Try This Trick! Use Ebates to Get Cash Back When Shopping online!

It always amazes me when someone shops online, and tells me they never heard of Ebates.  With Ebates, you earn a percentage of what you spend online back as a check or via paypal.  So for example, when you want to make a purchase at say a store like Ulta, you log on to Ebates first, and then select your store – so in this case, you’d click on Ulta.  Stores vary in how much of a percentage you get back and given that it is back to school season, the percentages at these retail stores are a little bit higher.  For example, Kohl’s right now is 6%.

I did a little online shopping the other day at Macy’s for a wedding, and spent $109.96.  I got cash back though – $6.59 thanks for a 5% cash back award.  Even better, I learned the other day that some travel sites are associated with Ebates.  My boyfriend and I booked an $800+ vacation on Orbitz, and got $20 back – not too bad – just from clicking to Orbitz through Ebates.

In addition to getting cash back, Ebates also has a list of promotions and coupon codes on their Web site – so no having to bounce around different sites to find a promo code for free shipping.  If your online shopping, Ebates is always my first-stop shop and since joining in 2010, I’ve gotten $101.20 back.

What are your online shopping tricks? Share them with us – and make sure to check out Ebates!