Referrals that make Cents!

Hi,

So I guess recently there are too many good deals and startups trying to give us money or vouchers when we refer people. So here I am, sharing all my referral codes.

You may copy my article and replace it with your own referral links to help yourself gain some referral perks!

And no, this is definitely not a sponsored post. Im a user myself, and I just want more referral money!

1.Youtrip

Youtrip is an amazing debit card/wallet for you to hold your overseas currencies or to do away with expensive conversion rates. You first topup to your Youtrip wallet and then you can immediately make purchases in their native currency. If you choose to change from SGD to other currencies first(10 to choose from), then it will be charged in that currency. Otherwise, it will be converted real time using Mastercard rates(but without any transaction fees!)

The card can be used in SG as an Ezlink card too! You will need to activate its function.

One good point about it is that you can lock the card via the app when you are not using it, thus improving security from fraudulent charges.

Terms to note:

-         Dormancy fees of $5 if you didn’t use it for a period of 12 months.

-         You may avoid Dormancy by using it as an ATM or Mastercard in SG.

-         Money inside your Youtrip card cannot be taken out as SGD (you cannot withdraw SGD via ATM using this card)

-         ATM charge of $5 or other banks rates when you withdraw cash via ATM overseas.

Referral Link:　 https://youtrip.app.link/JUNG%20HAO%20BENJAMIN35820

Website:      https://www.you.co/en-SG/

2.SoCash

SoCash allows you to draw money at nearby paces that accepts SoCash. Many small convenience shops and Buzz and iWeekly stands actually accepts SoCash withdrawal.

The fun part is that for every withdrawal of $30, you get a rebate of $0.30 on your next withdrawal. In some cases, the rebate can be up to $1. This is essentially free cash!

Terms to note:

-         Must link to DBS ibanking or DBS Paylah

-         Daily only 10 transactions, which means you don’t get a lot of money.

-         The rebate is applicable to your next transaction. For eg, you pay $29.70 via paylah to the shop but the shop gives you $30 cash.

-         One shop max 3 transactions.

-         Its referral program is buggy.

-         Do note that for 7-11 withdrawal, you need to buy stuffs from them.

-         Do note you need to withdraw from shops with the promotions logo.

Referral Link: https://link.socash.io/gwqU818x4U

Website:      https://www.socash.io/

3. Shopback

Shopback is a cashback program. Simply login to Shopback, then go to the site you wanna buy stuffs from via Shopback. It takes very long before you can cashout($40). However, if you are buying a lot of hotels and air tickets via hotels.com or expedia, then reaching the $40 is pretty quick!

Term to note:

-         You have to clickthrough its website

-         You have to clickthrough its app if you using a mobile version. This is extremely irritating because the app will bring you to website version of the shopping site instead of app version. (For eg, you have to use a web version of qoo10 instead of app version in order to get cashbacks)

-         You can only cashout at $40.

-         The period to wait is as long as 180 days upon conclusion of deal.

Referral Link: https://www.shopback.sg/?raf=cAoRrR

Website:      https://www.shopback.sg/

4.Grab

Holy cow. If you don’t have Grab, you are either new to Singapore, have not had a smartphone, or are a technophobe.

But nowadays, many new and free sim cards. Maybe you wanna use my referral code instead of your own?

Referral Link: https://r.grab.com/grabi7jgdqn1

Website:      https://www.grab.com/sg/

5.Shopee

The hottest online shopping platform doesn’t need much of an advertisement. This is indeed one of the best shopping app in the market, where you can get literally everything you need at a click of a button.

Terms to Note:

-         If you intend to use it as a Seller, you now need to pay I think 2% of your selling price to Shopee.

-         They have a lot of rules for sellers, but for buyers, its pretty good.

Referral Link: https://shp.ee/cwwfqvi

Referral Code: NEBAM22

Website:      https://shopee.sg/

6. DBS PayLah

I am utterly surprised if you don’t have this or don’t know about its existence. PayLah is one of the more widely accepted e-wallet simply because DBS is king of SG. Every kid used to own the squirrel bankbook that encourages savings. With Paylah, it encourages spending, but in a digital way!

No more referral program L

My Bluecar experience

Hello,

The sharing economy is here. Looking at the mass of bicycles lying all around the grassy patch reminds me of my inability to cycle. However, BlueSg caught my attention. Car Sharing is new in Singapore and being a driver who doesn't have a car to drive, I was attracted to open an account and try their services. But bad press about their cars being abused have made me afraid of driving their car.

But with my fiancee getting her licence, it spurred me to start an account to let me haolian my driving skills to her.

I literally burned a hole in my pocket because i bet against

her passing her licence and lost a Kate Spade to her.

BlueSg

So what is bluesg?

It is just an electric car that you can rent by minute basis.(with minimum of 15minutes)

Sounds cool but still unsure if you would like to open an account?

Steps to Open an account
According to their official 9 page guide, it seemed pretty straightforward in getting an account set up.

