2018 Getting less skint

[skint]

So this is 3.09am on 1/1/18. This year I am going try various ways to make money from home. I don't have any income at the moment. Literally none. I don't want to start with a sob story as I hope that this diary will be a positive place to come to that will help to spur me on.
So far I have signed up for surveys, what users do, qmee,swashbucks, some focus groups, top cashback and quidco. I am looking at match betting but i'm not quite ready yet. In theory I 'made' £200 in December but since it's all tied up in points etc lets not count our chickens until they are a bird in the hand.

 

[skint]

Ok, I need to find out more about phone apps. I need a new phone but I need one that will pay for itself.

 

[The Reverend]

You can pick up cheap android phones for buttons at the moment.

VYPR = £10 a month for no effort
TMS New Poster Challenge = £5
TopCashBack = £15

Thats £30 without much effort and no spend.

but for proper money, check out @Jon WFH Blog post https://blog.themoneyshed.co.uk/working-from-home-toolkit/ as you'll earn plenty from that. You will have to actually do some work but give it a go

The Reverend

 

[skint]

You can pick up cheap android phones for buttons at the moment.

VYPR = £10 a month for no effort
TMS New Poster Challenge = £5
TopCashBack = £15

Thats £30 without much effort and no spend.

but for proper money, check out @Jon WFH Blog post https://blog.themoneyshed.co.uk/working-from-home-toolkit/ as you'll earn plenty from that. You will have to actually do some work but give it a go

The Reverend

Thanks for that Reverend. VYPR looks like what I need. It's a bit strange starting just before Xmas as everything changes pace so it's hard to judge what's slow just because of Xmas.
I bought a moto c from giffgaff through topcashback so I'll check VPYR out as soon as it comes.

 

[The Reverend]

Thanks for that Reverend. VYPR looks like what I need. It's a bit strange starting just before Xmas as everything changes pace so it's hard to judge what's slow just because of Xmas.
I bought a moto c from giffgaff through topcashback so I'll check VPYR out as soon as it comes.

Currently you can get £17 from topcashback PLUS a £5 argos voucher.

http://thereverend.co.uk/blog/money...or-free-with-topcashback-during-january-2018/

Vypr is great but not a big earner.

 

[skint]

Well, £5 just tracked on topcashback from giffgaff and my work phone alarm just went off so that's the end of my first workday of 2018 done.

 

[skint]

So this year, so far (today) I have signed up to market force and been surprised by how many jobs were available that I could get to. 40 mile round trip but I do it most weeks anyway. Found out a bit more about phone apps. Not sure if they are for me or not but have bought a new phone. Not my dream phone but at least the os isn't so old fashioned that you can't even get snapchat. I was seduced by the topcashback offer from giffgaff and cash back seduction is a danger zone for me. I also signed up to a couple of market research companies for focus groups. So no actual real profit. I need to reconnect with selling on eBay. I used to make quite a lot from that many moons ago but it was a different marketplace then. I stopped enjoying running my shops when the big companies got in on it. One more thing I did today was start posting on here.
2018? So far so good.

 

[skint]

Hmm, just got a populuslive £3 survey to do and it got stuck at 14% and wouldn't accept any occupations so wouldn't move on and wouldn't let me restart goes off in a huff to look for after eights.

 

[Christine2]

Hmm, just got a populuslive £3 survey to do and it got stuck at 14% and wouldn't accept any occupations so wouldn't move on and wouldn't let me restart goes off in a huff to look for after eights.

I used student and proceeded ok...must be a technical problem

 

[skint]

I didn't try student but I did try quite a lot of common jobs that didn't work so I emailed them about it. At least the after eights got tidied up.

 

[skint]

Well, I thought I would be up and at em today but my head is splitting and the weather is bleaugh! Made my to-do lists last night same as usual, but I don't think many things will be getting crossed off.

 

[skint]

Oh dear. Started to feel a bit shivery. I thought I had shifted my Christmas flu bug but it seems not. Lots not done but what is new and positive?

* Global Test Market - I actually got all the way through a survey I am constantly getting screened out which is ok now and then but not over 20 times in a row and not when it is so far into the survey. I will be cashing in soon.

* I Have £22 cleared in Prolific so will be cashing that out. Really enjoy these ones and hope that there will be lots more when the Unis go back.

* First Royal Mail Survey stuff came. Play James Bond for stamps. Not sure if it will work for me. I had hoped the stamps would encourage me back on to Ebay. We will see. I love my postman.

 

[LouLou42]

I myself have signed up for a few different sites to earn some extra money/vouchers. I didn't realise that VYPR existed so glad I read this thread so that's another app to add to the others that I have downloaded. I am finding them quite handy, even though not huge payouts it's something to do while travelling to work or I have some spare time

 

[katykicker]

*waves* welcome to you! I'm a bit of a survey queen!

Good luck to you and I look forward to seeing how you get on.

 

[skint]

katykicker you are THEE survey queen. It was reading your 30 day bootcamp a month or so ago that started me off.

jojoR480 some things definitely fit in better than others. I've only been at it 3 weeks but I already have some favourites.

 

[skint]

Ok not the most productive day I've ever had but as well as the earlier stuff I did a wee bit banking/spreadsheet updating and donated my 74 swagbucks to charity. Got lots to do in town tomorrow which I'm not looking forward to if today's weather repeats itself. Night night,

 

[skint]

It has been a technically challenging day. Not the actual phone which arrived and is ok. It's not really as good as my fire phone but the lack of apps is killing that. I think I am going to shop for the phone I really desire and write early to Santa. Not a lot done today money wise as I was out doing other things. A couple of surveys for pennies and some Qmee.

 

[usmania]

Download the sun app or join online and get a fiver https://savers.thesun.co.uk

 

[skint]

Good if you are collecting their holiday tokens.

 

[skint]

Nobody seems to love me at the moment Prolific, What Users Do and Populus where are you? I thought we were friends.