Savvy supersaver, 26, who started making money by completing online surveys and using cashback sites while unemployed reveals she’s raked in £5,000
- Super saver Nalan Kaya, 26, from Coventry, has raked in £5,000 in three years
- The NHS biomedical assistant uses cash back sites, and surveys to make money
- She often spends less than £30 per month on shopping, including food bills
- She explained she has earned thousands, adding she is saving for her first home
A supersaver has revealed how she saved over £5,000 by raking in money by completing surveys and using cash back apps.
Nalan Kaya, 26, from Coventry, said she had ‘always been frugal’ but began searching for ways to earn some extra money when she found she was unemployed and on Universal Credit.
She said she was left in ‘a new city’ without having ‘even a blanket on her bed.’
The 26-year-old began spending her time scrolling through survey websites and cash back apps, as well as exchanging receipts for points, in order to save money and earn freebies.
Now the NHS biomedical assistant has revealed how she has earned thousands with the side-hustle, adding: ‘I’m now looking forward to saving up for my first home.’
NHS biomedical assistant Nalan Kaya, 26, from Coventry, has shared how she regularly gets freebie products and eats meals for free
She now spends her time scrolling through survey websites and cash back apps, as well as exchanging receipts for points, in order to save money and earn freebies (left, shopping worth £30 and right, a nail care set, both of which Nalan got for free)
Nalan first made the move to living thriftily after going through a rough financial period.
She said: ‘I’ve always been quite frugal since I was young and have always loved the idea of being able to get something for free.’
She explained: ‘All of these apps really helped me at a time when I was unemployed and on Universal Credit.’
‘I had just moved to a new city, and I had nothing, I didn’t even have a blanket on my bed.’
Nalan said she had ‘always been frugal’ but began searching for ways to earn some extra money when she found she was unemployed and on Universal Credit
Among the freebies Nalan has bagged over the years are bags of dog food (left) and Free Persil capsules and drain cleaners (right)
‘When I could eventually afford a blanket, I ended up getting it for free as well as a heater for my room thanks to some good reviews I shared.’
‘All of my apps aided me in buying food and clothes and anything I desperately needed.’
How Nalan was able to save THOUSANDS after earning cash completing surveys and using app referrals and cashback sites
Survey sites – £600
Cryptocurrency – £250 invested to make £1,500
App referrals – £200
She added: ‘As I got older and had my own bank account and PayPal, it meant that I could start earning money in addition to getting freebies as I could provide payment information on survey sites and apps.’
Nalan is so experienced that she now often shares her hints and tricks with her 2,000 Instagram followers on her page @littlemissfreebiequeen.
She explained: ‘I’ve found some survey sites to be quite useful, and have made £600 so far from one particular site where the studies are conducted by universities for academic research and can take anywhere from a minute upwards.’
‘Referrals are a great way to make money on sites too.
‘On one site, I actually made about £250 in crypto currency which I let sit for a while and ended up with £1,500!’
Freebies Nalan has received include a variety of foods such as meals at restaurants, crisps, pizzas and fresh fruits as well as toilet paper, perfume and sanitary products.
Now she sometimes spends less than £30 a month on shopping, because of how much money she makes back and the variety of free samples, rewards she receives and through purchasing reduced yellow sticker food items.
Nalan said over years her apps have aided her in buying food which she needed (pictured, a various free and reduced items from Co-Op)
During the toilet roll shortage at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nalan bagged herself 45 rolls for 46p
Freebies Nalan has received include a variety of foods such as meals at restaurants, crisps, pizzas and fresh fruits as well as toilet paper, perfume and sanitary products (pictured Gucci perfume)
The 26-year-old often looks for food which she can get for free online and will often get sent samples of products (pictured)
Buying sanitary and beauty products is something the 26-year-old doesn’t bother doing anymore, because she has ‘received lots of free samples from various sites and gift boxes’ (pictured)
She said: ‘I can get up to 100 per cent cash back on some foods I buy, and sometimes I even make a profit on food I’ve bought as other apps will be working in the background and make a note of what I’ve spent.’
‘I literally spent two weeks receiving free takeaways and grocery deliveries from UberEATS and Deliveroo, because I’d built up lots of credit from referrals.’
‘I also have some receipt scanning apps which allow me to exchange built up points for Amazon vouchers.’
Meanwhile she added she also doesn’t spend money on beauty products any more, saying: ‘Buying sanitary and beauty products is something I don’t bother doing anymore, because I’ve received lots of free samples from various sites and gift boxes from an app called ‘OOOOO’ where I get a free box of full-sized beauty products for every 5 friends I refer to the app.’
Now she sometimes spends less than £30 a month on shopping, because of how much money she makes back and the variety of free samples, rewards she receives and through purchasing reduced yellow sticker food items (pictured left and right)
The 24-year-old NHS biomedical assistant was even able to bag herself a free box of Hotel Chocolat treats using her apps (pictured)
‘I haven’t had to buy skincare or sanitary products for well over a year.’
‘An app called Yoppie also gives you credits for referrals, and I have about £200 on there now which I have used to buy organic sanitary towels and tampons.’
So far, she has earned back more than £5,000 in the space of three years and is hoping to start saving for her first mortgage.
And she is also keen to support her family living abroad, saying: ‘Using the apps has aided me in buying items for my family who have also struggled financially but live abroad in Turkey.’
The 26-year-old revealed she hasn’t paid for skincare or sanitary products for well over a year (pictured, skincare Nalan received for free)
Nalan said she spent two weeks receiving free takeaways and grocery deliveries from UberEATS and Deliveroo, because she had built up lots of credit from referrals’
Nalan is so experienced that she now often shares her hints and tricks on how to bag freebies with her 2,000 Instagram followers on her page @littlemissfreebiequeen
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