Cha-Ching on a Shoestring™

Living Large on a Limited Budget

Swago is Back: Another May Edition!

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It’s time for another round of Swago! The digital rewards site Swagbucks is offering MORE bonus SB during their May Swago Board, which runs through  at .

Swago is just like bingo, but in this case you’re filling out squares as you earn points on their site for doing things you already do online. If you’re thinking of trying Swagbucks, this is a great chance to learn all about how the site works and earn bonus points while doing it, meaning you can get more gift cards faster. Here are a few tips:

How Swago Works:

  1. Each square on your Swago board has an associated activity. Complete that activity to mark off that square.
  2. You have a limited amount of time to mark off as many squares as possible.
  3. Be mindful of the patterns and their corresponding bonuses. The patterns will vary in difficulty and bonus value. Try to achieve the more difficult pattern in order to receive the highest bonus.
  4. Your patterns and their corresponding bonuses can be found to the right of your board. Once you’ve achieved a pattern the “submit” button will turn red. You can have multiple patterns available for submission. However, you can only submit one pattern.

Click here to sign up and look for the Swago tab to join!

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHINGFOR70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online.

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

Swago is Back for May! (Earn up to 150 Bonus SB)

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It’s time for another round of Swago! The digital rewards site Swagbucks is offering bonus SB during their May Swago Board, which runs through May 11 at

Swago is just like bingo, but in this case you’re filling out squares as you earn points on their site for doing things you already do online. If you’re thinking of trying Swagbucks, this is a great chance to learn all about how the site works and earn bonus points while doing it, meaning you can get more gift cards faster. Here are a few tips:

How Swago Works:

  1. Each square on your Swago board has an associated activity. Complete that activity to mark off that square.
  2. You have a limited amount of time to mark off as many squares as possible.
  3. Be mindful of the patterns and their corresponding bonuses. The patterns will vary in difficulty and bonus value. Try to achieve the more difficult pattern in order to receive the highest bonus.
  4. Your patterns and their corresponding bonuses can be found to the right of your board. Once you’ve achieved a pattern the “submit” button will turn red. You can have multiple patterns available for submission. However, you can only submit one pattern.

Click here to sign up and look for the Swago tab to join!

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHINGFOR70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online.

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

Get 300 bonus SB when you sign up for Swagbucks in May

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All throughout May you can earn bonuses when sign up as my referral on Swagbucks. Swagbucks is a rewards site where you earn points (called SB) for things you’re probably doing online already, like searching, watching videos, discovering deals, and taking surveys. Then you take those points and exchange them for gift cards to places like Amazon, Starbucks, or PayPal cash.

When you sign up through me this month, you can earn a 300 SB bonus! Here’s how:

1. Sign up using this link

2. Earn 300 SB total before June 1st, 2019. You’ll get a 300 SB bonus for it!

3. That’s it. It’s super easy, and Swagbucks is for real. I use it myself, and I’ve earned HUNDREDS of dollars in gift cards!

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHINGFOR70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online.

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

And the winner is…

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Thank you to all who entered my $50 Amazon Gift Card giveaway in honor of Cha-Ching’s 10th Birthday! It was a joy to read all of your responses and celebrate the journey we have taken together over the past decade.

We have our winner!

Congratulations, Sandy! You have been contacted via email with details on how to claim your prize.

Now here’s to 10 more years of living large on a limited budget together, friends!

 

 

Swago is Back! (Earn up to 150 Bonus SB)

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It’s time for another round of Swago! The digital rewards site Swagbucks is offering bonus SB during their April Swago Board, which runs through  at 

Swago is just like bingo, but in this case you’re filling out squares as you earn points on their site for doing things you already do online. If you’re thinking of trying Swagbucks, this is a great chance to learn all about how the site works and earn bonus points while doing it, meaning you can get more gift cards faster. Here are a few tips:

How Swago Works:

  1. Each square on your Swago board has an associated activity. Complete that activity to mark off that square.
  2. You have a limited amount of time to mark off as many squares as possible.
  3. Be mindful of the patterns and their corresponding bonuses. The patterns will vary in difficulty and bonus value. Try to achieve the more difficult pattern in order to receive the highest bonus.
  4. Your patterns and their corresponding bonuses can be found to the right of your board. Once you’ve achieved a pattern the “submit” button will turn red. You can have multiple patterns available for submission. However, you can only submit one pattern.

