Inbox Dollars: FREE $5 Signup Bonus (+ Get Paid to Read Emails, Take Surveys, Listen to Radio, & More!)

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Get paid for reading emails, taking surveys, playing games, watching videos, shopping online, + more! Just head on over here and sign up with the popular survey site Inbox Dollars (rated A+ with the Better Business Bureau!). Even sweeter, just for signing up and clicking the activation link in your inbox, you’ll get a FREE $5 bonus added to your account!


As soon as you have $30 in your account, you can choose your payment method and choose from a Visa Cash Card or a traditional check in mail. Just head on over here to sign up to score your FREE $5 bonus AND to start receiving survey opportunities and earning cash from Inbox Dollars. Remember, you must click on the activation link in your inbox for the $5 to be added to your account.

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  1. Tammy

    I have been using this site for awhile now. It does take a long time to reach a payout, but it is a nice little bonus! If anyone could use my referral i would really appreciate it!
    https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref14855096

  2. Jen

    I signed up for this the last time you posted about it, Colin. I just requested my first payout. I earned $50 in a month doing surveys occasionally, and doing the paid emails and paid searches. I have tried other survey sites, including Harris Polls and Survey Savvy and this one allows you to earn much faster. I am glad you posted about it. Thank you. Also, if anyone wants to use my referral link, thanks. https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref19344224 Either way, I highly recommend this survey site over the others listed. Much easier to qualify for surveys.

    • michelle

      I have to respectfully disagree with the fast payout although experiences definitely can vary depending on how much time is spent on the site. It took over a year to earn $30 on this site for me. The surveys are generally low paying and I rarely qualify for them. I suppose that if I signed up for the offers I would make more, but I personally have had better success with Harris Polls. Survey Savvy is a waste of time for me. They want to install apps which I won’t do. Best site for me is Global Test Market.

      • Jen

        I will have to try Global Test Market. I have never heard of that one. I have tried several of the survey sites and Inbox has been the best for me by far. I have no problem qualifying for surveys with this site, but it could very well be because of my age or the state I live in. I rarely qualify for survey with Survey Savvy. Inbox has surprised me so far. I think I will probably make $600 with it this year, which is not bad for a survey site. And I agree with others who posted. You get what you put into it.

      • Hope

        Just wondering how well you do with Global Test market? I personally use opinion outpost and everyone had mixed reviews about, it either was really good for the or it sucked. I personally have had great luck with them. I usually can do at least $5 a day.

        • michelle

          I can usually earn $50 a month at GTE with moderate effort. I quite often get offered product testing opportunities and those end up accumulating more points. Most surveys I qualify for are 35-60 points each and it takes 1150 points to get $50 via Paypal. Roughly 30 surveys a month. It’s a little less in points to get a $50 paper check, but you have to wait a month or so to receive it. Paypal payout is usually less than a week. Opinion outpost is hit or miss with me. I used to qualify for more surveys than I do now. I also like Ipsos and Valued Opinions too. I can consistently earn with those sites & the surveys themselves are usually fairly short so I do them here & there when I have extra time. They let you cash out at $10 via Amazon gift card which works out great for me.

          • hope

            Yea the amazon gift cards are what i like best along with paypal. I started at the beginning of February and have received 5 full product studies and have $150 in gift cards cashed in already. I also just finished a week long online community study that will pay $150 amazon gift card. So no complaints here.

          • Anna K

            I’m thinking about signing up for GTE. I’m only doing one other site right now and its not much. I’m not sure if you guys get any points for referring someone but if you do can someone send me a link?

    • shirin

      Thanks for telling that
      .I didn’t know that

  3. Angela

    How does listening to the radio work?

    • Kevin

      hi angela, regarding the radio….you listen to the radio via inbox dollars and they will send you a code after a certain number of minutes. You get paid 1 cent for every code you enter. While this doesnt sound like much, it is a nice little bonus if you were planning on listening to the radio anyways. Hope this helps. I’ll appreciate it if you use my link.
      https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref19211913

  4. Whitley

    I personally love this website just because it’s a nice $30 surprise here and there! And all you have to do is let them send you emails. Or to make more, you can do surveys and the cash offers. This site is growing and has new stuff all the time. If anyone would be so kind as to use my referral link I’d appreciate it! 🙂

    https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref7492458

  5. linda

    Do you have to pay taxes on the payouts like it’s income??? Thx.

    • Kevin

      Hi linda, here is what it says on the their website. From my understanding, $600 is the number for them to file a tax form.
      “We will require you to provide necessary tax information about yourself prior to receiving payment when requesting payment greater than $300 at one time or cumulatively during a calendar year. InboxDollars® will file a 1099 tax form for any Member who earns $600 or greater in one calendar year from our company, CotterWeb Enterprises, Inc.”

      Hope this helps! i’ll appreciate it if you use my link
      https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref19211913

    • Jen

      Only if you make over $600 during the year, Linda. If you do it is your responsibility to report it. They do not deduct taxes from your payouts.

