Earning money online is not a dream. It is a career that is pursued by many.
However, many people still do not recognize that it is possible through smartphones as well. You can easily start a side hustle, work part-time, or even make a full-time earning venue all through your smartphones, right from the palm of your hands.
Here are a few apps that can help you make money online.
Rakuten Rewards
Earlier known as Ebates, this is one of the most popular earning apps. This is a shopping reward and cash-back app and has a revenue-model based on affiliate networks. You do shopping through this app and get cashback on things you purchased.
What happens is that when you purchase something from the online retailers, they pay the company a commission for directing the customers to their site. You get a share in this commission as per your purchases. You can earn more rewards by referring this app to your friends.
This is a win-win situation where you get to keep the things as well as the cash. The app is available on both Android and iOS. You can also check this blog for many different ways or tools to make money online.
Swagbucks
Swagbucks offers rewards and cash for everything that you already do online. It is like a dream hustle for people who spend ample time on the internet. This app rewards you for watching videos, web searches, taking surveys, testing products, playing games, and referring to others. You can also get cashback from online shopping. The app integrated 1500 retailers including Starbucks, Walmart, Amazon, and Target, etc. You can also access numerous coupons and deals in these stores.
Bear in mind that this cannot be the source of getting rich, but it can bring you solid extra bucks (and that too with little effort). The app awards you points against every activity. It has certain milestones in place, achieving which gives your rewards including cash and free gift cards to Walmart and Amazon among other retailers. 1 SB (Swagbucks) equals 1 cent. You can get the cash through PayPal.
Ibotta
Ibotta is another app that gets you cashback on shopping. You download the app and get offers on the products you are interested to buy. After adding these offers, you can purchase the products from the stores available on the app. Get the receipt and take its photo. The app will evaluate the offer and your purchases. It will add your cashback to your Ibotta account. The normal time taken to deposit the cashback is 48 hours.
You can easily make over $100 by shopping and referrals. When your friends sign up on the app, you will receive $5 and the new app user will get $10.
Acorns
This is a great opportunity for people who want to get started at micro-investing. This app assists you by rounding up your transactions to the closest dollar and invests the difference for you. For instance, if you buy a product of $1.75, the app rounds it to $2 and invests $0.25 in different portfolios.
You can link multiple debit or credit cards and get your ‘change’ invested in a small Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). There are no charges on withdrawal.
Google Opinion Rewards
Taking surveys to make money online is not new. You can do that now on apps too. Google Opinion Rewards is one such app. It is a simple procedure; just download the app and sign up. Start taking surveys on a variety of topics like personal opinions, a hotel review, or customer experience. The surveys are short and straight, which means you can fill them out even during the commute or while standing in a line.
You can also earn money via this app by expressing your experience of TV and the internet. No additional skill is required for this. You can utilize your routine stuff like web surfing and watching shows to earn money. After taking sufficient surveys, you will receive your payments as PayPal or Google Play credits.
Seated
This app rewards you for dining out. Be it a stay-at-home mom or a high schooler, this app offers perks to everyone who dines out. All you have to do is download the app and sign up. When you want to eat out, make the reservation through the app. Take a photo of the receipt to show your spending. Choose between the rewards and receive the reward code within 24 hours of the transaction.
You will get the payment in the form of gift cards. Every visit to an eatery can bring you up to $50. The gift cards are available for Amazon, Lyft, and Starbucks.