Click here to sign up and look for the Swago tab to join!

 

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHINGFOR70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online.

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

Happy 10th Birthday, Cha-Ching! {GIVEAWAY!}

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Update: This giveaway has ended.

This past weekend midst all of the Easter celebrations, we quietly passed a very special milestone around here.

Cha-Ching on a Shoestring turned 10!!

Friends – in blog years, that is ancient. But in real years, it feels pretty old too. I’m amazed when I think about how different our world was back then. The year 2009 was a world pre-Pinterest, pre-Instagram, pre-Facetime and the iPhone was still a shiny new novelty. (How did we survive??) During the past 10 years, my family has moved to a new state for a new job, bought a new house, and added a new son and a new puppy to our family.

But the one thing that has remained constant during the past decade is the gift that this blog and its dear readers (YOU!) have been to me.

I remember the moment that I pressed ‘enter’ on that first post announcing the birth of this blog baby into the world. I knew in my heart that it was a special moment.

But I don’t think I could have known how special it was. This platform has provided me joy in so many ways – creatively, vocationally and relationally –  and I am so grateful. Thank YOU for your support and encouragement, friend. You are a joy to serve.

(I also want to give a shout out to my administrative assistant Nicole – she is what makes the magic happen around here and she is AMAZING!)

And now. Drumroll please…to celebrate a decade of Cha-Ching, I am throwing a giveaway!

I’m excited to share that one lucky Cha-Ching on a Shoestring reader will win a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

Here’s how to enter:

You have up to five possible methods of entry:

  • Leave a comment below letting me know about how many years you have followed Cha-Ching on a Shoestring.
  • Subscribe to this site by e-mail and leave a comment letting me know you subscribed.  If you are already a subscriber, simply let me know in a comment.
  • Like Cha-Ching on a Shoestring on Facebook and leave a comment on this post letting me know.  If you are already a fan, simply let me know in a comment. (I love comments on the facebook page as well, but those will not count toward the giveaway!)

Note: Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to leave your comments.  (If you are reading this is an e-mail click here to do so.) By leaving a separate comment for each entry you will have a greater chance of winning!  E-mail responses will not be considered as an entry in the giveaway.

This giveaway ends at 10:00 a.m. EST on Monday, April 29, 2019. I will randomly select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on this site.

Disclaimer: This giveaway is not sponsored by anyone but me. It is simply my way to say THANK YOU!!

Swagbucks: MyGiftCardsPlus April Favorites

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MyGiftCardsPlus is a site that gives you cash back (in the form of SB points on Swagbucks) for buying gift cards to a variety of sites, stores, and restaurants. You can earn while buying gift cards for family and friends, or earn while buying gift cards towards a purchase you were going to make anyway.

For this weekend, MyGiftCardsPlus has rounded up their favorite gift cards for April. Earn Cash Back plus a 100 SB Bonus on Burlington, Panera, Regal, Ulta and Zappos gift cards.

The SB Bonus Offers apply to one purchase per gift card listed above.

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHINGFOR70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online.

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

Swagbucks: Spring Garden Collector’s Bills

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It’s time for a digital Easter Egg hunt! Swagbucks is celebrating April with “Spring Garden Collector’s Bills” worth bonus SB points that you can collect by simply searching the web. Collect them all, and you get an SB Bonus! Once you’ve collected enough SB, you can redeem them for gift cards to stores like Amazon, PayPal Cash, and many more!

Search the web through the Swagbucks search starting Monday, April 8th at 12AM PT/3AM ET through Sunday, April 14th at 11:59PM PT and when you get a search win, you may get a special Collector’s Bill valued at either:

  • 5 SB
  • 8 SB
  • 10 SB
  • 12 SB
  • 14 SB
  • 23 SB

When you get a Collector’s Bill you’ll receive the value of the bill and the bill will be added to your “Collector’s Bills” ledger. Collect all 5 Collector’s Bills and you’ll instantly earn a 20 SB Bonus!

Keep searching til you find them all!

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHINGFOR70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online.

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!