Make Money with Inbox Dollars

I joined Inbox Dollars in March of 2010 because I am on a mission to get back to the way I originally started to make money online - by completing surveys and offers on GPT sites. I'm so thankful that I came across Inbox Dollars. Inbox Dollars is an easy survey system that I came across that will help you to quickly get the hang of survey sites and begin to make money online.

The great thing about Inbox Dollars is that there is a $5.00 sign up bonus just for joining. This was a huge perk for me because I love sites that help you to make money right away just by signing up. After registering with Inbox Dollars on their website I received a confirmation link that I had to click on to verify that I had given them the correct email address.

After clicking on the link I was taken back to the Inbox Dollars website and offered the opportunity to start to make money right away by completing my profile. There were also other survey opportunities available on my dashboard page that paid anywhere from $0.50 up to $40.00 and I was able to start completing them right away. Naturally I started to complete my profile, complete surveys and clicking on offers.

Inbox Dollars is a site that is really easy to use. I had a really easy time getting a sense of the format of the site and it was really simple to just click and fill out the surveys. The directions that they gave on the site were very clear and thorough. After reading through the directions, I felt very confident that I could follow their simple steps and start to make money right away by completing surveys.

Another great feature of Inbox Dollars is that you can make money by doing more than just filling out surveys and completing offers. Inbox Dollars will pay you to play games, shop, and refer your friends and family to their website. Once you sign up you can email your referral link to your friends and family. You will also receive daily emails from them that pay you just for confirming that you read their emails. You will also be invited to complete money making surveys that match your unique profile. Inbox Dollars really is a simple way to make money online.

For more information on Inbox Dollars please visit their website by clicking here.

Lesson #1

Okay, I learned a bit lesson this weekend dealing with Freebie sites. Freebie sites is kind of like GPT sites only it's...well different. I'm sure you've seen freebie sites before. They're the ones that say, "Get a free laptop." Then you are directed to fill out offers to get credits and after that you have to refer like 7 people to that site to do that same thing that you did and then you will get that laptop.

Sounds illegitimate and too good to be true. But this is really a good and true opportunity. To not go all out into the long drawn out discussion about this, I got involved in doing this. There are people that will actually pay you to be their referral and complete offers so they can get their freebie. I went green on a few sites and made about $50. Then I decided to go ahead and green on four more sites in one day. BIG PROBLEM. I would never recommend that anyone do this. I completed these offers and then was accused of fraud by the site owners. It is all one big mix-up because I have Cricket Wireless as my internet service provider and they do not assign a single IP address to each customer. Each time that I log into the internet I have a completely different IP address. I don't know why that is, but because of that I think that it is affecting my offers crediting on some GPT sites as well. I am not halting doing GPT offers and focusing on doing surveys on Inbox Dollars and other survey sites that come to my inbox. I am afraid that I will put a lot of time into these things and not get credit because of this stupid IP address issue. So in the end this weekend I lost $50. That sucks.

I am going to be changing to Cox Communications hopefully within the next few weeks and that will help resolve the whole IP problem because I will have a unique IP address. Please learn from my mistake and check with your internet service provider that you have a unique IP address prior to starting GPT, survey, or freebie sites.

My Progress

Wow, things have been busy. I have been signing up for survey sites let and right. I'm also really starting to think about how I want this blog to be. So let's start with the first statement.

I have signed up for at least 20 or more survey sites and I am making some money at it. The thing is that I am not organized at this point...which is a downfall and I can't tell you where all of my money is. I have money spread all over the place from sign up bonuses and earnings. My goal this week is to get things organized. That should be easy since I am on Spring Break.

One thing that I am going to do is create a spreadsheet to keep track of the survey sites that I work on each day and also to keep track of how much time I spend doing each site and the amount of money I make on each site, and which offers I do on each site. That was a long sentence...I know. But I really need to do that for two reasons:

1. I am realizing that when I do certain GPT sites not all of my offers are crediting. Yup, you read that right. Sometimes that just happens and I don't know why. But I'm going to start keeping track better so that I need to I can dispute those things and get my money if they don't credit by filing a non-credit request with that individual GPT company.

