An app called Ibotta lets you earn while shopping, visiting restaurants or going to the movies. You upload a photo of each receipt, and rebates are added to your account.
Other apps, like Field Agent and Gigwalk, send you out to do tasks — checking prices in a store, for example, or taking photos of items for sale. You can earn roughly $3 to $12 per gig.
Or try cash-back shopping apps: A few are Ebates, Mr. Rebates and Dollar Dig. These earn you money for buying stuff you were going to buy anyway. Instead of starting your shopping trip by going directly to a retailer, start at the cash-back site.
Here’s how cash-back sites work: When you click on the store link, the cash-back site gets a finder’s fee that it shares with you, the consumer. Rebates vary from 1 percent to over 20 percent, depending on the retailer. Just about anything you want to buy can be obtained this way. A few examples: airline tickets, gifts, pet products, apparel, contact lenses, specialty foods, furniture, electronics, flowers, shoes, cosmetics, home improvement products and even DNA testing.
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