Swag Codes: An Easy Way to Earn at Swagbucks ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

Swagbucks offers dozens of ways to earn SB points towards free gift cards or Paypal.  One of the easiest is to enter daily Swag Codes.

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Swag Codes ~ An Easy Way to Earn at Swagbucks

Each day Swagbucks offers a special code that when entered at their site gives anywhere from 2 to 10 points. They are usually issued in the afternoon and are most often only valid for one hour.  The way I find them is to check their Facebook postings.  Once a month they have a swag Code Extravaganza day where they offer a code every couple of hours and the total for the day is usually anywhere from 30 to 50 points (a point equals at least a penny towards gift cards).  Below is an image of my Swag Code activity for part of June.

This is hard to read, but regular codes are just words--often more than one but with no spaces between--with each word capitalized.  These codes are the same for every member and you can share them.  The other codes, words with a series of letters and numbers after them, are called "stealth" codes.  Each is only good for the person with that account.  Swagbucks will share a link on their Facebook page to the page with the stealth code.  You simply copy and paste it into the Swag Code box on the same page.

When you hover over the above Swag Code sign, found on the top center of any Swagbucks page, a box will appear below it in which you can type or paste the code.  We don't get every code, but we get many of them, and they add up nicely over a month to help us with our free gift cards and Paypal cash outs.

If you aren't already a member you can click this link to Join Swagbucks and Start Earning Free Gift Cards and Cash Today!

These instructions are from my experience on a laptop and are accurate at the time of posting.

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Disclosure:  Links to Swagbucks in this post are my referral links.  Thank you for using my links.  By signing up under one of these links I will earn 10% of some of your earnings.

Check Swagbucks Inbox for Earning Opportunities ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

Swagbucks has hundreds of different offers available to do to earn SB points.  One of the best ways to find easy ones is to check your Swagbucks inbox.

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Check Your Swagbucks Inbox

• You can find your Swagbucks inbox on the home page.
• On the top right hand side of the page by your SB counter.

• Click to open.
• Offers will be listed individually just like in an email inbox.
• There will be an expiration date listed as well as the name of the offer and how many SB each is worth.  When one is expired it will show that, also.
• Some offers require signing up with an email while others require a full address or a purchase.  But many are videos to watch or simple quizzes to take.
• You can delete any you don't want to do and the ones you do choose to do after you complete them.  There will be a number on the home page by the inbox to let you know the number of offers you have so if you keep older ones deleted you will know when new ones are available.

In the illustration above the 2 SB offers such as "What can you do after a heart attack?" are short quizzes, but usually it credits to your account without doing the full quiz.  I like these ones.  As you can see I avoid the ones that obviously cost money to earn.  I usually scan my inbox for the lowest SB, 25 and under, as those are the ones that are usually free to do.

Tip:  the Watch & Earn seem to expire quickly so it is a good idea to check your inbox throughout the day when you can.

As you can see from the SB earned for the time spent the hourly rate of earning is far below an income earning rate, but for spending some spare time working thru Swagbucks offers we earn a nice extra savings and spending allotment.

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These instructions are from my experience on a laptop and are accurate at the time of posting.

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Disclosure:  Links to Swagbucks in this post are my referral links.  Thank you for using my links.  By signing up under one of these links I will earn 10% of some of your earnings.

Earn with Swagbucks Search Engine ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

Swagbucks search engine is an easy way to earn points called SB to trade in for free gift cards or Paypal.

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Swagbucks Search Engine

• On the top left side of the Swagbucks home page is a box to type in what you want to search for. Periodically throughout the day SB are rewarded for searching. Each time you visit Swagbucks throughout the day search once or twice.
• Do NOT keep searching and searching – they ban users for that.  If you are going to win an SB you will usually win in the first three or four tries.
• Many members watch the visitor posts on Swagbucks Facebook page to see when others are winning.
• SB rewarded for search vary from 5 to 100 – I usually average about 7 (today I won 39).  I average two wins a week.
• When you win you will most often have to enter a captcha code to receive the SB’s, so stay on the page until the search is completed so you don’t miss it.
• By using the Swagbuck’s search engine throughout the day as your default search engine you may earn SB’s.
• Earnings vary but I seem to average 15 SB’s a week.  I see others earning that much or more each day, but I have never been that successful.

Click this link and Join Swagbucks and Start Earning Free Gift Cards and Cash Today!

These instructions are from my experience on a laptop and are accurate at the time of posting.

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Disclosure:  Links to Swagbucks in this post are my referral links.  Thank you for using my links.  By signing up under one of these links I will earn 10% of some of your earnings.

Earn thru nCrave at Swagbucks ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

nCrave is one of my favorite ways to earn points (called SB) for free gift cards at Swagbucks.  Most days it is how I earn the most SB as some of the nCraves automatically advance to the next page and I have these running nearby while I do other work.

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nCrave on Swagbucks Watch

The idea behind nCrave (short for Entertainment Crave) is to introduce Swagbucks members to various websites and content.  There is a countdown clock for anywhere from 10 to 60 seconds for each page and any number of pages from two to dozens.  SB earned vary from one to ten or more for each series.  Different times of the year the same nCrave can be worth few or many SB, they can even vary within one day, but usually just by one or two.

