Survey websites
Here is a list of better paying survey websites and apps that I used for the past five years. You can make some extra money for shopping or other expenses.
Generally I made about $1200 – $1700 per year from surveys and cash back, considering also some interviews I did. I did not include the cash back earned on my credit cards here, these are on top of those.
Disclosure: I will include my referral links if you want to use it to signup for these sites (you don’t have to). The advantage is that by using my referral link some programs with give us both some points. Some sites do not have a referral program, so I did not include a specific sign-up link for these.
https://www.maruvoice.ca/
It pays in $50 gift cards or PayPal. I made about 2 x $50 per year.
It allows more persons from a household. It includes surveys
related to Canadian market, groceries, politics, restaurants and
fast food etc.
https://www.swagbucks.com/
Working these since 2016. They have daily activities, surveys, cash
back, rewards on trying different services, games, and more. Some
surveys took me to interviews. I made about $1000 in 4 years with
them. Also allows more persons from a household. I referred my wife
Rozy and I still get 10% of whatever she makes. It is a vast
collection of things, they have a browser extension etc. 1000 SB =
$10. They have discounts, when you can redeem $10 amazon with 750SB
(swagbucks)
Sign up: https://www.swagbucks.com/profile/lucianmih (you get
$10 after some activities)
Sign up (browser extension): https://www.swagbucks.com/lp-savings-button?cmp=695&cxid=swagbuttonref&rb=21226182&extRefCmp=1&extRb=21226182 ( this is another 100SB )
https://surveys.gobranded.com/
Branded Surveys (formerly MintVine) used to pay you in USD. You can
get paid in PayPal or gift cards. They have daily polls (5 poins),
$10 is 1000 points. You may find more surveys for professionals and
paid better like 200+ points. Generally you can make $10 every 2-3
months if you are consistent.
Sign up:
https://surveys.gobranded.com/users/register/49d123c1a56466cb456f642c0
https://LifePointsPanel.com
You may like this one, as you may get their expenses diary survey,
which gives you 1500 points, by filling out. You can easily get an
amazon $10 with 1550 this way.
https://www.askingcanadians.ca/
Canadian surveys, shopping, politics, etc. You can get regularly
between 800-1200 points, or 40 points if you don’t qualify. You can
redeem for Petro-Points, Hudson Bay or a few others. I like it for
Petro-Points. Sometimes you get some surveys that qualifies you to
interviews or online forums, or shoppings with a review after (like
buying a coffee from Tim Hortons) etc.
Sign up: they require the invite to be sent from their website,
let me know if you want one
https://www.PineConeResearch.com
This one is a good panel, but I seldom receive the surveys. It pays
$3 per each surveys and you can redeem for VISA cards or gift cards
or some items. They used to have PayPal before.
Apps
DropCash back app, but also surveys, games, and much more. You can get some times $20 to $100 for trying different offers. I got several hundred dollars since I’m using it. (that’s how I got some credit cards I think!)
Sign up: https://b.ewd.io/code?c=sqylp (you get $5)
AmpliCash back app with diverse offers from stores, banks.
They have promotions and once a month a “Dreamstakes” contest for a
big price (it used to be $25-30k before the pandemic) like $1000 if
you do some activities or buy from some specific stores. You can
redeem at $15 by e-transfer.
Sign up:
https://ampli.onelink.me/C1Qb/ReferAFriend?referralCode=LUCIAN42771
(get $5)
Caddle
This is a recent one I tried, similar to Checkout51, but it has
daily surveys $0.05-$0.20, that add up. I almost made $20 in less
than 2 months. You need to upload receipts, but they have more
options and they pay 0.10 per receipt. Redeem at $20 I think as a
cheque.
Sign up: http://ssqt.co/mEhclLy (get $1)
Receipt Hog
Yes, that’s the name! You upload receipts from groceries, clothes
and other stores and get money. It took me one year to get $25 the
first year. It depends on the store category and amount spent.
Also, you get to the next level every 2 months or so, so my second
year I earned the $25 in the first half of the year.
Nielsen HomeScan
https://www.homescan.ca/
They want you to scan your products and you can do it with an app
now (until now they sent you a scanning machine!) You don’t make
too much with this, it’s more like a volunteering job to help the
researchers! You only need to submit shopping items at least once a
week, but this will qualify you for sweepstakes that can be
valuable, like holidays, appliances etc. Sometimes it is a waiting
list to get in. I got in last October or so.
Other sites/apps for cash back you probably know:
Rakuten.ca
(I used to get more when Amazon was active on Rakuten, but still
good when you buy expensive items like a computer, or appliance
etc., sometime they have 10% cash back or even more for some
stores, it has a Chrome/Firefox extension)
https://www.rakuten.ca/referrer?referrerid=S9G%2FiKLgiZU%3D&src=Link
(earn $25 for every referral, they make $5)
PayTM Canada (paytm.ca)
An app to pay bills like credit cards, property taxes, income tax,
utility bills and much more etc., it gives you points that you can
redeem for gift cards. They need to refill their card inventory now
with the pandemic. It allows you to pay with a credit card and it
used to have no fee for about 1-2 years, but now there is a 1.75%
fee. If you pay from bank account, there is no fee. You can deposit
money in your PayTM cash account and if you pay with this “cash”,
the payment is sent faster. (1-2 days). This is like an extra
reward for just paying your bills.
Sign up: https://paytm.ca/refer enter code:
PTM7126596
Checkout51
Depending on where/what you buy you can get a good amount of cash
back. You need to upload receipts. Redeem at $20 as a cheque.
Neofinancial.com
I am watching this, as they will come to my province. NeoFinancial
want to give you cash back up to 40-50% to some stores where they
have deals. It started as a Mastercard in Montreal and Calgary.
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