Swagbucks users whats your opinion of the new swagbucks site?
By apples99
@apples99 (6556)
United States
February 27, 2010 10:41am CST
Hey everyone, I just had to see if anyone else thought the new swagbucks site improvements was good or bad, I still like the site, but in my opinion the improvements are not too good. I mean whats up with the 10 swagbucks = 1 thing? they may as well just keep the old page, it seems pointless to make the digital dollar amount appear to be more when its really just the same amount. dont get me wrong as I said before I still appreciate the site, but I dont like the changes.
Whats your opinion of the new swagbucks page? do you like it
or dislike it
or dislike it1 person likes this
11 responses
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
28 Feb 10
The new page images look pretty cool but still there weren't a whole lot of improvements made. Making 10 swagbucks equal 1 doesn't really benefit us at all, it just makes it look like we are earning more swagbucks I guess. So I guess it was a good try but too be honest the changes they made were kind of pointless.
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@SomethingSea (284)
• United States
28 Feb 10
It would be more impressive is the amount gotten was 10x and not also the prizes. With that it's just another 0 added. Woo. And the variable amounts? It sounds like they're trying to get us excited over the bigger amounts for an overall less amount of pay.
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
28 Feb 10
Yup it sure dose sound like a racket, I was so exited when I logged in and saw that my swag dollars jumped, but my excitement quickly turn to disappointment when I realized that 10 swagbucks only equal 1 swagbuck and also saw that the prize amount became higher too, though it looks like technically everything is almost the same. I was like WHAT! lol, thats not right.
But oh well swagbucks is still the best of all the search engine sites online, at least when we redeem somthing we actually get it, and the store is open and stocked 24 hours I know some search engine sites that are always out of stock and the store is never open. so swagbucks is still the best thus far, I just dont appreciate the misleading swagbuck, and prize amount boost I mean why not keep the site the same if members are really not going to get more swagbucks I'm just sayin.
@AmbiePam (93883)
• United States
28 Feb 10
Yes, I agree. Who cares if we get 20 swagbucks from a search if the prize is going to be triple the amount it was before the upgrade? All the other things, the insignificant things, are nice. The home page is nicer I guess, but I don't go there for the home page or anything else they "decorated" differently with their last upgrade.
@echomonster (2226)
• Greenwood, Mississippi
28 Feb 10
I can't say I'm really excited about any of the changes either, but it's not enough to make me change my opinion of the site. I really respect Swagbucks for making the "search & win" concept work...a bunch of other sites have tried and failed, but SB has found a way of doing business that not only rewards people often enough to encourage them to search regularly but also is profitable for them. Other similar sites either gave rewards so rarely that it wasn't worthwhile to use them or promised way more than they could deliver and went out of business as a result. I just hope that adjusting the value of swagbucks isn't a sign they're having some economic troubles!
@mlbhag (31)
• United States
27 Feb 10
I'm fairly new to swagbucks but I logged in to see what you guys were discussing. I WON 10 SWAGBUCKS!! Yeah!
Did they increase the "price" of the prizes as well as the "bucks"? SO everything is just 10x more than its original value so it seems like we're getting more, right?
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
27 Feb 10
Well in the old site (1) swagbuck use to equal (1) swagbuck but now (10) swagbucks equal (1) swagbuck. also the prizes are now higher but still the same I guess. example if a prize use to cost 590 swagbucks it now cost 5,090 get it?
Well I dont really care for the changes but I still like the site.
but I still like the site.
@skater95 (62)
• United States
27 Feb 10
i never liked it, so im not gona like the new one. You can't get points unless you refer. It just is too much time for someone to use for such a little payout. So i would not refer it to anyone. This is really the only online money making site, which I have found to work, although it is bad money, it's still nice to make a few cents everyday while on facebook.
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
27 Feb 10
Yes akuseru is right, you dont need referrals to win I've won 4 gift cards without a single referral you have to use the search engine for your everyday searches to win it takes a few minutes sometimes just seconds of searches to win you have to just be an active user, you dont need referrals to win in swagbucks.
@Citizen_Stuart (2016)
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27 Feb 10
I'll get used to it I suppose, although I think I liked the old look better. Like yourself, I really don't see the point of increasing the amount of Swagbucks held and won by ten when the prices have also gone up tenfold. I'm not complaining though - having been on Swagbucks for about a month now, I've just had my first $5 PayPal payment off them - not bad just for searching, which I do every day anyway.
@randy2611 (134)
• United States
27 Feb 10
I love swagbucks and have been with them for almost a year, but yeah I really like the old layout. and I used to like the fact I could see who just won some swagbucks on the right side remember? But like everyone else I thought I won 10 bucks until I saw the new prices :-( it's not that it's harder to win it's just nothing new But I have cashed out so many paypal and amazon payouts I'm not discouraged :-) they have paid for 2 birthdays and expensive holiday gifts(amazon) :-)
@13tyates (1606)
• United States
27 Feb 10
I actually find some things very interesting and cool, while other things on the site I really do not like! The offers area was already there but new and I like that! I think it is really dumb though how they made evry point ten points now. What was the point in that? It will always be a great site to me though because I have gotten multiple gift cards! Overall Swagbucks is a great site!
@xenobane (202)
• Canada
27 Feb 10
For me I like the old site better than the new one. I don't really like the "swag guy & girl", is just doesn't quite fit in the whole picture.
Although they increased the amount of SB per pay, but I think they also reduce the frequency for you to get more. I used to be able to get 1-2 SB within a few minutes, now is like forever for the next 10 SB to show up.
I believe they also increased the redeem amount for most of the prizes, which makes your point very clear: is really the same amount.
@tpaz11 (76)
• United States
27 Feb 10
Well I like some of the improvements. Like how the site looks and how stats are shown in the homepage. But I don't like the points system. Yea it may seem that you are earning alot but its actually the same thing. I was so happy when I say my swagbucks 10x the amount I had but very displeased when I saw the big raise in the prices for their prizes. And I also see that I earn less now when searching.
