wanna shop for free? Why not use points2shop?!

Welcome back readers! This weeks's review is of a favorite site of mine called points2shop.

It's a good one so I'll share a referral code here and then again later: http://www.points2shop.com/?ref=allpeachkitty ;

So here's my review:

PRO 1: 250 bonus points just to sign up - I love when I get rewarded just for joining a site! What I love even more is when the signup bonus is enough to request a prize right away! That's what you will find on p2s. When you sign up you get 250 points for joining and that is enough to request a reward which they will use to verify your address. They want to make sure that the people who sign up are real live people, since a lot of times people will try and pull a fast one on a business that sends out free rewards! 

PRO 2: Membership is free - Of course this is a pro in my book. Why do I want to pay money to make money? I don't, so instead I look for free sites that will pay me! This is one of them!

PRO 3: Points are given to use on amazon - When you complete offers you get points, these points are able to be used to buy anything on amazon that you could think of. The points system is also very easy to understand. 100 points is equal to $1.00 on amazon. So essentially points are worth $0.01 a piece. Not bad since I've seen some sites where the points are not worth nearly as much!

PRO 4: Points are given for many different things - There are points for downloading and running apps on a smartphone, and there are points for playing games, and there are points for printing and redeeming coupons and the list just goes on and on. Actually you may find that some of the offers are also on swagbucks. This can make it a little difficult to choose which site to use. I always weigh the value of the points I'm getting and see who will give me more for the same offer. Many times I find it is p2s and so I do the offer through them. But it is always up to you to decide. Just remember that many offers can only be completed once per person, no matter how many sites you come to them through.

PRO 5: They have an app for that - There is a p2s app that you will get points to download and then there are points that are exclusive to the app! Many of these points are from downloading and trying out a game. I made my first $10 giftcard just from the points I accumulated on my cell phone in the matter of a few hours! It really is a great feature!

PRO 6: The shoutbox is there for people to help you and they take their time to share info with you - I have never seen a site have people sitting around waiting to help newbies before! This site was awesome when I signed up and was kinda sitting there twiddling my thumbs because I wasn't sure where to go first, but the shoutbox announced I was a newbie and before I knew it I had 3 people offering me all kinds of tips and how to info! 

PRO 7: Multiple accounts per household - This is a first of mine to be listed on here as a pro, but it is for a reason. When I first signed up they had a rule of 1 per household, now it has been changed to 1 per person. This means that if Tom and Sue are married and both want an account, they can both sign up! There is a requirement however, anytime 2 people at the same address sign up for an account, they will have to provide proof, such as a driver's license, that they are in fact a living person. But like I said, this is a pro, I know many people who have had to forego signing up for a good thing because of a restriction of 1 per household!

PRO 8: You can change from earning points to earning cash if you choose - Say you've been shopping online for a long time and don't want anything else from amazon (I doubt it will ever happen) then you would be able to switch from points to cash. This may not sound like a big deal, but it is. You would go from earning points that can only be used on amazon to earning cash that you can then request a check after you've gotten the minimum in your account. It's actually a very nice option.

Ok so now on to the cons, because we all know there has to be some:

CON 1: A lot of same offers from similar sites - Many offers are only allowed to be completed 1x per person, and if you really enjoy these kind of sites and have several accounts then it's likely you have come across some of the offers already and maybe have even completed them too. Sadly this will effect your ability to complete it on p2s. So use caution when doing offers, I always check around and make sure I'm getting the most points for an offer before completing it on any site. Remember that it's OK to "window shop" your points before completing an offer! I do it everyday!

CON 2: There aren't as many free offers as other sites have - Now this isn't really a con, so much as an inconvenience. But here's the deal, every site I have shown you and all the ones I've yet to show you have a niche. Swagbucks for example has the niche of rewards for searching the web and/or watching tv. ICS has the whole survey niche going on. P2s just doesn't have a niche like these guys. And to be honest I'm not really sure what their niche is, YET! But I know I will figure it out eventually! And then I will share it with you all!

So there's my review, not a lot of cons because this is one of the better sites that I've found! Again here's a referral code to get you started: http://www.points2shop.com/?ref=allpeachkitty   Hope to see you around p2s really soon! 

Shortcuts for coupons? ecoupons are the way to go!

Hey guys, so today's blog is on a site I've discovered called shortcuts.com. This site is an ecoupon site that will make saving money at the grocery store much easier! As long as you shop at a store that is listed, all you have to do is register your store loyalty card and then just click on the coupons you want to add to your card. Then when you go to the store and use your store loyalty card, since your coupons are already loaded on your card you see the savings when you checkout! Simple!

