I need a quick & easy earner and I need it now!

I hear it all the time in our Facebook group - at least 3 times a week someone posts "What are the quick and easy earners?" or "I need to make £20 by Friday - what can you recommend that takes no time?" I probably did it myself when I started doing GPT (Get Paid TO) sites.

There are loads of variations on the above two questions, but a lot of people want something that:

a) Takes up no time

b) Pays well

c) They can earn quickly from, and

d) Is easy

And don't get me wrong, you'll get loads of suggestions. And you'll get all excited and sign up to a million sites and apps. And then you'll be disappointed.

I'm going to let you into a secret - when you start out, these sites and apps AREN'T easy. They're often not quick. And until you get into a routine, they don't pay that well.

When I first started on Swagbucks, I made £5 in my  first month or so, and I dread to think how much time I spent on it. Now, I can easily make £200 in a good month from Swagbucks doing about half an hour active stuff a day.

The first time I looked at InstaGC, I thought everyone was lying about how much they made. It took me ages to properly look into it as it seemed such a low earner, especially compared to Swagbucks.

Mintvine confused the hell out of me, seemed boring as hell and then did it all to me again when it turned into Branded Surveys.

I couldn't see the point in apps that you send pictures of your shopping receipts to (and still refuse to do them as I don't have the patience).

People loved InboxPounds - I hated it and only ever cashed out once, which took forever.

BUT, as soon as I realised that, like any new job, these sites and apps have a learning curve, and you need to work each one out, read as much as you can and get advice from other people that DO know what they're doing, I started earning.

In 2016 I made around £1800 from GPT sites but in 2017 I made over £4000 from them. I spent around an hour a day working on them. Some days (even weeks) I did nothing at all. But the best time I spent was reading, learning and listening to others, and not expecting to become an expert overnight.

From the people in our Facebook group I learned things no-one else had told me:

- Running the video apps on Swagbucks every day makes a lot of difference
- Bonuses are worth more than your day to day earnings for a lot of sites
- Some sites you have to check as often as possible because they won't email you
- You don't have to spend hours doing surveys
- Sometimes it's worth spending money to make money
- Sometimes a site just isn't for you
- and so much more.

Don't get me wrong, when I started I wanted quick and easy as well. But until I learned what I was doing, most of the sites simply weren't.

Forgive me, I know I sound harsh, but unless you are willing to put the effort in to learn, and have people around you that can help, quick and easy is the pipedream it sounds...

Swagbucks minitip - Putting the Swagcode into the Swagbutton

A bit of confusion about the putting the swag code in via the swagbutton to tick off a square on swago today. This needs to be done on a laptop or desktop computer, you can't get the extension on a phone.

First you need to install the swagbutton on your Chrome browser http://www.swagbucks.com/extension

Then click on the swagbutton:

Then click the swagcode link and insert the code:

This should tick off the square. 

Not on Swagbucks yet? Come and join me!

Are you ready for Tuesday i-Spy?

It's an i-Spy day, starting today at 6pm! Usually codes would be released at 6, 8, 10 and 12 so it's ideal if you're a night owl!

Here's what Swagbucks have to say:

Remember to put the code into the swagbutton or app to get points for your team! 

Here’s how to participate in iSpy Search:

• Throughout the day we will tweet clues via @swagbucks on Twitter with a Swag Search link to help you spot the answer (remember to click the Swag Search link, aside from spotting the answer you might just get a search win).
• Once you have the answer to the clue, enter it into the Swag Code box in ALL CAPS. If you are among the first x-number of people to enter the code correctly, you will be instantly awarded x-number of SB. The numbers of winners for each clue and the amount of SB won will change but will be announced prior to the question.
• Each question has a new batch of winners – you have the potential to win a total of 16 SB today from iSpy Search alone! Each question is open to all Swagbucks members in all countries.
• Please do not share the iSpy Search answers on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, or other social media channels. These are wholly different than our daily Swag Codes and are for our users who do the work. Similarly, there will be neither mobile push notifications nor SwagButton notification when the answers are active.

Hints on how to win:

• Follow @Swagbucks on Twitter.
• Use the Swag Search link in the clue to find the answer (and possibly get a search win)

Today’s iSpy Search breakdown:

• The first 4,000 people to enter the correct answer in the Swag Code box to the first iSpy Search today will win 3 SB.
• The first 3,000 people to enter the correct answer in the Swag Code box to the second iSpy Search today will win 4 SB.
• The first 2,500 people to enter the correct answer in the Swag Code box to the third iSpy Search today will win 5 SB.
• The first 3,000 people to enter the correct answer in the Swag Code box to the fourth iSpy Search today will win 4 SB.

