Many companies offer Amazon Gift Cards in exchange for doing small tasks. Most of the time, these tasks get rewarded with points, which you can swap later on with gift cards.
A lot of these tasks are things that you already do, like shopping online and filling out survey forms. If you have a lot of time in your hands, what better way to spend them than to earn these points, right?
Today, I’ll show you 19 of the easiest and the best ways to earn Amazon points up to $100. An important thing to know is that you cannot earn $100 in completing only one activity—you have to accumulate these points.
1. SwagBucks
SwagBucks is one of the oldest companies offering points for tasks. After signing up, you can start earning points, called SB points, by watching videos, shopping online, searching the web, or answering surveys. Once you have accumulated enough points, you can swap it with gift cards in Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Starbucks. You can also swap it for cash and transfer the money to your PayPal account.
Here are some of the things you can do to earn SB points in exchange for Amazon Gift cards:
- Take surveys
- Refer friends to a promotion
- Use a default search engine
- Shop on online marketplaces like eBay, Kohl’s, Target, Best Buy, and others to earn cashback
- Watch videos
- Play games
The cashback percentages vary. eBay offers 1% while The Home Depot offers 4%. The highest cashback offer is 5% from Hotels.Com. You can earn up to four SB points for every dollar you spend.
For 500 SB points, you can swap it for an Amazon gift card worth $5. Answering surveys can get you between 5 and 200 SB points.
SwagBucks has a partnership with over 1,500 retailers. For every dollar you spend, you get a certain percentage in return. As a SwagBucks member, you can also get access to exclusive deals from their partners.
2. GrabPoints
GrabPoints works just like Swagbucks. You need to register as a member before you can start earning points. With GrabPoint, advertisers pay to get members like you to engage. If you do, you earn points, and you can swap these points for an Amazon gift card.
Here are some of the things you can do to earn points:
- Watch videos
- Complete vendor offers
- Download apps
- Answer surveys
Videos are mostly commercials, and vendor offers mean that you need to try the products and services of the merchant. Most of these are free trials, as it does not make sense for the merchants to ask you for money in exchange for a few points.
Some, however, require a small fee. Once your trial period is over, what you paid will be credited to your subscription.
Apart from Amazon gift cards, you can also swap the points for other goods. Examples of these are:
- Fortnite
- Google Play
- Minecraft
- Xbox
There are many more rewards that you can choose from, but Amazon is the most flexible because you can use it to buy almost anything from Amazon.
3. American Consumer Opinion
Also called ACOP, this company is primarily dealing with surveys. Apart from converting your points to Amazon gift card, you can donate it to charity or withdraw it as cash on PayPal.
Surveys on the site are limited, and they are based on your location and demographics. Those who are qualified to take the survey will receive an email, or they can view the survey from their control panel.
ACOP also has a HyperWallet payment platform. Cashing out with this method can take between 8 to 12 weeks. If you are not from the US, your only options to withdraw are PayPal, Charity, or HyperWallet. You need to accumulate at least 1,000 points before you can convert them to cash or gift cards.
After taking a short survey called screener, you will immediately receive between 5 and 50 points. It is also possible that your participation will be entered into a raffle draw where you can win gift cards.
4. Survey Junkie
Survey Junkie is a survey company that pays points. After your registration, you have to build your profile before you can receive surveys. The surveys will be visible on your dashboard, or you will receive an email notification.
You need to hit 1,000 points before you can swap it for a card or cash. 1,000 points are equivalent to $10. PayPal as an option is available to all countries, but gift cards can only work if you are from the US. You can also transfer the money to your bank account if you are a US citizen.
After meeting the required points, you can redeem your points for an Amazon Gift card or PayPal cash. There are other ways to redeem your points.
These are:
- Groupon
- Starbucks
- iTunes
- Amazon
- Sephora
- Target
- Walmart
Surveys are based on your demographic. If you are 65 years old, then you will only receive surveys from companies that are targeted to your age group. This is called survey matching. It is not Survey Junkie that creates these surveys, but the companies looking for information.
