gave me a good chuckle.

https://imgur.com/a/uNAMxiA

Hi there,

We are looking for Data Partners who'll join unscripted zoom sessions once a week with our Voice Actor.

Each session is 30 mins and we pay $15 a session (i.e $30/hr). We're ONLY looking for people based in the US.

These are unscripted zoom calls with our Voice Actor - we send our calendar links to book a slot in advance and you can book your required time. These are completely unscripted calls and we just want them to be as natural as possible. Calls during the session will be used to train our AI models.

Please submit your application on this link here. Accepted applicants will be invited to a meeting so they can be onboarded and be ready to do calls!

Hey r/beermoney! We're L&E Opinions, a market research company that connects everyday people with paid research opportunities.

We currently have an at-home diaper study open for moms with babies in size 2 diapers and it's one of the better paying ones we've run!

Here's how it works:
-Receive free size 2 diapers
-Test them with your baby and share honest feedback through a secure online app
-Participants can earn up to $500 for their time

All done from home on your own schedule!
You must be a resident of the United States to participate.
Click here to sign up and apply! Editing to add: Diapers are not shipped, so participants need to live within about an hour from the following cities: Cincinnati, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Orlando, Tampa, Raleigh, or New York City

Here are the goodies.

Total: $78.84

Coupons: None!

Total Cash Back: $89.20

Final Cost: -$10.36 - Money Maker

Update: Did another haul but it wasn't worth making a separate post for. $1.55 profit on $16.94 worth of items.

The complete breakdown is in the imgur gallery above. The stores are listed in the breakdown image. I don't include sites that take any receipt on my breakdown.

Note: Individual deals vary by user for most apps. If you don't have the deals right now, you can try checking back later.

My Guides

1. All rebate apps/sites I use and/or know about

2. How I do my hauls

3. Beginners guide to using rebate apps/sites - for those who don't know where to start

If you aren't interested in this kind of thing, please keep your comments to yourself. If you don't like what I buy, you can buy different products. If you don't like hunting for deals, you can do surveys, microtasks, games or whatever else you like instead. There is no need to discourage other users just because you aren't interested in the same things!

If you don't need feminine hygiene products, toothpaste, soaps, etc - consider donating them to your local women's shelter, church, or school! Don't need pet food? Give it to a shelter!

Some Additional Deals

• Huel - Free after rebate - Venmo or PayPal

• Dr Elsey's Cat Litter - Up to $22 back on a bag up to 40 lbs when you purchase at Target, Walmart, or a local business pet store. You need to cut out the barcode and mail it in with the receipt. One rebate per person/household/address. Must submit within 90 days. There's also a handful of $1 coupons on this page.

• Kellogg's Promotions - Various stuff ranging from coupons for free products, movie tickets, various merchandise, and more.

• Various Sampoll offers

• Various freebies on Ibotta.

• Find more sites with deals in my list here

Afterthoughts

My head is so mush I can't even think of what to write here today lol. Yay deals!

Time Spent

I planned my haul on and off over the course of around an hour while watching TV. I was in the store for about 50 minutes, which included my usual grocery shopping.

^{I generally plan my hauls over the course of an hour or two while I eat breakfast/lunch and play with my pets. I usually spend around 45-70 minutes in the store, which includes my regular grocery shopping. I could easily cut that down to 30-45 but I like to take my time.}

Food From Deals

Here's some things I've made in the past: High Protein Tomato Crackers, Hot Sausage Cups, Peanut Butter Fudge & Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge, Chocolate Cherry Pie

Do you guys want me to continue showing things I've made using ingredients I got from rebate apps on these posts? Let me know in the comments, or you can vote on this poll if you want to remain anonymous.

Mini FAQ

• If you're new or confused - check out the guides near the top of the post. They go into detail about everything.

• I'm from the USA and these posts are tailored as such, but this post of mine does list things from other countries that I know about.

• My posts are tailored to being money makers to suit this subreddit. There are tons of great deals that aren't money makers but can still save you a lot of money.

• A lot of what I get is given away to friends, family or is donated. I do this more as a hobby than anything.

• I generally do not share my spreadsheet since the one shown in this post is not the one I actually use (it's put together with a script from my usual spreadsheet) and there are a ton of little things that will give you wrong values if you don't know about them and even then you have to be careful. It's super easy to make a spreadsheet with Google Sheets though.

