I'm Moving!

Click the link below to find more ways to earn money online, more savings, more passive income - and let's see if I can truly turn life into an 'idle game'.

My Idle Income

Opinion Outpost

What is it?

Opinion Outpost is a market research panel where you complete surveys to participate in, well, market research. Let's be honest, you're here for the money, not the opportunity to voice your opinion on whatever topics the site has to offer. And rightly so!

So, wait, what can I earn?

Let me be clear- this site is by no means as profitable as the likes of Quidco or Topcashback. You won't be earning stacks and stacks of money by answering surveys. Instead, you earn points per survey (I've found it's between around 5 and 15 per survey), each point being worth £0.05, which you can withdraw via BACS, PayPal, or as Amazon vouchers. It's not much, I know, but it's something.

That's not much at all!

True, but it's still free money. Not only that, but you get an entry into their £5000 Quarterly Cash Prize Draw for each survey you complete - even if you don't qualify for the survey.

Sometimes filling surveys can be extremely beneficial!

In addition, occasionally you'll come across a survey that allows you to participate in product testing. For example, in February of this year, I had the privilege of product testing the new Foster's Rocks rum flavoured lager. Not only did I receive 4 free cans of the stuff for 'testing purposes' , but after filling out their survey, I was given £5 for my time. This kind of survey doesn't come up often, but frankly when it does, it's brilliant.

Sign up, and start earning some extra money!

No juicy sign-up offers this time, I'm afraid. Just click the image at the top or bottom of this post, sign up (I recommend filling out your profile fully to allow Opinion Outpost to send you more surveys), and go. Happy earning!

The 'Make £1000 in 2 Weeks' Challenge: Day 6,7/14

Day 6/14

Back from a weekend of being lazy, and a rather disappointing Day 3, I set out today to get back on track for the challenge.

Betfair Casino - Deposit and wager £30, get £52.50 cashback. Rather than risk the full £30 in one roulette bet, I decided to play it a little safer - betting in increments of £1 on red or black, then doubling my bet if I didn't win. Obviously this isn't a fool-proof strategy (honestly, there isn't one!), but I'd hoped it'd make me more likely to keep my deposit as well as the cashback. Caution paid off, and I was able to withdraw £42 after my wager requirement.
Result: +£64.50.




Netbet Casino - Deposit and wager £20, get £50 cashback. Slightly less successful with this one, but nonetheless, I was able to withdraw £16.
Result: +£46.00.



I haven't made a post about this site yet, but I'll probably get around to typing one up pretty soon. All that matters for the purposes of this challenge, though, is that I completed a few surveys, and I was able to cash in 80 points.
Result: +£4.00.

Progress: £318.82/£1000
Earning a nice £114.50 for the day has put my progress back on track. If I can keep this going for the next few days, the challenge should be fairly easy.

Day 7/14

Ladbrokes Sportsbook - Deposit and wager £10, get £31.50 cashback. A pretty good offer - it was difficult to decide between this and the Ladbrokes Casino offer which required £20 deposit and wager for the same cashback. I chose this as the safe option - placed an easy bet, and won £13.64. I withdrew the £10.00, keeping £3.64 in the Ladbrokes account.

Result: +£31.50.

William Hill Live Casino - Deposit and wager £20, get £40.00 cashback. As with Day 6, I played the roulette a little safer, winning £27.00 after meeting my wager requirements.

Result: +£47.00.

Progress: £397.32/£1000

With earnings of only £78.50 today (I admit, I've been a little lazy), I'm starting to regret taking the weekend off. After all, I'm just over £100 shy of where I should be at this point in the challenge. There's still a whole week to go, however, and I'm not about to give up just yet!

The 'Make £1000 in 2 Weeks' Challenge: Day 2,3/14

Day 2/14

After such a brilliant start yesterday, I decided to be lazy take the day off. No progress - hoping I don't regret missing a day!

Day 3/14

Sun Bingo - Deposit and wager £10, get £21 cashback. Not wanting to sit through more games of bingo, I decided to use up my wager requirement on slots. Easy enough, and I managed to win £4.32. The only complaint I do have is that the verification email took a few hours to actually appear in my inbox; nothing major, but it was a little irritating.

Result: +£15.32.

Gala Bingo - Deposit and wager £10, get £20 cashback. I actually played through the bingo this time - winning nothing. Bingo and I just don't mix well.
Result: +£10.00


Grosvenor Casinos - Deposit and wager £10, get £20 cashback. A nice and quick offer, with it being a casino-based retailer. Deposited, put it all on black, won £20. So much easier than sitting through bingo.
Result: +£30.00

Progress: £204.32/£1000
I'm a little behind, but hopefully should be able to pick it up after the weekend. It's also worth noting that I'll be inactive the next couple days - family obligations and such. Anyway, by Day 6 I should be in a much better position~

The 'Make £1000 in 2 Weeks' Challenge: Intro and Day 1/14.

