Wow, I would love to see the break down from some of you heavy hitters to see what shops you get to make so much!

To each his own. My profits are lower, or look lower for the following reasons:

1.)11MPG is what I get. (lol, this will change to 20 one of these days - for me that's a raise

2.)I charge 20 cents per mile as an 'expense' against my revenue. I feel that I am indeed paying for mileage - it could be extra miles on a lease. It could be more miles driven is more wear and tear, maybe oil change date comes up quicker, possible more chance of a flat or windshield chip, quicker reduction in car value.

For me, revenue minus those things = profit. At times I"m tempted to count Five Guys reimbursement - after all, I was gonna eat, and I do lunch out 2-3 times a week as it is, and thiat lunch would be one of those but in the end I want to keep it to pure cash for my calculation's sake.

I've only been doing this 7-8 months. Max shops I've done in a day - 4.

Max net profit in a day - $97.00

Longest I've been "out' for a day - 6 hours.

I know there's more to be made. But this is supposed to make me lunch money - and not be too strenuous hence I've not gone the extra mile.

At my status quo pace - -I'd need to be out 180 days out of the year to have a $7200 pure net profit.

I am in awe of those of you who make large amounts. I have been shopping for over 30 years. I have NEVER made as much as some of you do. Perhaps it is due to where I live or where I have lived- I have done shopping in 3 states. It seems if there is a lot of competition for shops finding shops and waiting for fee to rise is harder. Also, I do not travel large distances from home. A radius of 20 miles is about it for me. Taking shops that require overnight stays is out of the question. Since Covid I see that many dining shops have been curtailed or fully eliminated. There is also the issue of rotation. You cannot do the same shop at a nearby location every month which also dampens earnings. I have done gas shops in the past but now as a senior citizen I am not into taking photos of pumps and dealing with pages of report writing for what I consider to be a low fee. I also will not do investment shops where I get constant phone calls after the shop. I like phone shops but they are few and far between. I avoid targeted recorded shops as I do not have the patience to make multiple calls and play phone tag.

I have tried Fetch- it took a year to get to the $25 gift card level, I stopped after that. I tried making multiple orders on personal shopping trips only to have cashiers ask what I was up to with so many orders that earned me a whopping 25 points each! Despite shopping both on shops and personally I cannot seem to get anywhere scanning receipts. I tried a couple of the sites listed here as ways to make money and found them not worth my time. I signed up for one that promised a $5 gift card to sign up. I did one survey that took 30 minutes for some joke amount of points- you need over 3000 points to earn anything. Not worth my time.

So perhaps I am a bit too picky as to what I will do- maybe that is why I do not make huge amounts of money. Shopping has become more of an occasional hobby thing rather than a means to make money. Congrats to those of you who are so diligent in trying to earn points on those shopping sites like Fetch. Too old to be bothered!

As I said earlier, my earnings the past five weeks are not sustainable due to rotation limits and the fact that I work full-time (and a part-time job) during the school year. I used to just do it occasionally for some free food or a mostly free experience (like entertainment-oriented jobs). But I had a large unexpected expense this summer, and I do have almost all of my days free (barring my part-time job), so, I have been doing a much larger amount than usual before the school year restarts. Oddly, I probably could make more money, but, I don't like doing revealed anything, I don't generally take shops that are mostly reimbursement, and even though some of the rotations would allow me to reshop a place, it sometimes wouldn't make sense/would be awkward (how often does a person really research cell phones at the same store?), so I don't do those, and there are a couple of companies that I don't like to work with because their directions/communication have been unclear.All things considered, I'd also rather do two-three longer/more detailed $40-$50 shops than 8-10 shorter/quicker $10-$15 ones (I know other people prefer the opposite). I am lucky that there are a lot of shops around me, so I can "pick and choose" while still having shops.

The most I've done in one day this summer is six, and five of those were shop forms I'd done before so I knew exactly what was expected. That day was over $200 in shop fees. I generally only shop within 20 miles each way of home and almost always have at least two-three shops in an area, but I did do one that was right around 40 miles away because it was a $100 shop that I knew would lead to subsequent opportunities closer to home.