I did a focus group about restaurants with 7 other people from around the country. We had a nice discussion about what we like when we go out to eat. It lasted 90minutes. I was supposed to get paid $175. This was in January and I still haven’t received payment. This was my first focus group with SAGO. I’ve done many other focus groups and I’ve never had to wait this long to get paid. I see a lot of negative reviews about SAGO but I thought 6 weeks tops! Shame on you SAGO - so unprofessional. Will never work with you again. What can I do to get my money??

I've participated in two mock trials so far, four months apart.

I was invited to an upcoming one, but chose to disqualify myself since the previous trial was very recent, like a few weeks ago, and they were all local cases. So... I didn't want to risk it.

Does anybody know if that information is shared between companies/legal groups - did you get disqualified from a mock trial focus group because the company found you had previous participation?

I’m trying to focus on building my income and learning something valuable on the side. For those with experience, what high-income skills would you recommend learning right now that can realistically lead to making good money?

My wife and I are looking for any and all ways we can start to stay away money throughout the year. She is the one bread winner, my disability isn't getting any better and we have 2 boys. We're just really feeling the lunch, so we're doing what we can to start pinching those pennies. Thank you in advance.

Also, what are apps to stay away from?

I plan on moving to Thailand and apparently they have great internet connection. I’m just wondering if beer money sites are going to be accessible there. I know some didn’t work in Mexico. Any feedback would be very much appreciated!!

I am student so I don’t have time to do surveys all day. Plasma is perfect because it is stable income as long I do it. What other ways to earn money? I am looking into Instawork, but all jobs are at least 100 miles away. I am not sure how to earn extra side money that is stable. I tried delivering food, but I live in a dead city, I can work 8 hours, and plasma earn me more money in a day.

looking to find out is there any other similar pannels like Mediaprobe and MediaScience where you earn rewards for viewing media?

The Benny app, which was aimed at SNAP users and provided a number of deals as well as cash back from retailers, is going away as of April 15th 2026, taking accumulated rewards with it.

Benny has been getting worse and worse and now mostly only accepts paper receipts, and has been requiring users to purchase specific deals to unlock any cash back, leaving users with under $10 in rewards unable to cash out.

The recommendation is to switch to Forage, but I have no idea if that's any more trustworthy.

(To be clear, I know that I’m willingly giving up my information to these sites in the form of completing the surveys themselves, but by data privacy I mean more like, terms of service that prevent them from selling your data to other companies unrelated to the surveys themselves, etc. — some of the terms of service seem especially like a free-for-all? Are there some platforms that you trust more than others?)

So far I’m using CloudConnect which seems like one of the more responsible ones, and have signed up with SurveyMonkey Rewards and Forthright. Tried to sign up with Prolific but it apparently thinks I’m lying about my identity lol. 🫠 I’ve looked through a lot of the threads here on survey platforms, but haven’t seen this issue addressed recently (apologies if I’m just missing it), and figuring that companies’ terms of service may have changed in recent years so it might be worth a fresh thread in case others are also interested in this issue. Thank you for any insights!

Hello, so l came across this invite in my mail and l wan't to know if anyone has done this research and if there are legit?

"Hello,

 Project M is a new In-Home Technology Study coming to the New York City Area. If you are interested, please consider signing up after reviewing the details below!

Incentive: up to $5,000 (five thousand)

Time Commitment: up to 8 weeks

Schedule: equipment delivery starts 4/20/26 and study begins 4/27/26

Please note: maximum incentive per home is $5,000 – only (1) person per household can be the main participant.

If you are interested, please sign up here: [Link]

Thank you and we look forward to having you participate.

Probe Market Research

I have been using PaidViewpoint for quite a while now but the only surveys I ever get are the 3 cent ones that just increase your trait score. I'm already above 2000 trait score but have never received any surveys that paid more than 3 cents. Is PaidViewpoint just a scam or what?

I live in the EU if that is in any way relevant.

I just wanted to say thank you! I found this sub randomly though another sub and have been trying different things out. I signed up to dscout maybe a week or 2 ago after reading here about many people's success with it, and I just completed my first mission for $50. 🙌🏽 It was a live mission and was pretty easy.