Intro

So after spending the weekend at London MCM Expo, my funds are a little lower than expected. In addition to this, I realised I haven't posted a thing on this blog for weeks. As a result, I have decided to earn myself a little spending money, and see if I can make £1000 online in just 2 weeks.

Every day I'm active, I'll post updates on my progress and break down exactly what I've done in order to make the money I have.

Wish me luck~

Day 1/14

Originally, I thought I'd be off to a rougher start than I actually am. Since I've been making use of Quidco's casino offers for some time now, it's quite difficult to find profitable offers from sites I'm not already a member of!

As a way around this, I'm going to have to lean towards the more time-consuming gambling retailers for this challenge...

Fabulous Bingo - Deposit and wager £10, get £21 cashback. This one was tedious. I had to sit through a few games of bingo, and won nothing.
Result: +£11.





888Poker - Deposit and wager £80 worth of poker bets, get £150 cashback. The star of the day! Granted, many poker games were played before I'd wagered the required £80. In addition, the service itself was in dollars (£80 = $116.77 approx.), which made things a little awkward. Regardless, I managed to leave with approximately £68.00.
Result: +£138.00



Progress: £149/£1000
A nice and easy first day, setting me up nicely for the rest of this challenge.

QuidPicks #1

A few of my favourite offers this week at Quidco. If you haven't signed up yet, check out this post for earning potential, or just click the big Quidco logo below. As a little extra, you'll also get £5 for free when you earn your first £5 cashback.





Betfair VIP Casino: Deposit and wager £50, get £70 cashback. Currently the most profitable casino-based gambling retailer. As I said in this post, though, most of the gambling retailers offer great cashback (and free money!)

Groupon: 5% off and 5% cashback. Because why wouldn't you want discounts and cashback on a site that already offers massive discounts?

O2 Free Sim: Receive a free sim from O2 and activate it to earn £5 cashback. Simple.

Quidco

What is it?

Quidco advertises itself as the UK’s #1 cashback rewards site, with over 5 million members. It offers cashback for a number of High Street retailers such as M&S, Tesco, Boots and Amazon, and members receive, on average, £280 a year.

Only £280 a year? That’s less than £1 a day!

Correct, sharp-minded reader. Most of what Quidco offers comes in small packages, but is still useful.

Shopping in the real world? You can earn in-store cashback (as long as you’ve registered your payment card) in places like Debenhams (4%) and JD Sports (3%). Simply activate the offer on Quidco’s site and you’re off. Not only that, but they update their grocery voucher lists daily, fancy a free loaf of Kingsmill bread? What about £1 off of your next purchase of Wall’s sausages? They’ve got you covered.

Planning a trip? Don’t worry – you can earn a bit of cashback here, too. Hotels.com, booking.com, National Express, thetrainline; they all offer cashback for purchases – you’d be crazy not to take it!

How do you do it?

A lot of people will suggest taking advantage of Quidco’s cashback offers on switching utility providers – BT offer up to £180 cashback for switching to their Infinity Broadband at £12.50/month – but I’m too lazy. Besides, I’m not the biggest fan of change.

Aside from the little things (I’ve earned some cashback from JUST EAT, Currys, Cineworld, the list goes on…), I’ve found the biggest earners to be the cashback offers from the Gambling retailers.

An example:

William Hill Casino Club currently offer £55 cashback for depositing, and wagering, £35. When you sign up, you’ll probably be hit with a flurry of bonuses, deposit deals and the like. Decline them all. If you accept, you will most likely be hit with a block on withdrawal until you’ve wagered, say, 40 times your bonus amount.

Upon depositing your amount, you can head where you like. As I said – I’m lazy. I just head on over to the roulette wheels and bid the lot on either red or black. Of course, you could lose – but it doesn’t matter! In this example, you’re still £20 up on your deposit thanks to the Quidco cashback. You won’t get it for a couple of months, of course, but any bank that offered me 83% interest over the course of around 70 days would have me knocking down their doors within minutes!

If you win – you’ve won! You don’t need to continue betting, and if you were so inclined, you could withdraw your winnings (£70 here, if you do the same as me!), and will still get your Quidco cashback once your participation in the offer is confirmed. That nets you a juicy £90 on top of the £35 you had in the first place. Not bad, I’d say. Potentially, you could beat Quidco's yearly average earnings in one evening!

Disclaimer, oh no, here we go.

Nothing much to say here. Double check the terms and conditions of each offer before you deposit and wager anything. Occasionally Quidco won’t track your participation correctly and you’ll need to prove that you’ve done everything the retailer asked of you. Make sure AdBlock is off for the clicking through to reduce the risk of this – it takes a little effort to screenshot a few things and forward a couple emails.

Sign up, and start earning some extra money!

Quidco also slip in a £5 bonus once you earn your first £5 cashback, you're welcome.