Get Gift Cards with Shopkick

According to Shopkick:

Checking in: You can collect kickbucks for checking in to millions of stores and restaurants across America, that means in many places around you!

Walking in: Collect kickbucks just for WALKING INTO Best Buy, Crate & Barrel, Macy's, American Eagle, Sports Authority, Target, Wet Seal and major Simon malls, in 18 major markets: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and Atlanta, Boston, D.C., Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis. More cities added all the time! Plus, you'll get exclusive shopkick deals at those stores that will save you big bucks, and give you kickbucks (bad rhyme intended :).

Scanning: Collect kickbucks by scanning products with your phone at 250,000 different stores in America.

Redeem your kickbucks for rewards! Get cool rewards like iTunes gift cards, restaurant vouchers, Best Buy/Target/Macy's/American Eagle/Sports Authority gift cards, Facebook Credits, movie tickets, or if you go all out, True Religion jeans, a Coach handbag, or a 3D 55" Sony Bravia HDTV. And if you feel altruistic, donate your kickbucks to 30 different causes!

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Get started with bonus kickbucks with code lychee154 when you sign up with Shopkick. While collecting points you level up. Each time you level up, you unlock more opportunities to get bonus points.

Once you have downloaded the app, go to the main "Collect" screen and tap on the banner at the top that says 'Got a promo code'? Enter the correct promo code on the next screen and your kickbucks will be automatically updated. Sometimes you have to restart the additional kickbucks. Yay! Free kickbucks!

In shopkick, bonus points are unlocked when you collect all three items that are specified for a certain bonus.

One neat feature is that sometimes bonuses don't always unlock points, but will prompt a donation to certain non-profit organizations. I'm currently on Level 12 and able to collect bonuses for donations to Prevent Child Abuse America,Feeding America, American Humane and LiveStrong Foundation.

You should also take advantage of the bonus that doubles your scans to get closer to your goal.

Once you check into a store and get kickbucks for checking in, points can also be earned for scanning the UPCs of featured products. This is one way to collect kickbucks quickly.

Don't forget to take advantage of Offers by the stores you check into. Target once offered me a code for Free 2 liter Diet Dr Pepper no purchase necessary. And Wet Seal or AE offers discounts almost always.

The main way to level up is to check in to the stores by tapping the green bubbles as often as you can.

I should kick myself for not creating a lens when I first started using this app so I can document my progress and what I unlocked at each level. But not to fear, better late than never!

Level 12: Jan 5, 2011
Unlocked: Simon Mall, HP 50pts, Intel 25pts, Prevent Child Abuse, 5pts, Feeding America, AE15pts, Best Buy 15pts, Sports Authority 15pts,Macy's 15pts, American Humane, LiveStrong, 2xScans, Anyplace 15pts

Level 13: Jan 14, 2011
To Level up to 14, have to check into 3030 stores....doesn't look like I unlocked any new bonus sets. Bonus sets I have been able to get a lot of now have disappeared. I no longer can get any Intel 25pts.

Feb 1, 2011: Still at level 13, I no longer can get 50HP points, but have 5Inteli7pts, 5Inteli5 pts, 5Inteli3pts.

Level 14: Feb 17, 2011
To level up to 15, need to check-in to 4550 stores.
Unlocked: Covergirl Blast Collection scans for 25 kickbucks

You can earn badges for completing challenges and quests with Shopkick.

Current badge quest: Valentines's badge.
Today it's find chocolate! 2/9/11
Today it's find Buck's suit! 2/10/11
This weekend it's scan three products! 2/12/11

Current badges I tote: Flowers Badge, Macy's Fan, Wet Seal Fan, American Eagle Fan, Best Buy Fan, Holiday Badge, Santa Badge, Rudy Badge, Target Fan, Angel Fan, American Eagle Fan, Macy's, Best Buy, Target, Simon Mall, Valentine's, Flowers, Four Leaf Clover

None available currently

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Donate to Causes 3+Kickbucks
Facebook Dollars 25 Kickbucks
Best Buy Gift Card 500+Kickbucks
$25 Hotel Cash Card 625 Kickbucks
$25 Restaurant.com Certificate 875 Kickbucks
Target Gift Card 1,250+Kickbucks
Macy's Gift Card 1,250+Kickbucks
American Eagle Gift Card 1,250+Kickbucks
Sports Authority Gift Card 1,250+Kickbucks
Arden B Gift Card 1,250+Kickbucks
Wet Seal Gift Card 1,250+Kickbucks
e-movie ticket 2,750 Kickbucks
iTunes Gift Card 3,750 Kickbucks
Skullcandy Ink'd Earbuds 5,000 Kickbucks
$200 True Religion Jeans Gift Card 50,000 Kickbucks
$300 Coach Gift Card 75,000 Kickbucks
Sony Bravia TV 925,000 Kickbucks
Princess Cruise Trip 6,250,000 Kickbucks

You can start redeeming rewards with as little as 3 points to donate to charity or collect 6,250,000 for a Princess Cruise trip. In the middle ranges from gift cards to Target/Best Buy etc. I personally have my eye for the $300 Coach gift card. I wonder if I can get enough points to give that as a gift for my mom next Christmas.

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