2. I'll know how much money I am making each day.

Okay, and the other thing that I decided that I am going to start really paying attention to is how I layout and come across in this blog. There are so many GPT sites out there that just list the names of different GPT and survey sites and then ask you click on their banners or referral links. That's a way to make money (through referrals) but I want to be so much more than that. So I plan on sharing my successes and failures with GPT sites, telling you which ones work and how to make money on them, and also sharing information about my life.

Hope you'll stay with me through the journey.

Challenge Problems - Rewind

Okay, I had a few personal problems going on this weekend and I didn't really put the time I was supposed to into this challenge. In fact, aside from Friday night I haven't done anything really. I did signup for a whole lot of GPT sites and I made $11.50 just for signing up for these sites. So far I am a member of these sites:



They have a $5.00 sign on bonus so that was a nice plus! Want to make a quick $5.00? Just sign up with them by clicking on the banner above.



The signup bonus is actually $1.50. I think they just need to update their banner. Anyway, you know what to do if you want that signup bonus.



No bonus, but good offers and nice payout.

Survey Savvy This is a place that you have to get invited to take surveys. Think about when you go to the mall and those people ask you to do surveys. I've never done this yet. I'm hoping to get invited for one soon. Someone I know does them and she has made $195 after doing six surveys.


No signup bonus but another good site with high paying offers.



Another great site.



Although I'm not greedy, I figured I could make some decent money on a site like this.

So as you can see. I signed up for a lot of sites. I'm going to go now and try some offers. I'll be writing a review of each of these sites in the coming days and I'm extending my challenge because I haven't had a far chance at it this weekend.

$100 Challenge this Weekend

I'm a person who is deadline oriented and in order to keep on top of things, such as this blog and GPT sites, I need to set goals for myself. I think that I can make $100 this weekend. In order to do this I have to be strategic about it. So here's what I'm going to do.

1. Join new GPT sites. There are many sites that pay you just to join so I'm going to do some research on Google and sign up for ones with high payouts, a good reputation, and sign on bonuses.

2. Strategize my offers. Sometimes you will see the same offers on multiple sites but one site might be paying more than others. For example, GPT site A will pay you $10.00 for signing up for a Netflix trial and GPT B will pay you $15.00 for signing up for that same trial. The thing about GPT is that you can only do an offer or survey once because it would be considered fraud to try to signup more than once just to get the money. So anyway, in this example it is obvious that I would sign up for this offer with GPT site B and make an extra $5.00. I also need to pay attention to incentives in calculating which sites to work for.

3. Log my hours. I want to know how much time it is going to take me to make this $100.00. Being that I'm starting this again after many years of not doing it at all I'm sure that it is going to take me longer than it would someone who has been doing this for a while...but we'll see.

So please come around this weekend to catch up on my progress with the $100 Challenge.

Tips to Maximize Profits and Save Time

Here are some tips to help you save lots of time and make more money $$$ -- which is the whole point of all of this, right?

You really need to be clearing your cookies after each and every offer. That is how you ensure that your offers are going to credit. It is a necessary step. You can use the one that is in your browser but I recommend that you download CCLeaner. Keep the box up while you are doing offers and then when it's time to clear cookies just click "run cleaner" and it clears off all the unnecessary files, cookies, cache etc on your computer. This is an awesome FREE program that I have been using for years and it keeps my hard drive very happy.

Also, I've repeated this many times so if you haven't downloaded Roboform. This is a great time saver. It will fill survey and offer forms with one click of the mouse. That means more money in your pocket.

