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The video provides a comprehensive overview of the Pogo Rewards app, focusing on the ways users can maximize their earnings through various activities. Pilar shares personal earnings experience and compares them to the Fetch app's rewards. Pogo rewards users with gift cards and PayPal cash for sharing data, shopping transactions, and completing surveys. Registration details, such as linking a bank account or credit card, are essential for earning bonus points, while transaction claims and receipt scanning help in accumulating points.
Key features discussed include the ability to earn points through app-linked transactions, scanning receipts, completing surveys, shopping via Pogo's affiliate merchants, and using the Pogo Chrome extension. Each 1,000 points equate to one dollar, with a minimum of 3,000 points needed for cash-out options including PayPal, and potentially Venmo in the future. Though the app itself is not unique among similar reward apps, effective use alongside other apps can incrementally increase earnings. The video concludes with tips and a promotional code for new users to kickstart their point accumulation journey.
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In this segment of the video, Pilar discusses how much one can earn using the Pogo Rewards app, providing personal earnings as an example. Initially, Pilar earned $3.58 in the first two months but highlights the potential for higher earnings over time by optimizing app usage. Pilar compares this to earnings from the Fetch app, which amounted to over $13,667 after three years. The segment explains that Pogo is a free mobile app rewarding users with gift cards and PayPal cash for sharing data, completing surveys, and participating in special offers. Each 1,000 points equal one dollar, with a minimum cash-out at 3,000 points. By sharing location data and linking debit or credit cards, users can earn rewards from retail stores and purchase transactions. Pilar further explains that Pogo uses collected data anonymously for market research and advertising, offering users a share of the revenue through Data dividends if opted in. Additionally, a promo code for a 250-point sign-up bonus is available for new users.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter explains how to sign up for the Pogo app and earn rewards points. They detail the information needed for sign-up, such as phone number, email, name, birthday, zip code, and an optional referral code for a sign-up bonus. The importance of providing a correct phone number is highlighted as it is needed for verification via text message.
The presenter describes the process of linking a bank account or debit/credit card to the app to receive bonus points and mentions that these points are available only at sign-up. They provide an overview of various ways to earn points with Pogo: through linked card transactions, scanning physical and email receipts, and online shopping.
Details about how linked transactions appear in the Pogo account as claimable rewards and the timeframe for these transactions to reflect are also discussed. The necessity to manually claim points for each transaction and the ability to double-dip points by scanning receipts are noted. Additionally, the presenter addresses common questions about the number of receipts that can be scanned weekly and the age limit on receipts eligible for rewards. Finally, they talk about earning points through linking email accounts like Gmail, and other receipt email accounts, and receiving an instant bonus for doing so.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses various features and ways to earn cashback and rewards points through the Pogo app and its Chrome extension. Pogo acts as an affiliate, earning commissions from partnered merchants like Walmart and Sam’s Club when shoppers make qualified purchases, and then shares profits with users. Users can shop via the app or the Pogo Chrome extension to receive rebate offers. Points earned can take up to 90 days to claim, but users receive an instant 400-point bonus for installing the extension.
Additional ways to earn points include completing surveys, participating in Pogo challenges (such as scanning receipts), and activating location rewards to get points through location-based push notifications from visiting popular retail stores. The app also offers special deals from partner brands and information on side hustle gigs. Lastly, users can earn 250 points for referring friends who earn 5,000 points, with a bonus for the referred friend, creating a mutual incentive to use the service.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses different ways to earn Poco points and the process of cashing out these points to a PayPal account or gift card once a minimum of 3,000 points is reached. The speaker mentions redeeming points for PayPal cash and receiving the money instantly. They note that, according to the Pogo support site, Venmo cash out is also an option, but it was unavailable due to ongoing issues. The speaker concludes by stating that while the Pogo app is worth it when combined with other rewards and receipt scanning apps, it doesn’t offer anything unique compared to similar apps. Points accumulation is slow, but the speaker plans to continue using the Pogo app and sharing updates on tips and hacks.