5. Ibotta
Ibotta is a cashback program. You have to shop from a retailer and then upload our receipt, the first thing you have to do is to download the app, and then sign up for an account.
Apart from Amazon, you can get freebies or cashback for Target and Walmart.
From there, you can see what Ibotta calls offers. You can do online shopping and also get cashback rewards. If you shopped from a brick-and-mortar store, you can scan the receipt and send it to Ibotta via the app.
The Amazon gift card you get depends on the offers of Amazon. For example, Amazon may have a promotion where you can get $5 for every $200 spent. To get that offer, you have to shop on Amazon by clicking on the Amazon link from Ibotta.
Pretty much, Ibotta is like an affiliate program. It sends people to Amazon and its other partners. In exchange, the company gets a commission from them, plus the members also benefit from the promotional items.
Ibotta is great if you are already doing your shopping on Amazon. You can get exclusive deals here that you wouldn’t have if you only shopped normally.
6. Harris Poll Online
Harris Poll’s members participate in surveys that serve the purpose of private companies and even local and national governments. As a member, you can earn points as you participate in these polls and surveys.
You can exchange your points for:
- Amazon gift cards
- Starbucks
- iTunes
The points in the Harris Poll are called Hitpoints. You need to earn 1,250 points to get $10. Once you hit this, it is up to you to request how you want to redeem your points.
Apart from the ones we mentioned earlier, you also have the option to get use your points in ESPN and Walmart. You can also use the ticket to join the Harris Poll Sweepstakes and win more money.
Harris Poll is one of the oldest survey companies in North America. It has been around for 50 years, and the company’s target is the United States and Canada. From time to time, the results of the polls are published in national or international publications.
7. InboxDollars
Also a survey-based rewards system, InboxDollars allows you to participate in surveys to earn money. It has been around since the year 2000 and has given more than $59 million in cash rewards to its members.
Once you have met the number of points required, you can swap them for:
- Cash
- PayPal
- Amazon gift card
- Other gift cards
InboxDollars works with companies that need information. The companies would pay InboxDollars, and it is InboxDollars who will spread the points to the members.
Here are the type of surveys you will fill up:
- Cars and truck industry
- Fashion and shopping
- Home construction
- Home renovation
- Travel
- Grocery shopping
- Sport and leisure
- Politics and current events
- Healthcare and health insurance
If you like to try this, sign up for an account, and then confirm your email address. Confirming your email address gives you $5 right away. Next, participate in surveys and polls to earn points.
How much can you earn? It depends on the company that is paying. Some companies pay as little as $0.25 per survey, while some will pay up to $5 per survey.
8. iRazoo
At iRazoo, you are not limited to filling up survey forms. There are several ways to earn points and redeem them for cash or for gift cards.
The things you can do here are:
- Download apps
- Watch videos
- Paid surveys
- Complete offers
- Play games
For videos, iRazoo has more than 50 channels. These videos are short movie clips, trailers, cooking tutorials, movie reviews, and a whole lot more.
For games and apps, you need to download them in your phone, and some apps require that you play it through a certain level.
You can also earn points by referring your friends. However, you do not earn any points from the activities that your friends do. It is a one-time reward that you get for encouraging others to sign up.
You need to hit 3,000 points before you can swap them for rewards. The most rewarding is through Amazon gift cards, but you can also swap your points to PayPal cash or Home Depot rewards. Rewards are released on a weekly basis, and you can visit the website’s rewards store for more options.
9. Survey Monkey
Survey Monkey is not just a company that allows people to create surveys, it is also a place where you can earn money and swap it for an Amazon gift card.
To get started, you have to download the iOS or Android app. From there, you have to create a profile, and Survey Monkey will decide if you qualify. The thing with this company is that it mostly service progressive countries. If you are from a third world country, you may not get as many surveys as the people from the UK or US.
Upon sign-up, you will receive $1 right away. On average, you will receive two surveys in a day. The survey is going to pay you $0.25, but sometimes you can get one for $0.30. Each survey can take you five minutes. You have to hit at least $5 before you can get paid.