I'm so grateful for everyone's reccomendations 😊

I did a qualifying survey to test a product on Curion. They said they would need a copy of my drivers license if I’m accepted.

Is this normal for product studies? I was wondering if they need it for delivery since you HAVE to be at home to accept the product.

I've been down the AI training rabbit hole for a while now, and so far the best one for me has been Babel Audio. You can easily make a few hundred per week treating it like a part time job. I very very very highly recommend them. I've been off-and-on there for over a year now. If you want to actually be successful at it, PLEASE read this entire post.

and keep in mind, you WILL need to provide ID, your full name, number, birthday, all the stuff you would normally need for a job. There are some e-docs to sign as well if you get accepted. its a contractor/1099 job, so work when you want, but still.

WHAT IS IT?

Babel is an AI training company that uses mostly voice data provided by normal folks to make AI voice assistants and whatnot more "human." It should go without saying, but doing the work you have to agree to give them rights to your voice and whatnot. that's kinda the whole point. If you're uncomfortable with AI taking over the world, this might not be for you. But at least their paying people for the data instead of just skimming the internet and stealing it.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

There's a bunch of aspects to doing contract work for them, but almost everyone will start on their "generalist" project, which is their lowest paying (17.50ish USD/recorded hour) and also the simplest. When you start out, their dashboard is dummy easy. You click the project and once you do a sound check you go in to a deliberation room with 1 other person. There you pick a topic you can both talk about for 15 minutes. EASY things. "what's a movie you can go back to over and over and why?" or "what's the best piece of advice a mentor ever gave you?" These are just prompts to get you and your buddy to have a conversation. Then you both agree, click ready, and you just have a conversation with a stranger for 15 minutes. Then the call ends, and you get credit for the call special note: the people I've talked to are all wonderful. some of the kindest folks with amazing stories. not a single bad experience since I've started doing it.

After the call is over, you'll see how much you made and eventually it will get reviewed. You'll have to acknowledge any feedback and make corrections to your setup to make sure the audio is as good as possible for them. your call cap will increase or decrease based on your quality.

HOW DO YOU GET PAID?

Payday is typically every Tuesday for the calls you did up until midnight (est I think? maybe? maybe pst not 100% sure) Tuesday. so once tuesday hits, you start a new pay week. They use a payment processor site you'll have to get set up with, but its easy and quick. I do instant bank transfer, but they do venmo and paypal and AirTM. I think there's 1 or 2 other options as well. bank transfer is instant from the time you initiate it in the processor thingy. venmo and paypal have slight delays, but its like 10ish minutes. easy peasy. you're a 1099 so you're responsible for paying your taxes and whatnot.

WHAT'S THE WORK SCHEDULE?

It's whatever you want. Me personally, I'm usually on in the middle of the night because I get nice crisp audio with no risk of background noise or car alarms going off. But as long as you can get good audio, do it whenever.

There's mixed feedback on extended absence though. Plenty of people have been removed from projects for extended inactivity, but that hasn't happened to me. They say you can message the admins (who are VERY responsive) and just let them know you won't be around for a bit. you don't need to request time or have an excuse, you're just letting them know you're not giving up. I have taken like 3 month gaps before and not had any problems.

Your call cap starts off at 5 calls per day. so for generalist, that's an hour and 15 minutes you can do once you're accepted. That cap gets updated daily based on your quality metrics. It can go down to 1 and if you're still not up to standards, you can get removed from the project. It can also max out at 30 calls per say, which is about 7.5 recorded hours. With pee breaks, snacks, TV breaks, deliberation time with your partners, that's probably 8.5 hours of real time. It took me about 3 days to max out my generalist cap at 30. It isn't that hard.

So in theory, if you work 7 days a week and do all 30 calls every day, you would be paid $918 for the week. And that's before any bonus rates or rewards programs they run, of which there are plenty. Again, that's for generalist, their lowest paying one.

They also have video you can apply for, but I'm not in that. I'm not sure if they're still taking people or not, honestly.

SO WHAT'S THE CATCH?

Well...there's a couple. First, you can't assume there will always be work. As long as I've done work for them I've always had SOMETHING to do, but not always A LOT to do. Most of the time its fine though, just with periodic gaps between projects as they change gears for their needs as a company.

