Scottish Outlander

15/06/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

Win a Garden Furniture Set

15/06/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

Over the last few months my blog has developed to reflect my current interests and stage in life. I’ve always had a passion for making and saving money but until last year I had no idea about investing. I’m now focusing on learning about making money, saving money and investing and sharing my journey.

To celebrate Scottish Outlander’s change in direction I thought it would be a great idea to join some of my favourite UK bloggers and offer my readers the chance to win a prize! Since we’re spending a lot of time at home and the summer has just begun we’re giving away a beautiful garden furniture set.

If you’d like the chance to win a garden furniture set you can enter by completing as many of the entry options on the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of this post as you’d like. Hopefully you’ll discover some fantastic new bloggers to follow at the same time!

Some UK bloggers have teamed up to offer you a fantastic giveaway for this summer, organised by Emma Drew. Keep reading to see who is involved and how to enter.

The prize

We’re giving away a rattan effect 4 seater set from B&Q (depending on stock availability).

Should the chosen prize no longer be available when the draw is complete then we will choose another suitable garden set.

Enter now

The competition will run from 15th June until 30th June 2020 (midnight).

A winner will be drawn from the Rafflecopter entries and checked before being contacted.

Once contacted and the prize has been arranged, the Rafflecopter widget will display the first name and first initial of the winner’s surname.

Simply complete any or all of the entry options in the widget.

Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

07/06/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

The Best Receipt Scanning Apps

07/06/2020This post may contain affiliate links.

Last updated 10/09/2020

If you often shop in physical stores and you’re not using receipt scanning apps then you’re leaving money on the table. Receipt scanning apps are apps that you use to photograph or forward your receipts in exchange for cashback. There are a range of these apps available in the UK and I’ll be sharing the 5 best receipt scanning apps so you can get started.

1. ZipZero

Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: £5
Paid via: Bank transfer to chosen biller

ZipZero gives you 0.5% of the value of your purchases and once you’ve earned £5 you can use the money to pay a utility bill of your choice! You can submit photos of physical receipts and forward e-receipts to a personalised email address. There’s a monthly cap of £50 and you can pay your electricity, gas, water, internet, phone or even your council tax bill.

Note: ZipZero is not currently making payments but you can still scan receipts and build up credit. The company are hoping to secure investment and begin processing payments again soon.

2. Shoppix

Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: £5
Paid via: PayPal, Amazon, iTunes or Love2Shop vouchers

Shoppix lets you collect points by snapping your physical receipts, forwarding e-receipts and completing surveys. You’ll also be awarding with scratchcards that can be scratched to win bonus tokens and gain entry into weekly prize draws. Once you’ve reached £5 you can cash out directly into PayPal or use your tokens to buy vouchers.

3. SnapMyEats

Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: £10
Paid via: PayPal

SnapMyEats allows you to earn rewards by snapping pictures of your food and drink receipts. You earn a £1 credit for every 3 receipts you submit per month. You can submit a maximum of 15 receipts in a month to earn £5 credit. Once you hit £10 you can cash out via PayPal.

4. HuYu

Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: £5
Paid via: Gift voucher (wide variety to choose from)

HuYu rewards you for scanning receipts and answering surveys. You can upload your grocery receipts, forwards e-receipts and complete surveys in exchange for rewards. HuYu only allows you to submit supermarket receipts so it takes a little longer for points to build up.

5. Storewards

Available on: iPhone and Android
Payout at: £2
Paid via: Amazon voucher or PayPal
Referral code: s394z (*If you sign up using this code we’ll both get 1000 points.)

Storewards accepts receipts from most retailers and you can submit up to 5 per day or a maximum of 20 per week. Coins can be redeemed for Amazon gift vouchers or cash via PayPal.

You can submit each receipt on every receipt scanning app so it’s easy to build up your balances and cash out regularly.

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

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.