It may seem early to some of you but if you plan ahead, it’s easier to stretch out holiday gift purchases over the whole year rather than try to squeeze it into your budget at the last minute. I know many of you shop year round for the best bargains to help offset the holiday “squeeze”. Earning a few extra bucks to put towards your holiday spending is always a good thing, right? A few of my favorite ways to do that is by earning cash and gift cards through survey companies and using Swagbucks as my search engine year round (also to earn cash or gift cards).
- SWAGBUCKS– use Swagbucks in place of Google or other search engine to earn points good towards prizes, cash via paypal or gift cards. It’s super easy to use, especially if you download the tool bar. There are additional ways to earn Swag Bucks if you’d like to earn them at a faster pace.
- EBATES-Using Ebates for year round purchases is also a good way to build up a little holiday shopping fund. They pay out 4 times per year and you can set aside the cash back that you earned as a holiday fund. With thousands of merchants, you should be using Ebates for all of your online shopping- it’s like free money!
- PAID SURVEYS– a few of my favorites are MyPoints, Inbox Dollars and Pinecone Research. You’ll find a wide selection of opportunities in our paid survey category.
- USE COUPONS– I like to think of using coupons as saving cash to use towards something else. Check out our extensive list of coupon resources.
- CASH BACK– Check out this post on how to get the most cash back on all of your online purchases
How do you earn extra cash for the holidays throughout the year? We’d love to hear creative ways to earn a little extra income that can be put towards holiday gifts. Share with us by leaving a comment!
Kimberly says
I take all of my left over change and save it, at the end of the year, I take it to a coin machine and cash it in. 🙂 Thank you so much for your tips. 🙂