Here’s what consumers have asked with answers from Swagbucks staff and previous consumers.
This is advice to anymore and not necessarily directed toward you.:) You want to cash out as soon as you hit $25 (or sooner if you want a lower amount). As you see, if you have big amounts and it was some activity they deemed as fraudulent in your account, then they have the option to close your account due to fraud and you guessed it, you lose ALL the points. It's better to cash out at the $25 instead of having a lot of rewards in the account. You mentioned surveys--if your cousin was only doing one activity (surveys) that is another flag that their system picks up. You need to do a variety of activities on their website or they think you are a "bot" just clicking on stuff so you get points. You want a mixture of offers, surveys, the daily to-do list, ncrave/jun (etc) videos, search & win and whatever is in the mix. You don't want to just focus on one thing on their website.
No, but I know people who have shopped and earned through them. I think they add your SB reward a few weeks after the purchase. It can be nice if you were already going to go e-shopping at Target anyway. Make sure you make a screenshot and save it to your computer of the conformation on your checkout just in case they don't credit you.