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StormX

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Ratings
Earnings: star-2
Time Commitment: star-3
Fun: star-2-5

How does it work?

Update: I’ve found that the app hasn’t paid out automatically on a few occasions since writing this review. However, their support team have been helpful and have sorted out any issues. It can take a while though.

Update 2: StormX now uses dollar values for tasks rather than “bolts”.

StormX is another service which allows you to earn “Bolts” by completing surveys, playing games and shopping.

This is very similar to many other services we’ve reviewed like Swagbucks or Treasure Trooper. The twist is bolts can be exchanged for Cryptocurrencies. At the time of writing the available cryptocurrencies are:

  • Storm X (their own currency)
  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum
  • Dai
  • Litecoin

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Swagbucks now offer receipt upload in the UK!

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Last May we wrote about the receipt upload feature offered by Swagbucks. This was sadly only available in the USA and Canada, but the Swagbucks team have now extended this service to the UK.

Swagbucks Receipt Upload now available in the UK

You can currently earn 2 Swagbucks per receipt and receipts are accepted from the current shops:

ASDA Poundland
ALDI Sainsbury’s
Boots Tesco Stores
Iceland Foods The Food Warehouse By Iceland
Lidl Waitrose
Marks And Spencer Wilko
Morrisons …More Coming Soon 

Each receipt must be submitted within 14 days of purchase.

Apple Season Team Challenge Signup now live on Swagbucks

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Apple Season Team Challenge 2019

If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.

The Swagbucks Apple Season team challenge is now available for signup and will begin on 16th September at 12 AM PT (8 AM for anyone in the UK).

Once signed up here, you will be allocated to a team and you can begin earning points. If you earn 600 or more points over the course of the event you’ll receive a reward, with the reward you receive depending on how well your team as a whole performed. The Swagbucks team describe it as follows:

All members who participate and contribute at least 600 points to their team’s total will receive a SB bonus in the form of a SB Swag Up Rebate! Members of the 1st place team will receive a 100 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 2nd place team will receive a 50 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 3rd place team will receive a 25 SB Swag Up Rebate. The Swag Up Rebate will be made available by September 21st at 4pm BST and expires on October 1st at 7:59am BST.

You can accrue points in the following ways:

Apple Season Team Challenge 2019 Ways to Earn

Receipt Hog

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Summary
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Receipt Hog is an Android and iOS app which rewards you for uploading your receipts. Receipts from other members of your household are also accepted.

I’ve been using Receipt Hog regularly for about 4 months and have only recently earned enough coins to claim a £3 Amazon voucher. However, I think I’ll persist with using Receipt Hog for now at least as the rewards do increase as you continue levelling up so I’m hoping this is a slow burner.
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Ratings
Earnings: star-1
Time Commitment: star-1
Fun: star-1-5

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Ebay Tip #1 : Wait for “Sell for £1 max!” promotions

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Note: This is specific to users of the UK EBay but hopefully similar promotions are available where you are.

EBay usually charges 10% of the final transaction fee for each sale. This can mount up pretty quickly.

However, Ebay often release promotions which allow you to sell for a maximum fee of £1 so it’s worth waiting. The site allows you to create drafts of your item so you can get everything prepared ahead of time if you prefer and the just hit the button once the promotion has been enabled.

Accepted the offer
Accepted the offer

I receive E-Mails whenever these promotions becomes live. These need to be activated and will then become active for the duration specified.

The active offer in my promotions list
The active offer in my promotions list

At the time of writing the specific details of the promotion are as follows:

Applies to Final Value Fees on up to 100 listings. Maximum fee per sold listing. Zero insertion fees apply. Item must sell within the first listing period. Private sellers only.

Back to School Team Challenge Signup now live on Swagbucks

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If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.

The Swagbucks Back to School team challenge is now available for signup and will begin on 12th August at 12 AM PT (8 AM for anyone in the UK).

Once signed up here, you will be allocated to a team and you can begin earning points. If you earn 600 or more points over the course of the event you’ll receive a reward, with the reward you receive depending on how well your team as a whole performed. The Swagbucks team describe it as follows:

All members who participate and contribute at least 600 points to their team’s total will receive a SB bonus in the form of a SB Swag Up Rebate! Members of the 1st place team will receive a 100 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 2nd place team will receive a 50 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 3rd place team will receive a 25 SB Swag Up Rebate, and members of the 4th place team will receive a 10 SB Swag Up Rebate. The Swag Up Rebate will be made available by August 17th at 4pm BST and expires on August 31st at 7:59am BST.

You can accrue points in the following ways:

Swagbucks back to school team challenge how to earn points

 

QuidCo

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Summary

Quidco rewards you with real cash for making your purchases through them. It’s completely free.

Cashback can be either withdrawn as cash (via PayPal or BACS) or as gift cards. Quidco give you a bonus for withdrawing as gift cards, with the total bonus varying based on shop.

Signing up through my referral link has the benefit of rewarding you with a £10 bonus when you reach £5 cashback. I’ll also receive a bonus.
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Pays Out? tick

Ratings
Earnings: star-5
Time Commitment: star-1
Fun: star-3

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Sushi Team Challenge Signup now live on Swagbucks

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Sushi Team Challenge on Swagbucks

If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.

The Swagbucks Sushi team challenge is now available for signup and will begin on 15th July at 12 AM PT (8 AM for anyone in the UK).

Once signed up here, you will be allocated to a team and you can begin earning points. If you earn 600 or more points over the course of the event you’ll receive a reward, with the reward you receive depending on how well your team as a whole performed. The Swagbucks team describe it as follows:

All members who participate and contribute at least 600 points to their team’s total will receive a SB bonus in the form of a SB Swag Up Rebate! Members of the 1st place team will receive a 100 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 2nd place team will receive a 50 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 3rd place team will receive a 25 SB Swag Up Rebate, and members of the 4th place team will receive a 10 SB Swag Up Rebate. The Swag Up Rebate will be made available by July 20th at 4PM BST and expires on July 30th at 7:59AM BST.

You can accrue points in the following ways:

Sushi team challenge Swagbucks How to earn points

 

Treasure Trooper

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Summary
Note: Links may award me referral rewards such as in-app points or money.

Treasure Trooper is a money making site in a similar vein to Swagbucks but with a stronger emphasis on colourful design, games and social elements. Although I’m not sure that Treasure Trooper is the fastest or best way of making extra money it does have a charm which is largely missing from the other sites I’ve tried so I think it’s worth giving it a shot to see if it works for you.

It’s also worth pointing out that if you sign up via my referral link you’ll receive a $5 starting bonus rather than the $1 you receive if you sign up normally. Treasure Trooper also have a blogger program; so if you have a blog and you’d like to discuss the site you can sign up here.

More: Treasure Trooper Hints and Tips

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Ratings
Earnings: star-2-5
Time Commitment: star-3
Fun: star-3

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