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Multi use of Cash Back sites

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  • oasisfeverish
    oasisfeverish Posts: 341 Forumite
    I now have over £99 across the board. I could cash in £40 of that right now, and put into my bank, but I prefer to leave it out of harms' way. I will prob let them all grow and then cash in when each site hits £50 or something so I can then place the money in a savings account for Xmas food & booze.

    Enjoy cashback clicking!

    Would definitely recommend that you 'cash out' as soon as you hit the minimum threshold. You never know if these sites will stay around, and would hate to see someone who had spent their own time and effort to lose their rewards.

    I am a member of approx. 22 sites and if you put the effort in it does reward you, but try not to get overtaken by it. I am fortunate to be at home and earn around £600 - £1000 a month doing this, however this is many hours a hour sitting at the PC clicking, clearing cookies & changing IP addresses.

    My advice is start slow, a few sites. Some merchants take a couple of months before payment, so don't expect the following week from starting to be able to cash out.

    Plus if you are going to join these sites, check out the Referrals forum, there are many members in different sites, that can refer you and you get a cash incentive for clicking on their links.

    If anyone wants I'm happy to send a referral link if you send me a PM, but you should really use the Referral forum for this purpose as it helps grow the community and spreads the wealth around.

    Good luck and enjoy the 'free' money.
    Financial Aims for 2012:
    1. To pay off Car loan (£2,163.85 / £300.23 : 13.9%) 2. To pay off Joint OD ([STRIKE]£1,928.53[/STRIKE] / £1,928.53 : 100%) 3. To pay off GF's CC (£1100.31 / £0 : 0%) 4. To OP Mortgage (£1000 / £0 : 0%)

    Money Saving / Making in 2012:
    1. Ebay (£0 ) 2. Surveys (£0 ) 3. Quidco (£156.45 (Feb 12) ) 4. Lottery (£0 ) 5. Groceries (£0 )
  • Kathy220559
    Kathy220559 Posts: 197 Forumite
    Hi Eagerlearner

    I just tried to PM you my email address but your inbox is full. Guess you are pretty busy! Will try again later
  • EagerLearner
    EagerLearner Posts: 4,976 Forumite
    Hi Kathy - my inbox is now cleared ;o)

    Thanks Oasis, I may well cash in sooner then to be safe, but FreeFivers give me £1 to roll-over so very tempting to leave that one until Xmas...

    Top Cashback and RPoints allow you to cash-in any money that has cleared (no withdrawal limit), so I guess I could do that as many times as needed between now and Xmas.

    Wish I could decide whether Mutual Points is worth doing, anyone have a click routine for them?
    MFW #185
    Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
    Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
    YNAB lover :D
  • sweepster
    sweepster Posts: 448 Forumite
    Hi,
    I am totally lost on this thread i dont understand how u can get the free money when i thought u had to buy goods to get your money back. Sorry for being thick in advance
    sweepyxx
    Aim to be mortgage free by 2017
    MFW 2016 overpayments here we go again £10000
    :T:T:T:T:T
  • Ausweb
    Ausweb Posts: 141 Forumite
    sweepster wrote: »
    Hi,
    I am totally lost on this thread i dont understand how u can get the free money when i thought u had to buy goods to get your money back. Sorry for being thick in advance
    sweepyxx

    Hi sweepster, the way it works is this....

    Retailers want as many sales as possible so pay a commission to the site (kelkoo etc )that refers a customer. - these sites then pass on a percentage of the money they get to the site that used them (eg. quidco)

    They usually pay a small amount for a customer 'just visiting', and then a percentage of the purchase if the customer buys something

    Cashback sites pass on some (or all) of the commission they receive to their members.

    This is one reason the 'shopbot/ search sites will not always give you the best possible price as they tend to give you only the options they are making money from. -
    " He who knows does not speak. "He who speaks does not know. Lao-tzu Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)
    'That slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was travelling' - Richie Benaud,Australian Philosopher
  • BeerBelly
    BeerBelly Posts: 325 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks for those, for the Quidco, some some is abuse or patterns are found accounts can be terminated.

    Surely they can tell, by checking your account and seeing the 10p added everyday?
  • finnerty
    finnerty Posts: 1,650 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    BeerBelly wrote: »
    Thanks for those, for the Quidco, some some is abuse or patterns are found accounts can be terminated.

    Surely they can tell, by checking your account and seeing the 10p added everyday?

    yes quidco do close accounts they think are abusing, not happened to me yet after 6 weeks of constant clicking at least 5 days a week <touch wood>


    If you are worried just do it 4 times a week or only half the possible click throughs per day
    :A
  • System
    System Posts: 178,429 Community Admin
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    DUKE wrote: »
    I would be very interested :D

    I find I only get a few clicks from Greasypalm, Freefivers & Rpoints. Mutualpoints, Moneybackmadness & Pigsback best for me ;)

    HI, I haven't heard of Moneybackmadness, have you got any more info on this one pls?
    :j
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  • wdycai
    wdycai Posts: 81 Forumite

    Wish I could decide whether Mutual Points is worth doing, anyone have a click routine for them?

    I think Mutualpoints is good... after you have reached 3000 points it becomes a lot eaiser to get 750. 3000 points is a bit high for £20 though.

    But the free clicks work, and the email clicks work. and you get an email to say you have been rewarded for your daily searches... so if you do them early in the morning, and dont have any emails by night time, then you get a chance to do them again, in case they havent gone through or something.

    3 clicks on email a day, 5 searches on pricerunner, and 1 on kelkoo, all worth 5 points, so thats a good 45 points a day.... so its not too long before you get to 750 and £5.00

    The cash backs work as well, but some of them you have to keep an eye on to make sure you are credited. and you definatly have to use the same email address for all offers that you are registerd with mutual points for.
    I would recomend setting up an email address for that purpose alone.

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks for your routine btw... brilliant...
    Nothing ever lasts forever...
  • EagerLearner
    EagerLearner Posts: 4,976 Forumite
    Hi everyone - thanks for PM'ing me your e-mails - have replied to all requests for the Cashback routine - please check your e-mail and make sure it's not in your junk folder!

    The Cashback Routine itself (the Word document) is what works for me personally - and is designed for 15-20 minutes a day. Afjust it as you see fit once you get used to it. You may have more or less time than me. You may also earn more than me if you want to buy items through the cashback sites too, that's always a bonus and excellent news for your accumulating totals.

    The Cashback Calculator is in Excel and designed to give you a starting point for monitoring how much each sites' current total is. Just enter your current total on each line, and it will monitor how much is 'left to go' before you can cash out your money. Remember than some sites have payout levels, others' don't. Customise this sheet with other cashback sites you use too, or remove any that you don't use.

    I hope it helps - I know it took me a good while to put it together and get used to clicking, but now it's a habit and a good one so enjoy clicking away!
    MFW #185
    Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
    Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
    YNAB lover :D
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