Journal for August 3rd

Here is my first detailed entry from my journal about my experience with CashCrate.com.

Before I start here is the format I follow:

• First I give the exact name of the offer that you click on in the members area of CashCrate
• Next, I give the payout (e.g. $1.00, $0.50)
• Finally I give my impression / brief review of the offer (how easy it was, how long it took, what information they asked for, if they sent a confirmation email, etc.)

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First I started off with the Daily Surveys ($0.80)
I didn’t qualify for the first one
The second one was about cell phone service, took about 5 minutes

Deal or no Deal - $1.00 (completed)
very easy, 1-2 minutes

Poetry contest - $1.00 (completed)
pretty easy, my poem was awesome by the way!
took less than 10 minutes

Stamps.com - $13 (requires credit card, completed)
very simple, took less than 5 minutes to finish
my only concern was if they are going to charge you after the trial is over
They cleared this up in their welcome email:

If you decide that Stamps.com is not right for you, cancel
your account before your 4-Week Trial ends and you will
not be charged any service fees.

Memo to self… cancel account when the money clears

Opinion Direct - $1.00 (bailed out)
didn’t like the look of the site, didn’t seem reputable

Mcdonalds - $1.00 (completed)
took 1 minute to complete
email confirmation came soon after

FastWeb - $1.00 (bailed out)
requires SSN, staying away from this one

Classmates.com - $1.00 (completed)
Need to sign up for a free account
Wow my high school actually has ~50 people listed
2 minutes to complete, very easy, and I might even use the site in the future

Nielsen Net Ratings - $1.50 (completed)
I did this one because Nielsen is a pretty trustworthy name
They ask you to install their monitoring software on your computer
Memo to self… uninstall software after the money is approved
4 minutes to complete, pretty painless

Synovate - $1.00 (completed)
pretty easy, had to do email confirmation
4 minutes to complete

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Summary:

• $20.30 earned
• approximately one hour worth of work
  • 30 minutes spent on the surveys
  • 30 minutes spent in between surveys, checking email for confirmations, etc.

$20 in an hour, pretty good (mostly because of the Stamps.com offer). I feel a lot of potential with CashCrate; if you could spare an hour a day, or 15 minutes here and there, you can make a pretty nice sum at the end of the month.