Once you hit that, you can either get an Amazon gift card or donate the money to charity. Redemption takes 24 hours to complete. Survey Monkey has limited options for now, but it certainly is not a scam. It is best used by people during their spare time, but not if they are looking for online jobs.
10. Prize Rebel
Prize Rebel is also a survey-based rewards system. You have to sign up, complete surveys, earn points, and then swap these points according to what you prefer.
The options are:
- iTunes
- Amazon gift cards
- PayPal
- Walmart gift card
This website has over 10 million members and has already disbursed $20 million dollars. It has been around since 2007. The wonderful thing about Prize Rebel is that you have 504 rewards to choose from.
Prize Rebel is great for residents of the US and Canada, as most of the surveys are geared towards these two markets. Not all countries qualify.
Apart from taking the survey, you can earn cash by watching videos, participating in paid offers, completing tasks, play games and download apps.
There are also five membership levels here. These are Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. All members below 1,000 points are Bronze, and they have to have 12,000 points before they can become Diamond.
A high membership level opens you up to more offers, surveys, bonuses, and better payment options. You can also donate your earnings to charitable organizations.
11. Amazon Trade-In
This is a program by Amazon itself. Here, Amazon is going to pay you if you send over your used items. For example, you can trade-in your old Echo device, and then add a few bucks to buy a new one. In exchange, Amazon will give you a gift card. You will also receive 25% off on the new Echo device.
How does it work?
Go to the trade-in section of Amazon, and then browse the offers. On this page, you will find selected goods that Amazon is looking for. Most of these are electronic gadgets.
Here are some examples:
- Kindle Readers
- Tablets
- Streaming Media Players
- Amazon Echo
- Headphones
- Bluetooth Speakers
- Home security devices
You can also trade-in mobile devices, gaming devices, and books. Once you have sent the item over to Amazon, you have to wait up to ten business days before you get your payment. Amazon has to assess your device and find out how much it is worth.
Also, you have to create what is called a trade-in account to get this benefit. You can always track the status of your trade-in from Amazon’s dedicated trade-in page.
12. MyPoints
MyPoints is a cashback program where you can get as much as 40% in rewards if you spend in any of its 2,000 partners.
You can encash your rewards as an Amazon gift card or a VISA gift card. These two come in $10 denominations.
Here are some of the partners:
- Target
- Best Buy
- Groupon
- Amazon
- Walmart
- Expedia
- eBay
First, you have to be a member. You have to download the app and sign up. To be able to get rewards, you must use the links from the app or website. If you went straight to Amazon and did not use the link, you will not get cashback rewards.
Some of the stores where you can get your points are:
- Expedia
- Home Depot
- eBay
- Best Buy
To make your shopping more affordable, MyPoints also offers coupons. Here are some partners where you can get discount coupons only form this site:
- Kohl’s
- Office Depot
- Staples
- JC Penny
- Macy’s
- QVC
- Old Navy
Once the partner website has reported your purchases, your account balance will get updated, and you can redeem your points. Apart from the Amazon and Visa gift cards, you can also swap your points for other cards.
13. Opinion Outpost
This is primarily a survey company. If you join, you have to participate in surveys to make money. After signing up, you will have access to a dashboard where you can see your accumulated posts. To start participating in surveys, you can either do this from your dashboard or from the email that it sends daily.
Like other survey companies, you have to answer a few questions first. These questions are about you, and this information will be used to determine your demographic. This will determine if a survey is a good match for you.
Here are the ways you can convert your points:
- Amazon gift cards
- PayPal
- Mileage plus
- Alawar games
- iTunes
You can also donate your earnings to Red Cross. The thing with this company is that it lets you answer surveys, only to find that you did not qualify.
What this means is that you are not the right demographic, and yet you already filled the survey. In this case, you will be enrolled in a quarterly raffle where you have the chance to win $10,000 USD.
14. iPoll
To start using iPoll, you have to download the app on your iPhone or Android device. Here, you have to participate in polls or surveys about ordinary products and services that you use every day. iPoll has surveys for people from 32 countries.
