Are you signed up for any cashback sites? Which ones have you got money back from? Confused? See our article for more on what cashback sites are and how they work: http://www.moneymagpie.com/article/cashback-sites

Last night my friend Ross said he had nearly forty pounds in his Quid Co (http://www.quidco.com/) - I like the idea of it in principle but oddly enough I don't shop that much online to make it work, I don't think. Ross could write the book on this sort of thing - being a member of Ciao and various other sites like this but though I am tempted to try it too, I have little spare money for spending. I'll be curious to see what other people have to say on the subject as they join the discussion. I might just register for the lark and see how I go. If I do, I'll report back to this thread. Ciao! SYBD_CHICK... PS: I believe Ross is a Magpie guy - I'll suggest he peruse this thread and let you know his experience when he has time

No, I only have just over £20 or so in it (I'm sure that I never said forty), but I did it with very little effort. The site that I used is quidco.com and I "earned" that from hotel bookings for a trip. My strategy was straightforward, I used hotels.com (which has a great location specific hotel finder, there is nothing worse than using Expedia.com only to have to plough through all the cheaper hotels next to the airport before you get to something that is actually practical) to identify hotels in the area I wanted to stay in. I then fired up tripadvisor.com to get an idea if they were actually worth considering and, if so, used the "Check Rates" to see what the various travel websites were quoting. I then checked quidco to see if any cashback would be due on the best prices and made my decision based on that. I'm not saying that what I did was guaranteed to get the cheapest deal... but life is too short! Anyway, I've set quidco up to pay me back via Paypal and, so far, everything looks good and all my purchases have tracked and verified (I won't get paid back instantly but that's normally the way with these things). Quidco aim to take £5 as an admin fee on an annual basis from accounts but will take the balance if £5 has not been earned - you should never be in debt to them and if you earn nothing then they will take nothing. I think that's pretty fair. There is another site called topcashback.com which does not charge an annual fee. However, it does not cover some of the sites that I've been credited with cashback from and that means that it's six and half a dozen as to which one you use.

Oh my bad...Maybe I was just being psychic - I could swear you earned 34 quid Anyway it does sound like it's worth trying. Particularly when I get to a place where I spend more on the net. The only thing I tend to is the odd CD off Play or Amazon. That said, last weekend I did book a flight / hotel for London meetings so I could have used it then, I guess. Will give it ago. Cheers for the thorough reply! SYBD

I've been using TopCashBack for about a year now, on a few occasions they've not had a retailer I've wanted to buy from, but when I've asked them for it the've been quick to reply and by the next day the retailer is listed on their site. So far I've earnt £247 and been paid £173, with the rest due to be paid soon. Lloyds TSB insurance alone gave me £120 cashback and I needed insurance anyway...so it really is cash for nowt. SYBD, I'd say join TopCashBack (as it's free) and just remember to visit them before going to ebay or anywhere else you might want to buy stuff from. You can even earn cash for nowt from their No-Purchase retailers section just by visiting certain websites. bob

Hi all! Just came across this forum on the News. I use cashback sites all the time for shopping online, will be using it loads in the coming months! (Try and save as much as possible at christmas!) This is the one I use most at the mo, www.moneybackmadness.co.uk Like the graphics and I have won the £25 competition for most referrals. To top up my spends I do any free offers that they have and also daily clicks (paid searches) It's only small amounts but it soon adds up and it doesn't take long to do, I do it while watching tele. Have been paid twice by Moneybackmadness, one at £45.83 and one at £81.19, you need to get to £35 to cashout, which seems quite high, but you get £10 for joining. Have used www.freefivers.co.uk also and I'm sure I will come across new ones on this forum. Always renew my car, home and pet insurance online too and these pay quite high... Speak soon, Lyn

I use Quidco and so does everyone in my family now! I use it for car insurance house insurance new mobile phone contracts. I also earn money everyday by doing searches on kelco and other sites via quidco at the end of the year i can earn over 100 by doing searches alone! I the past year between me and my husband we have earned close to £600 in cash back. Recently my insurance was up for renewal and so i got all the quotes in and I went for a site that gave me a cheap quote and £100 cash back . if you are canny you can sometimes get some great freebies too...free photos, magazines and cashback!

Hi!

Come across a site www.cashbacknetwork.co.uk give you 100% cashback on all purchases.  

They've got a launch comp to win £100 cash and argos vouchers (have to join before the end of Nov)

Usual stuff on there, voucher code, freebies, other competitions etc!

Cheers,

Lyn  

Hi I have just joined a cashback site called HAPPY FLY and got credited instantly with £10.00 - cashout is at £30.00. Here is the daily clicks, which seem very generous! Kelko 0- 17 pence (depending on category) x 5 Shopping.com 6 pence x 5 Also pre loved at 3 pence

Cashback is almost universally accepted these days and when you combine the benefits of a cashback credit card with the cash benefits of purchasing online via a cashback site, the 'savings' really add up. Did you know about the newly launched ei42 online cashback initiative that is gaining in popularity at at incredible rate? The technology and back-end that drives the ei42 service is phenomenal and it's a challenge to find a high street shop or service that is not represented on this site. What's particularly nice is a potentially lucrative 'referral' option that alows members to recommend the site to their friends and family, who in turn can do the same and so on.

Example site: www.Cuffoo.co.uk & get your own free cashback site: www.Cuffoo.com

It's a little like a technology driven MLM scheme without the barriers and red-tape. It seems that in 'mlm' terms, members can earn 'cashback' down seven levels. There are already around 7,000 members of this online cashback initiative and growing fast. In many respects this is an absolute no-brainer, 100% free to join and with zero catches. It's so simple, get cahback on 100% of your online purchases and get cashback on the purchases of your friends and family. Christmas should be interesting this year for a lot of people!

Hi there, I find quid co the easiest to use and the appeal service is really good - so if the transaction doesn't track back to pay your cash back there is a missing earnings form that you fill in and you can monitor its progress, They send you emails to update you on how they are getting on tracking your cash back. Also if you need a mortgage, try a site called My Money Mortgages (www.mymoneymortgages.co.uk ) - they give you advice and arrange the mortgage for you and pay cash back to you. You can see how much you are going to get before applying

Quidco are good but they recently stopped working with one of the big UK affiliate networks due to tracking issues I believe and have lost some fairly large merchants including one of the UK's largest gadget merchants because of this - mind you they have 100's of other merchants so I doubt its goint to effect them.

For buy to let mortgages and loans I notice mymoneymortgages.co.uk has just bought out www.buytoletfinancial.co.uk which offers cashback on buy to let mortgages. I think they also have a loans site but that doesnt seem to offer any cashback at the moment.