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This blog's about stuff I'm trying out online in my attempt to supplement my income. /// The blog's name is really just a playful dig at the plethora of ways to (apparently) make money online. If you're gonna get paid to read an email, fill out a survey, write a post, brush your teeth, sit down, stand up, well, why not get paid to fart? I tell ya, I'd be a celebrity in my own right if the latter were true! A lady I certainly am not. ;-)//


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Get Your Cashle On…


I joined Cashle, ummmm let's see, about a month ago, I think. Cashle's kinda similar to CashCrate, TreasureTrooper and QuickRewards Network where you get paid to complete certain tasks. On Cashle, you get paid to:

- complete surveys
- complete free and/or paid trials
- complete free offers
- click and view certain sites
- play games
- refer new members to the site


Points and Cash...

For some tasks you complete, you get points. For others, you get cash.

points - Depending on how many points you build up, you can exchange them for prizes on Amazon. There are over a hundred prizes to choose, for e.g., headphones, Xbox products, birthday cards and action figures.

cash - Most of the tasks I've seen pay cash ranging from $0.01 all the way up to $2.50 task. However, a lot of them tend to be under $1.00 though.


Who is Cashle open to?


UK, US and Canadian residents. (update: anyone can now join! No longer restricted to UK, US, Canada. Cashle's now open to all countries.)


And the Minimum Payout?

Well, it depends on the payment methods you request. If you're like me and you prefer to receive payment via Paypal, then minimum payout is $1.00. For other payment methods:

- Alertpay: $1.00 (paid instantly)
- E-Gold: $0.01
- Liberty Reserve: $0.01
- Cheque: $5.00 (no fee)
- GoDaddy gift certificate: $5.00
- Amazon.co.uk gift card: $10.00
- Gamestop.com gift card: $10.00
- Target.com gift certificate: $10.00
- Best Buy gift card: $10.00
- Future Shop gift card: $30.00


Other info...

- Cashle gives you a free $0.50 just for registering

- I don't know how long each payment method takes once you request it (apart from AlertPay). I can't seem to find info about that on the site. It's probably somewhere. However, when I requested my Paypal payment, I got it the very next day. Not bad, huh?

- Cashle also owns Points2shop.com and both sites are interconnected in some way. I don't know the ins and outs of it, but for example, to earn points by playing games, you have to do it through Points2shop.



How Much I've Made on Cashle?

I must admit, not much: $1.15 (update: $9.48 as of Sept 2011). I could probably earn more, but completing offers isn't really something I enjoy doing. However, having completed a few tasks, requested payment and received it fairly quickly, Cashle does appear to be a pretty efficient and scam-free site.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

The One Where She Gets Paid By IM Report Card...

img credit: stevendepolo

IM Report Card is a number of things. You can learn about different money-making/ internet marketing products and services as well as read other people's feedback on them. You can share your knowledge of any that you've personally tried yourself. Plus you're encouraged to spread the word about IM Report Card and recommend new sites for review. You get paid too.

To read about IM Report Card in more detail, I've done a write-up here.


Last month. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Five minus five.

I didn't earn anything on IM Report Card last month due to a combination of me not being particularly active, inactive referrals (they're human. it happens), and deducted referral credits (made the innocent mistake of using a friend's laptop who was one of my referrals. I still think IM Report Card's cool so no hard feelings. Just took me a while to build my credits back up.)

It's nice to get something this month. I requested payment and got it within 4-5 hours. Wasn't expecting it that quick.

im report card - proof of payment

Makes my month's total look a bit more respectable (I'm on $143.22 at the mo').


Anyway, hope y'all have had a good start to the month. Hope it ends just as well. If not, there's next year: and it's got a whole heap of chances in its pocket. 365, to be exact.



Here's to butterscotch-flavoured toothpicks; and rum too shy to get you drunk.

Ebele.

Friday, December 4, 2009

November Earnings...

img credit: richt
november earnings
Every month, I aim to make more than I did in the previous month. I didn't make more in November, but I did come pretty close.

October : $262.92.

November: $262.14.

Just 78 cents between 'em. Damn.

Ah well.


My earning methods were a bit more diverse in November. In October, I earned from freelance writing, IM Report Card and QuickRewards Network; whereas in November, my earnings were from:

Freelance writing - $192.60 (private client)

GetaFreelancer affiliate program: $46.25 (the site's now called 'Freelancer')

Surveys - $22.43 (Pinecone Research, Crowdology, LightSpeed Panel, Wisad)

QuickRewards Network - $0.82

Cloud Crowd - $0.04 (was just testing this one out. You get paid to complete tasks. You need a Facebook account to join.)


I stuck to most of my plans for November. Well, ahem, to a certain extent, anyway:

- Freelance Writing: Wrote 4 articles. With good organisation and time management, I'd like to get into a routine of 2 articles a week over the coming months.

- IM Report Card: I didn't make anything on IM Report Card last month. First time it's happened since I joined in August. I unfortunately lost a significant amount of referral credits so it took a while to build my credits back up. I'm due to cash out this month though.

- QuickRewards Network: Didn't log on everyday, plus the site was down for a while for maintenance/updates.

- Xomba: Didn't write as many Xombytes and Xomblurbs as I set out to, but I did manage 8 Xombytes and 22 Xomblurbs. I'm also starting to see some Adsense earnings trickling in from it.

- Surveys: I didn't get any payouts from surveys in October, so I decided to crank it up in Nov and do more surveys. Hence the $22.43.



December...

Still thinking through what I wanna do this month, but I wanna end it on a high note by making more than I did last month. I'd like it to be my highest earning month too (I have $449.95 to beat, then).


Wishing y'all an AMAZING December!


Pixie Dust, Sugared Umbrellas, Vanilla Snow...

Ebele.