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31/05/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

How To Make Extra Money Online – May Extra Income Goal

31/05/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

My goal for May (set over on my Instagram) was to make some extra money online. The aim was an additional £75 online and the total I made was £77.56! Here’s how I did it:

Surveys

Streetbees – £8.80
Referral code – 7946AT
Yet again Streetbees was my top performing survey app. I find the surveys really easy to do and I’ve completed 55 in total now. I like the fact the interface is like a messenger app so it feels like you’re having a conversation rather than just filling in a form.

Qmee* – £0.59
Referral reward – *If you sign up using my Qmee referral link we’ll both get 50p!
A very quiet month on Qmee as I haven’t prioritised surveys this month and only did one short survey on this platform in May.

Total – £9.39

If you’d like to know more about the best paid survey apps take a look at this blog post where I talk about my top 6.

Receipt Scanning

SnapMyEats – £10.00
SnapMyEats is a really easy way to make extra money online. You simply scan your receipts and so far SnapMyEats has been my top receipt scanning earner. You can earn a £1 reward credit for every 3 valid receipts you submit per month up and if you submit 15 valid receipts in a month you’ll earn £5.

Shoppix – £5.00
Shoppix allows you to earn tokens for scanning receipts, completing surveys and rating your experiences of your shopping trips. You can also earn scratchcards which are a fun way to win extra points.

Total – £15.00

Referrals

Freetrade* – £3.57
Referral reward – *If you sign up using my Freetrade referral link we’ll both get a free share worth up to £200.
Freetrade is a free stock investing app that offers a free stock when you sign up and deposit at least £1 using a referral link. This month I earned a free share in Dominos to add to my portfolio which is now worth around £30.

Cash App – £10.00
Cash App are offering £5 for each friend you invite to try their money transfer app. I managed to earn £10 as I received £5 when I signed up with a referral link then invited my husband and earned another £5.

Pingit – £5.00
Pingit is another money transfer app who’ve been offering referral rewards and I made £5 when I signed up.

Total – £18.57

Free Spins

Coral – £15.61
Coral have been running a promotion called The Rewards Grabber where you can win free spins and more on their casino games. I’ve been logging in every day and have been lucky enough to win a few times. If you have any issues around gambling please don’t take part.

William Hill – £4.49
William Hill have been running a similar promotion called The Bonus Drop. I won a little at the start of the month but after a while I started getting offers as prizes instead of free spins so I moved on. They are now doing a new promotion called Bonus Explorer. I’ll be giving that a try in June. Again if you think gambling may be an issue for you it’s best to avoid these types of promotions.

Total – £20.10

Cashback

Oh My Dosh!* – £14.50
Referral reward – *If you sign up using my Oh My Dosh! referral link you’ll get a £1 welcome bonus.
A new discovery for me, Oh My Dosh is a cashback site with some fantastic offers. Many of these are really easy to do and can be completed quickly. I was able to cash out within a day. The offers I completed were for trials for individual Amazon channels alongside a lottery syndicate. I found them easy to do and cancel afterwards.

Total – £14.50

Grand Total – £77.56

If you’re interested in finding more ways to make money online and you’d like to see how I did on previous months check out my April extra income blog and my March extra income blog.

If you’ve found this post helpful and are thinking of trying any of these ways to make some extra income yourself please use my referral code or links when provided as these will often give you a little boost to get you started and provide me with a small reward for recommending you.

27/05/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

The Best Paid Survey Apps

27/05/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

If you’re interested in making a bit of extra money online, survey apps are a fantastic option. I have 6 survey apps on my phone and I check them each once or twice a day to see if there are any new surveys to complete. I usually do the surveys in the evening when chilling in front of the TV and tend to pick and choose the higher value surveys. There are plenty of survey websites but in this post I’m sharing the 6 best paid survey apps alongside some referral links and codes that will give you a little boost when you’re first signing up.

