Pawns

All About Pawns

Pawns can be an easy way to earn some extra cash online. It will allow you to earn truly passively, and you can earn a lot faster, if you also use the app to take paid surveys.

What is Pawns, and what does it offer?

Let's first start by going over the name to avoid any confusion. When the platform first started, it was called IPRoyal Pawns. It has since gone through a lot of changes and has now also changed its name, so the official name is now Pawns app.

But whether you hear about IPRoyal Pawns or Pawns.app, it is the same platform that has just been rebranded. In the rest of this Pawns App review, I will mainly call it Pawns to stick to the official name.

As mentioned above, it is a GPT site that will pay you for sharing your internet connection with its clients, and it has also introduced other ways to earn. It is a lot similar to Honeygain, which is another site that will pay you for your unused internet connection.

And let me just make it clear right away that Pawns.app is real and not a fake scam, as some GPT sites are.

Also, you need to know something about the website. If you just go to IPRoyal, you cannot just see a way to sign up and start earning. The main site is for clients who want to buy their services.

If you want to earn, you need to go to Pawns.app (you can find a link to this below).

This article is a Pawns App review focusing on the earning opportunities and how good a site it is to earn from. Just to avoid any confusion about this.

Now, to understand how the site works and how well you can earn from it, we have to take a closer look at the earning opportunities it offers.

Option 1 – Sharing your internet connection

The main source of your earnings on this site will come from sharing your internet connection. This is a passive income method and, therefore, does not require any effort once it has been set up.

Technically speaking, IPRoyal (the company behind Pawns) facilitates proxy services to third-party entities. That’s how the site earns, and that’s how they can afford to pay you.

You may be wondering what the site will do with your unused internet bandwidth, so let me give you a few examples of how it will be used.

Some companies will use your unused bandwidth to enhance their testing process to improve their apps so users will experience the app content as it was meant to.

Some will use it to gain access to geo-blocked content, while some companies will use it to check whether their ads are running correctly and showing up on the right websites.

To start earning passively, you just have to install the program on the device you intend to use it on.

When I first joined Pawns, it only worked with Windows-based computers. But since then, they have developed and launched several more versions and is now also available for Mac, Android, iOS, CLI, and Docker.

Once you’ve downloaded it, just follow the setup process to complete the installation. As soon as you’ve set up the program, you can just let it run in the background to start earning money.

Keep in mind, though, that when this program is running, when somebody uses your unused bandwidth, your internet connection might be slower than usual because it will be allocated to the person buying your bandwidth.

However, this will depend on your device and connection.

But if you are working on something on your computer and you don’t want any interruptions, or you need the bandwidth, all you have to do is close the program and make sure it isn’t running in the background.

As for how much you will earn, they say you will earn $0.20 per gigabyte of data you sell. But if you let the program run continuously for several hours, you will earn more because, for each hour keeping the program running, they will add an extra $0.02 per GB shared.

When you log in to the dashboard, you will immediately see how many gigabytes you’ve already sold, so you will easily know how much you earn. Once you’ve earned enough, you can withdraw your earnings, which I will talk about later.

One thing to note about their program is that it is recommended to only install it on one device in a network. There’s no point in installing it on multiple devices connected to the same network/IP address.

Now, if you want to use it on multiple devices, you should connect to different IP addresses (for example, your mobile connection).

Option 2 – Affiliate program

Aside from selling your unused internet bandwidth, you can also earn by using their referral program.

Here, you can earn money by inviting others to join the site. Just share your referral link, and when someone joins through it, they become your referral.

In Pawns’ case, as shown in the photo above, you will receive a 10% commission every time your referral withdraws his/her earnings from the site.

Also, a bonus they have recently introduced is that the person joining will get a $1 one-time bonus when they sign up if they join through an invitation link.

If you are not yet a member, you can get this welcome bonus by joining through my invitation link at the end of this review.

Option 3 – Paid surveys

The newest earning option Pawns app, has introduced paid online surveys.

This is quite unusual for a site where you can earn by sharing your unused internet bandwidth, but they have chosen to introduce this nonetheless.

It has a lot of paid surveys available, and they have expanded this option quite a lot since it first launched the survey option. At first, you could only get access to the surveys in a few countries, but now you can get access to paid surveys from around 100 countries, and it can definitely be a great way to boost your earnings.

How do you get paid?

As explained earlier, you will earn a certain amount for every gigabyte of bandwidth you sell and for every survey you complete. That will be stored in your Pawns.app account balance.

You can withdraw your earnings once you reach $5, which is fairly low compared to some similar sites, which is definitely a plus, in my opinion.

Once you’ve reached the threshold, you have the option to withdraw via PayPal, Bitcoin, or virtual gift cards.

The exact gift cards you can choose from depend on the country you live in. In some countries, there might only be Visa virtual gift cards or none at all, while in other countries, you can choose between 50+ different gift cards.

So, as you can see, their payment system is quite straightforward.

You just need to be aware that for some payout options, they charge a processing fee. For PayPal they charge a 4% fee, which is quite high, and a shame they charge this much, in my opinion.

For some gift cards, there will be no processing fees, so this is also something you need to consider before cashing out.

They have changed these payout methods since I first joined, and it is great to see how they listen to the requests of their users and have now introduced Bitcoin and gift cards as a payout method.

They used to offer Payoneer and PayPal, and, in my opinion, it is a shame that they no longer also offer Payoneer. The other methods are definitely great, but Payoneer can just be a great option if you want to get paid in cash and if PayPal is not available in your country.

Anyway, they still offer great payout methods.

I like the fact that they have a very low payout threshold, which means you can withdraw your earnings fairly quickly.

I also like the fact that they offer very convenient payment methods like PayPal, Bitcoin, and gift cards.

And I have been paid by it several times myself, and you can see payment proof in the video earlier in this review.

How much money can you make?

As mentioned in the earlier section of this review, you will currently earn $0.20 per gigabyte of unused bandwidth you sell (+bonuses depending on the hours you are connected).

While that isn’t really a huge amount, it will pile up over time, and you will be able to earn a decent amount.

And the good thing is, it’s a passive way of earning. To put it into perspective, Pawns.app claims that users on average, earn anywhere from $5 to $140 per month by using the passive income method.

But that depends on a couple of things. Your earnings will mostly depend on your location and network speed.

If you have a high-speed internet connection, you have a better chance of selling more bandwidth. As for the location, countries like the US and countries in Europe have the highest earning potential.

Also, if you take paid surveys or use the referral program, you can boost your earnings significantly.

That’s why; overall, I would say Pawns.app has a good earning potential, especially if you live in the countries mentioned above.

Can you use it on mobile?

Originally, Pawns only worked on a laptop or desktop.

However, since they have developed an app for Android and iOS, you can now also earn from your phone with it, and you can download it from the Google Play Store or the App Store.

And you can use it both on mobile and desktop at the same time. In fact, you can use it on as many different devices as you want to, but you just need to make sure each of them is connected to a different network/IP address.

Who can join Pawns?

Pawns is available globally, but you must be of legal age in the country of your official address to join this site.

But as explained earlier, some countries will offer more opportunities than others.

To become a member, all you have to do is fill out the sign-up form. They will then send you a verification email, and all you have to do to complete the registration is to click the verification link that will be in the email they will send.

Once you’ve done that, you can log in to the site, download the program, and install it on your computer.

Can you get support?

Their site has a FAQ page you can refer to, which answers most of the basic questions you will encounter.

Their site also does a fairly good job, in my opinion, of explaining how you can earn. They also go the extra mile to explain that the data you will share will not be compromised in any way and how they make sure it is safe to use.