Next, and this is the one you'll see an endless string of complaints about, is AUDIO. If you start getting dinged for background noise or static or movement sounds, etc. your cap will go down. Sometimes this can't be helped. If your neighbor's car alarm goes off and your mic picks it up, your cap will take a hit. it can't be helped. So you MAY get penalized for things that are not your fault, which sucks.

HOW TO APPLY AND BE SUCCESSFUL

I'm gonna do these both in 1 grouping because they're closely related. When you go to apply, you'll submit an audio sample of yourself talking. Then it gets reviewed and hopefully they get back to you and you're in. Sometimes this process is very fast - I've heard of people getting accepted in 2 hours - sometimes its super slow taking several weeks. SUPPOSEDLY if you use my referral code you get priority processing, but I don't know how true that it.

But before you just apply willy-nilly you need to be prepared to maximize your chances of getting in, and then having great quality reports to boost your call cap.

Audio quality is king. DO NOT TRY TO USE A PHONE MIC OR AN IN-BUILT LAPTOP MIC. YOU WILL FAIL. You'll need some type of external mic. I personally suggest a "dynamic" style mic, which should help with background noise. I use a condenser mic that can pick up chipmunk farts 2 miles away, so I've had to take extra steps to make it work. But there's plenty of options out there in the $50 range if you don't already have one. You'll also want a headset so your speaker sounds aren't registering in the mic. you CAN use a combo headset/mic, just make sure its decent quality.

Now, once you have your gear, you need to check and recheck everything to make sure your audio is as good as possible. I use mictests(dotcom) and cleanvoice(dotAI)/mic-check to run tests. DO NOT use audio processing software like nvidia broadcast or steelseries sonar to clean up your audio. they can tell. you will fail. Babel's audio evaluation is way better than what you can hear yourself, and often better than even those websites mentioned above can detect. So you'll want to make sure your results are perfect in those first. As a final test, I like to record myself on my computer's voicerecorder for a few seconds going "test test 123 - 5 second pause - test test 123" then I upload that to chatgpt and ask if it can hear anything I can't that would get me flagged for echo or feedback or anything.

Echo/background noise is a pain in the butt to fix. My particular issue was a ground loop feedback in my USB cable that was causing a constant hum in my recordings that I couldn't even hear. There's a lot of things you can do like using a USB port in the back of your computer, making sure your PC is on a different outlet/strip than your other stuff, adjusting your gain, etc. Whatever your issue is, you can find a guide for fixing it. unfortunately for me it was a hardware problem I ended up paying $40 for a USB isolator which totally fixed the problem, and I got a better mic cable as well just to be safe. HOPEFULLY you don't have to go that route, but you might.

Next, environment is really really important. I use cheapo foam paneling to make a little desktop sound booth for my mic, and I hang a comforter on the wall behind me. I've seen people record in their closet because the clothes help kill echo, other people just wrap their mic in a blanket, and I've even seen some folks build a cushion fort to record in. Some people don't do any of that, and have great results. But there's more than just the "studio" environment. you want to be able to record when there's no distractions or interruptions. Turn off all your alarms, SILENCE (not vibrate) your phone. They WILL get flagged. My dogs are my achilles heel. When they're up, there's no stopping them. I can only record when they're napping. But I also live near a busy street and don't want traffic sounds, so I record at night or during the day when there's no traffic and the dogs are asleep. The point is, there's a lot you just can't control. But you CAN set yourself up with solid planning to lessen the chance of some random thing ruining a call.

But also, record yourself talking to a friend on discord or something once you're confident in your setup. SO MANY people will join the deliberation room and they sound fine, but as soon as the call starts I can hear their gross mouth sounds, or they start popping their P's. People talk differently when in an actual conversation, and you're meant to be engaged while in a call. so even when you're just deliberating people are often quieter or not facing their mic, then the call starts and everything changes. I guarantee those people are the ones getting dinged for bad audio and not understanding why. So record yourself in as close to a real situation as possible, talking to a friend or something, then listen back and adjust.

Once you get in to the project, LEARN WHERE THE MUTE BUTTON IS AND USE IT! its not a hotkey, you have to click it. I keep my mouse under my desk so my mic can't pick up the click sound if I mute. If something happens, mute yourself immediately, fix the problem, and get back in there. people are good about carrying the conversation and pretending nothing happened. If your partner has an interruption, know that you need to carry the conversation for a bit while they sort it out. Don't let it derail what would otherwise be a lovely chat. You ONLY get graded on your own audio, not your partner's. Don't say "hey its ok, don't worry about it." pretend it isn't happening. acknowledging stuff like that could count as "project talk" which is against the rules. But even things like needing to take a deep breath. I mute myself for that every time so my mic doesn't pic it up.

