Ebates Revisited

If you haven't yet signed up for Ebates, do it NOW. ; )

"Okay!" you say. "But what exactly IS Ebates?

Ebates is a FREE program that rewards you for shopping.

"Cool!" you say. How does this work?

With any purchase you make from online retailers through Ebates' site, you receive cash back. The amount you receive back depends on where you do your shopping. Different retailers have different amounts.

"But why sign up now?" you ask. I'm glad you did.

2 reasons:

Ebates has doubled their rebate incentive from $5 to $10 for first time sign ups until December 31! That means if you sign up now you'll get $10 automatically when you shop through them your first time!

I can hear you saying, "Well, it says that's good until December 31. Why do it now? I have a month!"

Friends, I realize I'm a little late in telling you this, but today, November 28th, the cash back amounts are doubled. That means if you would normally get 8% back, you get 16% TODAY ONLY!

Payments are sent out 4 times a year as long as you have at least $5.01 cash back in your account, otherwise it rolls over to the next payout. You can choose to receive a paper check or tell them your PayPal address and they'll send it to you that way. Easy peasy.

And that $10 cash back for sign up? You'll receive that as soon as you make at least a $10 purchase through Ebates by Dec. 31, 09.

I've been a member for a few years. I just checked my Ebates account and according to them I've received a total of $437.o0 back since 1999. That averages out to almost $50 a year just for clicking a link and shopping through Ebates. It's money I wouldn't have gotten back otherwise.

Convinced? Go sign up. Then find yourself something to buy for $10 and earn your first rebate! Checks will be sent again on February 15, 2009 (they come in February, May, August and November, always on the 15th of the month.)

Just today I went to Joann.com and bought some new Colorbox Cat's Eye Fluid Chalks. JoAnn.com has a free shipping code that's good on ANY order no matter the amount, so that would be somewhere you can shop and not pay shipping!

After you've spent your $10, recruit 2 friends, get them to sign up and shop and you will get $30. Not bad, eh?