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title: 'I Tested the ''Watch Videos, Earn $7 Every 60 Seconds'' Side Hustle'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=6dar4JgkYE0'
video_id: '6dar4JgkYE0'
date: 2026-07-13
duration_sec: 639
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# I Tested the 'Watch Videos, Earn $7 Every 60 Seconds' Side Hustle

> Source: [I Tested the 'Watch Videos, Earn $7 Every 60 Seconds' Side Hustle](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6dar4JgkYE0)

## Summary

Austin Godbout tests a side hustle claiming to earn $7 every 60 seconds by watching videos on Zoombox. After five hours of testing, he earned only 147 points (worth less than a penny), concluding the method is a scam designed to waste time and generate ad revenue for the platform.

### Key Points

- **Side Hustle Claim** [00:00] — The video tests a side hustle that claims you can make $7 every 60 seconds by watching videos on Zoombox.
- **Zoombox Process** [01:07] — The original video suggests going to zoombox.com, watching videos with ads, and getting paid.
- **Points System** [01:34] — Zoombox awards 7 points for every 3 videos watched with ads. 1000 points = $1. Most loyal members earn up to $500 per month, contradicting the $7/60s claim.
- **Redemption Rates** [02:42] — A $5 PayPal gift card requires 5,250 points. $100 requires over 100,000 points.
- **Five-Hour Test** [03:57] — Austin ran Zoombox for 5 hours with two tabs open. He earned 210 points on Lootably, which converted to 147 Zoombox points (less than a penny).
- **Scam Mechanism** [06:58] — These websites rely on users giving up before reaching the minimum payout threshold, allowing the company to profit from ad views without paying users.
- **Better Alternatives** [08:12] — Instead of Zoombox, Austin recommends creating content (TikToks, YouTube videos, blogs) to build an online income.

### Conclusion

The Zoombox side hustle is a waste of time; after five hours, Austin earned less than a penny. He advises viewers to focus on content creation instead.

