Shopkick - Reward Points for Shopping

I am not much of a shopper. I only really go shopping when I absolutely have to. Some of my friends got me to download an app called Shopkick. (Here is the website http://www.shopkick.com/) I can use this app without feeling like it is interfering with my normal shopping habits.

How It Works
Shopkick gives you reward points, or kicks, for going shopping. You can get kicks by activating the app when you walk into a store that participates with shopkick. The stores shown on shopkick are dependent on your location. You can play a little scavenger hunt game by scanning bar-codes of products on shopkick and getting kicks. Within the app, there are even little promotional books you can scroll through and get addition kicks. After you gather enough kicks, you can use them for a variety of rewards and gift cards.

Interaction
As with most apps, you have the option to create an account by signing in with Facebook. If you don't want to use Facebook, just use your email and come up with another password. There are many different products pictured within the app and you can "like" any of these. If you go into the store where one product is found, shopkick will remind you of this product that you liked. For every product that is pictured, it shows how many total likes the product has. When you like a product, it will show you "Hey, you might also like this..." You can also set up your account to buy items directly from the app.
This can be a good marketing tool for stores. They can use shopkick to advertise their products and send out coupons. They can then monitor how many likes a particular product gets and how many people buy directly from the app.

Conclusion
What I like most about this app is that it does not require me to go out of my way to participate. As with anything, you can spend more time than you might intend to on it. But, I can still get the kicks and rewards without spending too much time or going places I don't normally go.