How to nCrave on Swagbucks

• nCrave offers are not always available, you need to check back throughout the day.
• Click on the "watch" link on the left hand side of the Swagbucks homepage.
• Click on the "nCrave" link on the left hand side.
• If they are available you will see several images with descriptions and how many SB you can earn from each.

• You can choose any, click on it and it will open in another window with instructions.  Many you need to click thru slide shows or click a like or not for me button after the clock ticks down to get the next one to come up.
• My favorite are the auto-play.  Look for the little circle with the arrow in it (see the image above--the left hand one).
• Two things you may need to do to make them auto-play.
• Sometimes there is a button to click to "begin exploring."
• Secondly, be sure each one has the green discovery mode check mark (see below).  If it is grey you must click it to get it started.  After the clock counts down it will automatically take it to the next page.
• Some of them require the mouse to stay on the page to work, so check for that.
• EDITING TO ADD 4/29/2017:  There are currently some autoplay ones called "Discovery."  These are actually nGage.  When you choose one of these the new window will have a green button " Start Earning" to click.  This brings up a new window on top.  You need to move this window down so you can see the original page.  Then you need to click the grey X so it becomes a green check mark.  This will set it in autoplay.  These you do not need to keep the mouse on.  They also seem to go quicker than the others.

• When the auto-play is completed you will see a keep craving sign.  You can click on that, but you never know if another auto-play will appear or one you need to click.  So I recommend closing that window and opening another auto-play of your choice.

Tips for Getting nCrave to Re-appear

I have read on forums a few tricks people use to get nCraves to show up on their Swagbucks Watch page.  I have tried some of them and sometimes it works and sometimes not, but they may be worth a try.

1. Clear cookies and cache
2. Do the daily crave (on the list on the left of the homepage).
3. Do some of the "Engage" titled offers on the watch page.
4. Close the window and re-open Swagbucks in a new tab.
5. And if there are nCraves but no auto-play offered do a couple of the click thru ones and the auto-play ones may appear.

I just learned about nCrave a couple of months ago and it has helped me earn a lot more free gift cards from Swagbucks.  I hope this tutorial helps you earn more, too.

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These instructions are from my experience on a laptop and are accurate at the time of posting.

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Disclosure:  Links to Swagbucks in this post are my referral links.  Thank you for using my links.  By signing up under one of these links I will earn 10% of some of your earnings.

Play Games at Swagbucks ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

Playing games is another way to earn free cash and giftcards at Swagbucks.  There are many games available that cost money to play.  We do not play these, we play the free games and those are what we will share below.  But if you already pay to play games you may want to check out the ones offered at Swagbucks.

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Playing Games to Earn Cash and Gift-cards

• You can earn ten points called SB each day on the free games.
• This is ten SB for the total of all games played, not each one.
• You earn two SB after each two games played.
• Once in a while there is glitch and you need to play three.  If it seems stuck on

Taking Surveys thru Swagbucks ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

Taking surveys thru Swagbucks can be quite rewarding.  I have seen several members on Swagbucks' forums discussing it is their favorite way to earn.  I, Cheryl, do not enjoy taking surveys, but Sarah does and has earned a nice amount thru doing them on Swagbucks, but I have taken advantage of the Pre-Survey Questions earnings. If you don't like taking surveys you may want to at least do those (see below).

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Taking Surveys

To get started click on the If you have recently signed up for Swagbucks and haven't done any surveys there should be an introductory survey to take to unlock other surveys that fit your demographic.  You will earn five points called SB for this survey and more will unlock.

Pre-Survey Questions

On the right hand side of the page there should be survey questions for you to answer where you will earn two SB for every ten you answer.  These answers will determine which surveys you should

Three Favorite Watch Earning Opportunities ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

Three of our favorite ways to earn thru Swagbucks' Watch offers are actually active activities--meaning you must click thru to earn the points called SB.  Other Watch offers will scroll thru on their own.  But I often set up my laptop while eating breakfast or lunch and click thru these offers when they are available.  All of these have been "named" by Swagbucks members and they use these names when discussing the offers.

Note:  These offers appear off and on throughout the day, more often early in the morning.

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• Click on the "watch" link in the left hand side bar.
• If he is available click on him.  A window will pop up.
• Click to start the offer.  Another window will pop up.  You will need to move this aside enough to be able to see the first pop up window.
• There will be a countdown clock (see image below)--anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds.  After it counts down the grey standby button turns green.  Click it to go to the next

Quick & Easy Daily Points to Earn at Swagbucks ~ How to Earn at Swagbucks Series

Three quick and easy ways to earn on Swagbucks are the Daily Poll, Deal of the Day and Daily Search.  Links to these are found on the left hand side of the home page about half way down.

• Click on the Daily Poll and it will open a new window.
• Answer the one question poll and earn one point called an SB.
• Click on the Deal of the Day and it will open a new window with an advertised deal.
• That earned you one SB.
• Click on the Daily Search.
• This will take you to a predetermined search of the Swagbucks search engine.
• You may or may  not "win" any SB for this search.  They are random throughout the day.  Use the Swagbucks search engine for your regular daily search engine and you