With the new year arrived, I decided to have a good look at and re-evaluate all of the beer money sites that I use, with the hope of having a running start to the new year, so without further a due; here goes
Surveys:
Survey sites are probably the most common type of beermoney site you'll encounter, but not all of them were created equally, here's my pick of the bunch:
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: £5
- Available In: Worldwide, but studies are targeted to specific demographics
- TL:DR: This site specializes in providing research for academic's, and is im my opinion the best survey site on the web, pays very well but the surveys are based on your location. Wait until you reach £20 before you cashout to save on paypal fees
- Payout Method: BACs(UK), Paypal(US)
- Minimum Payout: £50
- Available In: USA, UK
- TL:DR: A consumer research firm based in the UK, the surveys come regularly (usually one or two per day) and are usually very engaging and usually about current events but because the cashout is so high it can feel like a long haul before you reach your payout
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: £20
- Available In: UK
- TL:DR: One of the better but lesser known survey sites, regularly has lots of surveys paying 50p - £1 and payment is quick (1-5 days from cashout)
- Payout Method: Gift Card
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: North America, Europe, Egypt, Turkey, UAE, Turkey
- TL:DR: Run by Ipsos, surveys are sent to your inbox regularly and it's available in quite a few countries which survey sites aren't usually friendly with.
- Payout Method: Cheque, Paypal, Giftcards
- Minimum Payout: $3
- Available In: UK, USA, Canada, Germany
- TL:DR: Pinecone is invite only, so signup is quite selective! just be patient and you'll be accepted eventually. Try their facebook page too, people who float around there often enough tend to get invited.
- Available In: USA, UK, Canada
- Payout Method: Cheque
- Minimum Payout: £50
- Available In: UK only
- TL:DR: Populus delivers regular surveys to your inbox, surveys generally pay £1 for every 5 minutes you spend doing them. Fully update your profile to ensure you recieve all the surveys you're entitled to. As a bous if you ever get screened out of a survey you're entered into their monthly prize draw.
- Payout Method: Amazon (or 50p Prize Draw)
- Minimum Payout: £5
- Available In: UK only
- TL:DR: Doesn't have the most surveys, but you never get screened out!
- Payout Method: Cheque
- Minimum Payout: £50
- Available In: UK only
- TL:DR: There's a nice £5 signup, and if you go to "My Profile" and update the checkbox to allow surveys from Toluna you'll recieve significantly more surveys
- Payout Method: Cheque, BAC's, Amazon
- Minimum Payout: £25
- Available In: UK only
- TL:DR: Once you reach the £25 cashout threshold you'll recieve an email to fill out, you must fill this out in order to cashout
- Payout Method: Gift Card
- Minimum Payout: £8.50
- Available In: UK, US, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
- TL:DR: Cashouts are processed on a Tuesday, this site occasionally offers you the chance to be involved in larger projects which can pay up to £100. There's also the occasional product trial which i find fun
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: US, UK
- TL:DR: Surveys come quite slow, so cashing out takes a while but the site does pay out.
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: US, UK
- TL:DR: It's basically a 'all in one' survey site where you sign up to surveybee.net, choose which sites you want to sign up to and everything comes through them in a sort of funnel fashion. Available in quite a few countries.
- Payout Method: Paypal, Dwolla, Giftcards
- Minimum Payout: $10
- Available In: USA, UK, Canada
Smartphone apps:
Most Smartphone apps are a combination of mystery shopping and tasks to do at home (downloading apps etc.). The mystery shopping gigs can pay really well, but it's obviously very location dependent. Downloading apps also pays very well, but it's a one shot deal (meaning once you've downloaded an app you can't get paid for doing it again)
- Payment Method: - Paypal
- Minimum Payout - No minimum
- Available In: - United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland (and probably more, i couldn’t find a list)
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: No Minimum
- Available In: U.S. , Canada, UK, Australia, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- Notes: Apple devices only
- Payment Method: - Paypal
- Minimum Payout - No minimum
- Available In - Holland, Great Britain, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Germany, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Turkey
- Payment Method: - Paypal
- Minimum Payout: - £4.01
- Available In: - France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy
- Notes: Also provide quite a few surveys
- Payment Method: - Paypal
- Minimum Payout: - $1
- Available In: - UK, US (possibly more? Can't see a list)
- Notes: - IOS only (Android coming soon), mostly a croudsource type app, no mystery shopping
- Payment Method: - Bank Transfer
- Minimum Payout: - £10
- Available In: - UK only
- Notes: - Sometimes called tasker, IOS only (No plans for Android), seems to have lots of mystery shopping jobs in England
- Payment Method: - Paypal
- Minimum Payout: - No minimum
- Available in: - UK, Belgium, France, Switzerland,
- Payout Method: Paypal, Amazon
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: UK Only (I think?)
