Earn Cash Back While Shopping Online

Ryanick Paige
How do they do this? The cash back websites earn money on your purchases then they offer you a percentage to shop their website. Along with online coupons codes, these cash back websites can often make the deals you get shopping online even better than in the stores.

Ebates.com is a popular site to ear cash back while shopping online. To register for ebates.com, you simply fill out a quick registration form. You are ready to begin earning cash back in just minutes. Ebates.com offers up to 26-percent cash back along with coupons codes for many stores on the internet. You can search an alphabetical list by store, by categories, or by the cash back amount.

Ebates.com pays by check or through PayPal quarterly. Balances below $5.01 are carried over to the next payment period. Ebates offers a $5 bonus when you refer someone who makes a qualifying purchase through the site.

At mypoints.com, you earn points for purchases made. Point amounts can be a one-time point value or a point per dollar spent value. The points earned by shopping through mypoints.com stay pending for 30-days after being credited and then can be cashed in for gift certificates for various stores. You can also earn points at mypoints.com by reading emails and signing up for offers and newsletters.

Live.com is another great choice for cash back shopping with cash back values up to 30-percent of the purchase amount. Cash back made on purchases thru live.com is available 60-days after the purchase. Live.com pays through PayPal or by check.

At bigcrumbs.com, not only will you earn cash back on your purchases but you will also earn cash back on you referrals purchases as well. Bigcrumbs.com offers cash back at hundreds of online stores when you shop through their site. Big Crumbs pays by PayPal on a net-30 basis by the 15th of the month. What this means is that cash back earned in March is paid on May 15.

When you refer people to bigcrumbs.com using your referral link you will earn 10% of the cash back they earn. For example, your referral shops through bigcrumbs.com and makes a $100 purchase at a store that earns 25-percent cash back. Your referral will make $25 and you will make $2.50. The more referral you have shopping the more you can earn.

Published by Ryanick Paige

Ryanick has enjoyed writing for over 5 years. She has written about many subjects with her favorite being Television, Automotive and Reviews. She is a Featured Contributor in the Television Category.  View profile

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  • Robin Klein10/10/2010

    Great tips! I've heard of mypoints and ebates, but not the others, so thanks! www.fatwallet.com is another site that you can earn cash back through.

  • Boo9/23/2008

    http://www.bigcrumbs.com/crumbs/frontpage.jsp?r=lyic98

  • Boo9/23/2008

    I've been using BigCrumbs for years as an eBay buyer/seller. I also recieve cash back on priceline, obitz, overstock.com, target, gap...etc.

  • Willow Sidhe9/20/2008

    Great info! Thanks!

  • Bandit9/20/2008

    Thanks :)

  • 3lilangels9/20/2008

    This is wonderful to know thanks so much super topic!

  • Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez9/19/2008

    Sounds good to me....

  • CJ Mathis9/19/2008

    Cash back is always nice thanks for the tips.

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