- Username/password
- Personal Details
- Driving licence and NRIC photo (confirm easier than the selfie required by CoinHako)
- Payment for your premium membership* (the membership is Free if you register the premium membership before 31st March 2018, but you still need to insert credit card details to charge $0)
- Go to booth to activate EZlink card or use their provided token that will be posted to your address.



But...
Do note the fine prints!!
- It takes 10 minutes to create an account, but approval for you to start driving takes maybe a few days, though mine was approved pretty quickly.  Do make your account in advanced instead of leaving to the last minute.

- You need to go to a car booth to pair your EZlink card within the stipulated period.
I am not sure what will happen if you didn't pair in time.
 

- Free membership for first year but auto renewal of membership is activated! This meant that if you forget to close your account, you will be charged membership fees! And hear me clearly, Close your account, not cancel membership. Basically their 1 week membership is a trial for new users and you need to sign a 1 year membership in order to drive their cars. That is $180 at $15 per month! And if I am not wrong, you need a 1 year membership every time you register!
Last but not least, NO REMINDER FOR THE EXPIRY OF YOUR ACCOUNT.
You have been warned.







































- The touchscreen on the booth is pretty crappy. I kept typing the wrong pin. Do note that when you take the car, you can only type your pin 3x. DO IT WITH CARE!

- You MUST remember which credit card did you charge your usage to. There is no way to check back which Credit Card you charged to other than calling their hotline! Neither can you change your credit card with ease. The only way to do it is to call their hotline.



How it felt driving BlueCar
Quiet, like real quiet until I didnt know the engine is on. I was having difficulty with driving it because I cannot "feel" the car.
The car is pretty weak and small, but really quiet.
The car even rolled back if you are on a slope and you stop on it.
There is no pushing force if the car is not accelerating.

You also get a lot of eyes staring at you, because BlueCar!


The Damage
According to the app, I drove about 43 minutes, which translates to $14.33!


From my experience, if I were to take a ride during off peak hour for 43 minutes, it will cost me approximately $20. So yes, it is indeed cheaper by a bit if we compare to off peak rates. However, the inconvenience is that the parking locations is pretty little and not near to where I or Chew stays.

So yes, it is fun to drive this car for fun, but to use it for commutation will have to wait for it to further set up more spots for returning the car.

ben's shopee tips and tricks (buyer)

Hi,

I would like to share my personal Shopee experience.

Shopee is an app that allows you to do online shopping. To me, it looked like a fusion between Carousell and Qoo10. Qoo10 provides a platform for people to sell item and a small commission is payable to them. Carousell provides a platform for buyers to meet sellers and thereafter do their transaction independent of the platform.

Shopee on the other hand, provides services like credit card payment for its buyers, and yet allows sellers to list their products free on its platform! The money paid would be held by shopee until the buyers acknowledge the recipient of its purchase.
The UI is intuitive and is easy for both buyers and seller alike.

In this post, i will be sharing the views of a buyer.

Buy from sellers who provides free postage
This is kinda a no brainer. Who doesnt like free postage? However, when an item is so common that many people are selling it, choose the one best priced and yet have free postage!
Shopee provides a refund to people who do not receive their package, and if the sellers could not prove that they have posted the item. However, the refund amount will never include postage amount as it only includes the original item price.
So if an item is selling at 10cent, but have a shipping fee of $1, you will need to pay $1.10 but if the parcel did not arrive, only 10cent will be refunded to you!
This system seemed flawed. but it is beneficial and protects the sellers. In many occasions, there are buyers who refused to acknowledge the recipient of the product and lodged a refund. This causes trouble for the sellers who lost their money in postage AND the goods.

But dont try to game or abuse the system. Shopee admins are darn fast at tracking people down.


Timed Sales and Coupon codes
If anything to go by, Timed Sales are usually the best of the deals available. But do note that most coupon codes dont work for timed sales.
Coupon codes are only available during certain festive period. so load up your carts and wait for them to appear! also, do look out for store promotion of that seller. sometimes they do give out their personalised coupon codes!

Special Timed Sales
Special timed sales are sales during key dates such as Shopee anniversary, christmas, CNY, NY etc. These sales usually have super limited stocks at a super sexy price.
The upcoming of such sales as of time of post is on 5th Jan 2017.





















Many people have been saying that it is a scam as these deal usually sells out at the strike of the clock. Personally, i have bought once and i would like to share how i did it!

For this tutorial, I will try and buy the Fitbit flex 2.
Take note of the original price of $148.


So you will see the product that will be listed for sales at $148. Spend some time to read the product information prior to the sales.

1 min before the sales time, keep searching for this item in the event sales page. when the clock strikes the time, add it to your cart and proceed with payment!

Now, do note that your 4g services might not be as quick as a computer running on fibre broadband. So choose wisely if you wanna snatch the item via phone or a computer.


Thats all folks!