Swagbucks, Zoombucks, and iRazoo, Oh My!
I know that I risk beating an already over-beaten horse with this, but I want to do my part (ahem) to make sure that there’s nobody left who uses a search engine without getting paid for it.
Why would you use Google when you could get paid to use Swagbucks?
Where do you think the money for the last bridal shower gift I bought came from? Or the pasta press I’ve wanted for so long? Or my sister’s birthday present? Oh wait. That one was iRazoo (now closed).
See, Swagbucks, the most popular by far, isn’t the only game in town these days. But I’m getting ahead of myself…
Why should you use Swagbucks and other paying search engines? Easy. Every once in a while, when you search, you’ll be awarded points. These points accumulate until you have enough to redeem them for something. My favorite is the Amazon.com gift cards. It’s that easy.
There are other ways to win, of course. With Swagbucks, you get a point for voting on the daily poll, and two points for completing the noso, which is basically a bunch of offers that you click through without accepting any of them. If you download the toolbar, you also get a point every day for logging in to it. There are also games, videos, and special offers. My little brother has been known to play Swagbucks games and rack up points for me whenever I let him. Shhh, don’t tell.
I have to admit that I don’t have a lot of experience with Zoombucks. I love it in theory, and I’ve won my share of points using it. I’m just having a hard time getting into the habit of using Zoombucks. You do win random search points using Zoombucks, however, the focus on this particular site is surveys and special offers.
Best of all, with all three sites, you can earn referral points. With Swagbucks and Irazoo, you earn matching points for each referral up to a certain number, and with Zoombucks, you earn a percentage of your referral’s points. So yeah, the links on this page are definitely my referral links.
With the three of these rewards sites, $5 Amazon.com gift cards rack up amazingly quickly. As much as I’m a fan of being insanely frugal most of the time, it’s been great to have a little extra cash to indulge in a few things. And not so little things either. I’ve bought an impressive number of paper diapers, wipes, a pasta press, Gymboss, and books. A lot of stuff I wouldn’t have purchased without Swagbucks, Zoombucks and iRazoo.
Zoombucks is more or less a scam. Many things on their website dont work. Surveys often dont credit. I listened to the radio earning option for 2 hours on a Sunday and then for 3 hours on a Monday at work. Had it to crash a few times but it launched back quickly. Always typed in the captcha every 30 min. Left for a 45 min lunch only to be banned from streaming music, “Due to sustained suspicious visiting patterns, you have been blocked from accessing the RadioLoyalty platform” That is crazy who bans you from audio streaming for a 45 min stretch and how sustained can it be over 2 partial days of use. Back to to Iheart and Spotify for me. If you want a lot of work for NO rewards Zoombucks is the option for you, other wise I would recommend some of the other reward options like Swagbucks.
Nice Blog !!
I was gonna sign up for swagbucks and it asks about a code(optional) is this your referal code they are asking for? If so what do I put there?
I don’t think so. There’s sometimes a code you can enter for bonus swagbucks, and that’s probably what it’s asking for. 🙂
I heard bad reviews on iRazoo. I’m already a fan of Swagbucks. Never heard of Zoombucks before. However I just used your referral link for Dealspotr. Never tried it before but want to check it out I want to show support for bloggers like you, cause I want to do the same thing someday. You’re welcome!
Thanks April! I earned a lot of gift cards with Irazoo back in the day, but dropped them when they changed their points system in favor of Swagbucks. It still works, just not as easily.
Convertir búsquedas en recompensas como tarjetas de regalo es muy útil. Swagbucks parece destacar, pero una comparación más detallada serÃa genial. ¡Gracias por compartir!