Get extra points with search wins on InstaGC

A great way to get a few extra points a day on InstaGC is via search wins.

Although I use Swagbucks search as my main search, I often pop over to InstaGC to do a few searches, and can usually get 3-4 search wins a day without too much hassle. You can install a browser plugin that makes InstaGC your default search engine, but as I have Swagbucks search installed, I just visit the search the web page to search.

With wins being worth anything from 1-5 points (in my experience, you may have had more!) it does make difference and takes no time at all.

In order to make it take you even less time, all of the images below link to searches - click on them and see if you win too. If you do, come and let us know in the UK Swagbucks & More Facebook group.

*** PLEASD NOTE - InstaGC is much more strict on fequent searches than Swagbucks - I'd suggest doing 2 or 3 and making sure you click on a result for each one if you don't get a win. Once you have a win, leave it for a few hours before trying again.

Not on InstaGC? I made over £4000 from this and other GPT sites in 2017, with roughly £80 a month coming from InstaGC since October - come and join me! 

How to work out how much you'll get if you cashout Prolific to PayPal or Circle

Unfortunately when you cash out to Paypal or Circle on some GPT sites, including Prolific Academic, there is a fee involved.

But from the questions in our UK Swagbucks and More Facebook group, it seems that some people are confused about how much they will actually end up with. Here's how to work it out:

Cashing out to Paypal

Prolific used to charge no fee on cashouts over £20 but unfortunately this is no longer the case. No matter how much you cashout now, there will be a charge of 2.9% plus 20p.

So, let's say you have £6.52 in your account - how much will you get?

First, open up the calculator on your phone or laptop/PC (you could of course use a real calculator but that would be weird, right?)

Then input your amount (6.52) and multiply it by 0.029 - this tells you the 2.9% fee:

In this example the result is 0.18908 - so round it up the the nearest 2 digits, which gives you 0.19, or 19p.

Add on the 20p, which makes your total charge 39p. Which means that on the above amount you would receive £6.13.

So, in short - AMOUNT YOU CASH OUT x 0.0%FEE + 0.20 = AMOUNT YOU WILL RECEIVE

You can do this for any site - for Circle you would multiply by 0.01 and add on 0.10 to get the amount you would receive.

(Of course, you could just use the % button if your calculator looks as above, but I'm told that not every phone's calculator displays as above)

Below is a rough guide to how much you will receive on Paypal or Circle for different amounts. Personally I cash out as soon as I can to Paypal, but you may favour Circle (or cashing out to another option) if the site you are using isn't Prolific.

Don't have Circle? It's just as easy as Paypal and you can withdraw straight to your bank account - you can sign up here.

Has this helped? Come and let me know in the UK Swagbucks & More Facebook group!

TEST:

UK Swagbucks And More Cashout Calculator

How much are you cashing out?:

Cashout amount in pounds:
Paying Out To:	Paypal Circle

Your actual cashout will be:

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Valentine's Collector's Bills - will you get one from one of these links?

This post has moved to http://gptgenies.com/2018/02/valentines-collectors-bills-will-you-get-one-from-one-of-these-links/ - go find it over there!

Swagbucks Team Challenge - who's your Swagatine?

PLEASE NOTE: The challenge is now open to join!

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Earn for your team and

More Swagbucks for you!

It's time for another team challenge on Swagbucks, which means the chance for some bonus SB for you!

It's almost Valentine's Day, and Swagbucks are celebrating with their Swagatine's Day Team Challenge.

But it's OK, you don't need to have a sweetheart to join - just click here and JOIN!

Things to know about the Team Challenge:

1) You have to join it to take part

2) You just earn points as you usually do - you don't need to do anything different

3) You still keep all the SB you earn, none of them are given to the team - you just get points for your team for doing them

4) You need to make at least 600 TEAM points to qualify for the bonus

5) The Team Challenge runs from Monday 12th February at 4pm UK time (8AM PT/11AM ET) and ends on Friday 16th February at 8pm UK time (12PM PT/3PM ET)

6) The team that comes in first place will receive a 100 SB Swag Up Rebate Bonus. The Second place team will receive a 50 SB Swag Up Rebate Bonus. And the third place team will receive a 25 SB Swag Up Rebate Bonus. Remember, you must contribute at least 600 points to your team in order to be eligible to receive a bonus.

So, join now, then come and tell us what team you're on in the UK Swagbucks &; More Facebook group.

Here's how you can earn points for your team:

Not on Swagbucks yet? I made over £4000 in 2017 from this and various other sites - come join me then ask me how!