1. Streetbees*

Referral code: 7946AT
Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: No minimum
Paid via: Paypal

Streetbees is one of the best paid survey apps. Surveys are conducted in a chat format so it feels like you’re speaking to someone on messenger and they’re usually pretty well paid. More often than not they will ask you to take a photo so make sure you have a working camera on your phone. If you see a survey you want to do get in quick as there are a limited number of spaces and they usually fill up fast!

2. Qmee*

Referral reward: *If you sign up using my Qmee referral link we’ll both get 50p!
Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: No minimum
Paid via: Paypal

Qmee always has plenty of surveys and they are labelled with how much you will earn for completing them. The surveys are also titled so you’ll have a rough idea what they’re about making it easy to choose which ones you’d enjoy doing and think are worthwhile. I do get screened out of surveys on this app but they’re usually pretty quick to do this so I haven’t wasted too much time.

3. Curious Cat

Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: £1
Paid via: Paypal

Curious Cat is an easy to use survey app with lots of pictures of, you guessed it, cats. Although they feature heavily in the design of the app I’m yet to see a survey about cats! Generally the surveys on this app are pretty low value so I’d recommend just doing those worth 50 points or more.

4. Voxpopme*

Referral reward: *If you sign up using my Voxpopme referral link we’ll both get £1 when your first response is approved!
Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: £10
Paid via: Paypal

Voxpopme is a little different and definitely one of the best paid survey apps. Instead of writing your answers you record them on video! It takes a little bit of getting used to but the answers only have to be at least 15 seconds long and you are prompted about what to cover.

5. Vypr

Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: 10,000 points = £5
Paid via: Paypal

Vypr asks you questions (“steers”) about products which you can answer in store or at home. These are mainly around potential new products so you often get a first peak at fresh concepts. Steers can be few and far between so it takes a while for points to build up but the questions only take a few seconds to answer so it’s worth sticking with it.

6. Appinio*

Referral code: 7946AT
Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: 10,000 points = £10
Paid via: Amazon voucher

Appinio lets you create and answer polls on everything under the sun. The aim is to move up the levels which gives you access to surveys and points that can ultimately be exchanged for a £10 Amazon voucher. It’s an engaging app and fun to see the responses from the community so I’d recommend giving it a go.

If you’re interested in other ways to make an extra income online take a look at the finance section of the blog for some more ideas.

07/05/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

How To Make Extra Money Online – April Extra Income Goal

07/05/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

If you follow me over on my new Instagram you’ll know that each month I set myself a series of goals, one of which is usually to earn a little bit of extra money. In April my goal was to make an extra £100 in income over the course of the month. Unfortunately I didn’t achieve this goal; in fact I was a long way off! Unlike in March where I made £73 in extra income, I only managed £36 in April but for consistency I thought I would share how I did it:

Surveys

Voxpopme – £13.83
Referral reward – *If you sign up using my Voxpopme referral link we’ll both get £1 when your first response is approved!
This app is incredibly easy to use but takes a bit of getting used to. Why? You record your opinions as short video clips! Generally it pays around 60p for a minutes work and now that I’ve found some confidence I really enjoy responding to the topics.

Streetbees – £11.88
Referral code – 7946AT
I had another good month on Streetbees, a simple survey app. There were a lot of surveys on the effects of coronavirus on purchasing habits but the majority of these were low earners. You get paid per survey via PayPal and there’s no minimum payment threshold so I always check this survey site first. If you do see a survey you’d like to do make sure you do it as soon as possible as spaces fill up fairly quickly.

Curious Cat – £2.89
The quantity and quality of surveys on Curious Cat tends to vary widely but I’ve been choosing the higher value surveys and have managed to make a little bit this month.

Qmee* – £1.93
Referral reward – *If you sign up using my Qmee referral link we’ll both get 50p!
I had a slower month of Qmee, another survey app, but this was because I was being picky about which surveys I wanted to do. Some of the surveys are quite low value but you can see the time they will take and the amount you will get paid before you start so it’s easy to make a decision on whether it will be worth your time or not. Again there is no minimum payment threshold if you choose to be paid by PayPal so you can withdraw after every completed survey if you wish.

