5 Simple Ways to Earn Gift Cards Using Your Phone
Mobile phones are good for many things. You can use them to manage your money, pay bills, shop online, and to find a job. But did you also know that you can earn gift cards using your phone?
There are all sorts of mobile apps, websites, and even browser extensions that you can download to earn points, which can eventually be redeemed for gift cards. Instead of waiting until your birthday or the next holiday to get a gift card to your favorite store, start earning today!
Here are five simple ways you can earn free gift cards using your phone.
- Drop
Get rewarded for shopping using the Drop app. The biggest benefit of using Drop is that once you set it up, there’s no other work for you to do. Unlike other apps that require you to send in a picture of your receipt, Drop keeps the process as simple as possible.
Once you’ve signed up for an account, all you have to do is link the debit and credit cards that you use to make purchases. Every time you make a purchase using one of those cards, you will earn points.
Points can be redeemed once you’ve earned $5 (5,000 points). Drop offers gift cards to many top retailers including:
- Amazon
- Walmart
- Costco
- Trader Joe’s
Before your next shopping trip, this is an app you’ll want to have on hand.
- Shopkick
Shopkick is a great rewards app, especially if you like to shop and don’t mind completing simple tasks. The unique thing about Shopkick is that you not only earn rewards for shopping, you can also earn by walking into a store, scanning barcodes, or linking your credit and debit cards. Referrals and scanned receipts will also earn you points.
Each time you complete a task in the app, you’ll be given a certain amount of points, known as “kicks.” Kicks can be redeemed for all sorts of prizes, including gift cards. There are tons of retail gift cards to choose from, including Starbucks, Best Buy, Target, and plenty of others.
As a new user you’ll automatically earn 250 kicks. If you refer friends, you’ll earn another 250 kicks!
- Ibotta
Like most people, you probably head to the grocery store at least once a week to pick up food. Using Ibotta you can earn points and cashback just for shopping for items you need.
Ibotta has paid out more than $500 million to its users. As a new member, you’ll earn a $10 bonus just for signing up!
What’s nice about Ibotta is that cash back offers are available on a variety of brands and products. Many of the cashback offers only require that you purchase a certain item vs. a specific brand. For example, you may find an offer for purchasing eggs, milk, cheese, or bread.
But Ibotta isn’t just for earning cashback at the grocery store. The app also offers rewards for cosmetics, apparel, and other items. No matter if you shop online or in store, you can benefit from using this cashback app.
To start earning, you can simply send in a receipt of your purchase, link your store loyalty card, or make mobile phone purchases, which are automatically tracked by the app. As you earn rewards, you can cash them out for gift cards to a variety of stores including Walmart, Target, iTunes, and many others.
- AppKarma
Using AppKarma, you get rewarded for trying other apps! If you’ve installed the app for the first time, you’ll instantly earn 300 points. While you earn points for downloading and trying out apps, you can earn even more points for playing with the apps that you’ve installed. Play them each day to earn extra bonuses.
AppKarma also offers other earning opportunities such as watching videos, checking-in, and referring friends.
AppKarma also rewards you when you earn an achievement badge. For example, you may earn extra points after you install five apps, check-in five times, or watch 25 videos.
- Swagbucks
Swagbucks is a well-known paid survey app, but the company also offers a mobile app for Android and iOS devices. The biggest benefit to using Swagbucks is that there are all sorts of ways to earn points (known as SBs).
While there are always plenty of surveys to take, you can also earn SBs by:
- Watching videos
- Testing mobile apps
- Playing games
- Searching the internet
- Referring friends
As you earn SBs, you can redeem them for a gift card to your favorite retailer. Some gift cards can be purchased for as little as 85 SBs! Always check the rewards store to see what gift card deals are available.
Conclusion
Earning gift cards is made easy with these five mobile apps. Be sure to download a few of them today so that you can start saving and earning!
