Bing Rewards (Updated) + Tango Card + Swagbucks + PerkTV

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So Bing has a rewards program where you earn points for searching using their search engine and other features like its daily offers, and comparing Bing and Google search results.

Since its free to join I thought I give it a try. There is a limit to the points you get each day so it would take at least a month before you can actually be able to earn enough to redeem rewards. If you sign up with Facebook or a non Microsoft account you get up to 15 points a day for searches, but if you sign up for a Microsoft account as well you get 30 points a day!! Their rewards are not too bad, but nothing too amazing. They're still adding new rewards so its good to stick around! They always have some sort of sweepstakes that you can spend your points to enter in, and you can also donate your points to charity. Most of the other rewards are Microsoft products like Skype and Xbox credits. Then there are the usual Amazon and Starbucks cards etc. They do offer a Tango card which I never heard before. This card is most desirable to me.

I recently redeem a $5 Tango card. You use your Tango card to redeem a retail card, donate to charity, or redeem for cash (no longer an option). They don't have alot of options of retail cards. The retailers they have are: Amazon, Gap, Home Depot, Landry's, Nike, Target, Fandango, REI, Rixty, Pottery Barn, SpaFinder Wellness, Starbucks, iTunes, Zappos, Groupon, Facebook, 1-800-Flowers, Chili's, Maggiano's, IHOP, Applebee's, Kohl's, Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Petco, Bass Pro Shops, GameStop, AMC, The Sports Authority, Toys R Us, Staples, Overstock.com, and American Eagle Outfitters. When you redeem more Tango cards from Bing you can add up the value which is good since some stores have limited number of gift cards you can redeem per purchase. You can get the Amazon or Target gift card, and purchase gift cards for the retailer of your choice. So if you want a Sephora card you can get a Amazon gift card and use it to pay for a Sephora gift card at Amazon. I do wish they have a Paypal option as well. 

Other than Tango card, you can also get Swagbucks which is another rewards program. Through Swagbucks you can get more gift card options. Though the one that really is worth it to me is the VISA prepaid gift card which you can use anywhere you want that accepts VISA. Its definitely worth joining and joining is free. They have many ways to earn points but the I just mainly use the SwagTV apps and have videos play passively. There is a limit to how many points you get through videos unfortunately. Also the app is super buggy as in it gets stuck loading videos, and sometimes its just blank white screen for me. PerkTV is a much better video app. You can rack up points faster if you have the app playing in more than one device. So don't sell or trade in your old phones, but just keep them and have them play videos all day! Swagbucks however gets me more money than Bing and Perk though. Also do look up the rewards. Their $5 Amazon giftcard is only 450 while the $10 and up are 1000, 2000, etc. Which means if you get $20 worth of $5 it only cost you 1800 instead of 2000. Luckily Amazon allows you to add up gift cards' balances. Other stores like Sephora doesn't do that.

What I like about Bing rewards is that it doesn't require you to do much, or change what you usually do to earn these points. Also the rewards are $3-$5 which low and easy to achieve than many sites who have minimums of $10. Overall, I think this is a good way to get a tiny bit of money. Use my referral link to join if you're interested!

There is a way to sort of "cheat" the system. It seems you can sign up for up to 5 accounts on the same IP address. Using 5 account to build up points would take effort so its up to your if its worth it. Using search bots could cause problems so I wouldn't suggest it, and encourage you to use the searches normally. Also I wouldn't try to redeem rewards at the same time so redeem in one account one day and the other in another day.