Other than that I recommend that you pay attention to ALL contests and incentives on the site that you are doing your offers on. So for example if it's March 13th and you have time to do offers but then you see that on March 14th there is an incentive where you will get $1.00 for each 10 surveys that you complete on a GPT site -- then of course you are going to wait until the 14th of March to complete your offers so that way you can earn more money. See how it works? It's just logic. Remember, there are no deadlines and the surveys will stick around for a little while before they are deleted from the GPT site. My mottos is to work smart...not hard. But I'm sure you've heard that before.

Well that's it for now...good luck :)

How do you get started?

Since you're here I'm sure you're contemplating whether or not to join a GPT site or maybe you're ready to jump straight in. Please feel free to check out the sites that are listed on my blog. These are sites that I am a member of and I have experience with them and their pay structures. These are also the sites that I will be talking about in my blog in the future.



Deal Barbie Pays is one of my tried and true sites. I'm so glad that my account is stll active with them after being away from so long. Things have changed recently. Christina is no longer the owner and a new lady named Barbara is. From what I hear she is pretty respected in the GPT and freebie trading world. I am sure that she will continue to make Deal Barbie Pays an awesome site with awesome payouts.

The thing that I love about this site is that the offers pay higher $$ than most sites, you can earn prizes by earning "signs" with every that you complete. You can then use those signs to earn gift cards, upgrade your membership, and so much more. There are also jackpots and games on the site. It seems like there is always some kind of incentive going on just for being there. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE HAVING A $5.00 SIGN ON BONUS just for joining.

This site is also huge on incentives, bonus, and contests -- which are a great way to help you increase your earnings. Not sure what I mean? Here is a list March 2010 Contests from the site:

March 1-6

Top 3 Members earn a % of their earnings

1^st Place – 50%

2^nd Place – 30%

3^rd Place - 10%

March 7

Complete 1 offer get $1

March 8-10

Every $5 earned gets a random promo code

March 11

Every 10 offers completed gets $2 bonus

March 12

$10 to the person who completed the most offers (15 offer minimum required) - $2 to those who complete 15 but did not win

March 13

Earn $1 get a $1 bonus

March 14-20

Complete the most $1+ offers

1^st Place - $25

2^nd Place - $15

3^rd Place - $5

March 21-27

Pick your animal contest!

Each animal is worth a hidden amount between 1 cent and 25cents. This will be your bonus for the week multiplied by the number of offers you completed. So if you get the 10 cent bonus and complete 10 offers you will get $1 bonus.

Your selection must be made by the 9pm on the 27th.

March 28-31 (Contest will end at 11PM)

Every 10 offers completed gets a random promo code between 25 cents and $10. No limit on number of promo codes earned.

As you can see, it is pretty easy to earn even more money by all of the incentives that are offered on this site. If you are stratetgic and choose to complete more offers on the days of these contests you can easily increase your earnings. Deal Barbie Pays is the very first GPT site that I signed up for and I'm still sticking with them.

So are you ready to start? Here's three simple steps:

1. Go to Deal Barbie Pays.

2. Sign up today and recieve a $5.00 sign up bonus.

3. Read through the tutorial and start making money. And be sure to come back to my blog for help on making more money with GPTS.

That's it. GPT is so simple and sweet. Seriously. I do want to recommend to that you start off slowly. Visit the site often, spend a bit of time getting used to how it works and learning how to be successful with the free surveys. One things is for sure...you will be amazed at how quickly your earnings will grow.

Money for Surveys

Let's talk about the free surveys that will pay you money on GPT sites. You complete free surveys that take anywhere from 1 - 3 minutes to complete. They are pretty simple forms and if you are using Roboform, which you should be if you want to be fast and make more money. Roboform is FREE to use.

For each survey that you complete you will get paid anywhere from $.10 to $2.50 for completing it. The average payouts that I see range from $0.50 to $1.25. Now some of you might not think that this sounds like a lot but let me remind you that you are only spending 1-3 minutes doing these surveys. So if you have RoboForm you get to that page and click on your RoboForm toolbar and you're done. Some surveys ask for just your email address and names and others ask for a little more info. Each survey company (remember, the advertiser) has its own set of rules and I will tell you about them later. Anyway, once you are done with the survey the company will let the GPT site owner know that you have completed their survey and you will get paid. You are usually credited for completing a survey within 24 hours. Sometimes it is instant though. Pretty simple, huh? You can do very well by completing free surveys and offers ($200-$400 a month). I try to do as many free offers as I can. They're so simple and it really adds up.

