Upside: The App That Makes Money
The Pyramid Scheme, That’s not Icky. You AND Your Friends get Cash Back
Do you buy gas?
Do your friends buy gas?
Do you shop at grocery, and convenient type stores?
Do you eat fast food, pizza, or at restaurants?
Then this app is for you.
It's free to download.
Free to use.
And has ZERO hidden fees.
Upside: is an app that pays you to do the things that you do every day.
Like getting gas, or grabbing a pizza on the way home from a hard day at work.
It's quite literally as easy as pulling up to a participating gas station, and pushing the “claim offer” button.
(Photo by RQ)
Note: These offers are from my very very small town, larger towns, and cities have significantly more offers.
Why would a company give you money back? What’s the catch? What do they get out of it? These are all good questions. Questions that I pondered myself.
And here’s the answer….
Gas stations, for example, sign up (and probably pay) to take part with the app, and agree to give a discount to those that use it. In return, the gas station will get business that it may not have gotten before.
The gas station pays for the app, and the app promotes the gas station and increases its business. In return, the gas station gives the consumer a discount. A win for everyone.
But there is one “downside”. And it’s only if you use it.
Technically, it’s a pyramid scheme. But not how you think. Not in a way that makes you feel gross and slimy for recommending it to your friends.
Mostly when people hear the words pyramid scheme, they picture their money going down the toilet. And their friends’ money will soon follow.
After all, the only way you can make money is to sucker your friends into spending theirs, right? And who wants to do that when everyone is struggling right now?
But this will not cost you or them anything.
But that’s how this app differs. Yes, technically, it is a pyramid scheme. But you aren’t scamming anyone out of money.
Your income doesn’t depend on your friends spending money on some worthless product.
Your income doesn’t depend on your friend selling more of that worthless product to other people.
They just have to buy gas. Or Pizza, or groceries… Things that they already buy daily.
And you both earn money while doing those things.
If they sign up for the free app, they get whatever perk the app is offering. Sometimes it’s a sign-on bonus. Today it's money off your gas + money for every gallon your friends buy.
These are the current rewards for signing up a friend or family member. It costs them nothing, and costs you nothing, and earns you both money. You earn money from EVERY gallon of gas they buy on the app.
(App Photos by RQ)
The photo below is my best friend's app rewards for about two weeks.
So, while technically a pyramid scheme, it’s not one that makes you feel icky at the end of the day. Because you aren’t scamming people out of money.
Yes, you get rewarded for every person you sign up for, and for every gallon of gas they buy, but the main difference is that no one is losing money. The only money out of pocket is what is spent on gas, food, or groceries, which most of us are buying anyway.
The app is free to download and free to use. There are zero hidden charges. And plenty of rewards. Those rewards can be loaded directly to your bank account if you attach your debit card. Or you can save it up and roll it into a gift card like Amazon.
There is no catch, no fine print, and no hidden costs/fees.
And we all get gas. (Ok, most of us anyway).
So why not get paid some loose change to do it?
After all, every little bit that you can save, is money in the bank.
Click this link or use promo code NJY5MQ to get an extra 15¢/gal bonus the first time you make a purchase.
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Rowen is a mother, Wife, Domestic Violence Victims Advocate, community volunteer, and nature lover. Most of her time is spent with her family or volunteering in her community. Rowen has a degree in Psychology, with a concentration in Family Counseling and Minoring in criminal justice. Writing has been her passion since high school, and she enjoys using it to help others.