Ebates

Do you know about Ebates? Do you shop online? Then you should know about Ebates!

Ebates is a rebate program for online shopping. Here’s how it works. You shop at online retailers that you would normally shop with, and you get a rebate check sent to you in the mail. It’s that simple. What’s the catch? Ok, there is one small catch–one thing that I always forget to do.

If you want to use Ebates, you have to enter the retailer’s site through the Ebates site. I always forget to do this and it’s frustrating. For instance, the other day we placed an order with kodakgallery. Since my husband did remember to use Ebates, we will get 10% back on our purchase–but he had to remember to go to Ebates first, then click on the kodakgallery link in Ebates. I, on the other hand, always forget, and just go right to kodakgallery–which means we don’t get anything back.

They have a huge list of participating stores. And holiday shopping season is coming up, so no better time to get started. I loathe the malls at Christmas time.

Shameless plug portion of post: Register for Ebates here and we’ll both get $5 credited to our accounts when you sign up and use it for the first time. There’s no fee for joining, all you do is register, make sure you shop from within the site, and then just wait for your check to arrive in the mail. Seriously–it’s that easy. If that link doesn’t give you a direct referral, where it asks if you were referred by anyone, you can put lightners at comcast dot net. (Put the email address, I’m spelling it out to avoid spammers)

Once you’ve created your free account, you can then send out referrals to your friends and family.