Tellwut review

I found tellwut.com Not too long ago, and I have to say, its mindless and a fun little way of earning extra money for the holidays-

Signing up is a breeze- I actually did it from my smart phone, with no issues, and within just a couple minutes, was earning points.
First, you will earn points from just signing up, then for filling out "about you" - you will receive another 100 points. You will need to "confirm your email so make sure you are giving them an email you know how to get in to.

After that, you really have a good chance to earn - Beware of clicking on things other then "ending soonest" or "most recent" because I have found that even if the question is there, when you click on it , you will say "survey ended" - The "topics" to the left are fun, and they are asked by real people so its fun to see what they are thinking.
The amount of the reward is listed just below the question on the main page, so you know exactly what you are getting, and once you answer it, that is automatically dumped into your reward section at the top right. You can also check your "balance" at the home page, and this will tell you what you have earned points on and how many for each.

The "big" bucks comes from making a survey. You will get between 10-30 points if approved. And it is super simple. It just as simple as any fill in the blank - and once you submit it, it will be "pending" -They say in the FAQ, that they only allow 1 per day, however, there have been some days I haven't remembered, and put more then one in, and I have been approved, so who really knows on that one?

You can also answer "sponsored" survey questions and they are usually worth 15+ points. But there are very few of those available. You can click the drop down and select "sponsored" instead of "ending soonest" etc.

Referring friends is another way to get some points. I have a couple people I have referred, but its only worth 25 points, so you wont be able to sustain totally on those.

Once you earn about 4k points, you are eligible to cash out on some of the better items - for example, $10 at amazon. or walmart or best buy. I have cashed out one best buy and one amazon, and so far both were mailed. I have heard that the amazon's are now being emailed, but I wont know until I do another cash out. On average, if you earn 300 points a day, it will take you just under two weeks to get the $10.00 in gift cards. I use a couple other outlets to get amazon.com cards, so I am using these to use as "small" gifts and a secret santa.

There are some cons, but for me, nothing that is a deal breaker -
1. When you answer a question, it does not disappear. I wish it went away so I could just go to the next one.
2. There is not much variety for rewards
3. The mailing of Amazon.com gift cards. - if the newest news is true, then it looks like we might not have that issue anymore, in which case, ignore this!
4. If you could make as many surveys a day as you wanted, then there would be more questions to go around, however, I havent had many problems with a shortage of surveys as some others have said. 

As usual, I will include my referral link, and ask if you are interested, please join using that (unless one of your family or friends belong, then of course, ask for their referral link) - I would never post a good review just for referrals, I want you only to try something because YOU want to.  I just offer my opinions based on personal use of sites! :) click HERE for my link

Overall I give this around an 8- It is legit and easy!

Swagbucks review...

Review of Swagbucks.com

Swagbucks. If you have never heard of it.... well Read below.

This site might just be the greatest at combining all the best things of a "reward" site in to one amazing place. 

Swagbucks allows you to earn "points" based on searching for things over the internet. You can also add a widget to your phone and make it your main web searcher. This will maximize your results and help you to earn a higher number of swagbucks. 

Use the survey link to take simple surveys and earn swagbucks. You will not qualify for all of them, but the questions are quick and you are normally not wasting 20 minutes just to find out you do not qualify. Surveys will require that you sign up with a different log in, but its pretty seamless, and definatly worth it. 

The coolest feature I think available is the "coupon" points. You use coupons, you might as well get points for this! Swagbucks has most of the good coupons like Kellogg and Kraft, you just print and use. They take a little longer then most other ways to get your points but they are all there eventually. and most coupons can earn you 10-20 points! 

They also have "polls" that require a simple a,b,c,d answer and you get 1-5 points depending on the days poll value. These are straightforward and easy

The Shop and earn feature is good, but you may not earn as much as with some other sites. I prefer to use the other sites, but if you are looking to keep it all in one spot, use it, better to get something rather then nothing for your online purchaes. 

SwagTV is also pretty cool. You can watch movie trailers, online video clips, all while earning points. You will notice some are "spotlighted" meaning they will give you 1 Swagbuck point per video, but others you have to watch around 2-4 to earn between 1-10 swagbucks. Believe me, for being entertained while at work, its worth it. You could easily each 50-75 swagbucks a day for watching swagtv. There are tutorials and show clips available too, including recipes and DIY videos. Very cool section. Worth a looksie. 