Here are some of the things you can do in iPoll:
- Rate restaurants
- Fulfill missions—go to a store and then provide your feedback
- Take products and photos of stores
- Answer questions about common products
Long surveys can pay anywhere between $0.50 and $3. Once you have joined, you will receive a bonus of $5. The minimum payout is $50. What this means is that you have to participate in hundreds of surveys before you can withdraw your money.
Like most survey websites, it is possible to fill out a survey and then be told that you are not qualified. Unlike other survey sites, though, iPoll does not have a raffle of you did not qualify for a survey.
15. LifePoints
LifePoints has over 5,000,000 members. It is also a survey program where you get to earn a point and get paid for it. LifePoints has been around since 1946. It was first named Nation Family Opinions. It later changed its name to Global Test Market, until it rebranded itself in 2019.
After joining, you immediately earn 33 points after completing your profile. Like most companies, your profile will be used to match you with surveys. You need a minimum of 5,550 points to be able to swap your points.
Here are the ways you can turn your points into cash:
- Amazon gift card
- iTunes
- Starbucks
- PayPal
It also has several other promotions like the Daily Challenge or the raffle. You can join the raffle and win cash. Every quarter, $2,000 is up for grabs. The $2,000 rewarded will be divided among 103 winners. If you want, you can also earn points through the referral system.
This is great if you want to earn spare change in your spare time. Overall, you can earn $50 every two months by simply filling up surveys.
16. Ipsos I-Say
This is another survey site where you can get Amazon gift cards. On this platform, you are given an opportunity to voice your opinion about brands, the entertainment industry and even advertisers. You can even create your own polls here.
The company is legitimate and was even featured when one of its participants won a car—a brand new Ford Fusion. The lucky guy was one of 164,000 panelists or survey participants.
The company has regular raffles, but you can also choose to convert your points into gift cards, one of which is Amazon.
Just so you do not get confused, the company’s name is Ipsos. The survey program is called i-Say. Ipsos has been around since 1975, and it is a leading market research company globally. It is the world’s third largest survey-based research firm, and it has more than 15,000 employees spread out in 80 countries.
At Ipsos, you can create an account by using your email address, or log-in with your Facebook profile. After the registration process, you have to build your profile so Ipsos can send surveys that match your demographic.
17. Nielsen National Consumer Panel
Also called the NCP, this company is backed by two huge research firms. These are the Nielsen Group and the IRI. NCP is a huge research firm that represents millions of Americans. Brands trust the results of the company’s data, and it is more than a survey firm.
The way it works is similar to a cashback program. You have to download the app, and then scan the barcodes of the products you bought. After scanning the barcodes with the app, you have to submit other purchase details, like a receipt, to NCP.
In exchange for this, you will receive points that you can swap for Amazon gift cards. The rewards are not limited to electronic gift cards, as you can also get free stuff like electronic gadgets, home appliances, sporting goods, and toys.
On top of this, the NCP panel members receive 250 points during their birthdays and 1,000 points on their six-month anniversary.
18. Toluna
Toluna is a survey company. You share your opinion about a brand, and Toluna will share it with the brand owners. It has many partner brands like Amazon, Kellog’s, Expedia, and even Coca-Cola.
You need at least 14,000 points to be able to swap your points to goods. Here, you have the option to get an Amazon gift card, discounts and cards for travel companies, or transfer the points as cash to your PayPal account.
19. YouGov
The last in our list is YouGov, a company where you can swap 5,000 points into $50. As you get started, YouGov immediately gives you 100 points.
The types of rewards you can choose from are:
- Cash by PayPal
- Prepaid cards
- Amazon gift cards
- Mobile credits
- Donation to charity
At YouGov, most of the polls are about politics and public affairs. From time to time, it also provides polls for commerce like brands and other topics where massive data are needed. Unlike other polling systems, you only have to be 16 years old before you can join.
Summary
Earning points for an Amazon gift card is a great way to save money. Instead of spending your hard-earned cash, accumulate points during your spare time, and use these points to make purchases in Amazon. The process is simple, and the tasks are what we can call micro-jobs.
This is a great alternative to other online ways of making money, such as building a store for dropshipping or affiliate marketing. If you have the time to spare, get started now and save enough for the holidays.