These Apps Pay You to Do (Almost) Nothing

Getting paid to do (almost) nothing is a beautiful thing.

Seriously! While you’re prepping for all those summer parties, just scan in your grocery receipts to get cash back.

You have to buy stuff anyway, so scanning the receipts for them is practically doing nothing!

Ibotta is a super easy-to-use cash back app with 100+ retailers, both in-store and online. Anywhere you do shopping, most likely you’ll find a cash back opportunity!

So before you head to the store, check the app for items already on your shopping list. Bananas? Hit that + sign in the app. Orange juice? Tap that + sign again.

Go shop.

At home, take a photo of your receipt and scan the barcodes of items.

Now you got yourself some cash back!

Here are some cash-back opportunities we’ve seen:

  • 50 cents back for any item
  • $1 back on milk
  • 80 cents back on all Post cereal brands
  • 50 cents back Frito-Lay Chips
  • $1 back Newman’s Frozen Pizza
  • $3 back on a 6-pack of Shock Top beer
  • $2 back on Purex Liquid Laundry
  • $2 back on Colgate Total Mouthwash

Ibotta is 100% free to download and you’ll get a $10 sign-up bonus after uploading your first receipt. On average, Ibotta users save $20 a month on groceries even at Walmart and Target so start saving now:


Earn Gift Cards At Your Favorite Stores

Shop with Drop at Target

Drop is an easy-to-use app that lets you earn gift cards on stuff you already buy from your favorite brands. It’s the ultimate & modern loyalty card without the card.

Self-proclaimed Target-addict? Get points for your purchases there.

Do you eat Cookie Butter by the spoonful from Trader Joe’s? You get points for all your purchases there too.

You need that Triple, Venti, Soy, No Foam Latte from Starbucks? Yep, you guessed it. You get points for that too! Whaaaat?

Connor from The Bill Wizard team already redeemed his $20 Starbucks card after only 3 weeks! We’re really loving Drop since you can earn gift cards on popular brands you already buy from. Easily set it up and watch the points drop in.


Auto-Find Savings with this Useful Bot

Think of Trim as your personal finance assistant bot that will non-judgementally inform you of your spending, negotiate down your cable/internet bills so you don’t have to, and your coupons & savings finder.

Credit card users will often see Trim offering coupons and savings to your grocery shopping, restaurant dining, and even movies. I’ve gotten almost $30 cash back on these offers alone after I activated them!

My favorite is the movies offer!

The groceries offer can be used multiple times too so it’s been super useful when shopping.

How to Sign Up:

  1. Head over to Trim to sign up for free
  2. Choose if you want to communicate via SMS Text or Facebook Messenger
  3. Link a Credit Card or Bank Account (256-Bit SSL Encryption ensures your info is safe! Trim has no access to moving money or making any changes)
  4. Let the savings begin!


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