Making Money as a Stay-At-Home-Mom!

How It Works
I signed up for a Neobux account on 10/22/09. You basically get about .01 per advertisement you click on. The catch is that you can only click on about 4 to 6 per day. It takes about 30 seconds to view each one. You could also pay them to get referrals, thus getting money from your referrals' clicks, but I never participate in any program that I have to pay for. It sort of destroys the point of it for me.

Payment
Once you receive $2.00 worth of clicks, you can cash out. After you cash out the first time, the limit goes up to $3.00, etc. Once you reach the cash out limit, your payment is instant to PayPal or AlertPay. I had a .04 fee to receive it via PayPal.

Payment Proof
 
Recommendation: WASTE OF TIME, but it does work.
This does pay out, but it took me 39 days without missing a day to get $2.00. This just really seems like a waste of time for me when I have alternative options that pay better.

Link: Neobux

Okay, this is SO easy to do. It takes me about 10 minutes a day, tops. I get about 300 points per day and you need 3000 points for a $5 Amazon gift certificate. That means if I'm diligent, that's a $5 gift certificate every 10 days.

How it Works
You do searches on the iRazoo search engine on anything you want. You can "review/recommend" up to three web sites per keyword or search phrase. You get 8 points just for a yes or no recommendation, and another 8 points for a comment along with your recommendation. The only thing that slows this down is that you have to wait 30 seconds on a page before you can make your review. Otherwise, this is VERY easy. The searches take me about 10 minutes a day and they reset every day at midnight.

Payment
Once you receive 3000 points, you can redeem them for an Amazon gift card code. I've been a member since about 10/28/09 and have received enough points for three $5 Amazon cards. Keep in mind, I got three referrals, so that was an extra 150 points to my total.

Payment Proof
After redeeming my first $5 Amazon Gift Card with iRazoo on 11/5/09, I received it via e-mail on 11/25/09. There was a 20 day wait to receive my code. I have redeemed it with Amazon and verified that it is a working code. See Payment Proof below.



How to Join
There are no special qualifications to join. Just sign up and start searching! Click here to join!

Recommendation
Official recommendation is pending first payment receipt. Tentatively, I will say this program is highly RECOMMENDED due to its ease of use and fast payout times.

Created: 10/28/09

Last revised: 11/25/09

This is a one time $25 for writing reviews about local businesses. I found out about it from another work-at-home mom's blog. Click here for the site.


How It Works
E-mail them through their Facebook site with the area you would like to do reviews for regarding local businesses. Write ten 60+ word reviews on local businesses and they will give you $25 through PayPal.


This is a one time thing, but it's an easy $25. You just need a Facebook account!


I've heard that this is only available through November 24, so contact them soon!

Payment Proof

I started training with kgb_ on October 9, 2009. First, I have to state that I am not an employee of kgb_. They require you to be an independent contractor. People text in random questions and you have to answer them. You are paid .05-.10 per question that you answer. This takes practice to get fast at it! I've gotten to the point where I can make $4-6 per hour, but it took about a week to get that good.

How It Works
You first have to pass the Agent Challenge. Once you pass it, it took one business day for me to get an e-mail to begin training. You are not paid for training. You have to spend a few hours going through PowerPoints and some quizzes that teach you how everything works, then you take a readiness test. After I passed that test, it took another business day and I was given access to the training simulator. Once the simulator was completed (it was in the morning), I received an e-mail that evening that I could begin shadowing. Shadowing means you answer real questions and are paid for them, but someone is reviewing every answer to ensure it meets their standards. After about 80 questions were reviewed, I became a full Agent! You can usually log in whenever you want to answer questions for as long as you want, but my understanding is that you must schedule at least 8 hours a month to remain active. For me, that's a piece of cake.

Time Spent Thus Far
So far, I've spent about 40 hours on it, which includes the training simulator questions. Keep in mind, a big part of why I haven't made more is due to the learning curve. Once I got past that, it became much easier to make money.

Payment
kgb_ pays by direct deposit to your bank account on the third week of the month AFTER you have worked. So far I've made $100.50 for the month of October. Now that I've gotten pretty good at it, I'm making more and able to spend less time on it.

Payment Proof (added 11/19/09)

Link: kgb_

Created 10/20/09
Last Revised 11/19/09

I will be reworking some of the stuff on this blog today. My goal is to move some of the program info posts into more cohesive reviews. I also want to make it easier to navigate through the various programs and get summaries and recommendations without having to sift through everything.

Bare with me! Assuming the baby is cooperative, I hope to have it done today! Thanks!

Update: 11/19
Just want to let you guys know I'm still working the design (as you can see). This one is kind of complicated, but it's the only one I could find that I felt would easily keep all of the information sorted. Hopefully it will be done soon!

Full review coming soon!

Here is payment proof for Swagbucks. I received the Amazon gift code for the points I redeemed on 11/4/09. This is great! I now have $36 in redeemed Amazon gift codes towards my husband's Christmas present!

I've been a member of MyPoints since 1999!

How It Works
You can make purchases through MyPoints sponsors and get points per dollar, but I would really only do this if I'm already planning on buying something anyway. That said, I always forget to go through MyPoints, so all the points I've made have been through free methods. To do this without spending any money, it can take a long time. It's not time-consuming, but it can take months to rack up enough points for a good reward.

The trick is to sign up for MyPoints Bonus Mail. You'll get a few e-mails a day and usually you get 5 points for clicking on a link in the e-mails. They also send surveys occasionally and you can get 10 points if you don't qualify for the survey or some varying amount if you do. I go in spurts of being consistent with clicking on these things, so since 1999 I've made 19372 points (as of October 20, 2009). I probably would have made quite a bit more if I'd been consistent with it.

Payment
I figure for just a few minutes clicking on stuff a day it eventually adds up to enough points to get a reward, which is usually in the form of a gift certificate. In 2008, I had saved up enough points for a $50 gift certificate to the Ritz-Carlton, which I used for my wedding night. That was convenient! Right now I have 4272 points in my account and am saving for a $50 Target gift card. It will come in handy for some stuff for the baby when I need it.

While it will take a long time for you to get anything out of it, you WILL eventually get something out of it. With a minimal time commitment, I absolutely recommend doing it. I have always gotten the rewards that I've chosen.

Payment Proof (Added 11/16/09)


To join:
I have to ask, please send me a message with your e-mail address and I'll send you an invitation. I get 250 points for referring someone and it would be great if you could help me out!

Reviewed on 10/20/09
Last revised 11/18/09