So just to get you guys thinking a little about how much you can make with this. Let's say that you are on average taking 2 - 5minutes to complete surveys and they're ranging from $0.50 to $1.00 a survey. At that rate that means that you can complete 12-60 surveys in an hour and that you would earn anywhere from roughly $ 6.00 to $60.00 in doing so. Not bad for not having to pay any money at all and doing very simply work.

Welcome to My Journey

Hello everyone. Being that I'm a full time student, mom to four kids under the age of 4, and going through some rough financial times I've decided that it's time for me to go back to what is easy and works. I started doing GPT sites right after my daughter was born in 2006 as a way to earn extra money. I did get successful at it and easily made $200 a month without really knowing much about what I was doing. Fast forward four years and I have done other types of internet work then. I got heavily involved in transcription (which by the way helps me to churn out articles at 90 WPM). But after my husband got laid off a year ago, I decided to go back to school to finish my degree in teaching (and I'll be done in December 2010 -- Yeah!)

So here are the top 10 reason why I'm becoming a GPT Mama...again.

10. I think that if a student with four kids under the age of four (I have 9 1/2 month old twins) can do this then anyone can.

9. My family really needs some extra money and I want to chart my progress.

8. I have a goal of making $1000 a month in GPT money....more is welcome and would be great!

7. I want to help others out there to make money. People are always asking me how to make money online. I want a place where I can just send them so they can follow the steps that I took.

6. I really do enjoy helping people and giving away free information.

5. More money will allow me to pay off some bills, get out of debt, and by a house. Hey, I dream BIG!!

4. I enjoy not having to work for someone else. Even though I'm going to be teaching once I get my degree I am an entrepreneur at heart. I figure this will be the best of both worlds...that sounds so much like Hanna Montana.

3. I want to go on more vacations...need money for that, right?

2. Money is tight right now and we need some money. Blunt, but true.

1. GPT sites are easy and there are no deadlines. I'm my own boss and I can work when I want.

So the main thing that I am going to do different this time about is obviously blog about my progress. You'll get to see everything that I do here to reach my goal of earning $1000 a month. I'm sure I'll do a lot of things right along the way, but I'm sure I'll also make some mistakes. The good thing about you being here and watching is that you'll be able to avoid making the mistakes that I make and you'll profit if you decide to follow my steps to success, which I'm sure I'll make because GPT is so simple and easy to do.

Another thing that I'm going to do different this time around is to treat my GPT stuff like a business. The last time that I did it I was like, "Oh, I'm taking some surveys for cash." No...well, that is what I'll still be doing but I'm going to get really methodical about it. I'm putting on my entrepreneur brain and really digging into making this a sustainable, viable business that will produce profits and residual income.

Interested in watching my journey? I hope so. It'll be fun :)

Awww shucks...

Well, I didn't win the contest. I was a little confused about the actual start and stop time for the contest. It stopped at midnight EST and I am on MT time. But oh well, I'll be sure to pay more attention next time. The good news though is that I completed about 50 offers and made at least $65 bucks!. All I did was freebies too!

I love Deal Barbie Pays!

Not to be corny, but I really love this site. Not only is it the highest paying GPT site that I know of, it is totally cool. The site owner Christina always has contests going on. Like today's contest is that for every 10 offers you complete you get an extra $3.75. Not bad at all. Plus if you complete the most offers you get some prizes of money or signs. What are signs?? Glad you asked...signs are kind of like bonus points that you get whenever you complete an offer. Some offers give you 1 sign, some give you 7 signs, etc. There are prizes for collecting signs too. Right now I'm working on collecting 800 signs so I can get an Ipod Shuffle. I figure I'll have it within the next month. I'll be sure to post pics too.

