Couponing 101: Swagbucks (free Amazon gift cards = free diapers!)

At MOPS today I was discussing the great deals Amazon has been having lately on baby products with some of my fellow Moms.  I mentioned that I've been paying for the diapers I purchase with gift cards I earn through Swagbucks!  I realized I've never posted about Swagbucks or how to use it effectively (although I do have a link to their site on the right side of my blog).

Swagbucks is a search engine like Google, but you get points (usually twice a day--once in the morning, once at night) for using them.  You can then trade in your points for rewards.  My personal favorite is 450 points for a $5.00 Amazon gift card (it's actually a better value than the higher value gift cards).  I earn at least one $5.00 gift card a month and all I do is use their search engine a few times a day.

There are numerous other ways to earn including codes on their blog, taking surveys, browsing special offers, playing their game on Facebook, answering the daily poll, referring friends, using their toolbar, codes on Facebook and Twitter and I'm sure I've missed a couple.  If you want to utilize all of these ways of obtaining codes feel free to do so!  I personally do not use all of these everyday (I'll sometimes answer a poll if I remember) and I still earn my gift cards. :)  On Fridays they offer higher point values when you search.

There is a limit of two $5.00 Amazon gift card rewards a day, and a 5 a month limit (of any like reward).  Again, they have other rewards available including higher value gift cards.  I then use my gift cards to purchase my discounted diapers on Amazon for free!