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Mintvine is a wonderful survey website, that you will love. This site pays you to participate in surveys for companies and the points are really not that hard to stack up.



HOW YOU EARN

You can earn points that you can retrieve for cash by not just completing surveys, but also by participating in their daily question, one really simple question is asked each day like which movie is your favorite and you are given a list to choose one answer and just like that you earn 5 points each day. You may also earn by visiting their offers tab and also by referring others.



Payment

As mentioned before you earn points on Mintvine a 1000 points equal $10 and this is the minimum you are allowed to cash out. It's really not hard to get to the minimum cash out you are offered 300 points from signing through someone's invitation plus you get a few points for completing your profile which allows them to get to know you and which surveys will suit you. The surveys themselves do give really good points, which is why this is my dad's favorite site to do surveys, he as cashed out a few times himself, he usually lets his points accumulate and cashes out larger amount than myself. I received my payment within a week of putting in my request to be paid via PayPal

Con

My only con is that it does take a while for your points to move from pending state to approved, this can take weeks, but my advice would be just to do as many surveys behind each other so they can be approved at the same time so you will be able to cash out faster.

CONCLUSION

If you are into taking surveys this is the website for you, payment is efficient and there are a lot of surveys to be done, so can earn some nice extra cash. Click here to sign up

If you're looking for another way to make some extra cash Usability hub is just the perfect place to do so. I came across this site via a YouTube post by workers on board, and I decided to give it a try. Earning cash on this website is quite simple, there is nothing that's time-consuming or confusing to do on here.

What is Usability hub?
This is a website where website builders go to get a second opinion on a website or logo they are building or to find out how user-friendly the site they are creating is. To get this done is where we come in, we get paid to give our option test out a part of there website. Usability as five different types of tests that they ask you to participate in to earn, these are five seconds test, click test, preference test, question test & navigation test.

Five Seconds Test

With this test a website or a logo will appear on your screen for five seconds, then when this screen is gone a few questions will come up real simple questions asking you about what you just saw, a question such as what do you think this website offers etc. and your answers are limited to a few  characters so no epistle questions can be between 1 - 3.

Click Test

With this test, a website will come up on your screen when you accept the test before this pops up you will be given instructions as to what they expect you to do, you then click accept and carry out the what the instructions ask of you. An example of a click test would be

Preference Test

With this test you are given options of a logo or website etc to choose which one you like more, you will be given instructions as to what they want you to look at specifically whether it's the color, the design, the layout or whatever. You choose the one you prefer to submit and you are done just that simple.



Question Test

This one is somewhat similar to the five-second test, but the website or logo isn't taken off the screen within five seconds. Instructions are given if you choose to accept this test then you are shown the image and you are asked 1-5 questions about the image shown, very simple questions which require very short and simple answers like I said before writing characters are limited sometimes I even run out of characters and have to shorten my answers. When you are done you click submit you get rewarded and you are done.

Earnings

You are rewarded 10 cents for each answer you submit, which is pretty OK seeing that each test takes less than a minute, 2 minutes the most if what you want to say doesn't come to you right a way and you need some more time to think it through, some times if I have to think through too much either I'm not understanding what's being asked of me I will skip the test and move on, and there are times if you take too long to carry out the instructions given the page will refresh itself.



Payouts

The minimum payout is $20 so you do need to reach this amount before you can put in a request. When you put in a request all your answers all 200 of them which brought you to $20 are subjected for review, so each answer is reviewed for standard/quality before payments are made(I really didn't have a problem as I did get all my money) you can read what they are looking to see for all responses submitted on their website and they are really not looking for anything that's hard to follow. Once a review is done payouts are made to your PayPal account. It did take me a while to get paid as on their website it said that payouts would be made within 7 days, but mine took about 2 weeks, when I contacted them to find out what was going on the response was timely and I was told they were a bit backlogged but I would get paid, which I did get paid.

Cons
My only two cons with this site is that:

1. I wish that they had more tests to do, tests are kinda few and far between but I think over time it will grow.

2. Sometimes I need a little more time to think up what to write, but like I said before if you take too long the website refreshes itself.

