Swagbucks - Earn Reward Points and Redeem Them For Free Stuff

At a very simple level, Swagbucks is a site that allows you to accrue points (called Swag Bucks) by various methods, and then you can spend those points in their store. In the month's time I've been using Swagbucks, I've accrued enough points to order $40 worth of Amazon gift cards and have entered a drawing for a Wii U. I'm about a day away from getting another $5 Amazon card. Click the banner above to go to the Swagbucks page and create your account. You can use a traditional username/password, or you can log in through Facebook; it's up to you. There is a plethora of ways to earn Swag Bucks, and I'm going to categorize them by how much effort each requires.

The gift cards I've earned. Click for a larger image.

Very Little Effort

• Use Swagbuck's search engine
• NOSO (No Obligation Special Offers)
• The daily poll
• Use the Swagbucks toolbar
• Swag codes.

Moderate Effort

• Watch video promotions
• Swagbucks TV
• Shop and Earn

Active Effort

• Surveys
• Coupons
• Special offers
• Daily deals
• Tasks
• Trade in
• Games

It sure is Swagbucks, it sure is.

Each day there is a daily goal meter on the Swagbucks main page. The goal it displays depends on the day of the week and if you reach that goal you'll receive a 10% bonus. Today's goal was 90 and I earned about 100, so I'll get a bonus 9 SB. The bonus is credited at the end of the month. If you meet the daily bonus 7 days in a row you get an additional 25 SB. Meet it 14 days in a row and you get an extra 100 SB. Go 21 days and get an extra 200 SB. If you manage to go the full month you'll get 300 SB. I usually do just enough to reach the daily goal.

So that's what Swagbucks has to offer. It seems like there are a lot of ways to earn Swagbucks, and there are. You can mix and match the different ways to create your own system. Over the next few days I'll be writing more in depth about all the different methods as well as sharing what I do. This will hopefully arm you with enough information to make your own decisions about what's worth your time and what isn't.