Free Money

Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch?

Every year businesses give away thousands of dollars in free money and gift cards as a way of promoting their websites or products.

We’ve put together a list of 14 of them that will give you a ridiculous $1,795 in free cash right now.

Some of them are as simple as filling out a form. Some of them take a bit more effort, but you can easily knock out all of them in a couple of hours.

Without further ado, here are the 14 companies giving out free money right now….

1. Get $5 From Stash to Start Saving & Investing

I’m kind of obsessed with Stash (and not just because they give you $5).

Stash is an app available for both Android and Apple smartphones, and it makes it super simple to (finally) take the dive into investing, even if you don’t have a whole lot of spare cash. 
To get the $5 bonus, just enter your email here, download the Stash smartphone app and setup your account with the same email address.

You’ll see the bonus added to your account within two business days.

2. Get a Free $10 Walmart Gift Card 

Have you heard of Ebates?

It’s a cash-back site that pays you for shopping online. We use it all the time — it’s an instant way to save on everything you buy.

Right now Ebates is offering a pretty sweet deal: Spend $25 and they’ll send you a free $10 Walmart gift card!

Here’s how it works…

1. Sign up for Ebates here (you just need to give them a name and email address).
2. You’ll need to make at least $25 in purchases through Ebates online shopping portal within 90 days of signing up. If you do, Ebates rewards you with a $10 Walmart gift card. Easy peasy.

On top of that, Ebates is currently offering 1% cash back on Walmart purchases.

3. Open a Netspend.com Account – FREE $20

Editor’s Note (7/28/16): This has worked for more than 10,000 readers so far, but we’ve also heard from more than 100 folks that they were not credited with their $20 bonus. Furthermore, it looks the Netspend customer service is not very helpful in addressing these issues, so we’re no longer 100% confident in this offer.

This is another easy $20 just for requesting a prepaid, reloadable card from Netspend.

I’ve tested this one and over 200 hundred readers have cashed in on this, so you know it’s a good one.

1. Click here and “Open a NetSpend account” for FREE. Use the promotion code “1180516423”

2. You will receive your NetSpend “Visa” Debit card within 10 business days. Mine made it here in four days.

3. Once you receive the card, simply log into NetSpend and activate it.

4. In order to get the free $20, you’ll need to load the card with a minimum of $40 using PayPal, a bank account or one of the other options.

5. Once you load the $40, NetSpend will add $20 to your available balance on the card. I confirmed this myself with my own card.

6. Go to the ATM and withdraw the $60 total from your card or spend the funds at your local store, online, or wherever you can use a credit card. Yes, if you withdraw the money via ATM or cash back, you’ll be hit with the $2 fee for a PIN transaction or a $2.50 ATM Fee (would only be $17.50 – $18 bonus in this case). But, you can avoid the fee by ACH transferring it for free back to your bank

Read more here: “Free $20 Cash for Signing Up at Netspend”

4. Complete a Few Surveys at VIP Voice – FREE $30

There are a number of sites on the web that will pay you to read advertiser’s emails, sign up for offers, and take surveys.

I’ve tried about a million of them, but there are only a few I’d recommend. VIP Voice is one of those companies. The surveys are relatively quick to complete and reward you with points that can later be redeemed for cash or gift cards.

Sign up for this at the beginning of the month and promise yourself you’ll log-in a few times each week. You’ll have no trouble earning an extra $30 this month.

5. Sign Up for a Bank Bonus –  FREE $250

A number of banks will give you free cash just for opening a new account.

And there’s no harm in having multiple bank accounts. In fact, I often find it’s helpful to have multiple places to save (I’m less likely to touch the money), so I have savings accounts for my Christmas and vacation fund.