While the coupon print is the "coolest" feature. I think the best feature swagbucks offers is their special offers. There are 6 different "TYPES" - They are basically hosted by 6 companies. Trial pay , Radium One Payment Wall, Super rewards, Peanut Labs and SponsarPay. 
What I like, is you can search by "free" meaning you pay NO money, or you can simply answer questions about different products, and get points. You can also sign up for things like netflix, credit score companies and online banking, free trials, some that do not require credit cards and you can get BIG points. For example a couple weeks ago, I signed up for one of their credit watch companies. The company is FREE not free Trial, but FREE FREE.. and I got 275 points just for signing up. I turned off email alerts, and I am not bothered by it at all. 

The possibilities are endless, they even have "assignments" on swagbucks Where they have you "search" for something and then answer questions about the search. 

Swagbucks is a fun website that is always keeping things exciting (Fridays is MEGASWAGBUCKS DAYS) - I started with them a while ago, when they were really just search and wins and shop and earn. The website has gotten huge, and there are so many options - You can go by earning your couple swagbucks a day by searching (usually between 7-50 swagbucks at a time) or you can go further and spend MUCH time on there, searching, shopping, surveying, watching videos etc etc and earn HUNDREDS a day. 

I have never ever had an issue getting my prizes with them. I have gotten about $500 in amazon gift cards over the years, and I use them to buy quite a few things during Christmas, including my husband's expensive cologne. I cash out at $5.00 a time, so that I never lose if the site shut down (I would say its unlikely, never had an issue and they have been around a while) - 

There are plenty of other prizes, but for an example, 450 points is a $5.00 Amazon card. - A starbucks $5.00 egift card is 635 points. As you can see, You get more bang for your buck with the Amazon, but sometimes I like to pick up Starbucks GC as gifts for teachers and coworkers- 

This site is defiantly rated a 10 from me. I Hope you enjoy!

Expo Tv Review

This website is the first of its kind that I have joined... and I love it. EXPOTV allows you to pick what you would like to review and then upload the video by a certain date. Some things are items and some things are "tutorials" (I once did one on how to make a homemade card and earned points!) You add things to your list and the website sends you reminders to upload your video. 

It can be a little tricky to upload, because I know personally for me, their restrictions were not working with my webcam, and I had to actually download a video program to work with. I do not remember which one it is, but the best thing to do is do one and go from there. Some of you might be more computer savvy, so if you have a good way of doing it, let me know, because mine is a PITA. 

ExpoTV has certain requirements, you must actually SHOW the product and you have to either use it or show how it works on camera. If you do not speak clearly or if the video is not visible, you may not receive points (although they are rather forgiving for your first couple)

They do have a separate Survey section (Outlook panel) where you can do surveys for points, but I find this feature to be less helpful, and many times I was 10 minutes in, and it told me I did not qualify after I put MUCH of the information they needed in. 

The trilogy program they have is cool. I have gotten picked for a couple, and its always cool to have that box show up with one or two things to try out. They always have things like hair dye, hair spray, detergent, Diapers etc. The same rules apply, must upload a video. Some offer no points, you only get the free product, some offer points though for the video. I personally like reviewing things I receive for free because Its something I would not usually buy on my own, and it does actually sway my decision what to buy next time.

Their prizes in the expo store range from baby items to gift cards. they Have an Amazon $5.00 gift card for 600 points. Considering how you can get around 2500 points for some surveys, That means you could technically be earning around $20.00 for that video! It IS WELL worth it.

This site scores a 8 out of 10 for me. I would like it if the upload of videos was easier and if the surveys were not so tedious with non qual. But expotv is still a great site. There are thousands of things you can review and you are actually getting a lot of money for these compared to other "review" sites.

Enjoy!

Epinions review....

epinions.com

As I have mentioned, I use different outlets to "save" money. Some of these include ways to "make extra money" - I am not a stay at home mom, I work outside of the home, so these are not ideas for an income, just extra pocket change. I use mine for gifts around Holiday time, and its nice not to see a chunk out of my budget. 

Below I am giving you my review on Epinions.com - Some of you may have heard of it. Some may not. But hopefully this can put all the information in one place. Drop a line below if you use them, Maybe you have some good tips to add. 

