What are cashback sites?
You visit the cashback site > you go to the retailers site > buy the item > some months later you get a percentage of the purchase back.
You can get loads of money doing this. You are essentially getting money back from doing your usual spending. One site's slogan is "you were going to spend it anyway" which is bang on, if your going to buy a CD anyway why not get a little bit of cash back. Simple(s).
For more on how cashback sites work look at Martin Lewis's article here.
For this blog
Now, for this blog. As stated in big writing at the top I am not allowed to spend my own money to get any money back. So simple purchasing aint going to cut it with me.
However cashback sites don't just stop at purchases they also offer no purchase necessary offers - where you can get money for signing up for free trials or clicking links. This is what I'm going to try..
Signing up
There are two good cashback sites out there which I have used for a while and I would recommend. These being Quidco and Topcashback. Quidco has some offers that Topcashback doesn't and vice-versa but Quidco will take £5 out of your earnings a year as a membership fee - Topcashback take nothing.
I personally prefer Topcashback but if your not convinced there is a little comparison here (if a little biased)
Getting my cash
Anyhoo I have signed up to both, but have used alot of their offers pre-blog so I can't use em again.
There is a great website called no-brainers which lists some of the cashback offers that should not be missed. Ones which cost you nothing, or little, and get you some returns, well worth a look especially as some of the offers come and go pretty quickly.
I have started just on Topcashback but these are ones I have used so far...
Fly.com - Search for a flight gets you 5p - you can do a search once a week. I have done this for 5 weeks now (25p)
Baddoo.com - Register for the site and you can get £1.16
Vodaphone - Sign for a free sim card and you can get 50p
Word from the wise though, sometimes it is not worth signing up for things you have absolutely no interest in as you will get emails and potentially phone calls if you have to provide a number. So only sign up for what you are interested in.
It works for both parties though, I signed up to Search Lotto through Topcashback and I got 50p and they got a really active user!
It takes a while for the cashback to get through to your account so I'm going to set up a pending in my running total.
Running Total: £0.63
+ Topcashback £1.91
Pending: £1.91
Cashback [cash-back] [n]: any purchase of goods or services where the buyer receives a payment in return.Essentially Cashback websites are brilliant for buying goods online.
You visit the cashback site > you go to the retailers site > buy the item > some months later you get a percentage of the purchase back.
You can get loads of money doing this. You are essentially getting money back from doing your usual spending. One site's slogan is "you were going to spend it anyway" which is bang on, if your going to buy a CD anyway why not get a little bit of cash back. Simple(s).
For more on how cashback sites work look at Martin Lewis's article here.
For this blog
Now, for this blog. As stated in big writing at the top I am not allowed to spend my own money to get any money back. So simple purchasing aint going to cut it with me.
However cashback sites don't just stop at purchases they also offer no purchase necessary offers - where you can get money for signing up for free trials or clicking links. This is what I'm going to try..
Signing up
There are two good cashback sites out there which I have used for a while and I would recommend. These being Quidco and Topcashback. Quidco has some offers that Topcashback doesn't and vice-versa but Quidco will take £5 out of your earnings a year as a membership fee - Topcashback take nothing.
I personally prefer Topcashback but if your not convinced there is a little comparison here (if a little biased)
Getting my cash
Anyhoo I have signed up to both, but have used alot of their offers pre-blog so I can't use em again.
There is a great website called no-brainers which lists some of the cashback offers that should not be missed. Ones which cost you nothing, or little, and get you some returns, well worth a look especially as some of the offers come and go pretty quickly.
I have started just on Topcashback but these are ones I have used so far...
Fly.com - Search for a flight gets you 5p - you can do a search once a week. I have done this for 5 weeks now (25p)
Baddoo.com - Register for the site and you can get £1.16
Vodaphone - Sign for a free sim card and you can get 50p
Word from the wise though, sometimes it is not worth signing up for things you have absolutely no interest in as you will get emails and potentially phone calls if you have to provide a number. So only sign up for what you are interested in.
It works for both parties though, I signed up to Search Lotto through Topcashback and I got 50p and they got a really active user!
It takes a while for the cashback to get through to your account so I'm going to set up a pending in my running total.
Running Total: £0.63
+ Topcashback £1.91
Pending: £1.91
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