Yeah, seriously. It might be hard to believe, but we’re actually giving away free gas cards–no strings attached. Here’s how it works:

Any member who earns $100 or more in a 90 day period will get a certificate, courtesy of CashCrate.com, that entitles them to $250 in free gas cards. After you get your certificate, just keep your gas station receipts and send them into the redemption center when they total $100 or more in a given month.

Then, campout by the mailbox, because your free $25 gas card will arrive within a few weeks. The gas cards work like a credit card and are redeemable at your favorite gas station for fuel or goodies inside. You can do the same thing every month for ten months and keep collecting your gas cards, for a total of $250 in free gas!

With gas prices being what they are, who couldn’t use the extra help? Most of us spend more than $100 at the pump each month without breaking a sweat, may as well collect on the free gas while you can.

All you have to do is earn $100 or more on CashCrate in any 90 day period, and your certificate will automatically be awarded to you. Between offers, daily surveys, and referral earnings, this should be a piece of cake. Take advantage of this promotion now, because it definitely won’t last forever!

UPDATE: For clarification, since this is a new promotion, the 90 day period for earning $100 starts today, and past earnings do not count. That way it’s fair to everyone (since we only have so many of these things).

We just launched a cool new feature — CashCrate Coupons — that brings a whole new meaning to free printable coupons. These are pretty much the best coupons you’ll find on the web, and it’s incredibly easy to use. Right now you can save on name brand products like Cheerios, Hershey’s chocolate, Dannon Yogurt, Fruit of the Loom, and much more.

Just head over to the Coupons section, print all the coupons you like, then take them along the next time you go shopping to save a few bucks. New coupons are added all the time, so be sure to check back frequently. Right now we have over $100 in savings available at your fingertips. In fact, I think I may need to do a bit of shopping..

Today we launched a new survey called the CashCrate Profile. After you login the site will invite you to answer some questions about yourself. This information will be used to better target offers as well as special surveys to you. US Members earn $1 for completing the simple two page survey. As always, please take the time to provide the most complete and accurate information possible.

This is just one of many new features coming soon, stay tuned!

We have two contests to announce for the month of July. This month we will be awarding the top 5 users who refer the most new members who complete atleast one offer or daily survey, as well as the 5 users who complete the most worth of offers with cash! Users who finish in the top 5 of either category will be awarded as follows:

1st - $100

2nd - $75

3rd - $50

4th - $25

5th - $10

Be sure to check out the standings at the leaderboard and head over to the forum to discuss the contest.

Good luck everyone and have a great month of July!

For the month of June we will be having another referral contest. The users who refer the most members who complete atleast one offer will be awarded as follows:

1st - 8GB iPhone

2nd - $75

3rd - $50

4th - $25

5th - $15

6th - $10

7th - $10

8th - $10

9th - $10

10th - $10

As usual you can keep up to date with the standings at the Contest Leaderboard and discuss the contest at the CashCrate Forum.

Good luck!

We wanted to add a couple clarifications regarding this post about early payments for Elite members. We understand that getting paid as soon as possible at the end of the month is a big priority for our users, and we’d love to offer early payments to everyone, but unfortunately there has to be some delay for most users.

That period of 15 days between the end of the month and when payments go out serves as buffer for our advertisers to notify us of any fraudulent activity that’s taken place, whether it be credit card fraud, using false information, or any other form of fraud.

Sending all payments out early would prevent us from taking care of those issues, which would ultimately hurt our advertisers and, in turn, hurt our site and our users.

That said, we’re confident in issuing early payments to our members who have been with us for a while and who have large downlines, because fraud is not an issue with these users (doing anything shady would risk their downlines, and these people have always been good members).

Starting next month, we’ve decided to extend the early payments to all users who are at the Silver level or higher, which means you have 50 active referrals or more. Since we don’t see fraud amongst these users either, we can ensure that the maximum number of our users receive payments as soon as possible without compromising the integrity of our fraud prevention and hurting relationships with advertisers.

This should be a nice extra incentive to start referring your friends, in addition to the increase in commissions you already receive! For more information about what level you’re on and what you need to do to move up, see the “Referral Info” page in the members area.

We’re happy to announce an additional perk for all of our Elite members–early payments! All payments were previously sent out around the 15th, but starting this month, all Elite members will have their payments processed on the 1st of every month instead.

We can only offer this as an incentive to our Elite members at this time, but consider it extra motivation for those of you close to reaching the Elite rank. All other members will have their payments processed as usual.

Not sure where you stand? Check the “Referral Info” page to see what your current rank is, and what’s up next for you.

For the month of May we have only one contest, but we will be awarding the 15 users who refer the most members who complete atleast one offer.

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

1st - $175.00
2nd - $150.00
3rd - $125.00
4th - $100.00
5th - $75.00
6th - $50.00
7th - $25.00
8th - $15.00
9th - $15.00
10th - $15.00
11th - $10.00
12th - $10.00
13th - $10.00
14th - $10.00
15th - $10.00

You can check the frequently updated standings over at the contest leaderboard and discuss the contest at the CashCrate Forum.

Good luck everyone!

We are excited to announce another big contest for the month of April, this one including a Nintendo Wii!

The offers contest is a little different this month, as it will be based on the number of offers you do, rather than their total value. This includes both cash offers, points offers as well as daily surveys.

Completions Contest

1st - Nintendo Wii
2nd - $100
3rd - $75
4th - $50
5th - $25
6th - $10
7th - $10
8th - $10
9th - $10
10th - $10

Most new referrals who complete at least one offer:

1st - $150
2nd - $100
3rd - $50
4th - $25
5th - $10

Ties for the completions contest will be settled as follows: a) total value of the cash offers; b) total value of the points offers; c) random drawing.

Be sure to check the Contest Leadboard regularly to see how you’re doing. You can also discuss the contest over at the forum.

Good luck everyone!