Freebies, Coupons and Making Money: Point Programs

For quite a while I've used online point programs to get fun things for free. So I've decided to share a few at a time so you can too, it doesn't take much time and I get things like photo prints, magazine subscriptions, and other things free quite often.

Before I get started here's my #1 Tip: I use a separate email address for all the point programs I do, namely so I only look at the emails when I want to and I don't have to wade through so many just to get to my personal emails.

Point Programs

My Coke Rewards

• How to Use: Find points on coke products and packaging


• What You Can Get: there are plenty of rewards to choose from, but I use most of my points on photo credits from snapfish and magazine subscriptions that I wouldn't treat myself to otherwise.


• Where to Find Codes: there is really only one place to find codes - on coke packaging and under coke product bottle caps. While Richard and I don't drink soda all that often it's pretty easy to ask friends who do to save the codes. I know plenty of people who drink lots of coke but don't use the rewards program. So if you're not a soda drinker - don't write it off, just ask around! One of my old roommates would go so far as to take the caps from the recycling bin at her work for me (I made sure to get some prizes for her too!)


• My experience: Over the few years I've used this program I've managed to get at least ten rewards each year including yearly subscriptions to Vanity Fair and Readymade, as well as photobooks and prints from Snapfish.

Swag Bucks

• How to Use: Sign up. Use the site to search the internet. Get swagbucks. Trade them in for items or gift cards. If you shop online you're also able to use their website as a portal to online stores and receive points for the money you were planning to spend anyway. You also get points for referring friends, so if you decide to join you should use my referral link above to help me out!


• What You Can Get: Apple, Target and Amazon gift cards, ipods and electronics, clothes and even office supplies too.


• Where to Find Codes: there are Swagcodes that pop up from time to time on the SwagBlog and the Twitter account, I don't lurk all day hoping to get a code (as they are generally only good for a few hours) but have been lucky a few times to have the right timing when I did glance at the site.


• My experience: Just today, only two weeks after signing up I had earned 450 swagbucks which I exchanged for a $5 Amazon gift card. The gift cards can be stacked so I plan to earn a few more before making an Amazon purchase so I can get a couple things from my wish list for only the price of shipping.