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Utah
1 review
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Fab-u-lous Website
November 9, 2019

One of the best websites ever... can make a few $$$ quickly, which is fun, interesting and rewarding. Received PayPal payment within a couple days of redeeming my points. Would therefore highly recommend.

Date of experience: November 7, 2019
California
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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It's ok
August 27, 2020

So it gets the job done but it's kinda hard to use if your just doing surveys and takes forever to get Swagbucks because the partnered survey websites always crash. Games are very reliable though. This week alone, I've earned 2000 swagbucks which is equal to about $20 if I remember right, and I have another game I'm working on that will provide 3000 swagbucks

Date of experience: August 27, 2020
Georgia
1 review
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Never bored.
December 19, 2020

It's what I do when I ain't running after kids, cooking or cleaning. Being a stay at home gets boring somethings but swag bucks has games and the surveys ain't too bad. Plus I makes some extra $$$ to pocket. I love Swagbucks.

Date of experience: December 17, 2020
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I love Swagbucks, but...
September 6, 2018

I still love Swagbucks but it seems our earning opportunities have been cut way back. I tell friends and family about the site but it's so hard to get most things to credit (most of my people use their phones as their main earning source) so my referrals don't even bother anymore. I have 3 people at work that want to join but I know they will get discouraged and quit so I tell them to wait until things pick up but it never does. It gets worse... and Swagbucks communication is horrible. I wish there was some organization and communication within their site but hopefully one of these days... Oh also I don't do any offers where I have to spend my own money because I'm afraid things won't credit. Also customer service acts like I'm lying when you turn in a ticket, so I usually don't bother even though some people get credit right away.

Date of experience: September 5, 2018
New York
1 review
20 helpful votes
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I've had Swagbucks for some time and have a very small balance. I used their link to open up a chime account then I would receive ******* SB. I did get the SB although it felt delayed. However, when I went to redeem them they locked me out of my account. I requested customer support through their website. It says normally 10 business days so I am waiting for a reply. This makes it appear they dont want to pay out.

Date of experience: October 30, 2021
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Although it's often difficult to get a survey that you can actually take and get Swagbucks for, the points do add up pretty quickly! It didn't take me long to get enough points to redeem a $15 gift card. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because it takes some persistence and patience to go through surveys until there's one that actually wants your demographic. Otherwise, it's great!

Date of experience: March 3, 2019
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have encountered two recurring problems with Swagbucks recently:
(1) I have been completing surveys that congratulate me for answering all the questions but the activity journal indicates I was disqualified.
I contacted support about these problems but they say it's my fault that surveys are not completing. They give stupid excuses like "you have more than one window open". It's like they don't know the surveys opens in a new Edge window EVERY TIME you click on the landing page list.
(2) Too many surveys take three or four times longer to complete than the amount of time indicated in the description (like 65 minutes instead of 20 or 40 minutes instead of 10!)

Date of experience: June 1, 2022
GB
3 reviews
25 helpful votes
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I finally quit swagbucks. Mostly it was due to signing up for credit card offers and not being credited them out while my CC was still charged. They hire incompetent people for their support team which never solves your issues. Honestly, don't waste your time with this site.

Date of experience: June 14, 2018
West Virginia
1 review
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Swagbucks is great for anyone who uses Amazon and could use a few extra bucks now and then. I spend a few free minutes doing surveys every day or two build up my points and then redeem for Amazon gift cards. This has come in very handy on occasions where I really needed something but was short on cash. It's not an emergency fund by any means since it take about a week to get your codes but it's sure helped me out!

Date of experience: October 30, 2019
California
1 review
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Ive cashed out about 60 dollars in the last 4 months, its a cool way to make some amazon spending money. Helps kill this quarantine time. Lately surveys are getting sparse and not qualifying, or kicking you in the middle of one which feels like a waste of time. If they could fix that i would give 5 stars.

Date of experience: November 23, 2020
Washington
1 review
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Swagbucks is fun, however, it does not care for senior citizens. If you are over 60, expect to be declined for the majority of surveys. Enough remain to entertain yourself and make a few extra bucks. I have mine all paid in Amazon Gift cards.

