Tips to get started

As you probably know, this site is about how I have made some extra money using cashcrate.com, and how you can do the same thing. This past month, my first month using the service, I made $20.45 just by filling out surveys. Not bad for something that doesn't take much time!

I realized I haven't really talked much about how to setup your account and get started earning money, so the goal of this post is to walk through the process in a little more detail for those of you who would like to give it a shot. Don't worry, it isn't very hard and you can be earning your first dollar within minutes!

Getting started with Cash Crate

Here is a quick step by step guide to getting started earning your first dollar using Cash Crate.

1. Get a new email: First, and foremost, sign up for a new free email address at a website like hotmail.com or my personal favorite, gmail.com. You will be getting a ton of spam after signing up and filling out surveys, because a lot of what you’re doing is getting paid to get on someone’s mailing list. Personally, I do not like spam in my e-mail, but don't mind it in a dummy e-mail. An example email you might set up could be “cashcratesurvey@gmail.com”. Make note of what your new email address is.


2. Sign up for Cash Crate: Sign up for Cash Crate by clicking on this link. It will take you to a page where you’ll be asked for your basic information including full name, email address (use your new one) and a password. You will not be asked for personal information such as social security number, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. Once you click on the “Join!” button as shown in the screenshot, it will ask you for your mailing address as well so that they can send you your payment. Currently payment is made only by check - sorry - no paypal!
   
   
   
   


3. Start making money by filling out surveys and accepting offers!: Once you’ve signed up for the service you can start making money right on the first day in a couple of different ways. First, you can fill out free offers. Just click on the link on your dashboard that says “complete offers” and it will bring you to a page where you can start filling out surveys for cash or for points (points can be redeemed for rewards like Itunes gift cards, Starbucks cards, etc).
   
   
   
   

   On my first day using the service I chose to just complete the “cash offers”, that were 100% free. Soon I may begin signing up for non free offers with good payouts. For now however, The free offers will pay out a certain cash amount (which it will show under the “payout” heading) and don’t require you to pay anything up front. Other offers may have higher payouts, but they may require you to use a credit card to sign up for a trial offer, or to pay for a month of service (like one available netflix offer). Offers can be as simple as filling in your email address (once again, use your newly created email), and as complicated as filling in several pages of survey questions.

   
   

   One thing that I’ve found extremely helpful in completing offers quickly is using an autocomplete form filler like Sxipper or Roboform. What these programs do is automatically fill out the forms for you so that you don’t have to manually enter all of your information every time you fill out a survey or trial offer. It is a great way to increase the speed at which you make money.

   
   

   Once you’ve filled out the survey or or completed an offer, just click on the “submit” link in the Cash Crate window next to the offer you completed. Your submission will then be added to “pending” payouts, and will be verified. If you didn’t complete enough of an offer, it will be rejected, so be sure to fill it out completely.

   
   
   
   
   

   Some of the other offers include offers that allow you to get payouts for clicking on a referral link when shopping. For example, I took advantage of a deal through Vista Print that allowed me to get 250 free business cards (with my blog name/url on them). All I had to do was pay shipping. The shipping cost about $5.75, and my payout from Cash Crate was about $5. So for 75 cents I was able to get a big box of business cards that I can hand out to people I know, and leave at store bulletin boards etc. Not bad for a little bit of blog publicity!

Let’s review

So there you go, a quick and easy way to earn a few bucks.

• Sign up for a new email address for spam emails (technically not spam since you’re signing up for them).


• Sign up through my referral link.


• Complete offers.


• Watch the money roll in!