I have been a member of MyPoints for about a year. Like the name suggests, you earn points for doing various activities such as:
- Read e-mails - 5 points just for clicking on the periodic e-mails that MyPoints sends
- Surveys - 10 points if you don't qualify, 50+ points if you do qualify
- Offers - some of the e-mails include offers...like sign up for such and such and earn x points - depending on what it is, I don't usually sign up
- Games - you can earn points when you play their games - I've never done this
- Shopping - you can earn points when you shop through the MyPoints site - I've never done this, because using the cash-back sites seems a better deal.
However, by just reading MyPoints e-mails and doing a few surveys over the past year (very minimal effort and time), I've been able to earn 3 $10.00 BP gift cards and 2 $10 Panera Bread gift cards.
The $10 gift cards require about 1400-1500 points, so I usually qualify every couple of months just from doing the above (e-mails and surveys). They have many different gift cards available like Amazon, BP, CVS/Pharmacy, iTunes, Kohls, Shell, Panera Bread, and many more.
I am also a member of SendEarnings and InboxDollars, but I find that the MyPoints gift cards at seem to add up a lot faster than clicking on the e-mails for the other programs (although one day I will actually get the $30 needed for payout at SendEarnings and InboxDollars).
Have you ever tried MyPoints? What did you think? Are you a member of a similar program that might be worth trying?
Dusty
I love MyPoints and have been using them for quite some time now! Good tip!
Sylvia
I've been using MyPoints for almost 11 yrs now & absolutely love it. I've gotten so many gift cards from them - ranging from Target to Jjill. I even got them for Motherhood Maternity when I was pregnant!
Buffie
I love MyPoints and have been using them for years now. I love getting gift cards for just a little effort. Just this year I've gotten over $30 in gift cards already.
Did you also know that you can print coupons on their site and get points for redeeming them? These are regular grocery coupons like you would get from coupons.com.
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Kristen
I use MyPoints and Inbox Dollars in addition to Swagbucks as a Paid-to-Search. For a certain number of searches a month, you can earn for MyPoints. For Inbox Dollars, you can earn up to $0.05/day ($0.01/search) as long as you click on at least one link from your search.