First off, for anyone who is unfamiliar with Swagbucks, you can earn points towards cash or prizes just by doing what you do all day. Searching and shopping online. You can follow their directions to add Swagbucks as a search engine on your toolbar. Then when I search for sites or information at home or at work (like I normally would use Google for), I am sometimes picked as a winner and awarded so many points as a prize.

Swagbucks has changed their point system, so you will notice a new look to the site and the notifications. The new 20 Swagbucks I just won for searching equals the old 2 Swagbucks I would have won. They took your current points and multiplied it by 10 to get your new point amount.

They also changed the look of their site a bit. The prizes have all been adjusted to reflect the higher point values too. So don’t go over thinking you are going to get an iPhone with your 2,900 Swagbucks, which is what I did!

I cashed in my first round of points a few months ago for $5 which was put into my Paypal account. I now have enough points to get $20 in cash put into my Paypal account, or $30 in an Amazon.ca gift card. Not too bad for just adding them as my main search engine and doing what I do normally. There are also a lot of prizes to be won or cashed in for.

If you are looking to make some extra cash without doing anything different, then I recommend Swagbucks. Note: You won’t ‘get rich quick’ on this, there is no such thing, but you may have enough at the end of the year to help pay for your Christmas presents.