- Notes: Keep your phone on you and your anonymised location data is sent to them to earn you points which are converted into money
- Payment Method: - Paypal
- Minimum Payout: - £10
- Available In: - UK, US, Singapore, Australia (apparently it's 18 countries in total but i couldn't find a list)
- Notes: - Slightly different, all of their tasks are based on you recording your opinion on a product, can be a quick earner!
Get paid to websites (GPT):
Probably the 2nd most common type of beermoney site on the web, do various tasks and get paid for it; hence the name Get Paid To
- Payout Method: Paypal, Gift Cards
- Minimum Payout: £5
- Available In: US, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland
- Payout Method: Check, Paypal, PayToo, Payza
- Minimum Payout: $8
- Available In: Worldwide, but studies are targeted to specific demographics
- Payout Method: Paypal, Cheque, Bank Transfer, Gift Cards
- Minimum Payout: $1
- Available In: all countries and regions that are supported by PayPal, excluding China and Vietnam (Heres the List)
- Payout Method: Cheque
- Minimum Payout: £20
- Available In: UK
- Payout Method: Paypal, Dwolla, Tango Cards, Giftcards
- Minimum Payout: $10
- Available In: USA, UK, Canada
Work from home jobs:
Sometimes companies needs lot of repetetive work done, when they do they'll use sites like these, You can occasionally come across a job (or HIT as they're sometimes called) which you enjoy and when that happens you can make huge profits very quickly.
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: €5
- Available In: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam
- Notes:It's a bit of work to get into UHRS (where the most money is) so i wrote a Clickworker/UHRS Guide
- Payout Method: Amazon US giftcard (frustratingly it's only for the US store)
- Minimum Payout:
- Available In: Over 190 countries
- Notes: Best work at home type job if you're in the US, but payment isn't great outside the US. They also seem to be allow some people from some countries to sign up and not others.
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: None, whatever you have earned is paid to Paypal within the first 14 days of each month
- Available In: UK (But it looks like there's nothing to stop you from being paid as long as you have good English)
- Notes: Good for picking up transcription work, pay is decent, requires you to do a few tests before starting
- Payout Method: Cheque, Bank Deposit
- Minimum Payout: None, You get paid whatever you've earned every 30 days
- Available In: UK, US, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Italy, France, Mexico, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Phillipines, Turkey
- Notes: Pays really REALLY well, but it's like a proper job, you have a quite difficult entrance exam and they can deny your application. Mostly search engineer evaluation work
- Payout Method: Cheque, Bank Deposit
- Minimum Payout: None, You you get paid whatever you've earned as part of their monthly payment schedule
- Available In: Worldwide, but they only hire when they need someone from a specific area, you'll need to check regularly
- Notes: Pays really REALLY well, but it's like a proper job, you have a quite difficult entrance exam and they can deny your application.
- Payout Method: Cheque, Bank Deposit
- Minimum Payout: None? (I think)
- Available In: UK
- Notes: Answer questions for money, I still haven't personally managed to sign up for this service yet
Free daily cash prize draws:
These are simply free prize draws that I (try) to check every day.
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: Worldwide
- Notes: Simply Upload a picture to win. You need to manually check it daily, If you don't check and you win, you lose your £10 prize
- Payout Method: Bank Transfer
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: UK only (I think?)
