On Track to FI: Use Bing to search to earn points to redeem

I've been using Bing Rewards for a few months now, not very consistently because again I don't have Internet at home. Now Bing will give you some "Daily Offers" which are just either a 3 question quiz or a few links to click on and you'll earn credits for completing the "Daily Offers" on Bing Rewards. The amount of offers you get per day varies. Bing also gives you rewards points for every two searches you do on your computer, up to fifteen credits per day. Bing will also reward  you for every two searches that you complete on your mobile device, up to 10 points a day. Bing Rewards also has tiers of status. You either have Member status, which is basically just joining and using Bing Rewards. Silver status involves completing the "Welcome to Rewards tour", redeeming your first credits for a reward, and earn 200 lifetime credits. To obtain Gold status, you have to complete 150 searches per month to maintain Gold status and earn 750 Lifetime Credits and when you acquire Gold status, you will receive a 10% discount when redeeming your points for rewards.

Redeeming is quite simple as you click on redeem and depending on your reward, they'll send you an email on how to redeem  your reward. I've always opted for Amazon.com gift cards because they'll send you and email with the confirmation number and claim code to redeem your reward. Amazon.com gift cards never expire which is another reason I consistently choose Amazon.com gift cards as my reward. 

Rewards include:

• Outlook Ad-Free for 3 months
• Gamestop Gift Card
• Starbucks Gift Card
• Hulu 1-month free
• Donate to Boys and Girls Club
• Donate to Teach for America
• Skype Credit
• Skype Unlimited
• Xbox Live Gold Membership
• Windows Store Gift Card
• Xbox Store Digital Gift Card
• Movie Rentals
• Microsoft Apparel and Gifts
• Groove Music Pass
• Sweepstakes Entries

Rewards change sometimes but I average $5-10 a month throughout the year using Bing Rewards. I use Amazon.com to buy everyday things and I can save and invest my cash. It may not be a lot of money but every little bit helps.

Shopping App: Shopkick

One of my favorite apps to use while I'm shopping is the Shopkick app. Shopkick is an application that is available for iOs and Android that has partners such as Best Buy, Kroger, Meijer, Target, and many others. Shopkick puts a device in their stores and when you walk in to the store with your location and Bluetooth on you will receive a walk-in bubble with the amount of kicks credited to your Shopkick account as shown below:

Shopkick also has a few other ways to earn other than just walking in, another way to earn is buy scanning certain products that Shopkick and it's partners want you to scan as shown below:

Another way to earn Shopkick points is with purchases! All you have to do is link a Visa or MasterCard to your Shopkick account and your kicks will be rewarded in a few days! Don't worry as in linking your credit card is completely safe. Debit or credit will work just fine.  Best Buy is shown tomorrow but every retailer is different:

Recently Shopkick has added a new way to earn points which they call Kickbates which is if you actually end up buying a product you scanned to earn points, you will earn kicks by taking a picture of the receipt and uploading it to Shopkick, they will verify that you bought the product and award your kicks!

Everyone always wants to know about the rewards. On Shopkick, you can redeem with as little as 75 kicks which is AE Rewards where 75 kicks add 1 point to your AE Rewards. Some of them are charities and other are rewards such as gift cards. There is no cash option but the gift cards are the same thing. The list of retailers you can redeem for starts at a minimum of 500 kicks. The retailers are listed below:

Walmart

American Eagle

Red Box

Starbucks

Best Buy E-Gift Card

TJ Maxx

Marshalls

JC Penney

Old Navy

Game Stop

Macy's

Lowes

Toys R Us

Nike

The Cheescake Factory

Barnes and Noble E-Gift Card

Papa Johns

Foot Locker

Sports Authority

Yankee Candle

Aerie

Buca Di Peppo

Sephora

AMC Theatres

Restaurant.com

Fuel Gift card

1-800 Flowers.com

Fandango

Shutterfly

Hyatt

Saksoff5th.com

Tory Burch

Tiffany and Co.

You can also redeem your kicks for a few products as well but need quite a few kicks to redeem these which are listed below:

Sony Bluetooth Headphones

Coach Hand Bag

Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera

Samsung 32" Smart HDTV

Vespa

Now you won't earn kicks super fast but this app helps me save some money at the grocery store or buy stuff I normally wouldn't buy. Be sure to use our referral link as every 3 friends that join get 2000 kicks. Our referral link is Shopkick Referral. Be sure to keep the app updated as more ways and more stores appear to earn kicks may arrive. Thanks for reading and happy shopkicking!