ebates.com review

I'm all about online shopping and actually visited the local mall a couple of months ago for like the first time in FIVE YEARS.  I buy all of my clothes, beauty products, and gifts (Christmas and birthday) online, so I was super-excited to discover Ebates.com which is a site that gives you back a percentage of what you pay when you patronize participating online merchants. 

It is super-easy to utilize Ebates.com.  All you do is load the site, do a search for you desired shopping site (oldnavy.com, sephora.com, etc), and then click the link which takes you through to where you want to shop.  Not every site participates at Ebates, for example Yankeecandle.com is not included.  I'd say that about 75% of them that I search for and shop at are participants which is very cool.  Each site chooses its own specific percentage of cash back--some give you 1% while others offer up to 15%.  In my book, ANY percentage back is basically "found money".

As long as you shop through the link that Ebates.com provides, your order is credited to your account and money is credited to your account within days.  You can't cash out if your balance is fewer than $5 and the company cuts checks only once per quarter so you will have to wait to actually receive the "cash back". 

I've been a member at Ebates.com for about two years now and I have earned $200+ during that time.  It is so incredibly easy to use the site and you are basically getting "free money" since you were going to spend it anyway online... simply put, you can't go wrong with this site.  I highly recommend Ebates.com.