Using MyPoints to Save Money at Christmas

Help Your Sanity During Christmas by Taking Advantage of MyPoints

MyPoints is a wonderful website that I have been a member of for over 7 years. It was founded in 1996, introduced BonusMail the pioneering permission-based email program in 1997, filed for its Initial Public Offering in 1999, and was acquired by the New Ventures division of United Airlines in 2001. Over the years, MyPoints has continued to grow and improve their services making it the best points earning website on the web.

MyPoints allows anyone with Internet access to earn points by reading email, taking surveys, completing offers and shopping. Once you have accumulated enough points you can exchange them for merchandise or gift certificates from great stores like Target, Buy.com, Best Buy, Olive Garden, Macy’s, Blockbuster and Starbucks just to name a few. You can also donate your points, which MyPoints converts to cash or merchandise that is needed by the American Red Cross. It is simply the easiest way to earn anything online.

My first few years as a member I missed out on a lot because I did not take full advantage of everything that was offered. I finally learned my lesson and I hope with this article I can keep you from wasting the years as I did.

The first step is signing up for free at MyPoints.com and filling out your profile. Your profile is important because they use that to decide what offers to send to you. Shortly after filling out your profile you will begin receiving emails that you must open and then click on the Get Points Link that is included in the email. Read these emails consistently and you will see your point total increase swiftly.

When I first joined, reading emails was all that I did. I earned enough points to get myself a nice gift each year but I knew I was missing something. Then I got it into my head to use my points to get gift cards for Target so I could buy Christmas Gifts. What a revelation that was.