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! 

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! 

Swag what? Swagbucks!

I've been trying to contain myself in my excitement over this topic today, but I find myself bursting at the seams! I discovered swagbucks this time 2 years ago and at first was REALLY skeptical, but since I've been doing it for over 2 years now, I can tell you honestly, swagbucks IS worth the time you put into it! 

Here's a referral code to get you started: http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/danhagg

Now I'm going to go ahead and jump right into all the GREAT opportunities there are with swagbucks!

PRO 1: Get rewarded for doing things on the internet that you probably were already doing anyway - Swagbucks will reward you for using their search engine, which will give you the same search results as other search engines, BUT you start at the swagbucks page 1st. They will reward you for watching swagTV which has many interesting channels, I prefer the cooking channel but they also have entertainment and music and even some original programs. They will reward you for taking surveys. They will even reward you for printing out coupons and redeeming them at your local grocery store!

PRO 2: Easy to use - This site is awesome because it is VERY user friendly! They WANT you to use it and get rewarded! They have it all set out so that all you have to do is sign in and you can start getting rewards quickly! Want to do a survey? Go over to the answer tab. Want to play a game? Go to the play tab. Want to watch swagTV? Go to the watch tab. It's all set up to be very easy to navigate! 

PRO 3: FREE points just to sign up - You're gonna be SO happy that you signed up for an account with swagbucks, and they are going to be happy you are there too, so just as a welcome gift, swagbucks will give you FREE bonus points when you sign up! Now as I said it's been a while since I've signed up for my account, so I can't remember the exact amount they give you for signing up. However I think it's somewhere around 100, maybe even more! They give you points for adding a picture, inviting some friends from facebook, and installing their toolbar!

PRO 4: Swagcodes almost everyday - "What's a swagcode?" I bet you're asking. Well a swagcode is a string of characters (it could be a real or nonsensical word or a even phrase) that swagbucks puts out nearly everyday that is worth points. And again it's FREE! Somedays they even have swagcode events, where they put out several codes in a day!

PRO 5: Many different reward options in the swagstore - Now you may be wondering, "What do I do with all the points I get?" Well you go over to the swagstore and you cash them in on everything from greeting cards to baby items, from gift cards to electronics! They have TONS of different things you can cash in your points for!

PRO 6: Make the daily goal, get bonus points - Everyday swagbucks gives you a "mini challenge", if you will, and if you make the goal you will be awarded with bonus points for the day! Most days, with a little bit of time you can make that goal with little effort.

PRO 7: FREE swagbucks on your birthday - As if your birthday wasn't sweet enough from all the cards and presents and cake, swagbucks will send you a birthday email with 50 swagbucks in it, all you gotta do is confirm the email! SWEET!

Ok so that's my list of pros, but like everything in the world, there some cons, BUT for this site, there are only a few!

CON 1: Swagbucks can seem like they take a long time to accrue to any value - Sure you get points everyday for doing simple things like searching the internet, answering the daily poll, or using the toolbar, but the few points you get for these will take a while to accrue. The REAL value and potential of this reward site is in the Special Offers. The best part, you DO NOT have to spend any money to see your points add up quickly! There are many free special offers that you can do that will get you a lot of points, such as signing up for a credit card or doing a free trial of something.

CON 2: Prizes take a little while to be sent - Although this is listed as a con, it really is understandable. Swagbucks gets paid when we do an offer or buy something they promote, and in turn they give us a portion of the money they earn (after all we've done the work to get them the money, why shouldn't we be rewarded?) the thing is though, when you get enough points to cash out, you click on the item you want to redeem your points for, say a gift card to Amazon (my personal favorite), you use your points for the gift card, but it can take about 7-14 days to actually get the item from swagbucks. This is understandable to me because wouldn't you want to receive your credit from the company before paying out of pocket to get a prize for your customers? 

So that sums up my swagbucks review! This is by far my favorite reward site because I've made the most money from them, AND they are the easiest to do! 

Once again, the referral code to join: http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/danhagg

I hope to see you around swagbucks! I know if you join, you will NOT be disappointed!