Ebates.com is a rewards website where members can earn up to 25% cash back on their online purchases at over 1,200 online stores without having to redeem points, mail in forms, or pay membership fees.
Rewards websites like Ebates earn a commission when you purchase an item from one of their partner stores. In turn, they pay part of that commission to you to ensure you continue shopping through Ebates at their partner stores.
When you initially register at Ebates.com, you will be asked to choose a bonus $10 gift card. This gift card will be awarded to you after you have earned your first $25 in cash back.
Earning Cash Back
Whenever you are hoping to earn cash back with Ebates, you must use either their website or their downloadable toolbar to access their partner stores.
Even if you have purchased at that store through Ebates previously, you must access that store through Ebates every time to get credit. If Ebates does not receive credit for your purchase then you cannot earn cash back.
If you refer friends and family members to use Ebates, you can also earn cash back on their first purchase through Ebates.
Unfortunately, returns and exchanges of purchased items will cancel out your cash back earnings. When you exchange an item, the store will consider that a brand new purchase not done through Ebates, so you won’t be able to earn cash back.
Getting Your Cash Back
As long as you have earned more than $5.01, you will receive a cash back payment every 3 months in February, May, August, and November. If you have earned less than $5.01, your earnings will be carried over to the next check.
You can have the check mailed to you or directly deposited into your PayPal account. You can also have the check mailed to a charity or a family member, if you choose. Simply make sure to set up your account to reflect how you want your earnings paid out.
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Payed me 35 cents on a small purchase, but when I used
ebatates on a larger order from lowes.com I received nothing
Sent them several inquiries, haven't got the cashback
Lost almost $40 in cashback, stay out of them, fatwallet at least pays
They bait you in with rewards (mine was $10 Target card)...and then send you scripted emails when you have questions, don't post your pending rebates, basically ignore you. At least that's been my experience. I don't think I'm doing anything differently than anyone else using it.
Made 3 purchases on Black Friday and one on the Sunday of same weekend. Pending rebates still say $0, I don't receive anything except a canned response when I email with questions. My "account" still looks like it hasn't been used, even though I have all the tracking tickets needed to prove my purchases.
If you ask me, this thing is only good for housewives who have nothing better to do than to write emails and track their rebate amounts all day to make sure they all show up. Me? I am a very busy person who THOUGHT I could save a few bucks on some purchases. Not worth my time or effort anymore. I guess I won't even see my $10 Target bait card either....
Thanks for nothing, Ebates. TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!