- Notes: Sign up for their daily prize draw. give them your phone number to be entered into the larger prize draws (I've not had any junk phone calls so far, so it seems like they don't sell your number) Once again you need to manually check everyday to see if you've won or you lose the prize
- Payout Method: Bank Transfer
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: UK Only
- Notes: Sign up, give them your postcode and if your postcode is the one drawn you share the prize with everyone who played from your postcode. Another which needs to be checked in order to claim the prize
- Payout Method: Paypal? I've not won yet
- Minimum Payout: £50
- Available In: UK only
- Notes: Sign up via facebook and if your name is drawn you win £50 - once against if you don't claim the prize within 24 hrs then you don't win the prize
- Payout Method: Paypal
- Minimum Payout: £10
- Available In: UK only
- Notes: Once again you need to manually check every day. For everyday you check and don’t win you are given an additional entry into the next draw. So if you go two weeks without a win you will have 14 entries into the draw.
- Payout Method: Paypal, BACS or PAYM
- Minimum Payout: £5
- Available In: UK only
- Notes: Another one you need to manually check every day
- Payout Method: Unknown
- Minimum Payout: $20
- Available In: UK only
- Notes: Check every day to see if your emoji "combo" has won the prize. Failure to check means you lose it, so you need to check it every day.
- Payout Method: Unknown
- Minimum Payout: based on their add revenue
- Available In: UK only
- Notes: Check every day to see if your emoji "combo" has won the prize. Failure to check means you lose it, so you need to check it every day.
Earn using cashback websites
I don't see it mentioned very often in here, but I assume most users will already know about using cashback websites to earn some extra beer money.
For those who don't, cashback websites are a simple idea. Companies pay cashback sites a certain amount of money for each genuine and new customer they bring in, the cashback sites then offer the user a set amount of money for going through them to sign up to the company in question. You can also use cashback sites to claim money from real stores, although I've never really did this myself. There are lots of cashback sites out there, but I use the 2 most trusted and largest for UK users, these are:
- Payout Method: BACS, PayPal, Gift Cards
- Minimum Payout: 1p
- Available In: UK, US
- Notes: There is a free and premium option, use the free option
- Payout Method: BACS, PayPal, Amazon
- Minimum Payout: £1 (you have to set this)
- Available In: UK only (I think?)
- Notes: There is a free and premium option, use the free option
I've collated the best offers for these 2 sites.
For Best results with Cashback offers you should:
- Clear your cookies (or better yet, use another browser)
- Turn off any adblockers you may have on
- Always read the offer thoroughly
The first group of offers are free offers which require you to sign up to a website, or get a quote, or sign up to a free trial. By using all of these offers at the time of writing you can earn an easy £30!
Free offers
| Website | Quidco Profit | Website | Top Cashback Profit | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confused.com Car Insurance | £2.20 | Confused.com Car Insurance | £2.32 | For a Genuine New Quote | |
| Confused.com Pet Insurance | £0.50 | Confused.com Pet Insurance | £0.60 | For a Genuine New Quote | |
| Confused.com Travel Insurance | £0.55 | Confused.com Travel Insurance | £0.55 | For a Genuine New Quote | |
| Confused.com Home Insurance | £2.20 | Confused.com Home Insurance | £2.32 | For a Genuine New Quote | |
| Confused.com Motorbike Insurance | £2.00 | Confused.com Motorbike Insurance | £2.32 | For a Genuine New Quote | |
| Confused.com Van Insurance | Confused.com Van Insurance | £2.02 | For a Genuine New Quote | ||