Conclusion

This is a really great site to earn from, it's simple and doesn't take much time out of your day. They are legit, you don't pay to sign up, payment may take some time but you will get paid which is absolutely great in my book. So I do think you should give it a try and it's fun to see these websites and logos before they are launched. Click here to join

I was searching for an app that I could earn some extra cash from for a while, which got me downloading app after app that made claims that I could earn, but none worked for me, that was until I found app karma.. This app allows you to earn cash or gift cards by doing simple tasks such as downloading other apps. This app turned out to be so much fun, more fun than other pay to download app that I have tried.

How to earn

You earn by downloading apps that are listed in the offers tab section. App karma works on a points basis, each app offer gives you a certain amount of points to download said app, which is credited to your account upon completion of downloading and playing with the app for a few minutes. Along with those points you can also earn karma points, which is shown beside the game control icon of each app that offers this extra earning points. Karma play points are additional points given if you keep the game on your device for a given period. So let's say I downloaded SuperLocker- charge faster, I would receive 11 points just to download the app, but I would earn an extra 50 points if I keep the app for 2 more days. To get this extra points the karma play section as a countdown timer from the time you download the game to 24 hrs later when you would need to play the game again to earn the karma points for that day, this goes on until the karma play runs out, then you can either choose to keep the app or delete it. You also get 2x karma points when you play with the app the very next day after you download it

You can also earn by answering quizzes. some apps as a quiz Icon next to it, which means when you download the app you can earn points by answering a few really simple about them that you downloaded.

Another way to earn is by watching videos, each video you watch gives you 1 point. these are really short 30 seconds or less app trailers. You are allowed a maximum of 15 videos every 24hr.

You also get badges for certain achievements which gives you points that go to your overall earnings, which the picture above shows

You are given 5 points every 24 hrs you check into app karma which is great.

You may also earn by referring your friends and family to app karma

So as you can see there are a lot of ways in which to earn.

Redeeming Your Points

To redeem your points I quite easy, and it was faster than I expected to. I cashed out in the morning and by that night I got received a message via PayPal that I had received cash from app karma. They state that payment takes up to 72 hours.



There are different ways to redeem you can do so via PayPal, Amazon gift card, iTunes, Google play, Starbucks, Xbox, PlayStation store or Steam.

The least amount you can withdraw at one time is $3 and that's via Paypal. Above is a picture of how many points are needed to withdraw from each outlet. Each time you withdraw they also give you back a few points to get you back on track.

Conclusion

This is a really fun way to earn some extra cash, whether you are a teen or adult it's great fun to spend a few minutes to earn cash or gift cards. I do recommend trying it out, you won't regret it. Their customer service is also extremely good, they get back to you in a timely manner, which I really appreciate. Click here to sign up, use code sheens to receive 300 points


Be sure to also sign up for their newest app Cash karma this app allows you to take surveys and watch videos to earn it as almost the same set up as their first app you earn badges here as well, same payout outlets the look and layout is quite similar to App Karma. Click here to sign up using code islandtulip to receive 300 points.

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If you’re looking to make some extra cash online, then you should give Humanatic a try.

What is Humanatic?

This is a website which pays you to listen to calls and tag them accordingly (sounds easy huh), well it is and it isn’t, I’ll explain later.

What to expect a short overview

When you sign up if you are accepted you will receive an email letting you know. Logging on for the first time you will be prompted to watch a welcome video, watching this welcome video will give you your first earning from this company, as you are paid $1 just to watch the video, a sort of welcome gift. There isn’t much training offered as to how to tag the calls in each category, you will be given an overview on what the categories are about and few scenarios as to how to tag calls in these categories. When you sign in for the first time you will get a small exercise to do, so that you will have a little understanding as to what is expected of you.

