Cash Crate is a rather large and popular get paid to complete offers site that pays its members to participate in contests, compelte surveys, and other short, easy to complete tasks.


Cash Crate Screenshot
Traffic Trends
This chart shows the amount of visitors the site receives on a month-to-month basis.


When you join Cash Crate, you are able to complete surveys and earn real cash, which is good for people who need a little extra cash.

History
Cash Create was started in early 2006 as a way to help people earn cash. There is no doubt that this is can be ranked within the top five paying GPT sites on the Internet.

Do you know that companies are paying top-dollar to have users like you try their products and services for free? At CashCrate, we pass that money on to you. Simply complete free offers and get paid without spending a dime!

Quick Look
How to Get Paid - Complete offers, surveys, and participate in contests to win cash.
Payment Method - Check or PayPal.
When Paid - Once per month (the 15th to 20th) when you have reached $20.

Offers
There are nearly 160 offers available for competion, ranging in value between $0.15 to $125, with the average offer valued at a few dollars. As stated elsewhere, you can rearrange them according to the type of offer you want to complete. Many of them are free, however the higher paying offers often require a small shipping fee or credit card to properly submit the article.


Offers Available
To Complete Offers
To complete offers on Cash Crate, click on the "Complete Offers" lin in the Member's navigation bar, then the "Cash Offers" tab in the offers box. Find an offer that you want to complete, then sort them to find the offer that converts with the highest payment or is the easiest/least expensive to complete. You can also browse offers by the highest rating or several other options, which is a great addition to this site, as you can quickly find an offer that you want to complete.

Complete the offer according to the directions to the right of the offer name. Use truthful information when completing the offer, then close the window when you have completed it. Hit the "Submit" button once finished, then the offer will appear in your "Pending Offers" list until it has been approved. Within a few hours (at times), the earnings from the offer will appear in your monthly earnings and will be moved to the "Completed Offers" page.

Site Design and Layout
The clean and organized layout of Cash Crate is one of the best features of the site, as it makes you want to participate in the site and complete offers. If the site layout and organization wasn't top-notch, there wouldn't be nearly the number of members that the site currently has.

Offers can be organized by All, 100% Free, or Trial Offers, and sorted by Payout, Rating, Newest, Cost, and Name. It is easy to find offers according to payout, offer name, description, and cost, as well as whether the offer requires you to submit credit card information. In addition, the members area and naivgation menu at the top of the page serve as an immense help for people new to the site.


Forums
The forum serves as the best place to find tips, tutorials, payment proof, and news on the site. Using the forums, you can teach others about the site, and through this method, you may even refer a few new members under your account.

How to Earn
The site pays based on the number of offers and surveys you complete, at varying levels of payouts. You may also use the "Cash Shopping" page to receive cash back for shopping at various online stores. It's quite simple when you realize the true potential that sites like Cash Crate have.

Referral Program
The referral program is a fairly basic, two-tier program, with 20% earnings for direct referrals and 10% for the people your direct referrals refer to the site.

Once you reach a certain level of referrals (normally active, United States members who have reached a minimum of $20 worth of offers), you are promoted to a higher level of referral payout, a huge incentive to help you promote the site.

Update - On September 25, 2008, they added an additional referral bonus in appreciation of the members who make the site possible. For the members that have a silver status or above, you will be rewarded with $2 instead of the $1 that you receive when referrals complete an offer. The $3 bonus has been "upgraded" to $5 - all added and credited in real-time. This update can be found here. Any references to previous amounts found on this blog will be updated, or should be referenced back to this update.

1. Bronze - 0 Active Referrals - 20% First Level, 10% Second Level
2. Silver - 50 Active Referrals - 25% First Level, 10% Second Level
3. Gold - 150 Active Referrals - 25% First Level, 15% Second Level
4. Platinum - 300 Active Referrals - 30% First Level, 15% Second Level
5. Elite - 500 Active Referals - 30% First Level, 20% Second Level

You will receive a $5 bonus for each referral that meets the minimum payment of $20. In other words, if you are able to promote 500 first level active United States members, you will be able to earn $1500 plus 30% of their earnings, which turns out to be an additional $1500! This is truly one of the best schmes to boost your earnings, as you are able to continually boost your earnings as the number of referrals increases.