Anyway, I'm heading over to Deal Barbie to try to win this contest and earn some more $$.

Freebies Tips ad Time Savers

Most of the GPT programs have "freebie" offers. These are offers that do not require a credit card. They do not pay a lot (anywhere from .10 to several dollars) but take very little time to complete...anywhere from 10 seconds to 3 minutes in my experience. Doing freebies is a very quick and easy way to increase your earnings...especially if you are unable to or do not wish to use a credit card. Or prehaps you want to start off with free offers and then work you way up to trial offers after you've received your first payment. The earning potential with freebies is probably more than you would think. I earn at least $200 a month from them and the potential is even more. The following are some helpful tips to assist you in making the most of the "freebie" offers.

First, be sure to set up several email accounts using Gmail. If you need an invitation let me know and I will try to help.

Be sure to clear your cookies between every freebie offer.

When filling out the freebie forms make sure you use accurate information. Lying about your name/address etc will risk your account being placed on hold and your earnings revoked. You shouldn't worry about getting a lot of junk mail through the postal service. I've been very active with gpt programs for over 6 months and I might get 1-2 extra pieces of junk mail per week. However, the email accounts you use on the freebie offers will get hit with a lot of junk/spam. This is why you never use your main email account when submitting freebie offers. The trial offers are different. They are mostly with reputable, honest companies who have a strict privacy policy and will not sell/share your personal info with anyone else.

Another thing about the free "survey" offers is that they can be somewhat tricky in that some seem endless and fool you into thinking you must continue in order to qualify for your reward. Who wants to spend 10 minutes on an offer to only make $.50? On many of the free survey offers all you need to do is submit the 2nd page (which contains your email address, name, ph. number etc). Some freebie survey offers require that you do several pages until you see a message at the top thanking you for submitting your answers. There will be another survey beneath this message which you do not have to complete. Here are some more helpful tips about this below.


When to stop on freebies (a great time saver--you may want to print this):

Consumer Promotion Center - Submit 2nd page

Brand Survey Panel - Submit 2nd page

Consumer Expression - Do until you see message in black at the top that reads "Thank you. Your information has been received successfully...". There will be an additional survey beneath this message. Do not do it.

My Elite Rewards - Submit 2nd page

Rewards Gateway - Submit 2nd page

Consumer Beat - Do until you see message in black at the top that reads "Thank you. Your information has been received successfully..."

Winning Surveys - Do until you see message in black at the top that reads "Thank you. Your information has been received successfully..." (I've actually had these offers approve as soon as I complete the 4th page or the page that asks about your housing (own/rent/value etc). You might want to experiment on a gpt site by doing a few just to this point and see if they approve. If they don't then continue until you see the message saying your info has been received)

Big Buck - Do until you see message in black at the top that reads "Thank you. Your information has been received successfully..."

My Insider Deals - Give info and choose offer on 2nd page. Submit. Your done.

Survey Networks - Do until you see message in black at the top that reads "Thank you. Your information has been received successfully...

My Select Gifts - Submit 2nd page

Opinion Direct - Do until you see message in black at the top that reads "Thank you. Your information has been received successfully..."

Savings List - Submit 2nd page (choose offer)

Net Panel - Done when progress bar in upper right corner shows completed and when you see "Exclusive Bonus Offer..." at top of page. When you get to this page the progress bar will be empty again but you are done.

IYO - Submit first page

Important: Get several email addresses

If you decide to join the programs make sure you set up separate email accounts. The downside to doing so many freebie offers (the free offers that require no credit card) is that they will generate a lot of junk email. You will want to sign up to the GPT programs using a main email account and one which you check often. The programs will, on occasion, send you important information about your account and will also notify you when a payment has been processed or an offer has approved etc. When you do trial offers you will also want to use a main email account (I use the same one I use for gpt site registration). The trial offers will send you a confirmation email of your membership/order which you will want to keep. If the offer does not approve then you will need the confirmation email, which is proof that you completed the offer, to request manual credit.