I Joined around February 2012, and currently my earnings are at $9.63. Let me give you the run down on what it took (besides time) to get to that amount. 

So I joined this website, due to others stating that it was a legit site, which I have found nothing to the contrary, and was excited to get started. I had read the FAQ numerous times, and they stress NOT to plagiarize, even your own work. Which meant if you had a review somewhere else, you could use it, but would need to change/add something! Considering this, I had taken all of my Amazon.com reviews and TripAdvisor.com reviews and elaborated and changed a great deal of the content. That same night I posted about 12 reviews. Within 10 minutes people were commenting and "rating" my reviews. None of the comments or ratings were good. In fact, there was one women doing most of the comments and rating, and she would post my "plagiarized" posts in the comments telling me to stop stealing content. I responded back telling her that it was my own review and before long, other people followed her lead, giving me bad ratings and commenting nasty things. They even did it to the 4 or 5 reviews that were nowhere else, telling me I did not put enough "content" - Obviously discouraged, I read some other reviews, especially the ones of these people who were giving me bad ratings, and I learned what it takes to be a "good" reviewer. Some tips: LABEL. For example, If you are writing about a crib, Write : 'Assembly' - talk about assembly, then write "Durability" - Then "General" - You get the point right? That will result in usual good results as long as you also put things from the actual product information like Sizing, colors avail. and other general information. While it seems like a lot of work for (LITERAL) pennies....The good news is, you can basically review ANYTHING. and I mean anything, Bottled water, spices, M&Ms, the possibilities are endless. 

You can not cash out until you get to $10.00 which at the rate Im going, will be this month. The worst part is, you have no idea why or how you are paid. You are not paid by the review. You are paid by the rating, kind of, and how many people viewed it, kind of... Truth is, the website does not fully answer how they pay you either, and you will never be able to understand the system online. For example, one review I wrote tells me 17 members to epinions visited my review, 27 visits total, including outside sources. I earned a total of 4 cents for all this. But then, you look at my other review, 21 visits total, and NOTHING. I have not made a penny, but yet it is rated at very helpful - There does not seem to be rhyme or reason, but Once I got into it, I decided I wanted at least my $10.00 back. I have a total of 46 reviews out there and for 7 months, so I personally do NOT think this is a worth while website, but the good news is, once the review is there, There is really no reason not to keep your site and just earn on it. You do not get any credit or money for voting on the other reviews, but the positive of voting on others, is they will usually then come to your reviews - and the general idea is traffic to your reviews.

Another negative of Epinions is there is no referral program. I would usually offer you a link here, you would write reviews, we would both win, but not with epinions. There is a lot more they could do with this website, but they don't. I do not use epinions much any longer, but I write about 2 or 3 every month. I am not sure what the earning potential is here. I have many reviews that have lots of traffic, good ratings, and have earned zero. If I saw the potential I could probably write 2 or 3 a day! Truth be told, I will eventually stop using it for new reviews. I am in pursuit of a similar site with a better track record for actually earning money. But I have 46 reviews, and those will continue to earn. I might as well keep it an active account and earn the $10.00 every 6 months, because hey, who doesn't like FREE MONEY ?

Overall rating: (Highest is 10 lowest is 1) :    3, I only give it this high because I'm this far in already and I am making earnings, no matter how small. If you have not joined, I wouldn't waste your time.

Pinecone research!

Pinecone research is one of the most reliable survey sites out...and the most exclusive, hands down. They defiantly knew what they were doing when they restricted sign ups to the invited only! It makes the people who get invited make sure that they send in their answers! If you don't, eventually after one or two, they will drop you, and who knows the next time you could be invited. I remember years ago when I was desperate to belong to this exclusive club, there was no way to find a questionnaire that was for sure. You had to just keep extra look outs on the banners in websites and be extra aware online because that little sidebar could contain a wonderful link to sign up...... Then, one day it happened. I got an invitation! So for all those people who have been searching for the invitation, I have heard they are offering them up again. the link below is the questionnaire, and hopefully you will qualify.

The surveys pay around 2.00 a piece, and they also send trials of things to use and you get paid for those surveys too. I remember once I got a family size Laundry detergent. It was great!

http://pinecone.logicalmedia.com/?affid=CD4944

Good Luck