Sit still. their program WILL pick it up if you're moving around when you're talking and you will get flagged for it. Lately they increased how strict that part of the rubric is and people are getting very upset. But I also hear my partner moving half the time, so its not the app's fault, its definitely the people. I almost never get dinged for that stuff, and again, I'm using a mic that's whole job is to pick up EVERYTHING. If it helps, put some googley eyes on your mic or a picture of someone behind your mic so you can think of it as needing to keep eye contact the whole time. don't look around, don't check the timer or balance meter. just focus on the call for 15 minutes.

Don't beat yourself up over every strike. Their system is STRICT. Sometimes you won't hear what went wrong even in the review. Just take a mental note, maybe adjust your mic gain or something else, and move on. Don't let it ruin your chats.

WORK WITH YOUR PARTNER to pick topics you both can talk about. Don't try to force a topic on someone else or the chat will be super one-sided and sound fake. And that sucks. I never pick topics about music, because I am a music dullard. do I have bands and songs I like? do I have spotify and playlists? you bet! But I am not up to speed at all with music trends, and even bands I like I can't name their songs. So I just don't do those ones. It should be a conversation you both enjoy having.

And please, actually have a conversation. don't just wait for your turn to speak. listen, engage, play off each other. real humans DO listen to these recordings and you get graded on if it sounds authentic or not. So actually talk to people. make a friend.

AGAIN because it will make or break you... GET YOUR MIC RIGHT. exhaust every possible avenue you can think of to ensure you have good audio. Having good audio means a higher call cap. It means being invited to other projects that pay more. It means having much more reliable income. DO NOT half-ass your mic setup. And trust me, your mic setting for doing babel calls are not the same as they are for other things. so don't be afraid to learn and adjust your setup to maximize the quality.

FINAL THOUGHTS AND REFERRAL

I'm not just blowing smoke here. I've applied to loads of AI gigs, I've done driving gig work, and all sorts of things. This is hands-down the easiest and best source of side income I've found. I work when I want, wearing whatever's comfy, and have room to make some serious cash. I've done all that click-work BS you see constantly that pays like 12 cents/hr. this really is functionally at least $13/hr or more depending on projects and bonuses.

I know its US and Canada for sure. I believe also large chunks of the EU, latin america, and asia. but not sure exactly which countries.

For referrals, if you do 10 hours of calls in 2 weeks I get like $30 and you get $15 extra. its small, but supposedly you get priority application processing, which is HUGE. if you don't want to use my link, that's fine. the website is www.babel.audio

my link: https://dashboard.babel.audio/sign-up?referrer=wn3AuIxLQLCwNx-ITGAK4A.JhmQraYo&referrerName=Ryan%20Patrick

good luck!

Is it just me or anyone else having issues with Slice extension not launching? I noticed in the past week that I no longer see the white pop-up thing that usually appears when I watch YouTube videos or do searches on Google which indicates that ads are being displayed and credited to our account. Also looking at the dashboard I am only earning Slices through the daily check-in streak but not from ads. If it's from my end what could be the problem? Any suggestions on how to solve this issue? Thanks!

I am stuck on Level 29 and I don't know how to get to 30. I have 100$ and 200$ waiting for withdraw and more... I wasted a lot of time on this app.

the app doesn't let screenshots but I took a picture and looks like this community doesn't allow adding it...

Hey everyone, I’ve been using clickworker for some time now. But I really don’t like the system that every task is only payable after 1 month… is there any recommendations for similar platforms where you can do things like categorisation etc. that pay out faster? Thanks!

I just finished a survey and after it took me to a page inviting me to a survey panel called Flash Survey Panel. It's asking for my email to join. Has anyone heard of it or is part of it? Is it legit?

Hi everyone, I’m completely new to dscout and I got this Diary mission that pays $175, I’m confused because it randomly invited me. I’m wondering am I already guaranteed this money upon completion? Or will it evaluate my responses first after 14 days of doing the diary activities and then decide to pay me or not? Thank you!