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The Ultimate Guide To Making Money With Swagbucks

Swagbucks is one of the biggest Get-Paid-To websites in the world and is the best place to make money online.

By John DoePublished 4 years ago 6 min read
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If you're trying to make some extra money online then the best place to start is Swagbucks. It's a MASSIVE website that has been growing exponentially over the years. When it first launched it was nothing more than a simple revenue-sharing search engine, but since then it has expanded into dozens of other Get-Paid-To services and is available worldwide. There are so many ways to use Swagbucks to make money so I have written this guide to help you get started and maximize your earnings.

What is Swagbucks?

Founded in 2008, Swagbucks is a Get-Paid-To website that originally just a search engine. The idea was simple, advertisers would pay Swagbucks to display ads at the top of search results similar to Bing and Google. The difference was Swagbucks would share the revenue from ads with its users.

Ever since then Swagbucks has expanded into surveys, videos, games, cashback, coupons, and even live game shows. It has acquired many of its former competitors and expanded to almost every country in the world. People have made thousands of dollars from the service and Swagbucks has become a multimillion-dollar company.

How Much Are Swagbucks Worth?

Swagbucks alone do not have any value. They are not a digital currency like Bitcoin that you can exchange. Instead, you can use Swagbucks to buy various gift cards. The most popular options are PayPal, Amazon, and Visa gift cards but they are hundreds of options.

Now the exchange rate will vary slightly but every 100 SB is worth about $1 meaning each Swagbuck is worth about 1 cent. Again, this isn't always going to be the exact exchange rate, but it helps you get an idea of much you are making.

How Do I Maximize My Earnings?

If you want to make money online Swagbucks is the BEST place to start and this guide will help you get started and teach you how to maximize your earnings. Since Swagbucks is so big and has so many different ways to earn the way to maximize your earnings is to do a little bit of everything. In this guide, I'm going to walk you through all the best ways to earn Swagbucks and give you a step by step guide to maximizing your earnings.

Step 1: Use The Sign-up Bonus

Swagbucks is always looking to expand and is continuously running promotions where you can get 300, 500, or 1000 SB just for signing up. Visit their promotions page to see how much you can get when you sign-up. You can sign-up by just going to www.swagbucks.com but you'll just be leaving money on the money.

Step 2: Change Your Default Search Engine

As soon as you make an account you NEED to make Swagbucks your default search engine. Otherwise, you are just leaving money on the table. Swagbucks works just as well as Bing and Google except it pays you!

Swagbucks will be awarded to you at random so the more often you search the more chances you have to make money. If you use multiple devices then you should make Swagbucks your default search engine on all of them.

This is by far the easiest way to make money with Swagbucks and also the most passive since you're getting paid to do what you already do.

Step 3: Install The Swagbutton Extension

The Swagbutton is a great little tool that will automatically notify you if you are on a website that can earn you Swagbucks. For example, if you visit eBay you will get a notification to activate your Swagbucks cashback bonus. The Swagbutton will also automatically apply any coupon codes to your order to save you money. It's available on all major browsers so just visit the installation page and install it.

Update: For a limited time Swagbucks is offering an extra 1000 SB to anyone who installs the Swagbutton. Click here to get your 1000 SB bonus.

Step 4: Complete Surveys

There are many survey websites out there but Swagbucks stands out in a few ways.

1. Variable Lengths: All surveys come with an estimate of how long they will take you to complete them along with how much they pay. You can use this information to decide which surveys are the best investment of your time.

2. Low Disqualification Rate: When you start any survey you need to answer some qualifying questions to see if you are a good fit for the survey. The good thing about Swagbucks is it builds a profile for you so you will be disqualified less often.

3. Awards For Attempting: Even if you take a survey and you are disqualified Swagbucks will give you a few Swagbucks just for trying.

Step 4: Watch Videos

This is another passive way of making money with Swagbucks. You watch videos that play automatically and when an ad plays between them, you get rewarded a certain number of SB. The videos are usually located on webpages and Swagbucks will automatically load new pages. You won't make much but you can keep the video playing while you aren't using your computer and earn money just for leaving your computer on.

Step 5: Complete Offers (i.e. Discover)

Swagbucks also has hundreds of offers that you can complete to make money. There are far too many kinds of offers for me to list them all here but I will give you a summary to give you an idea.

Easy Tasks: Some offers are as simple as opening a web page and clicking on a banner link or downloading an app and opening it on your smartphone.

Play Games: Some offers will ask you to download a mobile game and complete a certain task (e.g. reach a level, earn points, make a purchase).

Sign-Up: There are dozens of products and services that will pay you to give them a try. The crazy part is they will often pay you more then what the trial costs. For example, you might be awarded 2100 SB for an offer that costs you just $7.

Step 6: Get Cash Back Offline

Depending on your location you even earn Swagbucks for completing offline tasks. Not many people take advantage of these but they require very little effort and can make you a decent amount of money.

Scan Receipts: There are a few apps that will pay you to scan your receipts. You can use all of them together and that will help you maximize your earnings.

Use Coupons: Swagbucks will pay you 1 SB for each coupon your print and 25 SB for everyone that you use. That is on top of what you will save just for using the coupon.

Swagbucks Local: You can add your credit or debit card to Swagbucks and then if you eat at any of their participating restaurants you will earn 4%-15% cashback. It's worth it to just add the card and then forget about it because you don't need to do anything more to earn cashback.

Step 7: Download Mobile Apps

Everything you can do on your computer you can also do on your smartphone. There several apps, available on Android and iOS, that allow you to use complete surveys, watch videos, and play games to make money. Several apps will pay you just to watch videos so you can install them and leave them playing to turn your smartphone into a passive income machine.

Join Swagbucks Now

Now that you know everything there is to making money with Swagbucks you are ready to join and start making money. You don't have to everything at once, but you can bookmark this page and check back whenever you're ready to try something new.

Swagbucks is MASSIVE and it's easy to feel overwhelmed at first so learn to take it slow. Just make an account and using it as your default search engine is a great way to get started.

Join Swagbucks Now And Start Making Money!!!

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