The freebies result in a ton of junk emails. To protect your main email account I recommend you set up several "junk" email addresses and alternate these when doing the "freebies". There are also several little "tricks" that you need to master in order to insure a high rate of approval on your freebie offers:

First thing to remember is that you should clear cookies on your pc between every offer.

You cannot use the same email address on more than one offer in the same family. For example.. If you are planning to do 10 Winning Surveys then you must use a different email address on all 10 otherwise only one of them will approve. You need to be seen as a different member each time you fill out their surveys and they keep track of this through your email address and cookies. So clear cookies and use different addresses on each offer. You do *not* have to create 10 different email addresses for this. What you should do is open a Gmail account. Their email service is free and offers a ton of storage. Create an email address with the maximum characters which is 30. For example, ilovetomakeextramoneyongptsite@gmail.com. When you do your first Win survey you will use that address. When you complete the second Win survey you will use the same address but place a period between the first two letters (i.lovetomakeextramoneyongptsite@gmail.com). On the next Win Survey you will place a period between the second and third letters (il.ovetomakeextramoneyongptsite@gmail.com)...and so on. Continue with this pattern until you are at the end of your address (stop just before the @ symbol). Then change things up a bit with the next survey. Place a period between the first two letters and another period between the last two letters (i.lovetomakeextramoneyongptsit.e@gmail.com). With the next Win survey you can move the last period closer to the first.. between two different letters. I follow a certain pattern with the periods when I do my freebie offers. By the time I'm finished with an email address I have used it well over 100 times.. on over 100 different freebie offers ... and the last time I use the email address I put a period between every single letter. Then it's time to retire that email address and move on to another. You will need to do this with all freebie offers that are within the same family. If your freebies are not approving, this might be why.

Additional Tips

Additional Tips and Advice:

** Use either Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox to complete your offers. Using Netscape or AOL can cause problems with your GPT accounts. Ask the GPT site owners for more details.

** Make sure your computer does not have a proxy server. Contact your internet service provider if you are unsure. GPT programs prohibit the use of proxy servers for various reasons. If you have one then you must contact the site owners and discuss this with them.

** Start slow. Don't rush in and do a lot of offers all at once. Whether you start with freebies or paid trials...complete only a few the first day. Wait and see if the offers approve. If they do then you know you are probably doing them correctly. Do twice as many offers the next time and examine how well they approve before doing more. If more than 20% of your offers are being denied credit then we need to figure out what the problem is or what you might be doing wrong.

** Go into your internet options ("tools" link in your browser) and change your privacy setting to "accept all cookies" if using Internet Explorer or "Allow sites to set cookies" if using Firefox.. Also, check your Advanced tab and make sure that "Override automatic cookie handling" is not checked. Disable popup blockers when completing offers. If enabled, they may interfere with offer approval.

** Once you join the programs I recommend that you spend some time in their forums (not all have them) and read all of the pinned threads. Rules are often outlined within these threads as well as tips and advice on how to maximize your earnings.


** Never repeat the same offer on different sites. Keep track of your offers.

** When you do trials make sure that you do not cancel before you have received the product or before logging into their website and taking a closer look at what your membership involves. You are suppose to do offers that you are legitimately interested in. When you do an offer and cancel before logging in or receiving the product then this lets the advertiser know that you only did the offer for the incentive. The advertiser can revoke your earnings for that offer. If this occurs too many times the site owner might make the decision to place your account on hold.

** You will need to submit a W9 tax form to each gpt program site once you reach $600 ($400 on some sites) in any given year. The gpt sites are obligated to report any earnings over $600. At the end of the year they will report your earnings to the IRS and will also send you a 1099 form showing your total earnings. Income from gpt programs is considered "misc. earnings". To learn more about filing "misc" earnings or to learn how your income from these programs will effect your filing status etc please contact the IRS. They have always been very helpful when I have called with questions.

