Frugal GPT

Welcome to the Frugal GPT blog. Here you will find updates regarding new GPT services available to help aid in your online earnings.

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Perk TV

Perk TV is one of my favorite earners. It’s a service in which you watch videos to earn points. If you’re inside the United States you’ll earn 1 Perk point for every two videos you watch, and outside of the US you’ll earn 1 Perk point for every 4 videos watched. It will run on loop and thus requires very little interaction to start earning.

As of recently Perk as introduced an “Are you still watching?” pop up that halts videos and thus halts your earnings. No one has yet to determine the formula for when or how often this will pop up but many users have given a broad range of 2-6 hours of run time before seeing it. A method I have taken to prevent this is to simply ‘Thumb Up or Down’ the videos after they end every so often to keep the videos on loop. (read here on their blog) - http://blog.perk.com/happy-users-happy-advertisers-perk/

Perk will allow up to Five devices to run on a single account and up to Five accounts per household. This has allowed the community to develope what is known as ‘Perk Farms’ which run on loop 24/7 and yield up to $1.00 per device per 24 hours. 

The conclusion through the users, known as “Perkstars”, on how to earn your money back the fastest is to utilize either an old device no longer used by you or to buy a cheap phone that has the capable hardware to run for a considerable amount of time before crashing the app.

Android 4.0+ or the iPhone 3GS or up are the required OS minimums on a device to run the application.

Kyocera Hydros were the big ticket to earning the fastest rewards for the most minimal investment when Target ran a $10.00 deal per phone. They are still widely used and are still currently earning many many Perk Points. I, however, personally utilize the LG Optimus Fuels as my workhorses. They cost roughly $30.00 at Walmart and are equipped with a Dual 1ghz processor and 1gb of RAM. I seldomely encounter crashes on my devices. 

When using a device to run for a considerable amount of time you will want to ensure your screen is dim and your phone’s settings are set to not go to sleep. If you’re on an Android like myself, I can tell you I have yet to encounter any issues with AlwaysOn to keep my phone from falling asleep and using ScreenFilter for dimming my screen below factory settings to aid in the longevity of the displays. 

Referral - http://perk.fm/4g6ax

Non Referral - http://perk.com/perk/start

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Bing Rewards

Bing Rewards is a reward program through Microsoft that will allow its users to earn credits for searching under the Bing Search Engine. For every two searches you earn 1 credit and each credit is worth $0.01 USD and you can earn up to 15 credits per day.

At Silver Status and below your first reward (most common is Amazon Gift Cards) will require 525 credits. Under one account this can be accomplished through 30 searches for 35 days. However, once you receive Gold Status you can redeem for the same $5 gift card at 475 credits. To achieve the Gold Status you will need to have redeemed one reward, earn 750 lifetime credits and each month complete 150 credits worth of searches.

The fastest methods I have come to learn is by manually inputing your searches and on the completed search result page, dragging the url into a pre-made folder of Bing Searches in your toolbar. By doing more than is necessary, you can right click, open all tabs and let it cycle through all the searches for you. Be careful however, this will not yield every search as a completed search since Bing can detect the refresh rate and it will only reward your 10-12 credits, so the more you have the more likely you’ll get all 15 credits. 

Another method is to simply copy the link into a Text program and save that. Open up the text program and click each link with about a 1-2 second delay between each link, this will work and allow you to wait less and earn all 15 credits with your 30 searches.

When redeeming I find the Swagbucks reward to yield the most since Swagbucks offers their own Amazon Gift Card at $500 for 450 Swagbucks. But you’re always more than welcome to pick whatever reward fits you best.

Bing Rewards:

referral - http://goo.gl/DY4TjW

non referral - http://goo.gl/yyBbBS

Swagbucks:

referral - http://goo.gl/AIKX80

non referral - http://goo.gl/KhPwWc

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Maximizing the most out of RadioLoyalty.

RadioLoyalty

 RadioLoyalty is a service for streaming audio directly to your Browser or Mobile Devices. I have written this out to allow you to utilize the services available through RadioLoyalty and maximize your earnings. You'll need accounts with the following services:

Swagbucks, InstaGC, RadioLoyalty, and Chatabout.

Swagbucks: Discover > Special Offers > RadioLoyalty

This will open a new window that will stream your choice of music. Every 30 minutes check back and type in the provided Captcha and move on. This will earn your Swagbucks in a minimal hassle free way.

Earns - 3 Swagbucks every 30 mins.

