Use cashback
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By
Alice Reynolds -
Brunel University
Do you like this story?
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times: “the best way to get a great deal is to shop around.” Well here’s a new take on this old saying. It’s called a cash back site they can help you actually make money on your purchases if you do a little bit of research.
How do you use them?
They’re so easy to use. All you do is shop online on any retailers’ website to find the item or service you want. Then you go to the independent cash back company’s website to see if they’ll give you any money back on the total price if you bought the item through them. Some cash back sites such as Rpoints and ecashback give you cash immediately just by signing up.
What’s the catch?
How can a site afford to give you cash for free? Well, they get commission from the retailer or brand you would have bought your item or service from it you’d gone directly to them. Yes, a retailer will actually pay a cash back site for just finding them a new customer: you! They then pass on a little bit of this commission to you. Simple!