## Transcript

in this episode of I tried it I'm going to test this side hustle that claims that you can make seven dollars every 60 seconds just by watching videos I'm hustle I'm gonna show you and tell you my results and if there's something
better that you could do to make more money hello my name is Austin godbout and not just to put money into my own pockets and if you want to be added to
this globe simply reply or comment down below with your city state Province going to take a look at the side hustle that claims that we can make seven
dollars every 60 seconds I'm going to reveal the exact process that the original content creator suggested I'm going to talk about if this works if this makes sense and if you should do something else now if you want me to
test different side hustles reply or comment to this video or really any video of mine and I will take a look because my goal is to help you sift through the crap and to actually start making money so let's go ahead and talk
about it so what the original video talks about is going to a website called zoombox.com and you are simply going to watch videos and you are going to get paid you are going to make sure that you watch the ads and that's all you have to
do literally that is the entire process and you will magically make seven dollars again and again and again as you can see here this is my back office of zumbuck so let's talk about it um let's talk about a few different
things now one thing that I found on their website is if I look under tips step three watch videos and earn points hideout.tv Awards seven points for every
three videos watched with ads lootably offers five so in order for you to be able to make money you have to convert points into Dollars we're going to talk
math but um so if we look at this you have to watch three videos with ads to earn seven points now if we look at the tips and tricks check the leaderboard as
well our most loyal members earn up to 500 worth of points per month so if the original content creator is telling us that we can earn seven dollars every 60 seconds unlimited and their website is saying that most people earn 500 or less
that already gives us a red flag of things not making sense but let's go good stuff so so if we look what I want to go to is I want to go to
gift cards and cash we'll take a look at this look at this guaranteed 1000 points equals one dollar for completing about me so if we just did the math there in order to earn one dollar you need to generate 1 000 points so if we did seven
is is working properly at this moment so if we click on offers because what I want to show you is I want to show you how many points you need in order to
earn a five dollar PayPal gift card it's gonna be um it's gonna be surprising actually so if we look at this Microsoft Store five to ten dollar five to a the easiest way uh we'll click on redeem like this and to earn five dollars you
need to earn five thousand two hundred and fifty points so 5250 points if you want to earn a hundred dollars you would need to earn over a hundred thousand points in order to earn a hundred dollars and again if
we go back to that original uh that original screen here in order to earn a thousand points that's that equals one dollar so um this already seems like it's gonna be a tough sell now what I actually did is
I actually tried this process for five hours I woke up at this video and I figured I'd give it a try and so what I did is I logged in and
I followed the process and I actually opened up two different tabs to have zoombox playing for the five hours so I went back to sleep I went to the gym I played basketball I went and got coffee and now I'm back here and and I'm making
this video with my with my proof so if we go back let's go to watch because this is what you're gonna need to do if we look at this now this is important five points for three videos with ads credits unlimited times videos must
contain ads either before or after the video in order to be credited if we click on more info you can see here minimum payouts redeemed from loot.tv is
10 points so I need to earn 10 points so if I click on start hopefully it shows you how many points I've accumulated because I actually did the original video on a different on a different um computer if we look at
this hopefully has my points accumulated all right finally I re-logged in and as you can see here you're just gonna watch these videos in order to earn points now how many points do you think I have earned in my five hours if you look in
the top right hand corner it says that I've earned a grand total of 210 points I'm going to click on redeem here and you can see here we're going to the account selected there we go so even worse when I redeem my 210 points it
only converts to 147 points over on zoombox so you guys can see that in my five hours of doing this and hopefully I can get the video over to account but in my five hours of doing this I earned 210 over on on lootably
which converted to 147 which will get me absolutely nothing now again I have multiple tabs open as the original video suggested and this is going to be a
complete waste of your time guys um these are the types of videos that I watched many many months ago years ago at this point and I would try them and I got frustrated because I didn't earn seven dollars
every 60 seconds as you can see 147 dollars what does that convert to probably less than a penny if we go over to gift cards and cash we'll click on JCPenney for example we will click on redeem you can see I have insufficient
be a way so ultimately what happens and this is the trick that these types of websites play you're going to spend five hours doing this and not make any money
you are going to get frustrated and give up and a company like zoombox and lootably they realize that most people are not going to even achieve this five dollar threshold so they essentially have made a bunch of money off of you
by having you watch the videos and you're never going to claim the prize so guys please don't waste your time doing these now I'm sure somebody's gonna say because I had in the original video someone's gonna say
successful with zoom bucks is a very long shot okay first of all there's a you're only making money when you're actively engaged with the website so
I only made 147 which pales in comparison to the amount of money that that original video claimed um two it's gonna be very difficult to
meet that threshold of of five five dollars whatever that five um in the time that it took you to watch these videos or set this up you could have created 10 Tick Tock videos to
schedule to upload you could have created three YouTube videos you could scripts so that you could create a faceless YouTube video and ultimately a
faceless YouTube channel so again I started creating this type of content because I was in this exact same position and it wasn't until I realized that I should create my own blog I should make my own
around that once I started doing that type of stuff that's when I was able to make money online not this other junk because this junk doesn't work and as
some of you guys know that these types of YouTube channels will create these types of videos to monetize it with Google AdSense or or the YouTube Partner program and ultimately they don't care if you find success or not because it's
all about getting the YouTube ad Revenue whereas I want to make sure that I'm creating content to help you and this type of content hopefully helps you see that go into a website like zoombox isn't ultimately going to help you reach
your end goal of making money online it's going to waste your time waste your is literally doing anything uh when it comes to creating content so
create something and then put the content out into the world and then you're going to be in a much better position for example you create a a week multiple people can watch the video and you can be successful in
multiple ways same thing with Tick Tock or Instagram wherever your your preferred content choices so don't waste your time with this method it is not that you know that the video that claims that you can make seven dollars every 60
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