Swagbucks vs Inbox Dollars. They are two of the leading online rewards clubs which offer opportunities to make money online through completing paid surveys, reading emails, playing games, searching and shopping online amongst other things, but which website is best? They both have a lot of similarities, but also differences. So rather like I did with Amazon MTurk or Microworkers, which is best? and Amazon MTurk vs Inbox Dollars, which is best? I thought that I would compare and contrast Swagbucks and Inbox Dollars, with a view to deciding which one is preferable for those who wish to make money online.
Swagbucks and Inbox Dollars Similarities
Both are website-based rewards clubs where you can make money online.
Both pay you to do paid surveys, play games, read emails, watch videos, shop online.
Both give you coupons that you can print off and save money with.
There is a Swagbucks toolbar and an Inbox Dollars toolbar that you can install and use to enhance your make money online experience.
Swagbucks and Inbox Dollars Differences
One big difference is that with Inbox Dollars, when you make you make money online it is in dollars and once you reach $30, they pay you cash in the form of a check, whereas with Swagbucks you earn virtual money which you then have to spend in their online shop, or exchange for amazon giftcards, or PayPal money.
Swagbucks is a bigger organization than Inbox Dollars and their number of users is larger than Inbox Dollars.
Swagbucks have an active official Twitter account too, which you can use to keep contact with them and get info on Swag codes. Inbox Dollars have no active official Twitter account.
Swagbucks generally is more interactive and community orientated, whereas Inbox Dollars users are more a collection of individuals with no forum or blog to link them up, like with Swagbucks.
Some of the Swagbucks paid surveys pay slightly better than the Inbox Dollars ones, in my experience.
Inbox Dollars give you $5 when you join, Swagbucks give you 50 swagbucks.
You do get more emails from Inbox Dollars than Swagbucks. My advice would be to do what I do and don’t use your main email address when you join any of these sites. I have a specific email account that I set up specifically for use with all these make money online websites.
In my wife’s opinion, Swagbucks has slightly more desirable gifts and rewards in their offers than Inbox Dollars does. I will have to take her word on that one.
Conclusion
I personally prefer Inbox Dollars to Swagbucks on balance, I like the fact that when you make money online, it is in dollars. I find the Swagbucks concept of giving you virtual money which you then have to exchange a little gimmicky, although I guess it doesn’t really matter much in the long run, as you can convert the Swagbucks to Amazon gift cards or PayPal money, if you wish. My wife, on the other hand, is a huge fan of Swagbucks (although she still does Inbox Dollars as well, of course), so I guess that makes us a balanced couple!
I prefer swagbucks because I have found it easier to earn with them, than with Inbox Dollars. I still use both, though! :)
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ReplyDeleteI like Swagbucks much better than inbox dollars. It is much easier to accumulate swagbucks than it is inbox dollars. And who doesn't use Amazon and/or iTunes? Even at a couple minutes (at the max an hour- with the surveys) a day I have earned several hundred dollars worth of gift cards for both companies. Totally worth it if you like music and like to read.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing both sites for about 6 months. Last month, Inbox dollars banned my account for supposedly accessing a VPN (which I do not have). Lost my entire balance.Tried talking to them - to figure out what might have happened - they said it was my mobile phone that accessed a public network that got me banned. Why have the app then!? I have used them and Swagbucks both the same days in the same places but never have had an issue with Swagbucks. Something was a bit fishy about that Inbox Dollars excuse - lost me almost $80 for whatever they wanted as an excuse really. Never again. I'll stick with Swagbucks.
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