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Social shopping for the holiday season
#26 | 5:05 |
Wednesday December 22, 2010
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Wednesday December 22, 2010
Turn the pain of holiday shopping into the joy of playing a game and earning rewards with these three social apps. Jay Goldman takes a look at Kickbucks, WeReward and Checkpoints, which are social media apps that reward users for checking in and performing specific actions. As always remember: If it's free you're not the customer, you're the product.
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ShopKick
- Partnered with Macy's, American Eagle, Best Buy and other stores.
- Collect "kickbucks" throughout your travels.
- Scan barcodes to earn more kickbucks.
- Trade kickbucks for merchandise or donate them to a good cause.
- Perform a number of prescribed actions to earn extra rewards.
WeReward
- Check in at 15 million restaurants and stores worldwide to earn rewards.
- Perform an action, like taking and submitting a picture, to earn more rewards.
- Business owners get detailed metrics to measure who's coming to their locations.
Checkpoints
- Check in to earn rewards.
- Trade those rewards for prizes.
ShopKick
- Partnered with Macy's, American Eagle, Best Buy and other stores.
- Collect "kickbucks" throughout your travels.
- Scan barcodes to earn more kickbucks.
- Trade kickbucks for merchandise or donate them to a good cause.
- Perform a number of prescribed actions to earn extra rewards.
WeReward
- Check in at 15 million restaurants and stores worldwide to earn rewards.
- Perform an action, like taking and submitting a picture, to earn more rewards.
- Business owners get detailed metrics to measure who's coming to their locations.
Checkpoints
- Check in to earn rewards.
- Trade those rewards for prizes.
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