Chris Bridgett
I'm a mathematics graduate who is trying to find the best ways of earning money online. I had the idea of trying to 'turn life into an idle game' a few years back, and decided it'd be a great idea to turn it into something.
Cash Magnet | Earn with this app – just press a button and let the money come to you!
Cash Magnet is an Android app that allows you to earn money while you’re not using your phone. Sorry, iPhone users, but you’ll have to miss out on this one...
Update 01 August, 2018: Time is Money | The Idle Experiment
← Previous Update I’m back from a weekend away, and those few days off have really impacted my earnings in this update. We’re very much in the active earning part...
Update 24 July, 2018: Surveys, Surveys, Surveys | The Idle Experiment
← Previous Update Thought I’d check in with an update on the Idle Experiment. Things haven’t sped up yet, and I feel as though I’ve been filling out surveys forever....
Update 21 July, 2018: A Slow Start | The Idle Experiment
← Previous Update As expected, it’s been a slow start to the Idle Experiment. 2 days of filling out surveys has yielded a total of £6.50. Importantly, I answered a...
Introduction and Day 0 Preparations | The Idle Experiment
The Idle Experiment is the culmination of everything I talk about on this site. Here, I’ll be working from a balance of zero to see if it’s truly possible to...
Embee Meter CX | Earn passive income with this Android app
Embee Meter CX is a passive data collection app that pays you for doing nothing. Don’t worry – the data is anonymous, and your usernames and passwords are safe. Unlike...
Zopa | Earn passive income with Peer-to-Peer loans
Zopa is the UK’s first peer-to-peer lending service. It offers low-interest loans to businesses, and higher interest yields than savers might expect from, say, a typical savings account. They also...
Freebitco.in | Earn up to $200 in free Bitcoin every hour for simply solving a captcha.
Freebitco.in is a Bitcoin faucet with over 14 million registered users. Every hour, you roll a number between 0 and 10,000, and win up to $200 worth of Bitcoin based...
How to Survive a Bear Market | The top survival tips for when the market turns
Stock markets have had a good run for almost 10 years, hitting all-time high after all-time high. Nothing lasts forever, though, and at some point something will cause the market...
The Pattern Trader | Learn to trade with this fantastic online course
The Pattern Trader is a trading program run by Mark Shawzin, an ex-Wall Street trader. It’s designed to teach its students one of the most effective analysis techniques in the...
eToro | Social trading for the lazy
eToro is a rapidly growing trading platform and app with a very friendly user interface. It provides access to a large number of markets; including stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, and...
Quidco | Earn money when you shop and more
Quidco advertises itself as the UK’s #1 cashback rewards site, with over 5 million members. It offers cashback for over 4000 retailers and brands including (but not limited to) M&S,...
Getting Yourself Some Cryptocurrencies | Mining, Faucets, and Exchanges
This is the second part of my series of posts on cryptocurrencies. The first explains the basics of cryptocurrencies. If you haven’t read that article and feel you need to,...
Slidejoy and Panel App | Earn passive income with these 2 mobile apps.
[UPDATE 8th December, 2018: I’ve recently published a post that includes these 2 apps and more. Check it out here if you’re interested: ‘5 Passive Income Generating Smartphone Apps‘] I...
What is a Cryptocurrency? | “Bitcoin for Beginners”
The Basics of Cryptocurrencies It seems as though everyone is talking about cryptocurrencies these days, but the fact remains that the majority of people don’t really know what they are....
Smart Panel | Earn money for doing nothing!
Well, it’s about time I covered a source of passive income. This article will be brief, but I wanted to share this with you all anyway. Smart Panel is a...
20 Cogs – Investigation Part 1
I’m always looking for new ways to make money online, so when a friend of mine contacted me about 20 Cogs; I had to take a look. 20 Cogs is...
Qmee | Earn money with searching and surveys
Qmee is a rewards program, and browser plugin, where you can earn money through searches and answering surveys. Currently, you can earn when you search with Google, Amazon, Yahoo and...
Swagbucks | Earn money for SwagSearching, completing SwagOffers, and answering SwagSurveys.
A warning to my readers: the word ‘swag’ is used far too often in this article. If this word irritates you, you may not enjoy this article. Do try to...
Opinion Outpost | Earn around £2.50 per day for answering surveys.
Opinion Outpost is a market research panel where you complete surveys about various products and services, and earn cash and other rewards for doing so. Let’s be honest, you’re likely...