As a newbie you are given two categories to start off, these categories are inbound and outbound calls, if you keep your percentage above 92% in all categories then you will unlock higher paying categories. These two categories that you start out with will offer basically 1cent each, these two categories are quite easy to maneuver. With inbound calls, you want to tag the time that the caller connects to the intended person or another qualified agent that was able to handle the caller’s queries. The first person that answers the call isn’t necessarily the intended person or another qualified agent as most of these calls go through a receptionist who will then transfer the call and there are times when someone may call to speak with a specific person.

or should I say challenge your penalty, state your case as to why you think you are right and the others are not and believe me a lot of the time you may be correct and have the penalty removed. When you state your case the call is looked over by members who are called super-humans (these are members who have done well and have been promoted to mediate/audit calls) if they think you are correct they will lift the penalty if not they will let it remain. But there are some categories that either other's don’t read the overview properly or they just don’t care so you may end up having to state your case on more calls that you would like to, this can be time-consuming and takes away from you making more money. I say this because instead of listening to new calls to increase your earnings, you have to use the time to challenge others mistakes in order to get back the money you already earned. Another problem with having the penalty lifted is that after it is lifted, all your earnings aren’t restored which I think is not fair. So say you were listening to calls in a category that pays 2 cents and you get penalized for a call, the amount taken will be 3x what u earned, but when the penalty is lifted you only get back the 2 cents which you got on that call (not so fair huh).

How to earn


As far as earnings on each category goes you may earn from 1 cent up to 27 cents. The highest paying categories are call summary categories which means you will have to listen to the calls and summarize them, so in this category you will have to do some typing but it’s really isn’t a lot of typing because as I said you summarize what is said in the call picking out the important points which the overview will tell you what these important points are. If you are great at listening to audio and summarizing it in a short time then this category would be great for you to increase your earnings, but after you summarize the calls you do have to tag them as well just like you would in the other categories. The summary can be a bit of a challenge when the calls are lengthy I mean I’ve come across a lot of these long calls that just makes your head spin lol I remember seeing once a call that was 30 minutes long needless to say I had a headache the moment I saw the length of the call. There are times when you will come across premium calls these calls pay more than the regular calls, they can be found in each category and is stated above the call that the call is premium and how much you will earn for the call. So let’s say you’re doing a call in the category Call Summary: Patient Pursuit a regular call would pay you 21 cents but a premium call would pay 27 cents. It may seem like it’s not much, but it does add up. But you have to master the categories in order to move quickly and accurately in order to earn a lot something I have yet to do. But if you check the leader board or speak with some members of Humanatic, you will see earnings more than $50 per day, so it’s possible to earn a bit on this website. But to earn this much you would have to treat it like a full time job, as these members work a good 8-12 hours. The highest I have seen anyone make is $100, but like myself and everyone else we think these people are cheating the system, and Humanatic does encourage its members to alert them if they see anyone who seem suspicious in their earnings.



Bonus

Bonuses are offered on calls which are correctly tagged, the amount of bonus received depends on the amount paid by each category. If you have correctly tagged a call in say a category that pays 5 cents, then you will receive 5 cents in bonus credit on that call, not all calls that you correctly tag however will give you a bonus as bonuses are randomly given. They have recently launched a new beta version of their website which offers a bonus when you first start using it, bonuses are offered for each level you complete the levels are from 1-30 the highest level paying $5, but when you reach level 30 that’s it for earning a bonus for leveling up. Another way to earn bonus is to, increase the amount you earn each day, if you are able to make it onto the leaderboard among the top 25 earners for the day you will be given a bonus of $10. So there are a lot of ways to earn bonuses on Humanatic.

Payment

Humanatic is really great at paying their workers, they always pay on time, if payment is late then there must be some problem that is out of their control. For the few months I have been with them I have never received a late payment. Payments are made weekly between Monday to Tuesday I have received payment as late in the night as minutes after 11, I do have to commend them on their prompt payments. Depending on where you fall in the queue, will decide on which one of the days listed above you will receive payment. You can request your payment as late as Monday but the cutoff point is 12 noon. The earlier you request payment, the quicker you will get paid.