| Resident Review | £1.00 | Resident Review | £1.01 | Leave a review of your landlord or estate agent | |
| Graze.com | £1.50 | Graze.com | £1.51 | Sign up for a free box & cashback | |
| Western Union | £1.00 | Western Union | £1.01 | For a new signup | |
| The People's Operator | £1.00 | The People's Operator | - | For activating a free PayAsYouGo sim card | |
| QuoteSearcher | £3.50 | QuoteSearcher | £3.53 | For generating a genuine insurance quote (various cashback amounts for different quotes) | |
| ValueMyCV | £0.60 | ValueMyCV | |||
| Get me a Ticket | £1.00 | Get me a ticket | £1.01 | For registering an account | |
| Search Lotto | £0.50 | Search Lotto | £0.50 | Make 25 searches for cashback and a free ticket | |
| Quotezone | £3.50 | QuoteZone | £3.55 | For generating a genuine insurance quote (various cashback amounts for different quotes) | |
| MySurvey UK | - | MySurvey UK | £1.81 | must complete a double opt in and at least one survey | |
| FreeStuff.eu | - | FreeStuff.eu | £0.70 | For a new signup | |
| Property Moose | £2.00 | Property Moose | £2.02 | For a new signup | |
| Match.com | £1.00 | Match.com | £1.01 | For a new signup | |
| MyOffers | - | MyOffers | £0.50 | For a new signup | |
| Readly | £0.30 | Readly | £0.30 | Completion of 30 day free trial | |
Another way to continue your earning is to hit the deposit offers. These are offers you can sign up to through TopCashBack and Quidco which pay you more in cashback than you need to deposit to claim the cashback. So for example if you sign up to Gala Bingo through Quidco and wager £10 on their site you will receive £30 cashback through Quidco, giving you a £20 profit (and you'd be surprised how often you acctually win at these bingo sites too!) At the time of writing there is just over £130 to be earned using these methods! *(Please note, these offers are correct at the time of writing but do change fairly frequently) *
Deposit Offers
| Quidco | Top Cashback | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website | Deposit | Cashback | Profit | Website | Deposit | Cashback | Profit | |
| Gala Bingo | £10.00 | £30.00 | £20.00 | Gala Bingo | - | - | - | |
| Ladbrokes Bingo | £10.00 | £30.00 | £20.00 | Ladbrokes Bingo | £10.00 | £30.30 | £20.30 | |
| William Hill Bingo | £10.00 | £30.00 | £20.00 | William Hill Bingo | £20.00 | £25.25 | £5.25 | |
| Betfair Bingo | £10.00 | £20.00 | £10.00 | Betfair Bingo | £10.00 | £15.15 | £5.15 | |
| 32 Red Bingo | £20.00 | £25.00 | £5.00 | 32 Red Bingo | £20.00 | £25.25 | £5.25 | |
| Betway Bingo | £20.00 | £25.00 | £5.00 | Betway Bingo | £20.00 | £25.25 | £5.25 | |
| Dream Bingo | £20.00 | £25.00 | £5.00 | Dream Bingo | £20.00 | £25.25 | £5.25 | |
| Lucky Pants Bingo | - | - | - | Lucky Pants Bingo | £10.00 | £15.15 | £5.15 | |
| The National Lottery | - | - | - | The National Lottery | £10.00 | £15.15 | £5.15 | |
| Bingo Extra | - | - | - | Bingo Extra | £10.00 | £15.15 | £5.15 | |
| Bgo Bingo | £20.00 | £25.00 | £5.00 | Bgo Bingo | - | - | - | |
| Bingocams | £10.00 | £15.00 | £5.00 | BingoCams | £10.00 | £12.12 | £2.12 | |
| Glossy Bingo | - | - | - | Glossy Bingo | £10.00 | £13.13 | £3.13 | |
| Dotty Bingo | - | - | - | Dotty Bingo | £10.00 | £13.13 | £3.13 | |
| Bingo on the Box | £10.00 | £13.00 | £3.00 | Bingo on the Box | - | - | - | |
| Butlers Bingo | £10.00 | £13.00 | £3.00 | Butlers Bingo | - | - | - | |
| Winner Bingo | £10.00 | £13.00 | £3.00 | Winner Bingo | - | - | - | |
| Deal or no deal Bingo | £10.00 | £12.00 | £2.00 | Deal or no Deal Bingo | - | - | - | |
| Mecca Bingo | £10.00 | £11.50 | £1.50 | Mecca Bingo | £10.00 | £11.61 | £1.61 |
So, there you go. Easy money and you can work through most of these offers in a day (although tracking them will normally take a week or so) If you have any questions then fire away, I'll try my best to answer
Other things worth checking out:
- Payout Method: PayPal.
