I wasn't sure where to put this so hopefully here is okay...
A co-worker turned me onto Bing Rewards (
ref-link,
noref-link) a month or so back and I was quickly hooked by the allure of free stuff.
For those who don't know about this, Microsoft is offering a rewards program for users who search on Bing. You get points for doing up to 30 daily searches and can exchange the collected points for rewards (gift cards, raffles, discounts etc).
At the same time, I like to work smart, not hard, so I started finding myself wondering if there was a way to do the searches faster or automated. That is when I found
Pogocheats Bing Reward Bot. It will automate the entire search process for you.
- You just need to make sure you are logged into Bing
- Go to the Pogocheats Bing Reward Bot
- Put in the number of searches you want to complete. (Remember it takes 3 searches to earn 1 point)
- I recommend reducing search time to 3-5 seconds. It makes things go MUCH faster.
- Press "Start Searching"
I can now do all my searches with a single mouse click. Awesssomme.
Trying to be even smarter about this, I wondered how I could maximize my return. That is when I discovered in the TOS that they allow for up to 5 accounts per house hold. Signing up for 4 more accounts (using my original as a referral) I netted myself 2000 extra points and a daily extra of 100 points divided between the 4 other accounts.
Doing the math, I calculated how much I could earn and get rewarded;
1 account = 25+ points a day (doing pc and mobile searches using bot)
500 points = $5 Amazon Giftcard
so with 5 accounts, it would take me 20 days to earn a $25 dollar gift card.
That's about 5 minutes a day (1 minute to run bot per account), and it doesn't even include the bonus points you get!
UPDATE:Here are some extra tips on things I've noticed that have a huge impact after hitting gold status.
Your points per day earning potential increases to 40 (30 desktop, 10 mobile)! that's huge. In combination with the discount on prizes, this essentially reduces the time it takes to earn a $5 gift card on a single account
to 11 days!!!
Some might think the task of getting to the 700 points to earn Gold status is daunting, but all you need to do is think it through.
- Get yourself to Silver, by then you should have 250 points with the bonus they provide you.
- Start another account you've referred from your first and get it to 200 points.
That new account will earn 50 bonus points, and your first account will earn 500 pushing you into Gold. So you do the work to earn two hundred (second account), and earn an extra 550 points combined across both accounts AND Gold status.
Here is extra tip my brother discovered. You can do mobile searches on your desktop or desktop searches on your mobile!
The difference is in the link that is loaded for the PogoCheat Bing Rewards Bot.
If you want to do Mobile searches on your desktop use this link
http://www.pogocheats.net/bing-rewards-bot/mobile/It is the link that loads when you go to the reward bot on your mobile phone. To load the desktop version on your phone, just remove the word "mobile" from the URL in the browser after it initially loads and it should redirect you to the normal desktop search version.
Anyways, I wanted to share this setup I discovered to try and help out some fellow freebie lovers. I love to save, and if I can get Amazon swag or free months of Hulu then I'm down with that!
Happy Stashing :)