  6. Kevin

    Some possible questions people may have. They email you several emails a day – paid emails (each worth $0.02) and actual surveys (worth anywhere from $0.25- $3). Just like any other survey site, you will not qualify for all the surveys and the nice thing about Inbox Dollars is that you get a free spin at their wheel regardless if you qualified for the survey or not. Wheel prizes are usually an extra $0.25 on your next survey, instant $0.05- $5 added to your account, or extra sweepstakes entries. You get what you put in. During one month, I got $41 while other months where I slack off a bit, I get around $20/ month. It is a nice bonus especially when Christmas rolls around.
    Hope this helps someone. I’ll appreciate it if you use my link! thanks!

    https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref19211913

  7. ihearthip

    I’ve used this site for years but only recently I felt inspired by comments on Hip2save to make goals for myself and stick to them. I went from $7 to $27 in 2 weeks, which I felt was pretty quick, as compared to other points websites. Thanks, Hip2Save! Here is my link if anyone wants to join me! https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref16785381

  8. Alyssa

    I’ve been on this site for almost a year. I love the little extra. The surveys take some time to qualify for. If anyone could use my link I’d really appreciate it!
    I always print coupons from it, you get 10 cents per coupon once it’s cleared.

    https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref14976990

  9. Stephanie

    Great way to earn extra spending money if you are willing to invest minimal to moderate time!

    I just signed up under someone else’s link can someone return the favor by using my link? It will be greatly appreciated 🙂

    Thank you any Hip2Savers that lend a helping hand my way.

    URL:https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref19804615

  10. hknisley

    Has anyone else gotten an email saying that they are no longer offering paid emails? I no longer get them emailed to me and i no longer receive them in the app, only survey opportunities.

    • Kevin

      i still get roughly 2 or 3 paid emails a day.

  11. Kim

    I signed up under a referral link above. I’m going to try it for a month and see how much I can earn. Extra gift cards or spending cash is always fun.
    Here is my referral link. TIA https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref19805818

    • mj

      Hi Kim, I just used your referral link. I’m excited to try this out and see if I can earn some extra side money to splurge goodies for my kids.

      If anyone else is interested in signing here is my referral link below. TIA
      https://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref19806412

  12. Mary

    Hello I have not received the confirmation email to activate the account anyone else have the same problem?

    • Laura

      Hi Mary! Have you checked you spam/promotions folders? Sometimes they go there.

  13. Elizabeth

    does anyone know if the following survey sites that was mentioned in the ^ above comments, offer any sign up bonuses by signing up through a referral link to these following survey websites> for “opinion outpost” & “ipsos” & “Valued Opinions” & Survey-Savvy” & “Harris Polls” & “Global Test Market”

    so i already signed up with inbox dollars through hip2save a few years ago which ironically also offered a $5 sign up bonus i believe & i basically gave up on it after a year of using it daily to only “read emails” for points since every survey i filled out had repetitive questions & either told me i wasn’t qualified or it took over a week to see any points added to my account after completing those surveys, and so i gave up on inbox dollars because it took so long (i would say about a year) to accumulate enough points for my first qualified Lowest Pay-Out with PayPal & also the site was utterly boring & very very slow buffering wen i tried “watching a video” or “playing a game” & i found it very annoying that it only let me finally request a payout of cash after i earned the $30 from all the tasks i completed, meaning to say that lets say i earned $25 from all the surveys and then if u added that $5 bonus i got because of signing up which made up my total for $30 evenly and actually led me to believe i can finally get my first Pay-Out with PayPal, instead they said i needed to earn a minimum of at least $30 from tasks&surveys that was not including any bonuses i earned through signing up or even through bonuses from referring friends, they said that any bonus added to my account couldn’t be included towards my payout, so anyways it took me another 2 weeks just to earn another $5 so i could finally get my first Pay-Out, and heres the part about that site that finally got on my nerves when i tried requesting a full pay-out it only offered my to payout $30 and not $35, so i contacted costumer service again and they said they only offer payouts that are rounded off, meaning $30, $40, $50, $60 .. etc 70,80,90,100….
    so unless i wanted to complete another few weeks of emails & surveys to earn another $5 just so i can get to $40 so i can get a full payout. i just gave up and only requested a pay-out to PayPal of $30
    and i left the $5 there and forgot about inbox dollars site until today after seeing this post about the sign up bonus.
    I am not even sure if my inbox dollars account even still exists, but if it does then i might just try it out again since its been a few years and u all seem to have a decent approach on it so hopefully the site improved a lot over the years.

    anyways if anyone knows about any sign up bonuses for any other survey sites or has any referral links that also offers a sign up bonus for the other sites mentioned in this post or even if u know of some other cash earning sites that are legit an also payout with paypal. please do share <3

  14. Anna K

    I would also like a link a referral link for Global Test Market if anyone has one. Please

  15. Taylor

    I am the owner of http://www.illdeclare.com we have over 150,000 REAL different ISP visitors per month to the site. I wanted to make a business proposition to you. We want to put your banner on our HOME page, if in return you will sent us either free signups to oir sites or people that become members. It’s win/win – you will get traffic you’d never had and we will get signups. Let me know what you think.

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