These are some of the sites I use to get the best deals on everyday necessities as well as little luxuries like massage or the chance to take my great-nephews to a doughnut shop.
Note: If you join any of these by clicking on the link, I will receive a finder’s fee or small bonus for referring you. This helps pay for domain renewal, site hosting and other costs that I incur to keep Surviving And Thriving open. A solvent blogger is a happy blogger.
Let’s start with Amazon. Get a 30-day free trial of one or more of the following services:
- Amazon Prime (access to thousands of films and TV programs, loanable Kindle books and unlimited free two-day shipping no matter how small the order. Or give Amazon Prime as a gift to someone else.
- Amazon Family (which includes a 20 percent discount on diaper subscriptions, free two-day shipping on millions of items, and streaming of more than a million songs and thousands of movies and TV shows)
- Prime Student (unlimited free two-day shipping and other exclusive offers)
- Kindle Unlimited (access to thousands of audiobooks and more than a million e-books that can read on any device)
- Amazon Music Unlimited (which is just what it sounds like)
You can also create a wedding registry or a baby registry, download the free Kindle Reading App, or just use my referral link to shop for things you’d planned to buy.
Other money-saving and -making sites
Survey Junkie. This survey site is seeking folks from the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. Earn points and cash them in for PayPal or gift cards. If you’ve got opinions, make them pay by signing up to share your thoughts.
Swagbucks: This site gives you points for doing Internet searches, completing offers, taking surveys, watching short (really short!) videos, playing games and looking for those elusive “swag codes.” I trade them in for Amazon gift cards but there are lots of ways to spend your bucks.
MyPoints: Another rewards site that gives points for clicking through on e-mails, taking surveys, buying items through links and even pledging to help various causes. I’ve been surprised how fast the points add up, and the gift cards are a big help for birthdays and holidays.
Fetch Rewards (my referral code is E6CK1): This app surprised me with both its ease of use and its surprisingly fast payoff. Within moments of installation I earned a little over 2,000 points by scanning a few supermarket and drugstore receipts — and I’m known for not buying all that much! Once you hit 3,000 points, you can start cashing in for gift cards for retail, entertainment, prepaid Visa or Mastercard, housewares stores, spas, travel and more. Note: You can link your If you’re inclined to join, please feel free to use my referral code (again, it’s E6CK1) — at which point you will create your own referral code, and earn points from any relative or friend who joins with it. #greatcycleoffrugallife
Shopkick (my referral code is WIN358965). This one’s really fun to use. You use your phone’s camera to scan UPC codes of specific products at supermarkets, drugstores, warehouse clubs, auto-supply joints, makeup shops, Hallmark stores and other merchants. Note: You don’t have to buy these things — just take their pictures. You’ll get more points if you do purchase them, but you’ll get points no matter what. Any time you go shopping, check the Shopkick list for any items that can earn you points, then compile enough to trade in for prizes. To sign up, head over to https://www.shopkick.com/ and download the app (adding my WIN358965 code as referrer). I love this app and I think you will, too.
Ibotta (my referral code is gtotprb): Another scan-the-receipt app, it gives you money when you buy specific items and upload the receipts. Sometimes that’s as little as 10 cents and sometimes you get the full purchase price of the items refunded. And if you use coupons in conjunction with Ibotta, you could actually earn money on these products. If you want to join, visit https://ibotta.onelink.me/iUfE/1005cd3f? to create an account, filling in the gtotprb referral code where prompted.
Mr. Rebates: My favorite cash-back shopping site, which pays monthly if you like and lets you request a check as soon as you hit $10 (and they start you off with $5 when you join). Any time you need to buy something, from windshield wipers to baby diapers, from online dating memberships to genealogical research sites, see if Mr. Rebates is offering a rebate.
Extrabux: The top cash-back shopping site, according to CompareRewards.com. (I still like Mr. Rebates a little more, but your mileage may vary.)
ShopAtHome: Another cash-back site, coming in at #2 in the annual comparison study by CompareRewards.com. (It just edged out Mr. Rebates.)
Groupon: Aw, come on — everybody knows what Groupon is.
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