Did you know that you can get free gift cards to pay for your favorite things? I love getting gift cards – especially when they’re free.
Is there a pair of shoes or a designer handbag that you’ve been eyeing for months? If you’re anything like me, you probably don’t need another pair of shoes. But we can never have enough.
It’s hard to justify for things we don’t need, especially since we’re trying to build wealth.
What if I were to tell you that you can get them for free using free gift cards?
Accumulate enough free gift cards and it’s yours. You can wear them guilt-free knowing you got them for free. However you want to spend your gift cards is entirely up to you.
Ready to get started?
10 Simple Ways To Get Free Gift Cards
1. Ebates: $10 Walmart Gift Card
Ebates is the largest cashback website with over 2,500 brands such as Walmart, Groupon, Macy’s, Sephora, Amazon, Forever21, TripAdvisor, Expedia and so many many more.
Stores pay Ebates a commission for sending you their way, and Ebates shares the commission with you by giving you cash back.
All you have to do is sign up for an Ebates account, make a purchase, and you can you get a $10 Walmart gift card.
Ebates is very simple to use and you can get up to 40% cash back. All you have to do is shop through their portal on Ebates.com or the app. If you’re worried that you might forget to use Ebates when shopping, then just download and install Ebates browser extension.
Register here: Claim your free $10 gift card
Related: How to Make and Save Money with Ebates
2. MyPoints: $10 Amazon Gift Card
MyPoints app has been around since 1996 and has awarded over $236 Million in Gift Cards and PayPal Cash.
There are many ways to earn cash, travel miles, and Amazon gift cards with MyPoints.
You can earn points by taking surveys, watching videos, searching the web, playing games, reading emails and shopping at 1900+ top retailers. You can redeem your points for PayPal cash, Amazon gift cards or 75+ other retail and restaurant partners.
If I don’t know what to buy for someone, I get them a gift card. Now you can earn points by buying gift cards.
Register here: Claim your FREE $10 Amazon gift card after spending $20
3. Grocery Shop with the Ibotta App
If you like saving money on groceries, but hate clipping coupons and carrying them around, then Ibotta app is for you.
Ibotta app is very easy to use. Before you shop, add offers on products you need by completing simple tasks. After you’re done shopping, take a photo of your receipt to redeem your offers.
Ibotta will match the items you have purchased to the offers you selected and your cash back will be deposited within 48 hours to your Ibotta account.
Choose whether you’d like cash or free gift cards that you can use at major retailers.
Register here: Earn up to $20 bonus
4. Use Honey Chrome Extension
If you’re like me, you shop around until you find the best deal.
Now you don’t have to anymore.
Honey is a free Chrome extension that automatically finds and applies the best coupon codes on your purchases when you shop online. For every 1,000 points you earn from your purchases, you get a free $10 gift card.
Honey has partnered with thousands of online stores to give you the best possible prices without having to search for coupons.
Not only do you get instant savings, but you also get free gift cards. Most of my shopping is now done online to avoid all the hassle (sometimes I even get my orders in less than 24 hours from Amazon). I use Honey to save on my purchases at Amazon.
Register here: Claim your $10 gift card
5. Dosh – Get Instant $5 Cash
Dosh is my new favorite cash back app. I know I know. Another cash back app. But Dosh is really awesome.
To get $5 cash, all you have to do is download the Dosh app on your phone and connect your credit or debit cards. Dosh is safe and secure and will not share your data with unauthorized people. They use bank-level encryption software to keep all your personal information safe.
Shop like you normally do at stores you love using your credit or debit cards. You get cash back even without realizing it.
You get $5 for every card you link to the app and $5 more for every friend you refer. How awesome is that?
Register here: Claim your free $5 now
6. Swagbucks: $10 Bonus
There are so many ways to earn money with Swagbucks. You earn Swagbucks (also known as SB points) by taking paid online surveys, searching the web, watching videos, playing games, and shopping at over 1500 retailers through the Swagbucks portal.
At this time of writing this post, you get up to 10% cash back for shopping at Amazon using Swagbucks portal. So if you spend $100 on Amazon, that’s $10 back in your pocket. Not too bad right?
Register here: Claim your free $10 bonus!
7. InboxDollars: $5 Bonus
InboxDollars has been around since 2000 with over $57 million in cash rewards paid out to its members.
Here is how it works:
Brands such as Target, Walmart, Netflix, etc. pay InboxDollars for consumer input. InboxDollars pays you (the consumer) to take surveys, read emails, watch videos, play games, and shop online.
Register here: Claim your free $5 now
8. Amazon Trade-In Program
Turn your trash into cash or in this case – Amazon gift cards.
Do you have items laying around the house that you no longer need? Trade them in for Amazon gift cards using the Amazon Trade-In Program.
Popular trade-in items include Kindle e-readers, tablets, streaming media players, Bluetooth speakers & echo, cell phones, books, etc.
It is super easy to use. You can see the value of the item and if it even qualifies for a trade-in by searching in their Trade-In Store!
Register here: Join Amazon Trade-In Program
9. Amazon Mechanical Turk
Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing marketplace with global access, on-demand 24×7 workforce.
What does it even mean?
It basically is an online marketplace that allows businesses or even individuals to outsource, but instead of hiring and managing a temporary workforce, they’re outsourcing it to any workers over the Internet with the skills to finish the task.
You get paid per task. These tasks can involve writing, translating documents, transcribing audio files, identifying pictures, etc. You also get to choose which tasks you want to work on.
Register here: Join Amazon Mechanical Turk
10. PrizeRebel
PrizeRebel gives you PayPal cash or gift cards by taking surveys and watching videos.
With PrizeRebel, there are different levels (think of it as a game). The levels are statuses that you reach as you complete certain goals and with each level, you will unlock more benefits.
In addition to earning cash or gift cards, you can also participate in contests and Lucky Numbers to win more prizes.
The sign-up process is easy and you can start earning right away.
Register here: Join PrizeRebel and Start Earning!
Have you tried any of the above methods to get free gift cards? Do you have any other fun ways to get free gift cards? Let me know in the comment below!
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