Friday, September 4, 2026

September side hustle day 3

 Connected Cloud research $24.24
Coinout $5

Total $29.24

$78.76

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Side Hustle Challenge site highlight: Eureka Surveys



 Lately, one of my favorite side hustle challenge sites is Eureka surveys. Eureka has a survey app which may look familiar to people who have done surveys before. It aggregates surveys from several providers and pays okayish per hour rates to complete them. There are a fair amount of screenouts but USUALLY you still get 2 cents even if you screen out (more and more I'm seeing surveys that are suddenly "closed" when I don't qualify so I don't get the screen out message and the 2 cents, so buyer beware). 

However! My favorite thing about Eureka, and its almost identical sister sites
Survey Pop
and Survey Spin, is that there are a variety of other quick ways to earn. Each site gives you a free $1 for signing up and another free $1 every time you cash out - so when you calculate the hourly rate for surveys, keep in mind you are actually getting $5 for every $4 you earn. They also each have a one cent daily poll, occasionally available 1 cent videos to watch, and click through offers that range from 2 cents to 10 cents just for clicking on a few links. Also, if you turn on your location, each site will give you a 5 cent bonus when you visit, or drive near, certain promoted locations. All this is to say, it's pretty easy to quickly get to $5 on each of these sites. I typically cash out $5 from each of them at least once a week. 

Here are my referral links for each, which will let you get that free $1 sign up bonus:


Hey! Use my code B8A1WB on Eureka Surveys and unlock a short $1 survey just for signing up! https://eurekasurveys.page.link/h5jpRegFkpWZgciv6

Hey! Use my code 9MS9J1 on Survey Spin and unlock a short $1 survey just for signing up! https://surveyspin.page.link/fvzd5d8F4Q3pj67N7

Hey! Use my code ECJYC8 on Survey Pop and unlock a short $1 survey just for signing up! https://surveypop.page.link/4tPX4t2SNkmYsusw7

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

September side hustle day 2

 Freecash $6.75

Survey spin 5.64

University study $25 (Amazon)

Total today: 37.39


Month to date: 49.52

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

September side hustle challenge day 1

 Earnings cashed out today:


Connect 8.88

Be forthright 1.25

Scrambly $2


Total today: $12.13

Month to date: $12.13

Side Hustle Challenge site highlight: Connect Cloud research

 Currently my favorite side hustle challenge program is connect cloud research. Connect doesn't have a referral program, so I won't make any kind of bonus if you sign up with my link. There also might be a waiting list depending on your individual demographics, but I think it's worth getting on the list. 

Connect works by connecting (err, get it?) researchers from both industry and academia with people who want to participate. Participants answer research questions and in exchange they get paid. I find this to be much more consistent than traditional survey sites in that I almost always have studies I qualify for, and I don't screen out. 

Researchers usually have to manually approve submissions, so they studies will not pay out instantly and can take up to two weeks for funds to release, but if you have some time to grind while watching TV or waiting in the car for your kids, you can easily have a steady stream of money releasing. Look how much I've made!