Free Money Opportunities Worth Over $200
By Pinyo • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: Personal FinanceIn the past few weeks, I have been compiling a list of ways to make some money off sign up bonuses and giveaways. I have compiled a decent sized list, and have added to my sidebar under Featured section: Deals, Specials, and Freebies. And I would like to highlight a few of them here:
Revolution Money Exchange ($25 sign up bonus)
If you perform financial transaction over the Internet, you know what PayPal is all about. I have been a loyal user of PayPal for many years, and I’ve paid nearly a $1,000 in transaction fees to PayPal over the years. Well, now there’s an alternative called Revolution Money Exchange.
Revolution Money Exchange doesn’t charge you any transaction fee, unless you request a check or paper statement. On the flip side, it doesn’t pay any interest either.
Ebates ($5 sign up bonus)
If you shopping online a lot, I highly recommend Ebates. Ebates is a online rebate and discount coupon service that has hundreds of merchants in its network. When you want to buy something, just log in to Ebates first and check if any of its merchants is carrying the item. If so, just follow the Ebates link that take you to the merchant’s site. From there, there is no difference in your shopping experience. Next thing you know, you’ll get some money back via Ebates.
So far, my wife and I have earned almost $100 from Ebates. Some of the items we bought include Dyson dc18 vacuum, Apple iPhone, soaps, lotions, and diapers.
Additionally, be sure to register your online purchases with PriceProtectr. PriceProtectr will send you an email if they notice any price drop within the price protection period. I have claimed almost $20 through PriceProtectr so far.
Upromise ($10 sign up bonus)
Upromise.com is known for its College Savings programs. When you sign up and activate your account, you’ll earn $10 toward your college savings plan. Additionally, it has an online shopping program similar to Ebates. Money earned through their shopping program is also added to your 529 Plan.
Giveaways
I am also listing giveaways in my deals page. Currently, there are two worth up to $150. Check it out.
- SmartyPig Review and a $50.00 Giveaway at Gather Little By Little (ends 4/13)
- Kick Off Second Quarter With A $100 Giveaway (ends 4/31)
Freebies
Here are a couple of freebies:
- TradePub.com — Get hundreds of popular finance magazines, white papers, webinars, podcasts, and more; all available at no cost to you.
- AnnualCreditReport.com – Free credit report from each of the three major reporting agencies.
- Free eBook: Money Matters of All Ages
Other Great Deals
For more great deals, please visit my Deals, Specials, and Freebies page. I update it regularly, so please be sure to visit it often.
This article was featured in:
- The Money Hacks Carnival #8 hosted by Be Thrifty Like Us. For more information please visit the Money Hacks Carnival.













I love revolution money exchange so far. No fees is where it’s at. Let’s see how long that lasts though.
thanks for all this! too bad i already signed up for U Promise
I’ve never heard of Revolution Money Exchange, thanks for the summary, will check it out as an alternative to pay pal that I’ve been using for some years
Doesn’t UPromise require you to make a charge online with one of their partners to get the $10 bonus?
@No Debt Plan — I believe you have to make one purchase. I already have Upromise before the bonus offer so I don’t know the detail. The detail on their site seems to collaborate your statement.
Great links, never knew about these before! Am checking them out now
Thanks for the links- I’m going to bookmark-
Lisa
I’m a bit sceptical about these offers, can you really make any money with these things? Enough to be worth the time and effort?
@Cindy — If ou use PaPal a lot as I do, you could save significant amount of money. I have paid almost a $1,000 in PayPal transaction fees over the years, and I intend to move want I can to RME.
As far as Ebates, between my wife and I we already got nearly $100 in rebates and referrals (about half/half).
I just started with Upromise. I think one purchase so far.
Lastly, my giveaway is definitely for real.
And the freebies are real too.
Thank you for all your great links - we all like to make a little extra - especially when it’s free!
Great list!