Are Quidco Kosher?????

Ausweb

needaspirin wrote:

I have just signed up to Quidco. I don't have a paypal account and the alternative is to enter my bank account details. I really don't like to do this. I don't trust the internet very much and have only just bought some items this week from Amazon for the first time using debit card _pale_

My question is: Should I give my bank account details to Quidco and is it safe to do so, or should I get a Paypal account? Or perhaps something else?

You are quite safe giving them this info - you are only supplying them with a sort code and account number - This is printed on any cheque you use (if people still use cheques) - It does not give them any access to the account other than to put money into it.

Also If you use paypal, you will have to give paypal the same details if you want them to pay it into your account.

shane8961

You will have to give PayPal your card details in order to make a withdrawl from there anyway so you will still be giving your details out.

Quidco, like all the other cashback sites work in the following way

Quidco -> Affiliate Company -> Online Shop

Basically, the online shop creates an account with the affiliate company and make an agreement - along the lines of "You pay us £X a month, and X% of order total for each order we refer to your site". The Affiliate company then lists the online shop on their site. Advertisers & Cashback sites then also sign up with the affiliate company, and are told "We'll pay you X% on sales you pass through to us". Quidco then add the link onto their site, you click through, you are redirected through the Affiliate Companies website and on to the Online shop. You then place your order with the shop. Once the person responsible at the online shop has verified your order etc, they a report back to the Affiliate Company saying which orders they will/not pay out on. The affiliate company then send a similar report to the advertising/cashback site, who then either track or decline your cashback (or in the case on an advertiser - weather or not they get paid for the referals).

Sooooo, If the merchant decline/dont pay the affiliate company then the affiliate company cant pay quidco, quidco cant pay you. Neither company directly deal with each other, there is a go between company (Tradedoubler, CJ, etc).

Hope this clears it up a bit how quidco works and why they sometimes dont pay out - so if anybody is trying to do you out of money it is the end online shop, who is refusing to pay your commission.

Quidco is by far the best cashback site on the net, and with only £5 yearly admin fee, alot more profitable than its rivals such as Rpoints.

foxxboy

shane8961 wrote:

You will have to give PayPal your card details in order to make a withdrawl from there anyway so you will still be giving your details out.

Quidco, like all the other cashback sites work in the following way

Quidco -> Affiliate Company -> Online Shop

Basically, the online shop creates an account with the affiliate company and make an agreement - along the lines of "You pay us £X a month, and X% of order total for each order we refer to your site". The Affiliate company then lists the online shop on their site. Advertisers & Cashback sites then also sign up with the affiliate company, and are told "We'll pay you X% on sales you pass through to us". Quidco then add the link onto their site, you click through, you are redirected through the Affiliate Companies website and on to the Online shop. You then place your order with the shop. Once the person responsible at the online shop has verified your order etc, they a report back to the Affiliate Company saying which orders they will/not pay out on. The affiliate company then send a similar report to the advertising/cashback site, who then either track or decline your cashback (or in the case on an advertiser - weather or not they get paid for the referals).

Sooooo, If the merchant decline/dont pay the affiliate company then the affiliate company cant pay quidco, quidco cant pay you. Neither company directly deal with each other, there is a go between company (Tradedoubler, CJ, etc).

Hope this clears it up a bit how quidco works and why they sometimes dont pay out - so if anybody is trying to do you out of money it is the end online shop, who is refusing to pay your commission.

Quidco is by far the best cashback site on the net, and with only £5 yearly admin fee, alot more profitable than its rivals such as Rpoints.

can someone please advise me how to contact them over a payment for £30 odd pounds that Quidco say they have paid me on NOV 29th , but I haven't recieved? Have you an email address that they respond to ?