Friday, February 22, 2013

Instant Cash Sweepstakes

Instant Cash Sweepstake (ICS) is a fun twist to the normal survey sites out there. The surveys on the ICS site are short, fun, and quick. Most of the surveys are only three questions long and take literally 20 seconds to complete. Here is a sample of what the surveys look like:



How much more simpler can it get??? Have you ever tried taking a survey that you spend 15 minutes or more just to be told you do not qualify to finish the survey? Well you will never experience that with this site. And best of all, It's free to join! And the best part, it's FREE!! Of course, any site that I review here is always free so that wouldn't be an issue anyways.

Now on to the details of how the site works.
ICS makes earning by surveys fun. The surveys earn you tickets that are used on a daily drawing for $50. Each day, your tickets are automatically entered for the drawing, so do not be alarmed when you sign in the next day and see that you have no tickets. On the plus side, if you use the site regularly, your tickets will add up quickly. You also earn coins that can be redeemed for additional tickets or can be used to purchase entries for a $2 drawing. This drawing is held every 3 hours. The nice thing about the coins is that you can accumulate them day after day. This way you can build up the amount of coins you have and purchase tickets or enter the $2 drawing on those days when you are feeling particularly lucky. The number of tickets and coins that are paid out per survey vary, but it does not take long at all for them to add up. Here is an image of the amount of tickets and coins that I have earned today alone, and I have only logged in 3 times today:

Over 1000 entries for the $50 drawing, and I am not done yet.!!! Not bad for only logging in 3 times so far today. Occasionally you also earn a few cents for completing the surveys. This does not happen as often as earning tickets and coins, but I feel that the number of chances you get in the drawings can easily make up for this.

The blue section in the image is the TS level (TrustScore). This is the level that determines how many tickets and coins you earn per survey. Each time the level increases, so does the amount of tickets and coins that are paid. Your level increases by participating in the surveys. Higher levels also have increased chances of getting a special multiplier that further increases the amount that is paid out. I have just started the site and have made it about halfway to the next level. I figure in the next day or two I should be there.

Your TS level also determines how many surveys you can do every in each session. When starting out, you can only complete 5 surveys every three hours. I know that this does not sound like much, but don't worry, you will still earn plenty of tickets and coins within these limits. When you reach levels 2 and 3, your survey limit increases by three each level. That's 11 surveys per session by level 3! The number of additional surveys increases by one with every two levels that you move up. So levels 4 and 5 add four more surveys each, levels 6 and 7 add five more surveys, and so on.

The minimum payout amount required by ICS is $2 and is paid through PayPal. If you are like me, this is a big plus because I like to get my money as quickly as possible. While the pay may seem small, I always say small payments quickly add up.

Another feature that I like about ICS is that they have a map that shows you where the winners are located. While many of you may not really care about this feature, I think it is kind of neat so I decided I would mention it here.


So if any of you are interested in joining this great site, click here to sign-up for Instant Cash Sweepstakes. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment and I will respond as soon as I can.

Update: I have been paid twice by this site. I could maybe have earned more, but I have been really busy the last several months so I have not dedicated as much time as I want to. Here are the images of the payments if any of you are interested:
Payment 1

Payment 2