Date of experience: May 22, 2020
Wisconsin
1 review
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Started site years ago, think was 2008 - was member in good standing for many years - then one day - told "did not like taking surveys" and learned was banned from taking Gold surveys - now lucky to make $75 in one year - shows my desperation of financial need - that I stay - though hardly any way to earn - will never understand why this happened and why this cannot be corrected - really don't deserve this treatment - it hurts in multiple ways -

Date of experience: August 21, 2019
Wisconsin
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Avoid Swagbucks
February 7, 2022

I spent 50 to 60 hours accumulating rewards but then when it came time for them to pay me, they claimed my survey answers were not 100% honest. ( which is a big fat lie) PLUS now my email is getting bombarded with spam emails!
Thanks Swagbucks, for cheating me out of a good chunk of money & for wasting my time, & for filling my inbox with Spam.
PS. Even if they would have paid me for what they owe me, I'd be working for less than $1 per hour. Do U know anyone who will work for that amount? I don't!

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Nevada
4 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Holding me money
July 28, 2023

For 3 days I am waiting to get paid via paypal. Other sites pay me instantly which is the norm for surveys right now. People who do this need their money immediately and will not work with a site who thinks they can hang onto it for awhile and expect the same people to continue to use their site. I'm owed $10 7/24, $10 7/25, $10 7/27

Date of experience: July 28, 2023
New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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What a con game this is. Don't get suckered into this cesspool of liars, con artists, and scammers. The turds that run this sideshow should find other jobs! Like following elephants with a shovel! And to these barfbrains I say this: May a toothless yak gnaw on your grandma's wheat thins!

Date of experience: July 9, 2023
Michigan
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Wasting your time
August 20, 2023

Swagbucks drags their feet paying out rewards. Even PayPal, which I get paid in an hour or less on any other site is a week at best. Many of their questions make me worry about identity theft, who do you bank with, what credit cards do you have, one asked for Vin# for vehicle? Obv skip these surveys but be wary, and prepared once you make about $30 in a week to be kicked out of most surveys you try...SMH

Date of experience: August 20, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Swagbuck sucks
August 19, 2023

They do not pay well on the surveys. They don't pay you sometimes for taking the survey(glitch?). You get 1 cent for three attempts which is not worth it. After 3 attempts you don't get anything. The surveys constantly put you through monotonous paying attention questions, so if you don't qualify for the survey you wasted lots of your time. Swagbucks sucks.

Go with survey junkey. You always at least get payed for attempts(2-3 cents). Not as much paying attention questions. Many more aspects that are better. More money and quicker. Murk is also better.

Date of experience: August 19, 2023
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No reason not to give Swagbucks a try! There are ways to earn money simply by shopping for stuff you were going to buy anyways, and other ways like surveys, videos etc. This site is very versatile to fit your busy schedule and needs.

Love earning free gift cards and PayPal cash! Tons of options. The apps are useful too! Surveys are my thing. But the discovery offers are the high paying!

Plus, its fun!

Date of experience: September 6, 2018
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I think we've all been in that weird position where we do random surveys in hopes of getting something for free, and usually they never work out. But Swagbucks surprised me! The website is a little finicky since there's so much going on, but if you take some time to make your way around, I can attest to the fact that it actually works. I used Swagbucks for literally two days and I was able to redeem enough Swagbucks for a $15 gift card. Two days later, I got it in my email. Honestly I'm completely shocked that it worked, and the surveys (when they work, they don't always) can be pretty fun. Highly recommend!

Date of experience: October 16, 2020
South Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I've been doing the Swagbucks thing since at least 2011, which is when I traded Swagbucks for a t-shirt. (See photo) Swagbucks allowed me to buy birthday and Christmas gifts when money was otherwise tight. It's so easy to use that you have to wonder about those who call it a scam.

Date of experience: January 1, 2018

Overview

Swagbucks has a rating of 2.7 stars from 9,050 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Swagbucks most frequently mention gift card, long time and many times. Swagbucks ranks 2nd among Free Stuff sites.

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