Total – £30.53

If you’d like to know more about the best paid survey apps take a look at this blog post where I talk about my top 6.

Second Hand Selling

eBay – £6.21
It’s free to list on eBay at the moment and since my husband goes to the post office 3 days a week for work I’ve started listing smaller items that are easy for him to carry and post for me. I made one sale (of a paperback book I wasn’t planning to read again) and the total is after fees and postage.

Total – £6.21

Grand Total – £36.74

For this challenge I have only counted money I have received into my bank account.

01/04/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

How To Make Extra Money Online – March Extra Income Goal

01/04/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

At the start of March I set myself 4 goals over on my new Instagram. One of these goals was to make £100 in extra income over the course of the month. One of the main ways I planned to do this was to sell some of my unwanted items on eBay and Facebook marketplace but due to the coronavirus outbreak I decided to put this on hold and look for some other ways to make extra money from home. Here are the ways I made £73 in extra income in March:

Surveys

Streetbees – £7.50
Referral code – 7946AT
Streetbees is by far my favourite survey app. It’s very well designed, easy to use and I don’t seem to get screened out in the same way I do on other survey apps and sites. You get paid per survey via PayPal and there’s no minimum payment threshold so it’s provided a steady trickle of income over the month.

Qmee* – £6.50
Referral reward – *If you sign up using my Qmee referral link we’ll both get 50p!
In second place is Qmee, another survey app. This one offers a lot more surveys but I do get screened out quite a lot. Again there is no minimum payment threshold if you choose to be paid by PayPal so you can withdraw after every completed survey if you wish.

Total – £14.00

If you’d like to know more about the best paid survey apps take a look at this blog post where I talk about my top 6.

Receipt Scanning

ZipZero – £6.00
Who knew you could make money by photographing your receipts? Obviously there’s a trade off as you’re effectively selling your data but I don’t have a problem with that as I already use a range of loyalty cards. I’m using 5 different apps at the moment and scanning each receipt into each app meaning I often make around 50-70p per receipt. ZipZero offers 1% of the value of your purchase and is the only one I’ve cashed out so far. The payments are sent to your utility bills (electricity, gas, water, internet, phone bill and council tax) so I used mine towards my gas and electricity bill.

Total – £6.00

Matched Betting

I’d been pretty nervous about trying matched betting but I finally gave it a go in March. I completed one offer with the help of Team Profit and made £12.29. Matched betting involves using free bets and incentives offered by bookmakers to make a profit and isn’t generally considered risky as it’s based on mathematical equations. The Team Profit website has how to videos and calculators you can use which really gave me the confidence to give it a try and I’m looking forward to completing my next offer when professional sport gets back to normal.

Total – £12.29

Referrals

Freetrade* – £24.82
Referral reward – *If you sign up using my Freetrade referral link we’ll both get a free share worth up to £200.
Freetrade is a free stock investing app that offers a free stock when you sign up and deposit at least £1 using a referral link. So far I’ve received a free share in Greggs worth over £20 when I got it and a free share in Crest Nicholson which was worth around £5.

Total – £24.82

Cashback

TopCashback* – £13.79
TopCashback allows you to earn cashback when you shop online with thousands of retailers. I’ve earned £530 since I started using it and throughout Spring they run a cashback giveaway where you have the chance to win cash prizes.

Quidco* – £2.25
Similar to TopCashback, Quido is cashback site that offers cashback on purchases with over 4,500 UK retailers. I’ve earned a total of £296 so far and always compare cashback rates on Quidco and TopCashback before deciding which site to purchase through.

Total – £16.04

Grand Total – £73.15

For this challenge I have only counted money I have received into my bank account. The exception is the shares I have in Freetrade as I’m waiting for the market to go back up before I withdraw these. I have further money awaiting withdrawal in some of these accounts and others that will contribute towards my April goal so make sure to come back next month and see how I do!