Instead of being held down by a job, you could get paid to download an app or to signup or surf the web as much as you wanted. Sound impossible?
We all want to get paid for doing nothing, but many of us don’t even want to put in enough time and effort to do even that.
What many don’t know is that it’s not hard to find a few apps that pay you to literally do nothing.
So i decided to make the best list of 8 apps that can help you earn a passive income.
1. Shoptracker
Registration Bonus: $3
Shoptracker is an app that pays you to link your Amazon account. After that, you will earn 3 dollars a month simply by signing in once a month to sync your Amazon purchase history.
Companies need this information to help to make your shopping experience a better place. They are mainly just searching for order history, as well as what you bought.
For the rest of the month, you can simply forget that it exists. When it is time for you to cash out, a notification will appear on the bottom of your screen, informing you to sync your history. After that, you get a digital 3$ visa card that you can use for online purchases.
2. Acorns
Acorns pays you to input small amounts of money or huge sums, and they will invest that money over time.
You can even change your portfolio from conservative, which plays it safe with your money over time, to aggressive, which is more of a risk but can earn you much more in the long term.
This can be a really simple way to earn money from investments and not even have to worry about it. If you do a lot of shopping, you can be investing several dollars a week, which can build up over time.
These investments are passive income, so they will earn you money even while you are sleeping.
3. Paribus
People spend a lot of money when they are shopping for clothes and accessories online, sometimes spending thousands of dollars monthly paying full price for their goods.
Paribus is here to help you get that price difference back. It does this by scanning your email address for order confirmation emails and then goes through the internet trying to see if the same product is advertised for a lower price elsewhere.
When they find this lower price, they will notify the store on your behalf, and you will get a refund back of the price difference.
This usually does not amount to huge savings, but it is extra money that you would have not otherwise gotten back, and you did not have to put forth any extra effort to do so.
4. Smart Panel
Registration Bonus: $5
Although you do have to fill out a short survey in order to apply, once you get accepted, you get paid 5$. Two weeks afterwards, you get another 5$, and then for every month therein, it’s 5$.
The best part about this app is that you get 5$ for each device that you link it to. So if you have a phone, and two computers, you can link this program to all three of them, and get 15$ a month!
That’s 180 free dollars every year, just for letting this one app run in the background of your computer.
5. Qmee
Qmee is not an extension that will get you rich by any means, but it requires very minimal effort, and the small amount of money you receive is much better than nothing.These results generally have a price next to them, ranging from 4 cents to 8 cents just for clicking the ad.
For the rest of the month, you can simply forget that it exists. When it is time for you to cash out, a notification will appear on the bottom of your screen, informing you to sync your history. After that, you get a digital 3$ visa card that you can use for online purchases.
2. Acorns
Acorns pays you to input small amounts of money or huge sums, and they will invest that money over time.
You can even change your portfolio from conservative, which plays it safe with your money over time, to aggressive, which is more of a risk but can earn you much more in the long term.
This can be a really simple way to earn money from investments and not even have to worry about it. If you do a lot of shopping, you can be investing several dollars a week, which can build up over time.
These investments are passive income, so they will earn you money even while you are sleeping.
3. Paribus
People spend a lot of money when they are shopping for clothes and accessories online, sometimes spending thousands of dollars monthly paying full price for their goods.
Paribus is here to help you get that price difference back. It does this by scanning your email address for order confirmation emails and then goes through the internet trying to see if the same product is advertised for a lower price elsewhere.
When they find this lower price, they will notify the store on your behalf, and you will get a refund back of the price difference.
This usually does not amount to huge savings, but it is extra money that you would have not otherwise gotten back, and you did not have to put forth any extra effort to do so.
4. Smart Panel
Registration Bonus: $5
Although you do have to fill out a short survey in order to apply, once you get accepted, you get paid 5$. Two weeks afterwards, you get another 5$, and then for every month therein, it’s 5$.
The best part about this app is that you get 5$ for each device that you link it to. So if you have a phone, and two computers, you can link this program to all three of them, and get 15$ a month!
That’s 180 free dollars every year, just for letting this one app run in the background of your computer.
5. Qmee
Qmee is not an extension that will get you rich by any means, but it requires very minimal effort, and the small amount of money you receive is much better than nothing.These results generally have a price next to them, ranging from 4 cents to 8 cents just for clicking the ad.
6. Honey
Honey is a Google Chrome extension that will find coupons available to you when you shop, so you don’t have to.
Imagine that you are going to order two pizza’s online. You otherwise would have spent 35$ on two pizza’s full price, not knowing there was a buy one get one 50% off for this restaurant. With Honey, you get the biggest discount and can save tons.
7. Slidejoy
Registration Bonus: None
Slidejoy is a phone lock app that pays the user based on how many times they have turned on and off their phone, with most users getting between 5$ to 10$ a month.
The way you make money from this app, is you download it onto your phone, and it portrays ads as your lock screen every time you go to check your phone.
These ads are often non-invasive, and go away when you slide your hand to unlock the phone. It is important that you use your phone normally when you unlock it and don’t just try to unlock it to get “carats.”
7. Slidejoy
Registration Bonus: None
Slidejoy is a phone lock app that pays the user based on how many times they have turned on and off their phone, with most users getting between 5$ to 10$ a month.
The way you make money from this app, is you download it onto your phone, and it portrays ads as your lock screen every time you go to check your phone.
These ads are often non-invasive, and go away when you slide your hand to unlock the phone. It is important that you use your phone normally when you unlock it and don’t just try to unlock it to get “carats.”
8. Betterment
This one is probably the best one on this list for a variety of different reasons. The main one is the fact that it is pretty much a bank account that earns you money over time after you input your savings.
Let’s say that you inserted 100$ into their account. Betterment will automatically put that money towards stocks and bonds and invest that money for you.
If you are concerned with the safety of adding your money to this account, worry no more. Betterment is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
This means that they can be trusted when it comes to handling your money, even if you run the short-term risk of losing some money, as we all do with any investment.
Any amount of money is better than nothing when it comes to earning it for free.
All of these apps are very easy to use and don’t have too much of a downside. Some people get a little bit here, and a little bit there, but it can all add up to hundreds of dollars over the course of a year.
So if you need just a little bit extra to pay towards a credit card or a small amount to add into savings, these are some pretty great options.