- Minimum Payout: They pay on the 25th of each month
- Available In: Worldwide (if you speak English)
- Notes: Test websites with your microphone and/or camera on, payment is great (£8 per test) and most tests last around 10-20 minutes
What is Match Betting?
Match betting is a LEGAL, RISK FREE & TAX FREE way of earning Money. You earn by taking advantage of the various sign up and "reload" offers that bookies provide new and existing customers. For example, when you sign up to William Hill they have an offer of "Deposit £10, get a £20 free bet" You can use this bet and then lay against it at a betting exchange
For example:
Bookie: Bet Chelsea to WIN
Exchange: Bet Chelsea to NOT WIN (It should be noted than when you make a lay at a betting exchange you're covering all other options, so by saying you think Chelsea will NOT win you're saying they will either lose or draw, anything except win)
So now that you've placed them, these two bets will cancel each other out, resulting in you breaking even (or losing a little bit of cash) after this initial bet you will be credited with your free bet. Now, repeat this process again - except this time it's not your own money being used to place the bet! So you get to keep the profits.
How to get started
The best way (I believe) to get started is to sign up for the free trial on Profit Accumulator and follow their step by step instructions. Using their site you can claim two of the offers and earn £45. During the trial you will have the basics of match betting explained to you and once you have earned from your free trial you can use the profit to upgrade to a Platinum account(£22.99/month or £150/year). If you become a platinum member you will have access to hundreds of offers and dozens of extra guides to help you on your journey. When I started doing this a few years back I only used £50 (That I earned doing surveys) as my starting float, however a bigger pot of £100 is advised to help you work through offers quicker.
If you're going to get started with match betting, I recommend you take a photo of the following: Passport or Driving License, bank card used to deposit money, and a recent utility bill - As the bookies fraud prevention teams occasionally ask for these (I've only had it happen once, but it does happen)
Being gubbed & mug bets
Mug bets - Ok, so match betting is completely legal, however, Most bookies aren't too keen on you only using them for offers.
So it's highly recommended to place occasional "mug bets" - What's a mug bet? It's basically a normal (small) bet which is nothing to do with your match betting. A mug bet is simply a small bet to make you look like a regular customer, once again Profit Accumulator has got you covered on the best ways to place mug bets. They advise following a cycle: Qualifying bet, free bet, mug bet, withdraw profits.
So it's highly recommended to place occasional "mug bets" - What's a mug bet? It's basically a normal (small) bet which is nothing to do with your match betting. A mug bet is simply a small bet to make you look like a regular customer, once again Profit Accumulator has got you covered on the best ways to place mug bets. They advise following a cycle: Qualifying bet, free bet, mug bet, withdraw profits.
Being gubbed - This is when a bookie has figured out that you're only match betting and using their offers, the bookie can limit your account to only making small bets, or not getting any offers. You can get back in good stead with them by placing non-offer bets but this could take time and still never amount to anything.
Slot Offers
These offers aren't required to make a healthy profit, but they can be a good earner for you. Slot offers come in many different flavours, and you have to take each one for its merits, some are simply a few free spins and sometimes you have large wagers involved for your free spins. People are often put off by slots because a lot of the time they’re not completely risk-free. It is up to you to weigh up the value of doing them as you have the chance to win big from doing these, you have the potential to make upwards of £100 from a single offer, but like I said... not for everyone. Profit Accumulator will advise you about the risk factor for each slot offer. It will either be no risk (so for examples and offers where the bookies will give you your money back – wager £5 and be credited £5 if you lose it all) or a low risk offer (which is what most slot offers are) where you have to wager a larger amount but the potential earnings are a lot higher. They will also tell you which slots you are best using, unless the offer is for a selected slot only
TL:DR: Use the free trial from Profit Accumulator to make your first £45 from the bookies (Risk Free).