Ok here is my review:

PRO 1: Many different stores to pick from - Shortcuts partners with many stores so you can be sure that your particular store is one they work with. If it isn't, you can email the site and ask that they get started on getting your particular store added! 

PRO 2: No membership fees - As a freebie lover, I HATE to have to pay a membership fee to save money! This site is great because they don't charge any fees! You just register your store card and then add your coupons!

PRO 3: Ecoupons aren't the only way to save - They even let you have the choice of printing out your coupons if you'd rather do that than attach them to your card!

PRO 4: Site is pretty user friendly - I've seen my fair share of coupon sites and I've got to say this one is pretty easy to navigate. Everything is clearly marked and/or labeled for finding quickly!

PRO 5: You can do cash back online shopping - If shopping online is your thing and maybe you don't belong to any rebates sites, you can go through shortcuts and get cash back on your online shopping!

Ok so I know it's not the longest list of pros, but my list of cons is a short one too. But we all know that even the best of sites still have something wrong, and this site is no exception!

CON 1: The site seems to be geared more to northern states - As I used to live in the Northeast this was never a problem, however since moving to FL I haven't been able to find 1/2 the stores I shop at regularly that I can enter the store cards for! Best believe though I have already submitted my request to shortcuts to add those stores for me!

So there you have it! This site in my book is definitely worth the time to check it out! Even if you just start there for your online shopping it can get you a good bit of money back on your purchase! The site again is shortcuts.com! So check them out! Have a good week and see you all back here next Wednesday!

BAD site: Hits4pay

Hey guys! Since I've started this blog of my experiences with different sites, I realized I've really only posted a few of the good ones. I haven't shared any of my reviews for a bad site. So I've decided to do a bad site today.

Today's bad site is called hits4pay. I will not put any referrals for this site up as I posted in my description I will ONLY promote the legitimate sites. In my opinion this site is NOT legitimate, NOR is it worth your time to try and find out if it's legitimate.

Here's my review:

PRO 1: Paid to "read" emails - You get an email every so often from them saying you've got paid emails. You sign in and click on the email, it makes you sit on the email for at least 30 secs while it credits your account.

PRO 2: $5.00 sign up bonus - When you sign up they give you $5.00 for joining, but believe me, you're gonna need it if you want to see any money from them!

Sorry guys, but these are the ONLY 2 pros I could come up with! I sat and racked my brain ALL DAY to try and come up with something else that was positive about this site, but NOTHING! So, on to the cons:

CON 1: Low pay for reading emails - After you get a paid email, you sit on the page for at least 30 secs while it credits your account. After that it posts a little message on the top of the screen that says you've been credited with $0.02 for reading your email! That's CRAZY, it takes at least 30 minutes to check all of the ones they give you before you've only got, if you're lucky $0.20 in your account!

CON 2: High minimum payouts - In order to request payment you have to have at least $25.00 in your account! Even with the $5.00 joining bonus, at $0.02 per email you would need to read 1,000 emails before you could cash out! 

CON 3: No other ways to earn - It seems to me like all these rewards sites these days offer plenty of ways to earn money and they have 1 way that they give the most for or are the best at.... hits4pay ONLY pays for reading emails, they don't pay for any other kinds of offers, ALTHOUGH they sure do advertise them!

CON 4: SPAM - I can't tell you how many spam mails I got from them after signing up trying to show me how to build up my referral base. The thing is they want to charge you for the "secret" and they keep spamming you EVEN AFTER canceling your account! 

CON 5: If you don't stay active they can cancel your account - Now this is the same with most rewards sites, but in the time I had the account, I found that if I let my account go a few days before checking I would have a bunch of emails to do all in 1 day and I was then done again for a few more days. Well I forgot to sign in after 1 week because I went away and while I was gone they cancelled my account and I lost all the money I had accrued in the account! I'm sorry but most inactive accounts are 30 days or more, this was 1 week! A bit over kill if you ask me!

CON 6: After a while you get less and less emails - When I first started I would sign in and have 6-10 emails every day or so when I signed in. After a little while I noticed that I would have to wait to sign in so that I would be lucky to have 10 emails! I'm sorry but how are you expected to read 1,000 emails so you can cash out if you barely only get 10 a week? If they had kept up my 10 a week rate it would have taken me nearly 2 years to get my 1st $25.00 from them! Now that seems like a bit too long if you ask me!