** Do *NOT* sign in to your accounts using anyone elses computer and do not let anyone else sign into your account. If they detect more than one IP address on your account it will be closed and you will not be paid. They check for this monthly. Some sites will not mind if you check the status of your account from another computer but other sites will not allow it. Also.. you can't refer anyone that lives within your home. For more rules on this subject read the FAQ or "help" section of the gpt programs.

** I've been told that it's best to sign up using a different username on each gpt site.

** Most gpt programs pay by check and/or paypal. To accept paypal payments you will need to make sure that your account has been verified. To do this you will need to link your paypal to a checking account or credit card. It's easy and safe.


This is a lot of information and it all may seem a little overwhelming at first. I recommend you join the programs and then take one at a time...learning their rules and understanding how that particular program operates. Before you know it ... you will be a GPT expert.

Tips Maximize Your Profits and Save Time

Here are some tips to help you save lots of time and make more money.

Helpful downloads (free):
I highly recommend that you download CCLeaner. Keep the box up while you are doing offers and then when it's time to clear cookies just click "run cleaner" and it clears off all the unnecessary files, cookies, cache etc on your computer. It will not erase anything important. Keep in mind that when you are logged into any site and then clear cookies... it will also clear your log-in cookie which inturn will log you out of the site. In order to prevent this from occuring open your ccleaner box, click "options", then "cookies". There will be 2 boxes. The box on the left contains websites you have recently visited. The box on the left is your "safe" box. Click on your program url's in the left hand box and add them to your safe box. This will prevent you from being logged out when clearing your cookies... so you will not have to log back in every single time you complete an offer.

Also download Roboform. This is a great time saver. It will fill in long registration and checkout forms with one click.

Sign up for a Free Private Phone Number with Netzero and use it on freebie offers since many of them will generate unsolicited calls. Anyone who calls your netzero number can leave a voice mail which you can check by phone or online.


Tips for doing GPT programs:
If you do the paid trial offers most will require a credit/debit card and you will need to cancel before your trail date ends in order to avoid being charged a monthly (sometimes weekly or yearly) fee. You will need to keep up with your offers and dates to cancel. I keep a notebook on my desk for this purpose. Every time I complete a trial offer that requires my credit card I write this info down:

* Date I signed up
* Company name and website address
* Length of trial period and date to cancel by (highlight the date)
* Fee for activation (sometimes $1) or shipping/handling charge if one is involved (you might do a trial for a hygiene product, for example, in which you pay $3.95 for s/h but will earn $25 for completing the offer)
* Monthly/weekly fee involved if you fail to cancel
* Company phone number and/or instructions to cancel
* Reward for doing the offer

Example:
4/7 Bargain Network bargainnetwork.com- 30 day trial - Cancel by 5/6 (highlight this) - $1 activation fee - $14.95/mo - 1-800-xxx-xxxx - $10 reward

After I write this information I leave a few lines underneath so when I cancel I can add the following:
* Date I canceled
* Person I spoke with and their i.d. or extension number (ask if they don't tell you)
* Cancellation confirmation number (ask for one if they don't offer it).
* Make note if you received and printed out an email confirming your cancellation (place printed confirmation in folder)
example:
Canceled 4/27 - Karen i.d. # 2593 - cancellation confirmation # 390102804 - copy in folder


The above may seem complicated but it really isn't. Once you do a few trials you it will all make sense. It takes me maybe a full minute to write all the above in my notebook. I highlight the date to cancel and I scan those dates every 2 or 3 days to see if I need to cancel offers. I try to do several cancellations at one time. Once I cancel I make a red line through the offer so I know it's taken care of but I keep the info visible incase I need it later on... if my cancellation failed to process correctly. Some people prefer keeping up with offers on a spreadsheet. Just do what works best for you.

