Monday, October 25, 2010

What is Ebates and how does it work?

So in the below post I talked a little bit about Ebates.  As promised, I'm going to fill you in a little more on what Ebates actually is...so here it is!

When you do your shopping through Ebates you can earn cash back from over 1,200 online stores where you already shop (Did you know that Ebay is included in one of the stores??) . This is a great way to get rebates on online purchases you are normally making. You are simply going to all the online stores you usually shop by clicking through the Ebates link first – it’s a simple rebate program. And it’s putting money back in my wallet and yours!

How easy is Ebates to use? It’s really only 3 steps:
1. Visit Ebates and sign-up (or sign-in if you are already registered)
2. Type in the name of the store in the top left-hand corner (i.e. Old Navy) then click “Search”
3. Click on the store to shop. You will see how much cash back you will earn (8% at Old Navy) and what coupons are available to use at that store. Just click on the name of the store and you are on your way to earning that percentage cash back on your purchase.

The best part is that Ebates gives you the option to receive a check in the mail every 3 months when you’ve earned at least $5.01 cash back in your account. Plus you get $5 for every friend that you refer!Or you can have your cash deposited into your PayPal account. There is absolutely no paper work or follow-up for you to do to get your cash rebates, you simply find your online store on Ebates and then click on your store to start your shopping. You can also choose to not receive emails from Ebates by visiting “Communication Preferences” in “My Account”. This is honestly one of the easiest online rebate programs I’ve ever used. And my rebates are adding up fast even though I do not make many purchases online.

Again, I highly recommend signing up for this FREE account, it's just another way to save money on items you already purchase.  (I love the fact that you can even get a rebate on Ebay items!  Again, you'll just have to go to Ebates and then type in Ebay to get your rebate!)  Yay!

Let me know if you have any questions!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Amy, Thanks for the Information.
I have a question on using ebates on ebay. Do we have to go to ebay through ebates when we want to pay for the items we won on ebay or before we bid on aution items to get cash back. Thanks so much.

Amy said...

Yes, I recommend that you go through ebates even when you're paying for something that you won on ebay. (I do also recommend that you go through ebates when you're bidding on something...this way everything that you do from your order to payment will have an Ebates tracking number that they will track back in order to receive your cash back. If you order one item from ebay lets say, and then go to another site and come back to ebay and order something else your second order will not apply as you didn't go through ebates. I hope that makes sense! Let me know if you have any other questions!