Ok guys, so that's my review of hits4pay and as you can see the site doesn't have very much good going for it. But it sure has a lot bad with it! So in my opinion, DON'T sign up, and if you've already got an account with them, just cancel it! You're NOT going to see any money from them for a VERY long time, IF EVER! 

Want another way to make your money go further? Try plink!

Hey there guys and gals! I hope that you all have had a great week and are enjoying the tips I've given so far in my past blogs!

So today's review is of a site called plink, it's a site that rewards you for using your designated shopping card at designated stores. They give you points and when you get enough you can get gift cards to make your money go further! It's kind of like a rebate, if you're trying to figure out how to describe it. Here is a referral code to get you started if you're looking to dive right in:  https://www.plink.com/index.cfm/main/homepage/refer/167178/aid/1264

PRO 1: Rewarded for shopping - If you're the type that likes to get rewards for shopping, this is definitely the site for you! As stated above, you get points for using your designated card at designated stores. 

PRO 2: Very simple site - The site is a basic design, and it's very easy to navigate. 

PRO 3: Several rewards - Ok, you will also see this in my cons list when I get to it, but for the pro aspect the rewards that are available there are 12 different types of rewards to use your points on, but they are promising to add more soon. 

PRO 4: You can shop online or in store - Many of the rebate sites that exist will only give you credit for shopping when you start on their site and go to the merchant's site from your reward site. This is true for plink as well when it comes to online rewards, however they also offer the option of registering a card and then using it at the stores and/or restaurants you tell them you want to earn from. Then when you go to that store and use the designated card, you get the points! It's really a nice feature and in my opinion, it's what sets plink apart from the rest of the sites!

PRO 5: New scan a picture of receipt get points option - plink has just released a new promotion that they run (mostly for limited times and on VERY specific items) but they will send you an email about it before the promotion and then all you do is buy the item being promoted and take a picture of your receipt and email it to them, they give you the points! It's that easy!

Now on to the cons, because every site even the best sites will have some cons:

CON 1: Only 12 rewards - As this is in the pros as a pro because 12 different rewards is a good START, it is also a con when you are an avid rewards site person such as myself! I like my sites to offer at least 25 different options for rewards before I jump on the band wagon. However the reason I do promote this site and use it myself, is because they actually have rewards that I use. Sometimes you see when sites only have a few rewards it's because they are only affiliated with those few sites. However plink has a few but some are amazon, walmart and american eagle just to name a few.

CON 2: You have to register a credit or debit card - Now for a lot of people I know, this is a BIG draw back to any online site, when you have to share your credit card info it's a scary thing! BUT let me set your mind at ease. I've been a member of plink now for over a year and I have not seen any charges on my credit card that I have not put on. The reason you have to register your credit or debit card is because that is how they allow you to use your card in designated stores and get the points for doing so.

CON 3: They put a limit to how many points you can earn from each store - This can be a big draw back for a lot of people as well, if you spent the money, then you should be able to get the reward. This is true, but to me it is understandable as to why they have this limit. Since plink is not affiliated with the places they are offering points and/or rewards, they aren't getting a big kickback from those sites. How can they give us a kickback if they aren't getting the kickback. For this reason I understand the limit, BUT it still doesn't make it any easier to accept. 

So there you have my review, I hope to see you guys next week for another review. Again if you are interested in signing up for plink and giving them a try, here is a referral code to get you started: https://www.plink.com/index.cfm/main/homepage/refer/167178/aid/1264

Answer 3 LITTLE questions, get BIG rewards!

We've all sat at our computers doing "surveys" in the hopes of getting paid the amount they advertise, only to answer so many questions and then get this stupid message "Sorry, you don't meet the needs of our client. But don't worry there are many other exciting survey opportunities for you." How frustrating is that to you? I know I HATE it! I feel cheated, I've answered most if not all of their questions only to be told that my answers aren't good enough? 

So, I've scoured the internet to find a survey site that I DO qualify for, and guess what, I've found that site! 

Instantcashsweepstakes or ICS is a fun survey site where you are given a series of 3 question surveys. After you answer all 3 questions you are rewarded for your time! Simple as that! There's NO "sorry you don't meet our needs" or being turned down at all for a survey, every survey that pops up on your screen is able to be answered by you!

So let me run down all there is to know about ICS and if it sounds like your cup of tea, click the referral link and join! http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/458265 ;

You have nothing to lose, EXCEPT your frustations with being rejected for that "high paying" survey!