Important Information about Prepaid Gift Cards:

Prepaid Gift Cards is my preferred method for offers that require a credit card or trial. They are also great for people who don't have a credit card...like teens, or whoever.

To avoid being wrongly charged I highly recommend that you use a prepaid Visa/Mastercard gift card to complete trial offers... or any offers that require a credit card. A prepaid gift card is one which you can purchase online, through your bank, and even from some local merchants. The cards usually cost anywhere from $3-$6. Put as much cash on the card as you want and then use this card to complete your trial offers. I don't recommend Prepaid Credit Cards because these types of cards will often allow insufficient charges whereas prepaid gift cards will decline all charges if the available balance on the card is too low.

It's always best to cancel your free trials before the deadline but if, for whatever reason, you fail to cancel in time... you do not have to worry about loosing money. And there are a few shady companies that advertise with these programs who have been known to charge credit cards after cancellations... so in my opinion it is best, especially on the offers that will require a large fee, to use a prepaid. The majority of the advertisers are honest and reputable but there's always a few exceptions. A prepaid will protect you from them. I used my bank debit card for an offer and ended up being charged $58 bucks after I canceled...so don't take the above suggestions lightly.

How do you get started?

Well, you can click on any of the banners or links you see on my page to sign up or you can go directly to the site. Clicking on my links posted here gives me referral credit though and would be helpful to me :).

I complete trial offers as well as "freebie" offers every month. You might want to start with the freebies. I often recommend to others to start off slowly... Visit the sites often, spend a bit of time getting used to how they work and learning how to be successful with the free offers. You will be amazed at how quickly your earnings will grow. Then once you receive your first payment you might want to invest $25 of it into a prepaid gift card which you can use to complete trial offers. In just a few hours you can turn $25 into $250.. or more. After you receive your earnings maybe reinvest $30-40 into a prepaid and turn that into $300 or more. Do the offers when it's convenient. That's what I really love about earning money through gpt sites. You can do the offers when you want, when you feel like it, and when you have the time. With my paid surveys and the gpt programs I should be able to make an easy $600-$800 a month and that's just from doing offers a few hours a day. It is possible to make so much more. A friend who got me into doing GPT sites averages $1300 a month!!

Here are the links to my favorite sites:

Cash Duck
Deal Barbie Pays
Cash on Tap
Rock Hard Cash

What is a 'GPT' Site?

GPT stands for "get-paid-to". Basically, there are websites that are free to join that pay you cash to complete short surveys and to sign up for trial memberships with online companies. So far I've not found an easier or faster way to make money online.

Let's talk about the free surveys. You complete free surveys (most take about 3 mins) and you can get paid anywhere from $.35 to $2.00 for completing it. Pretty simple. You can do very well by completing free surveys and offers ($200-$400 a month). I try to do as many free offers as I can. They're so simple and it really adds up.

You can really kick up your earnings by signing up for trial offers that require little or no money upfront. Some of they do require a valid credit or debit card number, but some do not. If you don't have a credit card you can use a prepaid gift card with a Visa logo. So for example, you sign up for a 7-day trial at Bargain Network. The trial costs $1 and for signing up you get paid $10. As long as you cancel the services prior to your trial deadline then your card is charged nothing else. If you do not cancel then you are basically agreeing to continue with the service and are giving the company permission to charge your card a fee... usually on a monthly basis but sometimes can be weekly or annually. If you feel uncomfortable using a credit/debit card online then get a prepaid gift card that can't be charged more than what you put on it.. so you don't have to worry about a company charging you for fees after you cancel.

So how does this work...you might be wondering. GPT programs make their money through advertisers. The advertisers pay the programs to recruit new members to try their services/products for a short period of time... hoping that they will remain a paying member after their trial period has ended. To make money.. you simple click on an offer that you find interesting and sign up for a trial membership. You are under no obligation to remain a member and you may simply cancel your membership before your trial period ends. There are hundreds of offers and new offers are added regularly.