My addiction is rewarding

It's not what you think - it's a healthy addiction :) But definitely an addiction! I came across this wonderful site through another blog and fell in love after seeing my first win pop up..which was 6 minutes into being a member.
It's called swagbucks

It is the web's digital dollar, powered by Ask and Google. They reward you for simply using their search engine. There is no spam, you never enter credit card info, nothing of the sort. I'm just earning free stuff for doing what I do anyway - searching the web! I typically win for 3 searches a day.

You can search for anything you want..and always remember to search for basic things too: facebook, twitter, your bank etc. I win every single day searching for facebook before I log in. After you sign up they will send you a conformation email, verify that email. Then from swagbucks.com you click on the toolbars link and get their toolbar. You also get bucks every day just for using the toolbar! So it's definitely a must in my opinion. You always know when you win because a win notification pops up (I still get excited when I see them pop up and I've been a member for months)



Now what you do is win bucks everyday and them redeem them when you have enough. For instance a $5.00 Amazon.com gift card costs 450 swagbucks. I was able to redeem one in almost 2 weeks. It seems to me that once you get into the swing of things your swagbucks start racking up super fast. You're allowed to get 5 amazon gift cards per month, and that site has everything! However, you can spend your bucks on whatever you like. They have Barnes and Noble gift cards, Restaurant gift cards, PayPal..I could go on and on. After you're a member check out the SwagStore from their homepage and see what you'd like to start saving for. In my opinion the Amazon gift card is the very best choice. You can also win by submitting poll ideas (if they like your poll idea) playing Twitter trivia, trading in old cell phones etc. Something exciting is everyday The Swag Guy (TSG) gives out a code worth so many points and once you find it, you just copy and paste the code and enter it into the "gimme" box on the homepage. If this sounds confusing, I promise it's really not and if you have any questions at all, please leave me a comment. The codes can be anywhere from facebook, twitter, swagbucks toolbar, the swagbucks blog, or on the shop & earn page (which is also a great way to earn)

For instance, today's code was in the blog, it was a baseball question..I swag-searched the question and entered the answer in the "gimme" box and got 15 bucks in under 2 minutes. I also searched "Dora the Explorer" and won 18 swagbucks. Went outside to play with Juliana, came back in and searched "what's for dinner" and won 12 swagbucks. That's why this site is my addiction..it's easy, it's for something I do everyday anyway and it's free. Now here's something else that's cool: you can get people to sign up under you using your referral link and for every swagbuck your referral wins, you win the matching amount (up to 1000 bucks) and you can get as many referrals as you wish. I want to be as helpful as possible for whoever reads this and is interested but I'll stop rambling and let you get to it! Oh and remember you have to be logged into swagbucks to win! I just stay logged in to be safe, lol




** Go to the Swagbucks sign up page. <<< (you can right click this link and open in a new tab/window so you can still stay on my blog and read the rest of the info) ** Fill in the boxes using your name, address, e-mail, and create a password. ** Once you've made your account, confirm your e-mail account. To do this open your e-mail and click on the Swagbucks email. Then click on Verify. (check spam mail to be safe if you don't see it) ** Sign into Swagbucks, if you aren't already signed in. You'll notice that you will already have 30 Swagbucks just for signing up. ** Now have some fun and search! In the middle will be a search box, type in your search query there and hit enter. Sometimes you will get Swagbucks, sometimes you won't. It's random..most people seem to win morning, afternoon and evening, space out your searches. If you search too quickly you can get banned for up to 24 hours and it doesn't help you win. When you win you will get a large picture of a Swagbuck at the top of your search results saying "Congratulations! You've won *** swagbucks!" The amount of Swagbucks you have are in the gray box under your browser and also the top right of the search results page, so you always know how many you have. ** You can browse the prizes at the SwagStore. It has everything from iTunes to iPhone, giftcards etc. Once you have enough Swagbucks, you can purchase your items of choice by clicking Snag.Or you can let them keep adding up. Alot of people are funding their entire Christmas with swagbucks. That reminds me! The amazon gift cards never expire! And they are stack-able, meaning you can keep adding gift cards to your amazon amount until you are ready to cash out (shipping is free as well!)
** Follow swagbucks on twitter. www.twitter.com/swagbucks (they post codes there) and you can play twitter trivia to win bucks every Tuesday as well.
Become a fan on their facebook page, TSG (the swag guy) posts codes there and there are a TON of helpful people on the page to help you if you have a question. Also a great way to know if there's a code out is everyone on the way will be posting "Thanks TSG!!!" It's www.facebook.com/swagbucks
** You can also shop & earn. For instance, Walmart. You get 2 swagbucks for every dollar you spend if you shop online, through swagbucks. Target, Kmart, Kohl's, anything you can think of..trust me, seriously, this site is amazing!

Have fun and start swaggin!

P.S. If you look at the very bottom of my blog, you will see my swagbucks widget. In 4 months I've already ordered 5 amazon.com gift cards and right now my widget tells you I have 1,866 swagbucks. I normally can't hold off and I "snag" my gift cards as soon as I hit 450 swag bucks but lately I've been in the mood to hold onto them and see my high amount :)
Hope my info interests and helps anyone who reads!