How to sign up


I see a lot of people asking how do they get into Humanatic, they have applied and they have been denied. To be honest I really do not know all that they are looking for. I do know that the job you are currently doing or your past jobs have a lot to do with the process. As they state on their website when you sign up that the field you work in could be a conflict of interest and if it is you won’t be accepted. So if you say worked in or you are currently working in the car dealing industry that would be a conflict of interest. The signing process is quite easy but you will need a PayPal account to be able to sign up as this is Humanatic’s only source of payment. To sign up to be a member click here



Conclusion

In closing, I will say that this is a good online job to earn a little extra cash and depending on your cost of living and the number of hours you have to dedicate to this job, how fast and accurately you work this could also be used as your main source of earnings. Humanatic hires people from around the world so it’s not just limited to the United States which is great for anyone outside the US looking to earn online. It’s worth giving it a try it may be for you or it may not be for you, but you won’t know unless you give it try.

I have been procrastinating for a few months now. I wanted to write this review for a while, but I am just getting around to it.

Last summer I went to the Caribbean natural hair show which was held in Kingston, Jamaica. Just to share, that was my first natural hair show and it was pretty cool. They had booths that were selling hair products at discounted prices. Now I am not one to pass up a deal if I don’t have to. The product that caught my eyes was the Lotta Body Coconut and Shea Oil line. All the products from this line may be used on relaxed or natural hair.

As the name of the line suggests these products are enriched with coconut and shea oil, both these oils are beneficial to your hair. They hydrate, gives shine, manageability, moisturize among other amazing things. The products in this line smell AMAZING!!!!! I can’t stress how great they smell. I’ve had people tell me “Your hair smells really good, what did you put in it.” Yes, the scent is that amazing.

 Lotta Body Wrap Me Foaming Mousse



Like I mentioned before this Lotta Body Wrap Me Foaming Mousse product may be used on both natural and relaxed hair. It’s great for a twist out rod sets etc. I find that for a twist out and rod sets, this product works better on relaxed or straightened natural hair for my hair it doesn’t work so well with this style (I have 4c hair with a mix of something else lol) I use this as part of my curl routine when styling my curls. I use t as kind of a base to help my curls pop a little more. But I love it more for straightened hair so currently I’m saving the remainder of this product for when I get my hair straightened so I can get some really nice definition to my twist out and rod sets.









Lotta Body Control Me Edge Gel



This edge control gel is really moisturizing, after using it my edges were really moisturized. When I first applied the edge control, I was excited my edges were well laid giving me a sleek look, which let’s be honest every woman wants. Then I spun around the house like I always do before I leave out. Then I took one last glance in the mirror before I stepped out and my sleek edges were gone. Yup, I was back to square one again. The edge control did not last for 15 minutes. So then my excitement turned to disappointment. Another problem that I found with this product was that, when the sleekness wears off, it leaves my hair wet, so when I rest my forehead on my hand, pillow or whatever it touches it transfers. For these two reasons, this is my least favorite of the four. I think if they correct these problems, this could really be a good edge control.



Lotta Body Love Me 5 n 1 Miracle Styling Crème


OK, so this product is my second favorite. I milk this bottle to get any remaining crème. The 5 n 1 crème is said to:

• Detangle & Condition
• Heat Protection
• Adds Moisture & shine
• Prevent Split End
• Tame Frizz

I can’t say for certain that it does protect against heat, I rarely use heat in my hair, but I do live in a tropical country so I use it that regards. It is absolutely wonderful at moisturizing, conditioning, detangling and helping with shine, it does help with the frizz as well. I do recommend buying.

And last but not least my absolute favorite





Lotta Body Moisturize Me Curl & Style Milk


This product is big on moisturizing, and that’s saying a lot because my hair rejects moisture. I use it religiously to give my hair that soft, moisturized and shine look and feel. It does give my curls/coils definition, not as much as a gel would but it gets the job done without that hard, crunchy feel. I feel like I can’t put a comb through my hair without this and the 5 n 1, I use them together and I truly love them. I will continue to buy both when you find a good thing you find it hard to let it go.

To wrap up this is a great line smells great moisturizes, conditions and adds shines. They just need to iron out a few kinks in the edge control gel and then it will be good to go. Again the scent is AMAZING!! Give them a try and let me know what your thoughts are.