Clear! A New Player in the UK Receipt Scanning App Genre
In a world where smartphones have become an indispensable part of our daily lives, there's a way to transform your routine purchases into a lucrative side hustle—receipt scanning apps, and a new app has just launched in the UK!
If you haven't come across receipt scanning apps before, they allow users to earn rewards in return for giving the service access to their purchasing receipts. The service then sells the receipts to companies that use the data for commercial reasons. Your data is used to generate insights for companies, and the apps never provide your data for companies to sell or market to you directly.
Now, you may think that selling your data sounds pretty scary, but it really isn't! If you use a loyalty card for your supermarket shop, then you are already allowing a business to access your data and use it for marketing reasons, and a receipt scanning app is no different; they'll pass your receipt data over to a business that can use your data for marketing purposes, and in return, the app will share some of this revenue with you as a thank you!
You could just throw your receipt for your lunchtime snack in the bin, or you could take a photo of it, earn a reward and then throw it in the bin; I know which I'd rather do! In my opinion, if a company wants to pay me to show them what sort of sandwich I've chosen for my lunch from my local supermarket and anything else I might have bought with it, then be my guest; I'll lose no sleep letting a company know I'm a fan of a BLT sandwich, with salt and vinegar crisps, washed down with fruit juice, and perhaps a cheeky chocolate bar for dessert!
There have been a few apps over the last few years, but 2024 has been tough for these apps, with both Storewards and ZipZero closing down within a few weeks of each other. This leaves those people who use these apps for a bit of side hustle cash missing out on money. The good news is that a brand new receipt scanning app, called Clear!, has just launched and is offering a new way for Brits to monetise their receipts!
Clear! is an innovative receipt-scanning app that's looking to make waves in the UK market by offering competitive rewards for its users, plus the opportunity to earn extra rewards for submitting paid surveys.
The receipt scanning concept is very similar to rival receipt scanning apps. You simply take a photo of your receipt using your smartphone and the Clear! app. The app inspects the receipt, and once confirmed, you'll receive a reward in your Clear! wallet, which you can then cash out once you earn £5 or more.
User-friendly interface and Quick Processing
One of Clear's standout features is its sleek and intuitive user interface. The app is designed with user experience in mind, making it easy for anyone to start scanning and earning rewards. What's more, Clear! boasts impressively fast processing times, ensuring that your submitted receipts are accepted and processed quickly, which is always appreciated!
Flexible Receipt Submission Options
Clear offers users multiple ways to submit their receipts:
1. Physical Receipt Scanning: Use your smartphone's camera to capture an image of your paper receipt.
2. Email Receipt Forwarding: You can forward your email receipts directly to the app for online purchases. This is useful as you'll normally not be able to scan a receipt you've printed off of your computer; this way, you can simply forward your email receipt directly to Clear!
How can I earn from Clear!?
Clear! offers users the following rewards for submitting their receipts:
10p for grocery receipts and 5p for others
60p for surveys
Clear! rewards users with 33% of what they receive from their clients for your data.
Tiered Reward System
Clear implements a tiered reward system that incentivises users to keep on scanning their receipts!
Level 1: Each receipt is worth up to 10p
Level 2: The user will earn double points
Level 3: The Infinity level: Receipts can earn up to four times the base amount per receipt, plus you'll also earn a 50p bonus every 7 weeks if you keep providing receipts.
This progressive reward structure encourages users to scan more receipts and climb the levels for increased benefits. The more regularly you submit receipts, the higher the level you achieve. The better the data you provide, the more clients will buy, and the more you can earn!
You can scan 22 receipts per week, and the receipts must be for physical products purchased. This number of receipts is set to avoid users submitting receipts that aren't their own, as the app only wants to know what you and your family are buying, and Clear! doesn't want receipts from other people or from business purchases. If, however, you and your family buy many things every week, you can contact them and ask them to review your receipt limit.
As with most of the other receipt scanning apps, receipts must be from purchases made within the last 7 days. You can submit a maximum of 3 receipts from the same store per day.
Additional Earning Opportunities
Beyond receipt scanning, Clear offers users the chance to earn extra money through occasional surveys. This feature is similar to the Amazon Shopper Panel, which provides users the opportunity to earn some extra rewards for answering demographic or product/brand-related questions, and Clear! offers 60p for each survey submitted, which is more than Amazon offers.
On top of this, users can earn extra rewards by referring friends and family to the app, and will earn 75p per referral (once both are level 1. The person you refer will also get a 25p sign-up bonus when they reach level 1). Users can have up to 5 successful referrals per month.
Low Cashout Minimum
Clear! has set a decent minimum cashout threshold of £5, making it accessible for users to withdraw their earnings without having to accumulate a large sum! There's nothing worse than having to scan receipts for months to be able to get a cashout!
Users can claim a gift card from a wide range of retailers once they have £5 of credit in their account.
Who can use Clear!?
Currently, Clear! is only available to Android users, but an IOS version is due out in early 2025, which will make the service available to anyone in the UK.
It's really good to get a new receipt-scanning app launched in the UK! Receipt scanning is a low-maintenance and hassle-free way to earn a few extra quid every year! Clear! is positioning itself as a strong competitor in the receipt scanning app market. It has been set up by the chap who designed the Shoppix app, so the app has strong receipt-scanning app roots, which puts it in a good place to become a leading receipt-scanning app. Whether you're a seasoned receipt scanner or new to the concept, Clear! offers an accessible and potentially lucrative way to maximise your everyday purchases, and I'd certainly suggest getting signed up before everyone else beats you to it, as often these apps have a maximum number of users it can accommodate. If you miss out, you'll have to join a waiting list, which can take a while to climb, so strike while the apps still new and taking on new users!
To get started, you'll need to apply for a registration code by answering a few questions. The registration form can be found on the Clear! website.
What are the alternatives to Clear?
There are other receipt scanning apps available in the UK:
Amazon Shopper Panel: This is an invitation-only receipt-scanning app
Shoppix: This has been a major player in the UK receipt scanning world but isn't always taking on new users.
Snap My Eats: This is primarily for monetising food receipts from supermarkets or restaurants. Again, it isn't always accepting new users.
The trick with these receipt scanning apps is to sign up for all of them and then scan all your receipts on all the apps. This means you're being rewarded multiple times for the same receipt, and that's a really handy way to increase your side hustle income!