There are a few tips on the Promotion page, including adding a forum signature, blogging, showing off checks/PayPal proof, handing out flyers, and business cards to help promote the site using your referral link. Two banners are also provided to help you get started promoting the program.

Your referral link is in the form of: http://cashcrate.com/number

Additional Features

Early Payments - When you become an Elite Member and anyone with more than fifty active referrals, you will be paid earlier than members who do not hae as many referrals. This allows the site to trust members who are active with the site, as regular members who do not have many referrals may fraud the system, so this period has been set in place so the fraudulent activity doesn't take place.

Prize Shop - In the prize shop, you will find several prizes, ranging from gift cards and certificates to iPods and digital camera. These items are available for members who complete offers (both paid and points-only), receiving a percentage of the offer back in points. Twenty points is equal to teh value of approximately $1.


Prize/Points Shop

Daily Surveys - Two daily surveys are available for completion each day, valued at $0.80 each. To complete these surveys, click on the Daily Surveys link, then complete the surveys according to the directions provided. When you reach the page that says you have "Qualified", you are done. If not, you may retake the survey until you qualify. They can be completed once every twenty-four hours.

Cash Shopping - On the "Go Shopping" page, you'll find various stores, ranging from the Apple iTunes Store (at 5% cash back) to Wal-Mart and Reebok Stores (with similar percentages cash back). Simply purchase items through the link provided, and you'll see the cash end up in your account at the end of the month.


Cash-Back Shopping
Payment Information
Once you reach the extremely low minimum payout of just $20, you will be paid in the following month on the 15th to 20th. If you have not met the minimum payment threshold, your cash will carry over until you do reach it.

Payment Proof
You can find thousands of payment proof images in the forum or the checks/PayPal that I have received below.


Requirements and Limitations

1. Members must be at least thirteen (13) years of age or older.
2. You must agree to the terms and conditions set forth by Cash Crate.
3. You must truthfully answer surveys and legitimately take surveys using your correct information.
4. International members are welcome, but there are more offers for Canada, United Kingdom, and United States members.

Blog
You can find tips and latest news by reading the blog.

Helpful Links
These links are provided to make signing up and becoming acquainted with the service easier.

• Blog
• Forums
• FAQ
• Privacy Policy
• Terms of Service
• Report Abuse

Latest News and Information
- October 20, 2008 - A new Daily Survey was added for United States members. It is called the "Behavioral Survey", found under hte "Daily Survey" tab. It is only worth $0.25, but it confirms nearly 100% of the time.
- October 19 - PayPal has been removed again due to the amount of fraud. They will be looking into additional methods of paying methods other than check.
- October 17 - New weekly forum contest announced for members in the forum. Submit a tip, and you'll be entered in a chance to have your referral link on their blog for a week.
- October 16 - "Ignore Offer" feature added, to unclutter your offers list by hiding offers that you aren't interested in completing.
- September 29 - Nearly two hundred points offers have been added. They are credited automatically as soon as they confirm.
- September 26 - Updates and further earnings features have been added, updated under "referrals/updates" above.
- September 15 - Huge contest announced, with prizes available to the people to earn the most "crates" from September 15 to December 15. One offer is one crate, daily surveys are two crates, new active members are five crates, and credit card offers will earn you ten crates. Prizes range from 37" LCD TVs to iPod Touches, and $100 Amazon/Best Buy Gift Cards. Check it out here.
- September 1 - Payments can now be sent through verified PayPal accounts, and minimum payments have been set to $20, up from the previous of $10.
- August 14 - Free gas gift certificates for anyone who earns $100 or more in a 90 day period worth $250 in free gas cards ($25 per month, up to 10 months).
- August 10 - Cash Crate Coupons launched - allows you to print coupons worth more than $100.
- August 2 - August referral contest announced, with up to $400 in prizes available to the top ten referrers.
- July 17 - Cash Crate Profile added, worth $1 for United States members who complete the two page survey.
- July 2 - July contest announced.
- June 2 - June contest announced.
- May 19 - Early payments announced, allowing people with more referrals to cash out sooner.

Recap and Overview
Beyond the inital membership and introduction to the site, you'll find that you enjoy the interface of the site, which allows you to quickly browse and find the offers that you want to complete. All in all, the site offers many benefits, combining helpful support, great, high paying offers, and contests that can't be beat.

Check outCash Crate today and begin earning some cash!