Earn, Save & Live Smart
Being financially fit starts with making and saving money.
Whether it be through a career, a side job, or earning money doing the things you are already doing like earning rewards for shopping or earning a few bucks for taking a survey, making sure money is coming in the door is the right place to start.
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Passive Rewards & Income (Doing the Things you are Already Doing)
Listed below are all our articles on making money, or select the category you are interested in above for more specific articles.
Making $500 a day might seem like a lofty goal, and honestly, it is. In fact, it’s over $10,000 a month if you’re working every day during the week. But in this post, I’m covering some realistic online money-making ideas and gig apps you can use to earn $500 a day. I’ve personally used several … Read more
Opinion Edge is a popular survey site where you can get paid for sharing your opinions about popular topics. So, I signed up for Opinion Edge to learn how it works and to see how much it pays versus other popular survey sites. Over the course of about 4 weeks, I’d occasionally answer a survey … Read more
Want to get paid for your opinion? Hate combing through survey sites for opportunities? Then Recruit & Field may be for you. It’s a legitimate market research and paid focus group firm looking for input from consumers, business owners, and medical professionals. But there’s no dashboard to log into. Instead, this company calls or emails … Read more
Branded Surveys is one of the most popular survey sites out there that’s already paid out millions to its members in rewards. So, I decided to sign up for Branded Surveys and test it out for a couple of days to learn how it works and how much it pays. In this time, I successfully … Read more
These days, there are so many apps that pay you out there. And it’s never been easier to turn your smartphone into a side hustle. However, a lot of apps just pay pennies or don’t pay members at all. So today, we’re covering some of the best apps that pay $100 a day (or even … Read more
If you’ve ever used survey websites to make money, then you know how frustrating a lot of them can be…Low payouts, frequent disqualifications, and buggy UIs can ruin an otherwise decent survey platform. That’s why I’m excited to share TopSurveys with you – a brand new survey platform that lets you earn cash and gift … Read more
MakeMoneyOnline.cash is a brand new site where you can get paid to download apps, play games, and complete surveys in your spare time. And the company says you can earn over $100+ per offer and make way more than using sites like Freecash. Now, I’ve tested out dozens of gpt sites over the years. So … Read more
Survey Junkie is one of the most popular companies in the paid survey industry. And it lets you earn gift cards and cash by sharing your opinion. So, I decided to sign up for it and test it out to see how much it really pays. In my testing, I answered 8 surveys in about … Read more
Rewarded Play is an Android gaming app that pays you with free gift cards for playing new mobile games. I spent a few days testing it out, during which time I played 3 different games. I earned my first $5 gift card after just 2 hours of playing, cashing out to Amazon without any issues. … Read more
Kashkick is a rewards website that lets you earn by answering surveys and downloading new apps and games. So, I signed up for it and tested it out for a few days to learn how it works and how much it pays. In that time, I earned a total of $28 by completing surveys and … Read more