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Great ideas to make a few pounds extra!
Free Cash for Shopping!
Do you shop online? If so, then you could be earning free cash just by shopping as usual by using a cashback site such as Quidco !
How does it work?
Everytime you shop through a retailer that is on Quidco (and there are over 5000 of them!), you could earn a percentage of the cash spent. I’ve managed to earn over £3000 since I joined up a few years ago now – and you could too!
If you use my referral link below, you could also get a £15 boost (and I’ll be honest, so do I!) to get you started.
https://www.quidco.com/raf/326537/
Is it free to join?
Quidco has two membership options, Basic Membership and Premium Membership. When you first sign up to Quidco you will be enrolled on their Premium Membership. This will cost you £1 a month. This pound is only ever taken from the cashback you earn through Quidco.
They will never take money from your debit or credit card to cover this £1, it is only ever taken from cashback. If you take a break from using Quidco, there is no retention fee.
As a premium member you get ad-free access to Quidco, up to 10% top-up on cashback rates, double the difference in cashback guarantee, and up to 20% payout bonuses.
If you would prefer not to have £1 taken each month from your cashback each month you can downgrade to Quidco’s other membership option, Basic Membership. This is completely free and you’ll still get access to cashback from 5000+ retailers. However, you won’t get any of the other benefits that premium members enjoy.
How do you get your cashback?
As soon as Quidco receives funds from the retailer you bought from, they will have the cashback added to your account. Patience is important for this part, as it usually takes between 3-6 months. You can see the average payout time for each brand on the Quidco website.
You can also check the status of your cashback on your member’s activity page. If, for some reason, a payout takes longer than expected, Quidco will chase the payment for you so that you are both paid.
When the cashback is paid into your Quidco account, you have a few withdrawal options. You can either withdraw the money straight to your bank via a bank transfer, withdraw it to PayPal, or use the cashback to get an e-gift card.
Each method will typically take 48 hours for the money to land in your account or for you to receive the e-gift card. If you choose to withdraw your earned cashback via e-gift card, you also get a percentage increase on the amount called a payout bonus. If you’re a Premium member, the extra percentage will be higher, so you’ll receive even more cashback
Make money by playing games!
Yes that’s right, you can make some money by playing games on your mobile phone! Here are a couple of apps to download – just get playing!
TesterBuddy
TesterUp
SwagBucks
Free Shares!
Sign up with as little as a £1 and get given free shares (I may also get some as a referrer) – usually worth between £10 and £200 ! Keep them or cash out after a specified period! (Each offer varies so read the terms and conditions before signing up). Simply click on the trading platform logo and sign up!
Get potentially cheaper electricity plus £50 towards your bill!
If you switch to Octopus Energy using the link below, you get a £50 credit to your account (and so do I).
On top of that, Octopus have some great SMART tariffs such as Tracker & Agile which often work out 30-40% cheaper than the standard tariff!
There is an App called OctopusCompare which you can use to compare tariffs to see which works best for you. It uses your own historic data (you just need to pop in a couple of bits of information from your account) and then you can compare all of the different tariffs.
Switching to a SMART tariff is easy and you will start saving as soon as the switch is processed (which for me was just a few minutes!).
Please ensure the tariff is right for you by reading the terms and conditions on the Octopus website.
