Shopkick Tips and Tricks
I am somewhat new to this sub and noticed Shopkick is not an app that gets a lot of love here. This is the app I have been using the longest and have made the most money (through giftcards) with, so I thought I'd share some more about it and tips for earning the most points. Shopkick is an app available for iOS and Android that basically rewards you for walking into a store, scanning barcodes of items in the store, and buying certain items from the store. You can also earn points (or "kicks") by watching videos or looking at posts on the app, referring friends, and shopping online through the app. You then cash out the kicks that you've earned for gift cards to places like Amazon, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, Kohls, and many more. 1250 kicks are worth a $5 gift card, and I have personally earned over $100 in gift cards over the past few years. Here are some tips that I have found for getting the most kicks possible:
1. Watch videos/click on posts on the app everyday. There are 3 videos that are around 30 seconds long that you can watch for 1 kick each every single day. Each day they also add a few posts that, when you tap on them and scroll to the bottom, have where you can "tap for a surprise" (usually one kick), and sometimes short videos worth 3 or 5 kicks. I usually earn 5-10 kicks per day by doing this, which isn't a lot, but it only takes a couple minutes and the points add up.
2. Follow Shopkick on social media. Each Monday Shopkick will post a question on social media (Facebook and Twitter I believe) and out of everyone who answers correctly, one person is chosen to receive 100 kicks. I have personally never won, but I usually don't take the time to do this so your chances will be higher if you answer the question every week. They also do other giveaways on social media from time to time.
3. Keep an eye out for special weekends when earnings are higher. Once every couple months Shopkick will have special weekends like "Blue Weekend" which was a few weeks ago, or Black Friday weekend, when you can earn a lot more kicks than normal. For example, walking into TJ Maxx usually earns you 50 kicks, but on this weekend you can earn 100. There are also more items for you to scan, and you can get more kicks per dollar when shopping online.
4. Try to scan at least a few items every time you shop. It can be a pain to scan every item on the app when you are shopping at a certain store, along with getting all your groceries, but try to plan ahead of time which aisles you will be in so you can at least scan a few items. These kicks will add up. There have also been times when I am bored and want to get out of the house, so I will go to a store such as Walmart and scan everything that I can find. This usually earns me enough for at least a $5 gift card.
5. If you are near a store that has "walk-in kicks" available, sometimes driving past it is enough to earn you the kicks. Make sure your bluetooth is on and the app is open to earn your kicks. If driving past doesn't get you close enough to the entrance, sometimes it's worth it to just go inside, pretend you're looking at something, and come back out. You can get anywhere from 10-100 kicks just for walking into a store, so this doesn't require much effort.
6. Before going shopping, look at what items you can buy from that store to earn you kicks. Buying items that are listed on the app will probably earn you the most amount of points. Look at your grocery list and see what you can swap out with an item from the app; for example, if you need coffee, you may want to buy the Starbucks coffee that is on the app. Uploading receipts with items from the app can earn you from 250-700 points per item. However, if an item is more expensive than the one you were planning to buy, it's probably not worth it to buy it.
7. Refer your friends. You and your friend both get 250 kicks the first time they walk into a store or scan an item. If you are already going to the store with a friend or family member, have them download the app before you go. Then you are both rewarded for minimal effort.
8. Use the links on the app when shopping online. You can earn earn anywhere from 3-10 kicks per dollar when shopping online at places like eBay, Walmart, and some items from Amazon. Try to remember to go through the app when shopping at these places to get extra kicks. However, just a heads up that they will make you wait 90 days before these kicks are available.
Those are all the tips I can think of! I hope you find this post helpful and try out the app. I've found it to be easy to use and kind of fun. Here is a link using my referral code, here you can download it for iOS, and here for Android.
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