In a nutshell, Ebates makes money by referring people to shopping websites in order to buy things, thereby earning advertising revenue. They also offer to pay some of their advertising revenue back to site users, which encourages them to keep shopping through Ebates, which makes Ebates more advertising money. These hyperlinks tell the store website that they are coming from the non-store website.
So, when a person clicks on those hyperlinks and makes a purchase on the store website, the store website pays a commission to the non-store website for bringing in customers for them. To illustrate, imagine two websites: website X and website Y. Website X runs a store, and website Y does not. However, website Y contains hyperlinks that lead to website X. A person comes to website Y and clicks on the hyperlinks that lead to website X, and then buys something at website X.
Website X then pays a percentage of how much the person spent to website Y as an advertising fee, since it was because of website Y that the person found and spent money on website X. Image source: BD Information Website. It tells you exactly what percentage of money you will earn back when shopping at a particular store, and it will give you clear instructions for avoiding any technical problems that you may encounter.
Plus, it's safe to use, and has relatively good customer service. Some restrictions apply — Some popular brands, such as Apple, do not have affiliations with Ebates, so you can't get cash back while shopping for their products.
Other retailers have conditions on getting cash back, such as having to shop in specific departments. Be sure to read the fine print on the deals. Waiting is the hardest part — Ebates only sends out your payments four times a year, and they are spaced out so that you have to wait two months after your purchase deadline to get cash back. Some users have also had problems getting their payouts, but fortunately, this is often because they haven't earned enough money on a payout yet so it's carried over.
And if it's not, its customer service is pretty good about resolving the problem. You may have to get a bit technical — There are certain technical quirks that may cause Ebates not to work, such as if you have an add-on to your web browser that blocks advertisements, or you shop directly at the store or its website instead of clicking through to it through Ebates. Be sure to start at Ebates and be careful about closing web browser windows or tabs to make sure that it works!
In fact, Luthi said he likes to use Rakuten on occasion, but personally prefers the deals he finds on TopCashback and Swagbucks. Add the browser extension. Stack it with other rewards. For example, Andre will buy discounted gift cards at Raise. Not too shabby. This story has been updated throughout to reflect that Ebates changed its name to Rakuten.
News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. Suggest a correction. But surely any site that would pay you to get cash back is asking for a membership fee, right? Yup, Ebates is actually completely free. But you still might not be getting all of the savings that you should be getting!
If you do ANY shopping online, you need to get Ebates. Ebates is a cash back site that, with no strings attached, will give you cashback for almost every site that you might shop online. Ebates is a part of the way that I get my web hosting with Bluehost for such a low price! It really adds up over time, and especially if you do most of your shopping online. Ebates has an amazing support staff who will be happy to help you find out what happened! Back in the day, you had to get your membership to Ebates and then check back all the time to see if the site you were on was eligible for cashback from Ebates.
Ebates has a Chrome extension to help make sure that you never miss an opportunity for cashback. No need to check your emails or go back to Ebates to see if something is eligible.
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