  InstaGC: Earn Points > Listen to Music > Launch RadioLoyalty

This will open a new tab in your existing browser that will stream your choice of music. Every 30 minutes check back and type in the provided Captcha and move on. This will earn your InstaGC Points in a minimal hassle free way.

Earns - 3 points every 30 mins.

  ChatAbout: Bonus Area > Radio > RadioLoyalty

This will open a new tab in your existing browser that will stream your choice of music. Every 10 minutes check back and type in the provided Captcha and move on. This will earn your ChatAbout points in a minimal hassle free way.

Earns - 2 points every 10 mins.

  Mobile:

RadioLoyalty has a dedicated app in the Android, Blackberry, and iOS Marketplace. 

1. Download the app, login to your account you have already previously created.

2. Download any app that will prevent your phone from sleeping (on Android I use AlwaysOn) and on iOS you can simply       change when your phone sleeps in your Settings option.

3. Dim your screen, select a station in RL and let it run for as long as you like.

Earns - still unclear on this one, points take 30 mins to update. I'll update this as I investigate further.

Here you will find a link on a surprisingly helpful blog listing the available services you can utilize to maximize your RL activity --> The Lazy College Kid

Just so everyone is familiar, from RadioLoyalty's ToS it clearly states:

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"The Program, our websites, all broadcasts using the UniversalPlayer, and Service Provider's applications offered through third parties shall all collectively be referred to as the "Services."

Users that listen or watch more than one broadcast may not access the Services from multiple Accounts."

    This is not clear on if it is permitted to use the services through the available options above or simply by running this on multiple devices with different RL accounts. So please use this guide at your own risk, I am not responsible for any possible bans if this goes against the ToS, even if their ToS is vague and unclear.

  In addition, this is located in their FAQ:

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  How long does it take for loyalty points to show up?

Please allow 30 minutes from the time you logout of the player for points to post to your account.

Do my points have an expiration date?

Points are good for 365 days from the date they are awarded, and then they may automatically expire. When points expire, they no longer exist and they will not be reflected in your account balance.

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Swagbucks on Android - 210 daily Swagbucks.

Swagbucks TV Services:

 I’m an individual who hates having to work when I get home from my day job. I spend less than 1 hour of time on GPT services every day and make up to $250 a month using a few different GPT services.

 How much do I make on Swagbucks? I make between $60-$70 a month using only TV services offered through the Google Play Store. I don’tcomplete offers, I very rarely do the daily crave or even the daily poll unless I remember to do so.  Even with letting my phone run on loop, I still make a decent chunk of change for doing a very very very limited amount of work. 

What do you need?

1. A spare phone with a charger (I use Android)

2. An internet connection with no Bandwidth cap. (unless you don’t care about potentially maxing it out)

3. An app to keep your phone from going to sleep (I use AlwaysOn)

optional: ScreenFilter (keeps my phone dimmed below factory settings which prevents potential damage from screen burn) 

What services do you use to earn Swagbucks?

1. SBTV

2. EntertaiNow

3. Sport.ly TV

4. MovieCli.ps

My daily use involves:

1. Wake up, turn on SBTV and let it run on loop until I’m home from work.

2. Restart device.

3. Open EntertaiNow and run that on loop for 3-4 hours.

4. Open Sport.ly TV and run that on loop for 2-3 hours

5. Open MovieCli.ps and run that on loop for 2-3 hours

6. In total I spend about 5 minutes fiddling with my spare phone device and max my daily limits on all of these. 

Yes this may take more time if you’re never home or not able to check up on your device multiple times throughout the day. The total time to complete these will range between 6-12 hours depending on how long you wait between checking up on your device.

This is taking waaaaay too long for your given time frames, what gives?!?!

Correct, if you don't favorite certain videos then it will loop you through every single one.

How do I favorite?

left swipe the thumbnail video.

  Which videos complete in the least amount of time?

1. SBTV - 10 sec Tips (10 seconds)

2. EntertaiNow - Damage & Modern Family: The Complete Third Season (16 & 15 seconds

3. Sport.ly TV - How to Perform Neck Rotation Exercise (37 seconds)

4. MovieCli.ps - The Other Women (orange and yellow hat actress) (25 seconds)  

How many Swagbucks can I earn from each service each day?

1. SBTV - 50

2. EntertaiNow - 120

3. Sport.ly TV - 20

4. MovieCli.ps - 20

Total - 210 Swagbucks.

Do this each day and you’ll end up with 6300 Swagbucks every 30 days.

Enjoy!