So here's all the pros and cons for ICS (because as with even the best sites there are some cons)

PRO 1: Low cashout limits - many survey sites require you to earn a lot of points or cash before you can get paid. ICS has a cashout minimum of ONLY $2.00! You just can't beat a minimum that low!

PRO 2: Come back every 3 hours - many survey sites only let you do surveys once a day, after that you can't access anymore. ICS allows you to sign in every 3 hours and answer your surveys. After you've answered all the surveys you're allowed for the time being it even tells you "Enough Already! You're Frying Your Brain!" There is even a counter that will tell you when you can come back for more surveys, and if you want you can check the box for an email reminder that it's been 3 hours!

PRO 3: No getting turned down for a survey - As I said before you will not answer questions and then not be rewarded like some survey sites. If you answer all 3 questions you get rewarded! Simple as that!

PRO 4: Other kinds of rewards - ICS will not just reward you for answering surveys, every 24 hours they have a $50.00 lottery AND every 4 hours they have a $2.00 lottery! You don't have to pay to enter these lotteries, you use tickets and coins to enter which you get also while answering your surverys! So it's a win-win all around!

PRO 5: You can write your own surveys - If you feel like writing a survey about anything on your mind, go ahead, ICS will even reward you with lottery tickets to do it! How awesome is that?

Ok so now the cons, sorry but there are just a few

CON 1: It can take a while to see a significant amount - ICS will pay you for honest answers and because of that they will ask you a lot of questions repeatedly. As long as you answer the questions the same every time, you will be labeled as trustworthy and you will start to get more surveys. However if you don't answer these questions the same every time, you will not be given more surveys and you will not see much money from ICS for a while. So try and answer truthfully, even though some of the surveys seem dumb and/or a waste of time, believe me they are worth it in the end!

CON 2: Paypal is the only way to get your money - Granted this is not really a con so much as a small inconvenience unless you do a lot of online shopping and/or selling. I personally had to set up a paypal account just to do ICS, but after talking to a lot of people, I've found most people already have a paypal account. OH and your paypal account has to be verified in order to receive funds. 

Well folks there you have it, a fun survey site that will NOT turn you down for a survey! AND will reward you for your time! 

IF this sounds like your cup of tea, click the referral and sign up and start earning real money for doing surveys! http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/458265

Hope you like ICS as much as I do!

Have a baby? Why not earn free diapers and other baby products?

Hi readers! My review this week is for my readers with babies still in diapers, or small children. Pampers.com is a great site to go and sign up for a free account! Sign up today and receive 50 bonus points with the code JOINNOW4REWARDS.

PRO 1: Free membership - I LOVE a free site that will also give rewards! This is always a pro in my book!

PRO 2: Points for buying pampers products - If you have a baby in diapers you will find that you rack up the points quickly from this aspect! 

PRO 3: Free points posted on their twitter feed - If you are on twitter you will find random free points posted there! 

PRO 4: Reward types that parents can enjoy - The rewards are good for things from diaper coupons to shutterfly gift codes! It comes in handy since diapers are such a large portion of expenses for babies!

PRO 5: Lots of free advice on raising your baby - You know babies do not come with an instruction manual, but thanks to pampers, you can find lots of information and free advice on raising your baby.

Now on to the cons, because even the best sites do have some cons.

CON 1: Site is not the easiest to navigate - It can be hard to find your way around the site. Once you sign in it is easy enough to find where to put codes in, but to get your rewards it can be a little more difficult to find. 

CON 2: Only a few different types of rewards - I normally prefer to have more rewards to choose from than what is offered on pampers. However that could have something to do with the fact that my daughter is no longer in diapers. 

CON 3: If you wait for only the free points it will take a while to get any reward - This isn't so much a con as one might think. I signed up for pampers while my daughter was still in diapers and while she was in diapers I got many rewards and relatively quickly. However now that she is no longer in diapers and I am no longer buying diapers I don't accrue points as quickly. I only get the free points or the occasional codes from a baby shower gift that I purchase. It takes much longer to save enough points to get any rewards. 

So there you have it, my review shows that this site is definitely worth your time and effort, especially if you have a baby in diapers. Even if your child is no longer in diapers, it can still be a rewarding site, it will just take a little longer to get that reward! Again here is a code to get you started: pampers.com sign up for gifts to grow and then enter code JOINNOW4REWARDS for 50 bonus points!