How to Make the Most of Your MyPoints Membership

My Points has a very flexible system of rewards.

MyPoints rewards members for reading emails, taking surveys, shopping and playing games, things you are likely already doing. Unlike some programs, MyPoints makes earning rewards easy. You can even use the rewards to donate to charity or give as gifts.

Things You'll Need

• A membership to My Points
• Patience
• Time to read email and respond to offers
• Time to complete the surveys
• Time to kill playing games
• Your My Points total.

Instructions

Reading Email

1. Get a membership to MyPoints. Complete the application information and answer the confirmation email.

2. Read each email sent to you by MyPoints. Each one gives you between 5 and 50 points, 5 for reading the email, 10 for a short survey response and up to 50 for longer surveys.

3. Complete offers if it is for something you need or would have purchased anyway. Do not complete offers for things you do not need. That defeats the purpose of your membership, which is to pile up points so that you can use them for rewards.

4. Download the MyPoints search bar, which will help you earn points faster, and help you keep track of your available points.

Surveys, Games and Shopping

1. Complete all of the profile surveys. These get you 60 points. Complete additional surveys as they are offered in the MyPoints emails you receive.

2. Go to MyPoints and log into your account before buying anything. Check to see if the item you intend to buy is sold by a sponsor of MyPoints. If so, buy it through the MyPoints Web page. If you make sure to find the item at the lowest available price, you will save money, gasoline and earn points from your purchase.

3. If you are going to play online games anyway, and already pay to do so, use the money you would have spent on other games to play the ones MyPoints has available. Do not spend additional money, as that will, once again, defeat the purpose of your MyPoints membership.

Sweet Rewards

1. Keep track of your points. Check the rewards page and decide what reward appeals to you. There are gas cards, restaurant cards, bookstore cards and even the ability to donate to charity.

2. Complete surveys, read emails, do searches and buy items through your MyPoints account until you have the correct number of points to earn a desired reward.

3. Make the request for your reward. Be sure to have it sent to the correct address.

4. Use your rewards as gifts or use them to get additional savings when making purchases online through your MyPoints account. You can also use your rewards for employee appreciation, classroom supplies, achievement awards for students, or as door prizes at a baby shower or engagement party.

Tips & Warnings

• Purchasing items through your MyPoints account will save you the cost of gasoline that you would have spent going from store to store looking for the best price.

• Do not complete offers for things you do not need or were not already going to buy. That defeats the purpose of your membership.

• Do not spend additional money playing online games. That defeats the purpose of your membership, which is to build up points to get rewards.

• Do not purchase items you were not already planning to purchase.

• Do not purchase items you don't need.

References

• MyPoints